The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-08-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Taft Opens Fight-Insurgsnt Still
Awake-Democrats Aroused = Dr..
Hyde Refuses Senatorship.
TAFT OPENS FIGHT


In a speech at Hamilton, Mass,
Aug. 26, President Taft began the
campaign for 1912. He scored the In
surgents, giving special attention 20
LaFollette, and declares that Clark
and Underwood were in plot to make
capital out of Revision" He will
start on tour of the Western states,
Sept15, during which time he will
visit "a of the leading states, max
ing speeches in behalf Of the admins
tration, making the Tariff the main
issue, defending the Reciprocity agree
ment, and waging war In the Insur-
gents territory.
INSURGENTS STILL AWAKE
Congress has adjourned but the
game goes on. The Insurgents are
on the warpath since Pres. Tafts
recent speech in Massachusetts,. and
believe he has started vigorous
campaign against them.
Senator LaFollette, candidate for
the Insurgents for the Republican
nomination for President, will open
/ his campaign at Harrisburg, Pa, next
Thursday. at the convention of the
Pennsylvania State Grange. Cummins
of Iowa, and Bristow of Kansas, have
put the stamp of approval on LaFol-
lette and Bourne, Clapp and others
are expected to do SO soon and as
other achievements join the ranks
the fight will be more determined.
DEMOCRATS AROUSED
Champ Clark, Speaker of the Ma
tional House of Representatives,
made vigorous speech at Quincy,
Ill. Tuesday, In reply to President
Taft's recent speech in Massachusetts,.
He said the Presidents criticism of
the Democrats, especially of Chair
man Underwood and himself, was
uncalled for but that he accepted the
onslaught as a badge of honor. He
also calls to mind the action of the
Democrats when the Reciprocity pact
was rejected by many Republicans,
how they pulled him out of the
hole in the Sixty-first Congress" and
how they repeated the performance
in the Sixty-second congress" Speak
er Clark seems to think that the
Democrats should be considered above
criticism since they have done 80
much for Taft, but he fails to remem-
Der the spirit in which the Democrats
acted and the end they had In view.
Chairman Underwood chimes in,
in his statement, Friday. charging
the President with Exceeding his
authority and exhibiting the arrog-
ance OF George The Third" because
he used the veto, one of the safe
guards of the nation, on some of
the Democrats most favored legis-
lation.
DIR. HYDE REFUSES SENATOR
SHIP
President William Dewitt Hyde o.
Bowdoin College. Maine. refused APP
pointment to the Senatorship made
vcaant by the death Of Senator Frye.
Although the honor and opportunity
of doing great work for ones state
and country is so great as TO cause
some men to battle thru the hottest
political campaigns, TO spend enor-
nous sums OF money and even 10
place their honor at stake by using
illegal processes of securing the de-
sired end-that OF a seat In Legis-
lative body-Dr. Hyde prefers to re-
main at the head of the institution
he has directed so successfully for
twenty-five years and continue his
work along educational lines. The
Senate at present has very few pro-
found scholars among its members
and no doubt the State OF Maine
looses much on account OF DIR. Hyde's
refusal to accept. as II would have
been a great gain to have had him
tcoHtinued on fourth pass