Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-07

ak INC
Taft as Well as Congressman are
Doing ! Lot Of Explaining
Western Farmers.
CAMPAIGN is WARNING UP
Washington is Deserted BY Presi-
dent and Members of
His Cabinet.

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!. Washington, D, Cs September A..
All the big 'uns have taken to hold
ing post moitems, now that congress
is well out of the way. President Taft
went out into Massachusetts to speak
on the tariff revision bills which he
had vetoed, and besides paying his
respects to the democrats in congress,
singled out Senator Toilette as the
king bee Of insurgency The other
progressive republicans were referred
to as Mr.. LaF'ollette's asso ociates. I,
and in the most scathing terms the
president condemned the course or y
The republicans who combined with
the democrats In congress, stating
that In the case of the wool bill there
was a compromise between avoWed Y
free traders and ayowed protectlon-
lists, a bill conceived IN an unnatural
alliance, bill the result Of political
log rolling for the purpose of secur-
Ing its passage, bill framed hi igs
norance Of the exact effect OF Its oper.S
alton. The progressives we're noSs
doubt rather stunned by the attack
from the president and there immss
diately followed a fusillade OF back
talk from different quarters, and
notwithstanding the fact that r.s
TAFT had been attacked BY Senator
LaFoliette@ and other insargent Lead.
ers on the, floor Of the Senate, there
were a good many people @ho seemed
to think the President had made d
mistake In dealing in personalities,
Campaign Warming Up. III
About the same time Senator charns
Clark, the official mouthpiece OF the
democratic party, and one of the Iead.S
ing candidates for the presidency,
had his Say" about matters. He had
journeyed as far west as Illinois.
When he voiced his views on the ar.
fairs OF the late session of fon J res ss.s 81
and according to his diagnosis as , n,,,.
y tiie principals 'l-fl at the inquest. TIA
faults Of government rest mostly Wiz
the president, whom he declares
Stands for q handful Of protected
tariff barolls. and by his veto (of the
wool bill, enables them to continue
unjust and exorbitant tribute upon
the consumers of the land = official
and political Washington Will pay /
little attention TO the differences he.
tween republicans and democrats
put the fact that the breach is con.
stantly widening between republican
factions, and that Headquarters If
the progressive league have been
opened in Washington, with the sun.
iosed purpose Of defeating reno1nit,s
alton Of President Taft, presents
serious condition, and while no one
for a moment believes that the pro..
baDle support Of the league will bring
about the nomination Of Senator La.
Toilette yet the breach in the organi.
Shation Is causing no end OF satisfac.
ton to the democrats, who in the last
week have been shouting louder than
ever that they will be able to elect
the next president. Senator La Fol.
iette is no longer dividing honors
with any Of his fellows, but lis the un.
disputed leader Of the insurgency
movement, and his old friend and ally.
from Wisconsin, Walter l.. Houser.
has has been chosen as sort Of a general
manager man in charge of the league here.
$ Most of the Wisconsin congress-.
men are identified with the movement
and and cutie likely the Chicago Tribune
viii be the mouthpiece in the middle
vest. Medill Mccormick has been
here from Chicago during the last
lew days and has issued a statement
showing that he sin line with the
movement: Sena tor Poindexter ana
Congressman LaFolIette of Washing
ton on are counted as being warm SUP.
.pofters of the movement and Senator
sBorah of Idaho is also thought to be
a anati:sTaft nj Some claim rs also made
that Congressman French who shows
progressive tendencies may be found
II the anti-administration column.
but his friends in the capital say that /,
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