Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-03-22
SPECIAL WASHINGTON CORES
PoNDENcE.
BY CLYDE H. Tayenner.

"Tavenner. Washington. Rush arti-
Gle explaining massing American
troops upon Mexican borders"
i My answer to this request from i
the editor is that cannot explain
| it. l am stumped.
\ As to the real reason why our
army is today camping on the Rio
Grande cannot secure any infor-
NATION even here at the National
Capitol that would justify me in pre-
tending to know anything about it.
Humiliating it may be, but it is the
simple truth that do not know and
am unable to find any member of
Congress who has any facts on the
subject. There are plenty of theor-
les, but no facts.
II 1t is obvious someone or body of
someone's convinced President TaftI
the troops ought to mobilize near
1.-THE Mexican frontier. The troops
are there. The positive identity oil
ithis someone or group of someone's
| a mystery impenetrable.
J When Congress meets some facts
will he demanded of the President,
and possibly the people will be let in
on the great secret
But as for the present, as the Phil.
adelphia North American correctly
u states, all that we know is that
never before since this nation was a
nation has there been demonstra-
ton in force of soldiers and sailors,
wearing the American uniform and
carrying the American flag, save
q when the provocative issue was fully
. understood and the action demand
= ed by the Americana people"
Big Lame Ducks.
). Senators AMrich. Hale, Burrows,
Money, Flint and Taliaferro are now
$ members of the national monetary
4 commission at salaries OF $500.
# This is almost criminal extravaganza.
q The work these men will erform
O could easily be done by the mem
II bers of the House committee on
n banking and currency. The money
e used to pay salaries of the members
e. monetary commission does not come
70 from Wall street financiers, whose
,r interests will be served by the com
ID mission, but from the working class
$ es largely. The money is collected
i So1
in means that the consumers contribute
their share of the salaries OF the
70 lame duck senator's everytime they
~ make purchase of their local grocer
ali or dry goods merchant.
no Wickersham Not indicated!
,s In finding that the sale of $4,000
~ acres OF rich Philippine Friar lands
to sugar interests was quite within
70 the law, the congressional investigat
10 ing committee took refuge behind the
ra much criticised opinion of Attorney
ID General Wickersham, former sugar
o trust attorney. Thus while the
W Philippine officials have been exoner
flted, Mr.. Wickersham has not yet
as been exonerated for holding thai
"a the sale was within the law. Anoth
10 er investigation is probable.
n. Government by Tame ducks is
q one of the important Taft policies.
w A lame duck" is man who has
served in Congress, hut who was
a forced or permitted to retire to priv
~ ate life as result of falling tc
please the people while in Office.
President TAFT believes that sim
ply because the people have repudiat
ed man at the polls is not good
argument why he should not be per
mitted to continue to draw salary
from the public treasury.
=. This theory is a sister-policy te
% the Taft idea that if a republican
: member of Congress does not vote
! for bill recommended by the Presi
!, dem, no matter whether he believes
C it a good or bad measure, he is no
IL longer a republican," ard is not
n entitled to his duly apportioned
"a AMOUNT of patronage.
The sixty-first congress has moi
!. been dead two weeks, yet five Of the
former Congressman have been pro
;. yided for and more appointments are
n anticipated. 1t is tactily understood
~ that while on the pay roll these
= lanes duck appointees will work fol
a denomination for Taft.
n Then, too, some OF the retiring
= apostles are automatically cared for
= Those on the monetary commission
), are instances. They will serve OF
whether they have seat in Congress
or not. Senator Aldrich is still IL
4 the government sevrice as the heai
=, of the monetary commission, and has
!, the privilege Of spending as much
money as is desired without further
>, authority from Congress or anyone
!, else. IA iHl] III lw|E'If
: First Of the republican appoint
) ments was that of former Represen
g tative Duncan Mckinley of Californ
. ia. Mckinley was candidate for re
,. nomination. The voters in his dis
! trict went to the polls and declared
q themselves against his continuance
- in office.
This was shock to Mr.. Mckinley
i He had received SO much easy-mon
" ey from the government, he was loatl
# to retire. He appealed to the pres
70 ident Mckinley had served the
n Southern Pacific railroad faithful.
4 while in Congress. The Southern
Pacific was one Of the big interests
that worked to have Mr. Taft nomin
ated and elected. So Mr. Mckinley
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