The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-09-21
AFFAIRS At WASHINGTON CITY
Current News of the Week and
Events of Importance in
Which South Dakota
Figures
SPECIAL TO The News

OI Ills COul VI Cllc COullUIA, llc Is
likely to encounter condition
within the ranks of his own party
quite different from that with
which his predecessors of the
presidency have found while max
ing their pilgrimages among the
people, in the year preceding the
denomination period. Mr.. Taft
will find the democrats, while di-
vided as to their candidate for
next year nevertheless confident of
1912 victory and ready to enlist
under the leadership of any stand
ard bearer who may be selected.
1t is within his own party that
the real danger of republican sue
cess lies, and a handful of few
western states are furnishing most
of the trouble. Taking advantage
of the reciprocity situation, there
has been sent out from the head
quarters of the progressive repub-
lican league in Washington, great
quantities of Senator LaFOllette's
speech entitled "Sham Reciproc-
ity.' The league is using every
effort to discredit the Taft admin
istration with the farmers, and in
declaration from their headquar-
ters it is declared:
''In the recent session of con-
gress the progressive republicans
fought with their backs to the
wall to get simple justice for the
33,OOO,O 900 people engaged in and
dependent upon agriculture. They
used every legitimate weapon to
prevent the sacrifice of the agri-
cultural interests for the benefit of
the railroads, the Beef Trust, the
Coal Trust. the Flour Trust, and
all the overprotected manufacture
ers and trusts"
The progressive epubhcans de
clare that they have united to
make campaign for the control
of the 1912 national convention. >
They are sending out quantities of
literature to the farmers and are
inviting replies as to conditions in
different localities. Their state
ment is that they wish to know
the sentiment of the people, es.
pecially the farmers, toward Sen.
ator LaFollette.''
The activity of the LaFollette
opposition outside of Wisconsin
which is conceded to it's 'favorite
son." has been emphasized ir
Minnesota during the past week
where big boom Was launched
for the Wisconsin senator, and in
this affair Congressman Lenroot
who is regarded as Mr.. LaFollette'
closest confident, made an attack
upon President Taft. About the
same time the candidacy of Con
gresham Norris for Senator oil
Nebraska was launched, and it was
given out fiat-footed that an at
tempt would be made to defeat the
election of Taft delegation from
the state of Nebraska.
In the meantime President Taft
has started for his trip to the Pa
cific coast and enroute he will de-
fend the policies of his admins
tration and tell the people why
reciprocity, which has been prom
ised them since the days of Blaine
and Mckinley, will prove benefi
cial to the country, and he viii
attempt to demostrate that this il
not ''sham reciprocity" that ht
has secured for the United States
He will maintain and try to prove
that the legislation will be benefi
cial to the farmers and that th'
real opposition to it comes from
selfish manufacturing interest
who have had their only hope il
the movement of the insurgents
More than that the president pro
poses to defend his famous vetoe