Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-11-16
Washington Correspondence.
BY Y H. TAvENNER.

AS hoSooOuOoCtte SOSo8 % Will
the nation go in 1921"
This was the slogan of both Re-
publicans and Democrats in the
Massachusetts, campaign. And
the Democratic candidate, Gov.
won handily.
The issue was the tariff and
Taft standpatism, the same issues
that will predominate in the 1912
campaign. Query: If the pro-
tectionists cannot carry Massa-
chusetts, home of the cotton and
wooden manufacturing industries,
where the people are supposed to
reap some of the tremendous adj
vantages of protection, how can
they expect to carry the middle
and western states, in which re-
gions live the people who pay the
excessive prices caused by high
tariff and reap none of the alleged
benefits of protection?
WHY MR.. TAFT FEELS SHAKY.
Here is an article which speaks
for itself. 1t is taken from the
Dakota Democrat, published at
Aberdeen, S. D., and is a fair
sample of what the newspapers
in the cities visited by Mr.. Taft
on his trip through the west pub
lished after he had left town.
Incidentally, this article in a
measure reveals the sentiment
which prompted Mr.. Taft to make
his now famous prediction of Re-
publican defeat in 1912.
"The big event-Taft day at
Aberdeen-has come and gone.
Curiosity to see the President
caused thousands to come to
Aberdeen, stand in line and even
give vent to a few feeble cheers
when he spoke, but they were not
with him at any stage in the
game. Poor Taft! Big-hearted,
~jovial and companionable, a COM
moner in his bearing. Everybody
instinctively admires him for the
personal charm of his manner. 1t
is too bad that such a good man
has to be spoiled in trying to
make presidential timber of him.
We love him for his large person.
atty, but in view of what he has
done we cannot vote for him
again"
THE PRESIDE NT VOTED!
The President got to vote after
all. A lot of red tape was neces-
sary, but he voted. And thereby
hangs a tale.
Six years ago Mr.. Taft made a
speech at Akron, O., in which he
roundly scored the notorious Cox
machine in Cincinnati. He said
he could take great pleasure in
voting against it. He declared
this foul republican machine was
a stencil in the nostrils of all good
citizens. The people of Ohio.
realizing that William H. Taft
was telling the truth, applauded
him vigorously and with the ut
most sincerity.
In the recent election Mr.. Taft
publicly indorsed and voted fol
the Cox machine, which is still
the disgraceful'alliance of politics,
corrupt business and the brothels
that it was in 1905. But the Pres
ident was there with an excuse.
He said that conditions had SUBJ
stantially changed"
Whatever the President was all
luding to, it was not the Cox ma
chine, for it had remained as foul
as " The only change visible
to observers is that, whereas six
years ago Mr.. Taft was not a can
didate for Office, he is to-day.
SOUTH MAY DESERT TAFT.
The prediction is made at the
LaFollette headquarters in Wash
ington that the admin stratior
will find it impossible to send 9
solid Taft delegation from the
south to the next convention.
"For many weeks" says c
statement given out at the La
Toilette headquar ters, ''there hal
been signs that the Southern Re-
p%ublicans have been fearful tina
the nomination of President Tai
will be a serious menace to thei
continued receipt of bi-monthly
checks from the United State
treasury. The south is affordin'
the Progressive Campaign Com
mittee more encouragement thai
any other section of the country
WORKS BOTH WAYS.
President Taft was made angr,
because Congressman Littleton 0
, New York spoke in condemnatio.
of the Sherman law at the sam
banquet board at which he was t