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of the West.
Many of these speeches were pre-
pared in advance, and although the
President hasn't yet delivered some
of them, they all have gone out to
Republican editors, each with a "re-
lease notice." On the outside of the
envelopes in which these speeches are
being sent is this inscription:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Official Business
Penalty for private use, $500
Mr.. Hitchcock has been known to
exercise supervision over what the
various members of Congress send out
under their franks. On more than one
occasion, when some Congressman has
used his frank to disseminate speech
es made outside of Congress, and hav-
ing no relation to legislative matters,
the vigilant Postmaster General has
called the offending statesman to ac-
count, and warned him that the frank
llb BilNltbC W tdll olltldi
ness only.
Under the Hitchcock system of rea-
soning any speech Mr. Taft makes
asking tnat the Republican administra-
tion be continued in power, is Official
business" within the meaning of the
| postal regulations.
Mr. Hitchcock has let down the
postal bars in another particular, by
way of lending aid to the Taft press
bureau. Some time ago the President
conceived that 1t would be good
thing for him II all the lawyers OF
denying the right of the People of Ari
zona to have the recall. So he had
several thousand copies of this mes
sage printed, free of charge, at the
Government Printing office, and the
press bureau clerks are now busy
sending copies of 1t, under the White
House frank, to as many lawyers as
they can reach.
The Taft administration has virtu
ally turned the White House into q
political headquarters. Clerks are
busy sending out the Taft political
speeches, and other clerks are busy
seeing to 1t that the various press
bureaus which have headquarters in
the capital are supplied with all sorts
of literature designed to help the
President in his campaign for renom
ination.
The Democratic National Congress
sional Committee is leaving no stone
unturned to keep the House OF Rep
resentatives safely democratic.
The headquarters of this organiza.
tion in Washington have not been
closed during the entire summer. Con
gressman James r. Lloyd of Missouri,
chairman of the cmmittee, Is person
ally "on the job" prosecuting Wig
orous campaign of organization work;
directing the dissemination of facts
showing what the Democratic House
has already accomplished; informing
the country as to the true purpose of
the Democratic program, and in all
legitimate ways doing everything he
can to bring about national Demo.
cratic harmony and cooperation.
MIR, Lloyd has more than anticipat-
ed the ideal OF campaign publicity
legislation by making II strict rule
to see that every dollar that has been
intrusted TO the committee has been
honestly spent. Under his manage
ment there has been no entertain.
ment" fund. or anything of that or.
der. No "junkets" have been financed
out of the funds ut his disposal, From
the first Mr., Lloyd has been determ.
ined that the methods OF the commit.
tee should conform to the highest
standard OF business morals.
A feature OF the committee work in
which Mr.. Lloyd takes deep interest
Is the publicity bureau. which Is the
largest bureau OF its kind that the
Democrats have ever maintained In
the national capitol. Encouraged by
the bright prospects confronting the
democracy OF the nation. the Demo.
cratic editors OF the country are using
generously OF the information sent
out by the bureau. More than two
thousand newspapers are regularly
printing the letters sent out by the
committee, thus keeping tho Demo
cratic viewpoint constantly before the
country.
Taft Economy"
Under the Taft policy of "cut TO the