The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-30

/ wanted to place Judge Smith on the
supreme bench and that 1t was be.
cause the iowa delegation did not pre-.
sent solid front that he did not
land the plum. Taft has a great
liking for Walter !. Smith," said
i Kennedy. He wanted him to have
one of the supreme justiceships and
he could have had it, if Cummins
and several OF the congressman had
come over and supported him. Smith
was for Deemer all the way through.
| was with Smith when he went to
/ the President and presented Deem
ers name. Taft told me he would
like to appoint Smith, and if the
Iowa delegation would get behind
him, he would. That is how close
Walter |. Smith came to being on the
supreme bench. Judge Smith is great
ly pleased with his appointment. /
am told that he likes the work ex-
ceedingly well. Walter /. Smith is a
great man and did great work in
congress. He was a we'll known fig.
ure around the halls of congress and
1 WoS 5LCdl StOIy JelleT.
Kennedy supported the President in
all the executives vetoes. AFTER
the reciprocity matter was out of the
way, the game of politics was played
to the limit. The Democrats and the
insurgent Republicans wanted to
place the administration in hole.
Taft did just what was right. He
vetoed all the bills. During the COM
Ing session of congress the tariff
board will report on certain seized.
ules. Bills will be introduced and Ger.
tain tariff schedules may be revised
had occasion to have long talk
with George w. Perkins of New
York, during the last session OF con-
gress. He was called to Wash
ington to testify in some mat.
ter. He came into my office to tele.
phone to New York. He was en-
phatic in his declaration that the
country never was In more pros
porous condition, but owing to contin-
ual agitation. no large financial cor
poration was booking anything
ahead. No plans were being lad for
the future, as there was no assur-
ance as to what legislation would be
enacted by congress. Perkins did not
seem to care much what policy was
adopted, If 1t only had the essence of
stability in it. He told me that the
unrest in financial circles ell over
the country was the result of the I'm.
rest in Tho nn1ifinoy
conditions would not change in fl
nance until they changed in politics.
He was firm in his forecast of the
future and said, If some settled policy
as to the big corporations, tariff and
the other big questions were not
espcused, this country would surely
feel the result"
Congressman Kennedy is now
serving his third term as representa-
tive in congress from this district
and he has had no easy shedding to
keep his seat. This district is not one
of the sure ones by any means. Yet,
Notwithstanding that, Charley Ken
nedy takes care of the business of his
district in most systematic man
ner. You do not have to request
Charley Kennedy twice to do a fa-
vor If he can do 1t. it is done at
once. He is always on the Job and
we are told is one of the hardest
working members of congress. There
is no use in thinking that he is not
getting stronger with the people OF
the First district for he Is. He will
have larger majority next fall than
he has ever had. The people of the
district are learning his true worth.
NO progressive can beat him at the
primaries. He is too strong with the
people. We venture the assertion
that Kennedy's majority at the next
primaries next year will be greater
than it has ever been before. At the
general election the Democrats can't
beat him with g club. Some of them
think it will be easy, but they have
thought that three times before 1t is
great to be optimistic We have seen
whole families of optimistic Demo-
Gratis and progressive Republicans,
but then, we have to have them to
hccP up Inc game. lHey only go 10
make it interesting. Charley Kennedy
met lot of old friends while he was
here and we noticed that he never
forgets any of the boys he meets. He
has an unfailing memory for faces
and is one Of the best fellows we ev-
cred were out with in the political
field