New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
From The Tribune Bureau

! From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June 90.
| A COURAGEOUS ADMINISTRATION
The courage and indifference to possible
political results with which this admhis
tration continues its prosecutions Is the oc
casion Of considerable surprise to many
the politicians In the party and to some IL
a source of anxiety. In fact there arc
those who believe the President would ~
far wiser TO suggest to the Attorney Gen
eral that he confine the activities OF himself
| and his associates 10 accommodating evidence
for the present and let up on prayers fol
| indictment until after the Presidential cleo
| ton There has been no one however
| with sufficient temerity to suggest this Idea
either to the President or TO the Attorney
General. Meanwhile. the mills Of the gods
continue to grind The Eastern Box Board
Club is the latest alleged trust to feel the
| heavy hand OF justice. and there is reason
| to expect in the near future the results
of q grand jury investigation now being
conducted into the business Of one of the
! subsidiary companies OF the Steel Trust, al
though the indictment asked by the govern
ment Is not based on a violation of the
Sherman law The Periodical Publishers
Association is also TO feel the weight of
Attorney General Understands mailed fist,
and there will probably be an appeal from
the decision of the Circuit Court in the case
OF the prosecution of the Southern and
Union Pacific merger. although this has not
heen definitely decided. Participation by
the government in the prosecution OF the
Periodical Publishers Association IS re-
esrded as especially rash by the politicians
for these worthy shouters against monopoly
are already far from friendly to the Taft
administration. and II is contended that
they exert a considerable influence with the
voters. all Of which is certain to be thrown
against the administration. In fact, one
prominent insurgent Senator has already
been engaged to write ono diatribe against
President Taft and has under considera-
ton the preparation Of others for different
periodicals. The attitude Of the Attorney
General IS that wherever he finds n volator
OF the law he must prosecute. regardless OF
personalities or political considerations, and
that OF the President is that the law was
made TO he enforced and that he has no
more right to profit politically by failure
10 enforce IL than have its vioators to
profit financially thereby.
TAFT'S POPULARITY ompcten OBJ
servers who accompanied the President on
his recent trip to New York and New Eng
land bring word that never before have
they seen evidence OF such great popularity
on the part Of President Taft as he now ap-
pears 10 enjoy. In all sections he was
greeted with remarkable enthusiasm. His
bold stand for Canadian reciprocity his
opposition TO the old guard" in Congress
and his appeals to the people TO assist him
IN putting into effect progressive policies,
even when the so-called "progressives'' in
Congress are opposing him, have struck
the popular chord IN the hearts Of the peo-
pie. II has been sagey observed that the
American people. next TO scrap love
scrapper," and President Taft has had 10
become a "sc-apper." and a "scrapper" for
the interests Of the people. Like his dis
tnguished predecessor. he sought TO
achieve his ends during the first two years
of his administration by pacific methods.
and also like his distinguished predecessor,
he learned by the end of two years that
pacific methods 90 not achieve results when
Congress has to be dealt with. There is
much bitterness among "the old guard"
in Congress They assert plaintively that
they were continually in hot water during
the last FIVE years OF the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, and that they thought they
were in for a period Of tranquility and
peace when this administration came in.
but that their comfort lasted barely two
wears. and the wiser ones admit that, as
heretofore. there are certain to be very
large number Of bruises in Congress for
every one there is in the White House.
The President is somewhat loath even now
TO admit that he Is 'scrapper," but, az
one member Of the Senate put 1t to-day.
what does his failure to admit il amount
TO when he keeps on scrapping and we keep
on getting the worst Of it,
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.-The over
whelmng defeat Of the Root amendment
without even division of the Senate Is n
victory for the administration OF such large
proportions that there are many ready to
predict this evening that the bill Itself will
be passed without appreciate delay and
that an early adjournment is presaged.
Such optimism is not warranted. however.
When Congress convened the prediction
was made in this column that 1T would not
adjourn before the first week In August.
There has never been any other prediction
IN Tho Tribune. and there is no occasion
70 change it now. The insurgents are not