Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-29
Iona Newspapers
WHAT TAFT HELPS.

WHAT TAFT HELPS.
[Sioux City Tribunel.
It would be ungracious not to make
acknowledgement Of the services Nj.
Taft has rendered to some movements
which progressives are pushing. Nor
need recognition be any the less coz
dial because the help he has given was
unintentionaL 1t does not follow that
the progressives incurred any obliga- :
ions because Of his unwilling aid.
Take the perpetual. perennial. ire
pressible tariff question. Public senti-
ment found expression OF its wish In
the tariff plank: 1t saw promise OF its
being granted In the interpretations Of
carried him into the presidency.
The same old crew took charge of
making rates. Taft stood alock. on his
dignity Progressives fought hard but
vainly TAFT lent no aid. The Payne
Aldrich tariff was the answer Of the
standpatters to the popular demand.
And Taft said It was a good answer
the best ever" He thought he was
throwing cold water on FIRE. Instead
he threw fat 1t biased hercer than
ever. s&S ~
Then. seeing retreat was unavO1d-
able. seeing the sntoothest path rear
ward. he devised his reciprocity
scheme It would soothe that high
cost Of living complaint It would
make some reductions II put farm
products on the free list. Perhaps he
thought the farmers wouldn't know or
wouldn't care Perhaps he didn't care
II they did care The scheme went
thru. And it divorced the farmers
from the manufacturers. Then he We
toed the farmers free list bill. The
cause Of real reform Of the tafin
never got such a boost before. It owes
much THANKS to Mr.. Taft.
Another dawning movement. behind
which progressives viii get. II the
curling Of the judiciary. the taking
away Of usurped' powers. the restfic.
ton Of Jurisdiction to application 81
law, common and statutory. to the H.
sues and facts of litigation. From
small beginnings the movement has
grown rapidly. It Is the big coming
question. Arizona helped along
with its recall provision. But what
Arizona did would have helped little
hut for the prominence given It by NJ.
Taft. He made II a matter Of national
prominence. He forced consideration
and discussion on Il. He gave II an
impetus which It could have got from
no other source. He set men to think.
ing about 1t who had been thouGhtiess
Of it. His apotheosis Of the judiciary
emphasized the urgency OF the move
ment to bring It back into it, proper
place and functions-by recall or some
other method.
SAh t. la ~
requited by political support the pro-
xressive cause may admit the aid Il
has received from Mr.. Taft
l1ARMING THE COMMISSION PLAN
Huntington Hawkeyel.
Des Moincs ought to send her conn
cilmen to Burlington to learn how to
run city government. .,,des the N0sa.
mission plan. According TO the Des
:Moines papers the city officials are
constantly quarreling and there a1eEir-
Yexularities In administration that me
Incompatible with the Fundamental
principles OF the new plan. For m
stance. the Capital Of Wednesday GtteA
this specific incident: ssss 4.
Upon various OCCASIONS during the
past few weeks and ns0aths ComAls-
sionor Schramm has openly changed
that some OF his fellow couamil Dsonlra
were paying amounts for supp)tegr u
excess OF that which . plainly ond
specifically aoreed upon - pe9edns
contract"
when charges Of that incfimlnatanu
character are made In open ecuneN ~
one Of tire members concerning on 20
more OF mis- colleagues, e e ::
that no official action q thksu. ch