Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-09-14

asked AMI re-asked, especially by re-
publicans, Is; II the president does
succeed In driving the pr0gressives
out Of the republican party, where
will he drive them to-
And the conclusion most generally
reached is that il is written on the
cards that the next president is TO
be- a democrat IL is practically
agreed tat il standpatter is nomi-
mated. the progressiyes will smash
him, and II a progressive is nominat-
ell. the standpatters will smash him,
What makes the situation still
more hopeless for the republicans is
that the 1912 campaign issue is to
b. the tariff, the one subject on
which the two factions can not get
together.
LAFolLErrE NrER TAFTS SCALP
S,nitor Robert NJ. l.aFollette will
give President Taft a hard race for
the 1912 nomination It's declared
that the Wisconsin senator believes
absolutely that he will win.
The progressive republican or La
Toilette headquarters in Washington
is a beehive Of industry From this
headquarters the progreSSives are
being organized in every nook and
corner in the country II is possible
10 present to-day the substance oe
the CllimS which the insurgents
make They declare they expect to
control, well in advance Of the re-
publican national convention. the
delegations from:
Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Da-
kota, Oklahoma. California. Washing
ton. Kansas, Nebraska. South Dakota,
Montana. Oregon and Iowa lin parO
There will be big aggressive fights
for Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming and
Nevada
The southern states will be press
ei to take up the anti-Taft fight, on
the ground that Tafts nomination
will be equivalent TO defeat. and
that il the party hopes for continu.
anCe OF the Ioaves and fishes oi
patronage Of southern states, il must
give its support 10 the nomination
of a man with a chance to win
AkEPr PRoNiSE
When the democratic house OF
representatives convened Speaker
Champ Clark announced that a saw
Ing OF SlS2,000 would be effected by
the application Of economical busi-
hess methods IN the running Of the
house The republicans Scotfed at
the idea They said il couldn't be
done But on the day Of adjourn
ment Chairman Fitzgerald OF the
committee on appropriations, an
nouncei that instead of the promls-
ell SlS2 900 having been saved, the
amount was $22S.000l We do not
believe that we crippled the house
! by abolishing place in the house
organization which had been held
for years by Is year old girl
who never came TO the capitol, de-
clared Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
, mer Of Pennsylvania in explaining
| the methods by which the S22S, 900
was saved. We do not believe We
crippled the operations of the house
, by aboliShing the positions of a
couple of telegraph operators who
had not put their hands to an instru-
ment in years. We do not believe
We crippled this house by abolish
ing about 20 policemen who never
could be found around the capitol
J or by abolishing any places supposed
to be held by men in this building
and carried on the payrolls, drawing
$500 to $1,000 a year, who were
working at the same time in real
estate offices in the city of Washing
ton We have simply made the
operation of this house honest.
I TAFr'S RECORD 'NDEFENSBLr"
Nearly three ourths of Mr.. T@itE
) term ofotiice has passed ia,o ,listory
: He has had sufficient time to have
: made progress on lines alons which
! he promised toproceed when he Wa,
a cand;dntp for tho hi5h nffira n.