Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-09-07

TUG CesEuS kuas VIC ucAb L TC'saueuL ID
TO be democrat. Ii is practically
agreed that il @ standpatter is nomi
mated. the progressives will smash
him; and il progressive is nomira-
ted. the standpatters will smash
him.
What makes the situation still
more hopeless for the Republicans
is that the 1912 campaign issue is
to be the tariff. the one subject on
which the two factions can not get
together.
LA toilette AFTER TAFT's SCALr
Senator Robert NJ. I4aFollette will
give President Taft hard race for
the 1912 nomination. It is declared
that the Wisconsin senator believes
absolutely that he will win,
The progressive republican or
LaFollette headquarters in Washing
ton is beehive ofindustry. From
this headquarters the progressives
are being organized in every nook
and corner in the country. 1t is
possible to present today the sub
stance OF the claims which the in
surgents make They declare they
expect to control, well in advance Of
the republican national convention,
the delegations from:
Wisconsin, Minnesota. North
Dakota. Oklahoma, California. Wash
ington, Kansas. Nebraska, South
Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Iowa
lin part
There will bs big aggressive
fights for Illinois. Indiana. WyOm-
ing and Nevada.
The southern states will be pres
sed to take up the anti Taft fight. on
the ground that Taft's nomination
will be equivalent to defeat, and
that If the party hopes for
continuance of the loaves and fishes
OF patronage Of southern states, it
must give its support to the nomiua-
ton OF a man with chance TO win.
A KEPT PROMISE
When the democratic House Of
Representatives convened Speaker
Champ Clark announced that a saw
ing OF Sls2, 900 would be effected by
the application of economical bus
ness methods in tho running OF the
House The republicans sc0ffed at
the idea. They said it CO lldn't be
done. But on the day of ad 1urr-
ment Chairman Fitzgerald Of the
Committee on Appropriations, an
nounced that instead Of the promis-
ed $lS2. 900 having been saved, tho
amount was $22s. 900 We do no.
believe that we crippled tie Hou e
by abolishing place in the House
organization which had been held for
years by 10 year old girl who rev
er came to the Capitol. declared
Congressman 4. Mitchell Palmer
OF Pennsylvania in explaining the
methods by which the $22~ 900 vas
saved. We do not believe we GRIP
pied the operations of the House bv
abolishing the positions OF a couple
OF telegraph operators who had not
put their hands to an instrument i'm
years. We do not be ieve we clip
pied this house by abDlishing Al MI
% policemen who never 60 sld b.
found around the capitol or by
abolishing places supposed TO be
held by men in this building and
carried on the payroIls drawing
5000 to 81, 900 a year, who were
working at the same time in real
estate offices in the city Of Washing
ton. We have simply made me
operation of this House honest.
TAFT's RECORD INDISPENSABLE -
Nearly three tourths of Mr.. Tatt's
term of office has passed into hist nv.
He has had sufficient time to have
made progress on lines along which
he promised TO proceed when he
was a candidate for the high office
he holds. He made his campaign on
tariff revision downward issue.
and today the country is in the grip
of higher tariff tax than ever be-
fore in its history in spite of the
fact that the president has had two
separate and distinct opportunities
TO keep his word In his three
years of office President Taft can be
credited with having kept Ballinger
in office until the country was nau-
seated; to have almost succeeded in
his attempt to give Alaska away to
the GuggenheIms, and with having
quietly co operated with the feed
dopers in their campaign to drive
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley out OF public
life. To this "indefensible" record
should be added the presidents
action in framing rejected peace
treaties with two nations with whom
we are not in the slightest danger Of
ever going to war.