The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-29
AS AFFECTING THE PRESIDENT

When the reciprocity agreement with
Canada was beaten by the voters of the
Dominion, the Congressional delega-
tion from Utah united in sort Of
paean of JOY, and expressed the opu-
ion that the defeat of reciprocity would
help President Taft. The absurditv Of
all that was pointed out by The Trb.
unc; and ne find that the general SEN
timent Of the country sustains our
opinion.
Thus, the Boston Traveller saws, "It
was very unkind Of those Canadians
to deprive President Taft of his best
argument for reelection Just when he
needed IT most.
Tho New York Evening Post con-
siders that the result in Canada dealt
President Taft ga terrible blow and
that it may have given him ga fatal
hurt, -
The Boston Herald considers that the
defeat of reciprocity "will be TO Presi
dent Taft personally very severe
blow and it thinks that "he will re-
gard it as one of the several tragedies
of his administration -
And that is the general voice of the
newspaper opinion of the country 4
few papers. however,. take pains to
emphasize the painful position in which
tbe defeat of reciprocity has placed
President Taft. Among these is the
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram. Repub.
licsn newspaper, which comments upon
the result as affecting President Taft
as follows:
Poor TAFT, Sad it is that he should
presume 10 command his party Ia ac-
cept reciprocity: that he should keep bis
country in turmoil and depressed bust
ness for months with his extra session
OF Congress called by Republican
President 10 pass Democratic measure
and after IL all get the Ha, la from
at his plight All that hc has secured
is hopclessly divided party. general
business depression, the idlcncss of mil
lions Of Americans and his own prob
able defeat.
Very few papers, however. arc in.
clined to deride or mock the President
in regard TO this matter. Those who op-
posed reciprocity arc glad Of its dc.
feat BY Canada without regard to its
effect upon President Taft But no.
where have we seen any such idiotic
opinion expressed as that given out by
the Congressional delegation from Utah.
that the defeat of reciprocity will help
President Taft, That sort of idea is a
good deal as though father should
deny his lite son that son S heart S de-
sire on the theory that what was de-
fortunately. this theory puts President
Taft in the childish class as an irres.
lponsible, uniformed character, not fit TO
bc entrusted with his own destiny; and
cannot possibly he put; hence the alb
surdity of saying that his defeat will
be helpful 70 him
On the other hand. those who are in
favor of reciprocity not only sympa-
thize with President Taft in the severe
blow which has been inflicted upon him
| but regret for the sake OF reciprocity
the defeat of that proposition by the
voters Of Canada; and tho general sen
timent among those who in this country
favored reciprocity is, that Canada will
find after a while that she has made
a bad mistake. and will apply for re.
opening OF the whole question. This is
all the more likely since the new census
OF Canada gives the western provinces
and new general election must he held
latter this apportionment of members il