Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-06
lln CUTS LOOSE
! FROM Old GUARD
pR9alnENr HAS AWAKENING AND
a CHANGE OF HEART
ON JAN. I.
low PROPOSES TO CONDUCT
AFFAIRS WITHOUT ADVICE
eea. That Hs Has Been Poorly Ad.
vIssd and That Administrator Un-
.pcnularity Has Been Due TO FoIlovs-
ina Dictates Of AIdrieh Crowd
neossvslt's Influence Seen.
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washington. Jan. 6.-President Tart
made a New Years resolution on Jan.
! / which II calculated to make
certain of the republican leaders In
congress- feel that they are being slight
ed. The president, after a calm rehec-
ton Of the first two years OF his admin
istration has come to the conclusion
that during the next two years 1t would
be q good idea to be president OF the
United States without the advice OF
numerous members Of the party who
orced themselves upon him with a
view Of shaping his course and his pol
icy 80 that it would be in accord with
their own. In other words Mr.. TAFT
is going to run the job of president as
he thinks it ought to be run and with
out regard to the wishes Of any one
else.
Taft Badly Advised.
President Taft. it can be stated on
the best OF authority, has decided that
he has been badly advised and that
much Of the criticism which has been
heaped on his administration has been
due to the fact that he listened to and
needed the advice Of republican leaders
who convinced him that this. that and
the other thing ought to be done be-
cause of political expediency. The pres
fdent traces this unsound advice back
to the early days Of his administration
when he accepted the judgment Of such
mon a. Aldrich, Payne. Dalzell and
other standpatters on the Payne-Al-
drich tariff bill as against his own
Judgment That he accepted this ad-
vice at its face value was indicated by
his speech at Winona, Minnesota. when
he declared the bill to be the best tariff
law ever put upon the statute books.
The spresident has been forced TO modi.
~ hiS Views on that subject very ma
Aerially. His New Years resolution
ato was prompted by the advice Of the
sandpatters at q time when the in
slrgentS in both branches OF congress
wre ready to line up with the presi-
.1nt In favor Of popular progressive
Legislation. The president was induced
to cut loose from this element in the
republican party and to even go so far
as to deprive them of patronage in
their districts in an attempt to make
them act in harmony with the views Of
the regulars. The president has since
seen the error Of that move and ac-
knowledged 1t when he restored the
patronage In the closing days Of the
congressional campaign. He has given
further evidence Of his confidence in
the progressive republicans since the
beginning Of the present session by
consulting with them at frequent in
tervals. These are but few Of the
incidents which led the president to be-
licve that the advice given by few Of
selfish purposes, was unsound. impoli-
tic. and Of nature not calculated to
meet with popular approval.
Convinced BY Own Act.
Perhaps the one thing more than all
else which convinced the president of
the advisability Of cutting loose from
the republicans who have heretofore
had his ear on all occasions and upon
all matters OF party policy. was his re-
view Of his actions which were free Of
suggestion and advice. particularly in
the matter of his judicial appointments.
The president early made 1t known to
all members Of congress that his ju-
dicial appointments would be made
without regard to party politics and
that ability would be the sole consider
alton. The president has never deviat-
ed from that policy and the result has
been that his judicial appointments
have been uniformly well received
thruout the country. Each and every
ono OF these appointments was made
upon the presidents own judgment
and with satisfaction to himself and
apparently to the country.
Realizes UnpopuIarity.
In reviewing the first half of his
7adnain;strat!oa tho president reached
the conclusion that had he followed his
own Judgment In all matters of party
policy. ~ was the case In appointing
Judges. he would have escaped much Of
the criticism directed at him and that
his administration would be far more
popular thfuout the country than it is
today. Assuming that President Taft's
New Years resolution Is upon a more
solid foundation than most New Years
resolutions, the republican regulars
who have heretofore found little diff
Guilty in bringing the president over to
their side on most matters Of import
iailce. will shortly discover that their
influence at the White House is a
thing Of the past: that they may call
as in the past and give advice but that
the president will proceed in the future
on his own deliberate judgment. He
has como to the conclusion that he is
not trained politician and that it IL
spooP policy to permit republican Lead
:ers 20 shape his course from the point
OF view Of . politician.
RoossvsIt's Hard Run.
One evidence Of the Presidents de-
lesmination to cut loose from the old
iguAFd In the senate is to be found in his
dissemination TO have light thrown on
athe Lorlmer case. Tne leaders In the
l1qna4o were anxious to hush up the Lori
80 scandal and for time It seemed
set t1eV Wers IN fair way to sue.