Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-25

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oetsbsr II, 1908, at tn postof1ice. "
Runva. iowa. under the Act OF Ion'
Ersss Of March :. 1879.
..es,nENr TAFT SHOULD BE
RENoMlNATE0.
c.na+or Cummins' announcement
+hnt he Ia a candidate for the nohina
ton for president is not unexpec'eo
This is a free country, and every lla.
tive horn citizen of proper age "no
uants 70 be a candidate for presloens !.
" legal right to announce nlinse u.
such After Senator Aihsoh
doath the Courier was the hrst paper
- this state to advocate the lmmeu-
;ate election of Senator Cumm'hs
without a contest. He had only q
short time before that, contested .
nrimarv election with Senator All
son and was defeated by only lew
Thousand votes, and then by prooaois
tha only man in the state VINO couio
have defeated him at tnat tAhie'
therefore, in our opinion he was en-
.;tiad ~ he elected United States SELL
ator from Iowa. ...
As to the presidential nomlnatlon ~
10 made this year, We unhesltatlnsly
state that it should go to Preslaent
TAFT because the record OF MS nrst
COMMUNICATION shows that ne is eu.
ti4le." IA it. President Taft is man
az deeds. He does away with business
uncertainties by settling issues.
D,7rinp the next few weeks, the All
arican neople should take it upon
Themselves to study the president s
acts and efforts during the past three
Years. No matter what you or may
have thought of the president during
The ,f,rst year Of his term, the RECORDS
show that he has taken hold OF the
isa,es that have been the subjects OF
q citation in the country, and has Ell
fect,Ially disposed of number OF them
nv uniting them to the actual test OF
beine adopted or rejected. That Is the
praaf thing to be desired in a family or
q business organization or govern
ment-the settlement Of disputes. II
the directors of company are olVlo-
ed about how to conduct the business,
some wanting one thing zone anu
others wanting something else ehtlre
" different, and they cannot give .
little and take 2 little and reacn an
aereement, then the best thing that
can happen is to try one OF the plans
and let the trial demonstrate wnetner
It IL right or wrong II 1t is rlgn1' II
can be continued, If 1t is wrong, IL
can be discarded. But the point 49,
that it is settled. 1t Is no longer
bone Of continuous contention ana as
cussion and dissatisfaction every time
two directors meet. Every business
man knows that
= president Taft had the desire and
the moral courage to settle some OF
these issues, instead of continuously
,haranguing abcut them. At the frst
mart OF his administration, 1t was
charged that he lacked decision and
firrnness of mind, but the record has
done away with all Impressions OF
that kind and has established the fact
that after he has analysed problem
and his mind is made up, ne is I'M
movable. s-i.a.
For years before Taft became presi-
dent there was, especially in the mid
die west, cry for reciprocity with
Canada. He did not originate the
Canadian reciprocity project. He
found 1t in the house when he took
possession. It was there before
he came, but nothing had been done
with it. Taft wasn't afraid to tackle
it. He took the people at their word
and said: eff the people want this
reciprocity agreement with Canada,
will try to get it. If it is good, we can
extend it, Il 1t is not we can throw it
out OF the house, and be done with 1t.
We will at any rate dispose Of 1t as
. bone to hght over"
He went at the job sincerely and
earnestly. He made congressman and
senator's who had used it as an issue
to make speeches about for years,
come out in, the open and show where
they stood. He was not afraid Of it,
and on account Of his efforts it Is now
out Of the way and settled for years.
President Taft also found there was
q demand for tariff revision. He never
shirked for moment. He took up
the tariff and had It revised. It was
revision downward, in fact, but Of
course, the result did not please all
peOple-no tariff bill ever did or ever
will. The tariff, as a subject for argu-
ment can not be disposed Of definitely
because 1t forms the fundamental diff
ference between the two great parties
Of this country. But President Taft
did not dodge 1t for fear of any ef-
feet 1t might have on his future polit-
ical fortunes.
Another thing that some people did
want and great many did not want,
was the postal savings bank. 1t was
another thing that was used as an is
sue to create discussion and agitation.
He never sidestepped for an instant
He just reached out and caught it, and
said: Here, Wen settle you along
with the balance and get you out of
the way" Some men kicked and buck
ed, but the president said Keep push
ing, we're going to get some of these
things closed up" He just refused to
get scared and the postal savings bank
is no longer an issue.
The sugar trust had been systemat.
icallv stealing from the government for
years. Government officials knew 1t,
but nothing was done till President
Taft's attention was called to it. This
job didn't look too big for him and he