The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-25

public office was counted as one CT
the stalwarts of the party In his let
ter to Mr.. Smith he stated that PIesi-
dent Taft made three speeches in
Montpelier and that the crowds were
small and un-enthusiastic and that II
is the general opinion that old Yer
mont, the republican star that never
sets will not cast her vote Tor him
in the coming election. The followlng
is the article as printed in the Ar
gus:
Favors Wilson.
T. j. Deayitt, a republican and
president OF the Capital Savings Bank
and Trust company. OF Montpelier,
favors Wilson for president, and
makes the following statement:
Il give my hand and heart to the
support OF Governor Woodrow Wilson
for president of the United States
that the life of the American repub-
lie may continue in its grandeur.
" hen a candidate for Governor OF
New Jersey, Wilson said: IF | shal!
be chosen governor of New Jersey
the people of the state will be the
boss-the only boss. | will be your
mouthpiece your policeman, your
searchlight. Tell me what you want
done in this state, and if that thing
is not done there will be big fuss
in Trenton and you will know all
about it.
He had the ability, the couraee, and
the energy to perform his pledges to
the people. He lestored them to the
throne of their power in the state
government of New Jersey. as Gov
ernor Hughes had done in the state
of New York.
When President Taft said he should
prefer to be chief justice of the Su'
preme court, the great attorneys CT
the American bar raised a broad
smile. To them his administration
was a failure, but anxious it should
endure, without a panic or war, to
its end.
president Taft sent frequent mes
sages to congress recommending econ
omy in the administration of the gov
ernment. In a recent message he
pointed out over 81 100000 a year that
could be saved without injury to the
service. He specified items in his
own executive departments under his
control. that he could retrench with
out action by congress and he re-
trenched not. In the same message
he recommended congress to appro-
pirate S200,000 more to continue the
search for useless eXpenses-a char
acteristic of his administration to
postpone action on important subjects
by prolonging investigations. he
furnished congress national budget
unauthorized, soprolix that hardly
congressman read it, while ii cost the
government $4,000 to print it. He
justified this action under the plea
that other nations had budgets. The
same plea would justify his being a
king-other nations have kings. The
annual appropriations the president
recommended were cut down by con
gress more than s2O,OOO,0O0. With
out recommendation of the president,
congress abolished the use Of the
pension voucher in the quarterly pay
ment OF pensions-that accomplished
a substantial saving to both pension
ers and government and gave an up
to date method OF paying pensions.
The NAL administration of the pen
sion laws by both President Taft and
sex-President Roosevelt; their friendly
consideration of claims of the south
where hostility to pensions to Union
soldiers was the greatest; and keep
ing the United States treasury sewed
up in Wall street banks, also hostile
to pensions, as pension money was
about the only money disbursed that
Wall street banks did not have an in
terest- bearing obligation behind It,
II their motives for unfriendly treat
ment to Union soldiers were unworthy
and trivial, they were obvious. Both
wree counting favor Of the south for
her hand picked submissive delegates
to the national convention that nom
mated the republican candidate fol
president of the United States, and
their hope for campaign funds was in
the banks and bankers of Wall street
1t was not a vain hope. The corrupt