The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-02-07
TAFT BEST
BET SAYS
TAVENNER
Machine il
Damaged, But is Still
Doing Business
lBv q Il. raxenner.


me today and ! have tried 10 view
the situation, If possible. without pre-
iudice.
J base my prediction on the theory
that special privileges. as represent
Cd by Aldrich. Penrose, smoot, Lodge,
Crane, Guggenheim, J. Pierpont Nor
gan. John d. Rockefeller Andrew Car
negie, and the tariff trusts, still DOM
mate the republican machine. And
it must never be forgotten that the
republican machine. ami not the re-
publican voters, rules national republi-
can conventions ana names presiden-
tial candidates.
The republican machine, II is true,
is badly damaged, but think, howey-
er. it is stili powerful enough, backed
As il Is By the millions OF special priv
iieee, to control one more national
convention. After that it will go on
the scrap heap. and men freer OF cor.
porate influences win be In control
81 the party
The aniy deduction that The reader
may draw from the foregoing is that
Mr Taft is 10 be nominated, not be.
cause the people desire his renomina.
iion, bui because the big interests de-
sire his denomination; not because
Mr. Taft has earned a denomination
by representing the interests Of the
common people Of the country, but be-
cause he has earned denomination
by representing the interests Of spec
ial privilege
There seems TO be an increasing
talk about Roosevelt but do not
think the machine politicians will
permit bis nomination. II Roosevelt
should be nominated. however, be-
lieve be would be defeated. It was
during his administration that the
present abnormally high cost Of living
was piled up, largely because Of the
system 0f excessive protection in
which Mr.. Roosevelt believes. Roose-
welt is an Aldrich-Smoot Penrose re-
publican on the tariff question. so far
as anyone knows But If he should
come ont on the progressive side Of
the tariff issue, it would only make
him less desirable to the republican
machine. and his nomination would
be even less probable than Il is now
Robert N. LaFollette, the one man
mentioned in connection with the re-
publican nomination on whom the peo-
pie san put their finger on every pub
Re question Of the day. cannot be
nominated, in my opinion. the reasan
being. only. that the people cannot
vote on presidential nominees.
Any day. Of course. may bring de-
eelopmenis 10 change the positions
Of the men on the political checker
board, but TIE above is the situation
as i appears 10 your correspondent
at this writing
Mr. Cannon Gets Information.
Uncle Zoe Cannon. High Prolec.
ton joe" wanted to know. when the
democratic metal bin was before the
house. wis., such articles as sewing
machines we're placed on the free
list Chairman Underwood. OF the
democratic WAYS and means commit.
tee, courteously supplied the ex.sr eak-
er with the desired information.
we have placed these articles on
the free list for the benefit Of the
American people said Mr Under
wood The uncontested testimony
shows that sewing machines are being
sold to the rich and poor alike in this
country from s23 to si5 machine.
aud yet are being laid down, freight
paid in the Orient tor $S.75. yet tho
gentleman from Illinois would ask
this congress, in the name Of the man.
ufactwers OF the United States, 10 re.
tain prohibitiye TAX on sewing ma.
chimes and other like articles III ord.
en- that We might trade for terms In
foreign markets for the benefit Of
men who have already made millions
cut Of the American 4eople but ]
say TO him when we barter in trade
in the real necessities Of the Ameri.
can people we are bartering and
trading n the life blood Of poverty,
we are not ashamed to so to the
American people and say that when
an article is manufactured IN this
country SO cheanly thar it can com
pete in ait The markets Of the world
ave are willing to place it on the fret
l'st Tor the benefit oi our own peo
I pie"
qhe metal bin, which also places
on Che free list iron ore. nails oasl
registers and many other steel ang