Mountain advocate., 1912-03-15

Committee in Washington clearly
demonstrates the trend OF the pub
lic mind. A half dozen Of it's mem.
bers. some impelled by progressive
ness" gone mad, and some insulted
because Mr.. Taft did not give them
or some friend Of theirs an Office,
made a great deal Of noise only to
find in the end that they were over
whelmed by the TAFT sentiment. No
President of this great Republic has
ever given the country better and
a more enlighted administration
than MIR. Taft, although when he
came into Office he faced a tremend-
GUS deficit, and in addition to Dem
ocratic opposition has been COM
PEELED to combat a bakers dozen of
his own party in the Senate and a
somewhat greater number in the
House. Despite all, he has saved
from corporate greed and for the
people, millions Of acres Of the Pub
lie Domain and hundreds OF valu-
able water rights. He has procur-
cd the enactment Of the Portal Saw
ings Bank law that will bring mill
lions OF dollars into circulation
which have heretofore been private
" boarded away, and at the same
time afford ample security to the
depositors. He has conducted all
our foreign affairs with marked dig
nifty, signal ability, unfliching cour-
age and consummate diplomacy.
He stayed the hands ofthe great rail-
road corporations " hen they threat
tned to arbitrarily increase rates at
the expense Of the shipper. He signed
the tariff bill, although he believed in
q very few instances the rate was not
properly adjusted, because Of the
fact that it contained so many hun
dreds Of just provisions, knowing,
too, that il not signed our deficit
would largely increase, necessitating
the issuance OF Government bonds in
order to maintain national credit
He recommended the passage oi the
corporation tax. which has added
millions to the public revenues, and
which, with tariff duties under the
new bill, has turned a large deficit
into.a splendid surplus. He recon.
mended the passage of laws affect.
ing Interstate Commerce. which
have given American shippers in
creased protection. He has notified
Russia Of the abrogatiou of the
treaty under which our citizens have
been denied their rights, and great
est Of all, he has gone about the ac-
complishment of the peace of the
whole world. Other notable meas
ures have been adopted through
his advice, and steps taken by him
resulting in great national advance
ments and beni6ts too numerous to
mention here.
The whole people regard him as
just, level headed, conservative and
wise.
He has so administrated affairs
that even his bitterest political en-
emy can not find flaw in his ar.
NOR or a spot on his character.
The so-called "progressives" emily
wish TO exploit themselves and not
to accomplish the good which thew
claim they 80 much desire. At the
called session, alter having introduc'
ed a measure to ,hange the duty on
chemicals and metals. they voted
against il, because the same meas
ure introduced by Democrat, OBJ
tanned precedence over theirs, thus
proving beyond doubt that SELF
Qualification was their sole object.
These gentlemen in the next republi-
can National Convention will not
be able to carry half dozen States
No man is greater or better than his
party, and the American people
have set the seal Of condemnation up
on theseproiessed reformcrs.
The Roosevelt boom died "a born
in. In justice to Mr.. Roosevelt