New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
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Spanish Var The heads or departments
have q very erroneous idea Of their Tela-
tions to Congress" said M. Bacon. 'Ihey
are the creatures Of Congress. The sooner
some Of them underst stand that the Dev-
ter" Mr.. Bacon did not express his oplh-
ion Of the Senate, which passed this reso-
luton introduced obviously for poltlcal
purposes, and calling for information il
a case in which it knew that suit FOR
violation OF the Sherman antitrust la"
was pending. When last heard from Mr.
Wickersham had not yet come 10 reali-
cation Of the fact that the Senate was his
creator and seemed to be laboring under
the impression that he owed his first ale
glance to the President
BEFOGGING THE TRUTH.-Realizing
that they are hopelessly beaten In Indiana,
where not less than eight out Of thirteen
districts have been carried for President
Taft, The managers OF the Roosevelt cam
pagn have determined 10 onset the moral
effect OF the Presidents victory, in so for
as possible by befogging tho truth and
leaving the man IN the street" IN doubt as
to the actual facts TO this end the most
cytravagant statements are being put forth
almost hourly from the Roosevelt head
quarters in this city, alleging fraud, max
ing exaggerated claims and protesting tha'
in every instance contests Will he lnstl-
tuted. How far people can be deceived by
such methods remains to be seen. but that
they are return 10 the Old-faSnioned pO-
uucal methods Of 2 period which it was
hoped had passed for all time no one who
appreciates the facts will deny. And IN
ci6entally those Who still cherish respect
Tor the ex-Presidert deplore the methods
of his lieutcnants in this campaign. while
those who believe, as he once did that his
nomination would be "a calamity" and
who favor the nomination Of President
Taft, insist that the effoI Of Senator
Dixon and his force are so clumsy and so
obviously insincere that they cannot fail TO
max friends for the President in proper
ton as they dnract from the respect in
which the anti-Taft campaign IS held. OF
course, there can be no pretcnce that such
methods are fair although II Is fact that
there was a time in this country when
everything was considered fair in politics
and when he who was the clcverest trick
ster commanded the greatest admiration.
\ CHAMPION UNITER.-Senator Lodge
tells the story Of an occasion when he was
chairman of the Committee on Philippines
and Senator Bcveridge was member
thereof when the Republican and Demo-
cratic members became involved In what
appeared to be a hopeless deadlock The
chairman had exhausted every eNpedient in
his effort 10 evolve some method by which
On agreement could be reached, and had
about given up in despair when Senator
Beveridge arose and asserted that n no
were permitted TO elucidate the situation
he was certain he could bring order out Of
chaos. OF course the opportunity was
offered and he proceeded 10 oNpound his
views He talked for an hour, ~ the enc
Of which time he had united the committee
A vote was taken, and the committee was
recorded unanimously in opposition n IN"
views OF Mr.. Beverage, his being the only
vote cast in support OF his proposition. II
has been suggested that Senator RcrH
ridges advocacy Of the denomination o. OK
President Roosevelt has proved almost as
successful IN uniting the Republicans Of
Jnd!ana-.in opposition TO Colonel Roosevelt
WILL NOT WORK DOUBLF.-Thst II
Is impossible 10 induce two Democratic
organizations 10 work in harmony. no mat
ter how closely sfileted they may be- has
long been known, but rarely has more
striking instance OF the fact been presented
than during the last few weeks In CON
gress. In both houses Of Congress the
Democrats have rent the air with then
vigorous protests against eptravasance IN
the administration Of the government de-
partments. and, aside from their lavish use
NJ funds 70 capture the old soldier vote,
the members OF the House have been fairlv
consistent. their latest exploit having been
10 cut off the allowance for carfsre for war
DEPARTMENT messengers incidentally too,
the saving OF few dollars now expended
for csrfare nav necessitate an increase Of
the messenger force. which would mean
additional "jobs" for Democrats should
the Democrats come into power A. the
Senate end OF the Capitol, the Democratic
pstriots. notably Senator Bailey, have been
lrvejehins against automobiles used TOY
delivering printed matter, etc. hut the
worthy Senators stopped with their IN
Weighing During the consideration Of the
District appropriation bill II has been I'M
possIble 10 maintain a quorum 81 the com
mittes because Of Democratic absentees.
and il has been a necessity almost daily
10 send 2 serFeant-st.arms after missing
r,ernocrats in order that consideration OF
tho hill might proceed at all. OF course,
q roiebt be unjust 20 suggest that tbs
UenoCratic professions Of economy were
merely for effect, were 81 not that the
oorrea NJ the Democrats themselves 50 IN
cffarcd suggestion.
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