The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30

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rather than able. He criticised.
the President for not carrying out
the Roosevelt policies. In this he
took direct issue with Mr.. Roose-
| velt him self in his address before
the Saratoga convention two years
ago when he gave unstinted praise
to the president for the manner in
which he carried out those princi-
Piles. He gave Mr.. Roosevelt
credit for the actions brought
against the Standard Oil and To-
bacco trusts, but criticized the
president for the failure in the re-
suit of the prosecutions. The fact
is that the actions against these
trusts were brought by Atty. Gen.
Bonaparte under the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, but were pushed to
completion by Atty. Gen. Wicker
sham under Pres. Taft's admins
tration. The final decree of the
court was in exact accord with the
bill filed by Mr.. Bonaparte, and if
it is not effective the fault is
that of the Roosevelt rather than
the Taft administration. The
truth is that the decree wss all
that could be secured under the
present law. Pres. Taft has re-
commended that congress pass
law for federal incorporation of
interstate commerce corporations
but congressman like Mr.. Allen
perfer to take the stump criticising
the president for not enforcing laws
that do not exist rather than stick
to their posts and enact the laws.
The same thing is true of the con-
servation issues. The president
has done everything possible under
the law and has outlined an effect
ual law which he has asked con-
gress to pass, but the Allen stripe
lof congressman are too busy ca1n-
palgning to look after the duties
for which they were elected.
He praised Mr.. Roosevelt for
originating the conservation poll
cies. The fact is that conserva-
tion was talked long before Mr..
Roosevelt was elected president,
and agitation was abont the only
thing that was accomplished during
his administration. True, he did,
without right or authority, issue
an executive order withdrawing the
timber lands and coal lands from
settlement, but this was no solu-
ton of the problem, and he never
outlined practical policy for con
serving our public utilities. Pres.
Taft has done this, but the mac
tivity of such congressman az Mr.,
Allen is now blocking the game.
He criticised the president for the
failure of congress to pass suit
able tariff bill. The constitution
plainly places the duty of framing
a tariff measure upon the house of
congress to which Mr.. Allen be-
longs. If they put through poor
measure why should the president
be blamed Then it might be
pertinent to ask how much relief
Mr.. Roosevelt gave us on tariff is-
sues during the seven and a half
years that he was president. The
present bill according to statistics,
has reduced the tariff eleven per-
cent from what it was when Mr..
Roosevelt was president, yet he
never raised finger to give Us re-
lief, nor does he promise it now.
He lauded Mr.. Roosevelt for his
international peace treaties. The
fact is that the peace treaties that
Mr.. Roosevelt advocated we're
nothing more than voluntary arbi-
tration treaties, and these need nc
law. Any two nations can and
often do, submit their differences
to arbitration and this is virtually
all that there was to Mr.. Roose
velt's proposed treaties. Mr.. Tai
has formulated the only effectua
international peace treaty evel
presented, but before ratifying i