Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02
JOHNSON VS.. TAFT.

II want to pay a tribute Of respect
to President Taft said candidate
Wilson in his recent Minneapolis
speech. 81 don't believe" he
added ''that any man who knows the
facts can question the integrity or the
purpose of the man who now presides
in the White House. If he has
gotten into nad company it is no fault of
his. He did not choose the company ;
it was made before hand"
Mr.. Wilson's attitude. in this re-
mark, is quite different from that of
Gov. johnson, of California. candidate
on the Bull Moose ticket for vice
president, and known upon the coast
as Windy Johnson" In a speech
he made at Columbus, O.. be made
a most vicious and disgraceful attack
upon the president. alludIng to him
as the most h~umiliating character
in American history"
In this insult to the republican
party and the whole country this man
johnson. (who is the same individual
that threatened to do such wonderful
things to Senator LaFollette recently
when he came to Wisconsin to make
a speech, and then suddenly fiattened
out without saying anything when he
got here), enables the people TO take
the true measure of his character. and
they will probably see to it that such
a man as he is will not accomplish
his ambition to sit in the vice pLesi.
Dental chair.
1t is one of the characteristics of
the American people that they sincere
ly respect the dignity Of their chief
executive and regard the Office of
president as the highest in the world.
It is true that President Taft has
not been a really popular president.
but nobody can deny that he has at
all times been d sincere and honorable
one. He cannot and does not play to
the grandstand for applause. His
unpopularity has been largely brought
about by the constant misrepresenta-
tions and villification that have Deer
heaped upon him and his adiminstra-
tion by men Of his own political party,
who hope to obtain political advance
ment for themselves by his downfall.
No president ever had to face such a
fight from men of his own party as
has President Taft, and the worst OF
it has been that he has not been a
fighter who could cope with that
kind of warfare.
When the record of his administra-
tion is dispassionatelY written. separat-
ed from partisan and factional bias. it
will be conceded that it has been one
of unusual achievement. in spite of
all the obstacles that it has been pos
sible for bis enemies within and with
out his party to place in his path.
In the matter of trust legislation
alone he has accomplished more than
any of his predecessors and his honest
sincerity of purpose by actually fore
ing prosecutions in this department
instead of using leather lunged threats,
has brought onto him the bitter
enmity and Uppos1tion of the mono
polistic element with which his op-
ponents have the %effrontery to charge
him with being in league.
Any executive who endeavors to
make Roadway while fighting against
malevolent and two-faced opposi-
ton in his own party can no more
succeed in his endeavors, than can a
man who faces the opposition of his
divided household.
But surely the president cannot
suffer much from the attacks of such
a wind TANNER as ''hope to- be vice
president Johnson