Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-16
rost office department made self
sustaining, instead OF showing a big
deficit of MANY millions. ~


Canadian reciprocity rejected by
canadian Parliament, and opposed by
many republicans and which the pres
'oent is now ready to have repealed
II the democratic house would only
40 1t. The president apparently rec
oshlzes this as q mistake and is ready
to rectify it.
Publication of campaign funds and
expenditures, requiring publicity both
pefore and after elections, as well as
primaries, thus extending 1t beyond
the limit fixed by the democrats.
Endorsement Of commission report
and proposed bill concerning employ
ers' liability.
Reorganization of customs service,
corruption eliminated, frauds expos
ed and punished and millions of dol
lars recovered.
Court Of Commerce to review find
lngs OF Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. "
Nonpartisan Tariff Board to report
on the difference in the cost of pro.
auction at home and abroad.
Corporation tax, which yields $780,.
100000 annually; government exam.
nation of corporations methods pro.
vided.
A deficit of $4,000, 900 left over
from the previous administration, con.
verted into a $4,000, 900 surplus.
Nonpartisan judicial appointments,
involving a reorganization of the U.
nlted States Supreme Court. "a
Further control of railroads through
extension of powers of the interstate
Commerce Commission.
Workingman's compensation act
brought to successful issue in the Su.
preme court.
Stock and bond commission-valu.
able and exhaustive report submitted
as basis for legislation. -.
Extension of civil service by ex
e@cutive order.
Practical and sane conservation
acts.
Court Of Customs Appeals; under
valuation stopped.
In addition the president caused
the inauguration of a new policy as
to river and harbor appropriations
which abolished the old pork barrel
appropriation system and adopted the
business policy of continuing con
Tracts to the speedy completion o.
projects.
A bureau Of mines and a children.
bureau have been established and al
thorized, respectively. The former j!
! in full operation and has accomplish
ed much good in saving lives of min
ers. The children's bureau is in pro
cess of organization.
Avoided Clash With Mexico.
The difficult situation arising from
7 the revolution in Mexico was diplo
m%atically handled and the United
5 States aided the establishment of Law
and order in the neighboring republic
through preserving it in u own.
President Taft has substitutes
scientific tariff revision for politica
: giving and taking in such Legislation
and has stood steadfastly by tina
method while vetoing tariff bills en-
acted by the democratic house, whic
a ignored his tariff board, created 70
the scientific handling of this subjec
Many more achievements could b
added to this list, but this certainl
! should be convincing to the unprejl
diced reader that President Taft ha
accomplished a great deal and affair
ed many worthy ends.
The president has been handicap
ped from the start by the insurgen
movement in his own party in tn
house and later in the senate, as We
as by the democratic house ,electe
in 1910.
: The scientific revision of the tart
: has teen prevented by democratic OF
position the house leaders declinin
: to utilize the valuable information OF
tanned by the board and passing tart
bills which met with a prompt vet
because of that fact.
Dixon Blocked Peace Treaties.
s. The defeat of the arbitration O
: peace treaties as they were commOnl
referred to which had been success
fully negotiated with Great Britai
and France, is due to the advers
vote of Senator Joseph M. Dixon, o
Montana, manager Of the Bull Moos
candidates campaign. Dixon cam
l directly from Oyster Bay to the ser
ate chamber to vote against the treat
les. The vote was so close that h
was enabled to cast the deciding vote
From the time the democrats gair
ed control in the lower house they
with aid from the insurgent republ
cans, have persistently and continu
ously sought to embarrass the admin
istration. A score or more of social
ed investigations" have been con
, Quoted which have developed nothing
in many instances and little of any
thing in any case to reflect upon tn
administration. When the final cos
of these Investigations, which hav'
given opportunity for junkets all owe
the United States to the committee
conducting them, is finally summed
up, it will be found to run into tn
MILLIONS instead of a few thousands o
dollars, and the peoples money vii
have been found to have been expend
ed in fruitless political undertaking
The slightest pretext has been sufi
cient to start one of these so-calle(
investigations, and the has-been pol
itician with a crouch has been IL