The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-06
LATTER'S GREAT ECONOMIES
Successful Administration Mer.
its Endorsement.
History Repeats Itself in Re-
storing Needed Rules.

upon several subjects of national i'm
portance now before the public.
He refers to the needs of the coun-
/ try for economy in public affairs;
/ pointing out President Taft'S remark
| able success in this direction. He says:
| 1.-The president has shown himself to
| be safe, practical and progressive in
| the true sense. The record of accom-
| plishments for better government and
| improved business methods for three
years has never been surpassed in the
same time by any administration.
! Mr.. Broderick believes that history
will give President Taft credit for his
great work and that the people will
endorse him by giving him another
| term.
! He also points out an interesting in
cident in President Roosevelt's admin
fstration wherein four dreadnoughts
year were asked. What would the
people say in a referendum decision
| on this % says Mr.. Frederick.
He says President Roosevelt did
many commendable things and ac-
! com lished much needed legislation
and he would not if he could, detract
from his good work.
He also refers to the fact that his
| tory has again repeated itself by the
country, after having made a cam
paign issue of the Reed-Cannon rules,
has found it necessary through the
present congress to restore these rules
in order to permit the majority to do
| business.
Here is the interview in full and it
is committed to the reader as well
worth reading:
while the great body of our peo-
pie are progressive, and believe in
progressive legislation and admins
tration, they begin to understand that
some measures marked Progressive
are not correctly labeled.
President Roosevelt Commended.
MIR. Roosevelt is now candidate
for the nomination for president. He
is progressive and SO is Mr.. Taft. Dur
ing Mr.. Roosevelt's administration he
did many commendable things and
accomplished much needed legiSla-
ton. 1 would not, if I could, detract
from his good work. but economy new
er entered very largely into his cal
culations. In his numerous messages
to congress the word economy was
sparingly used.
ut will be remembered. how
through one congress he insisted by
special messages and earnest appeals
that provision should be made for the
construction of four battleships when
congress only wanted one. Finally,
after much importuning by the presi- |
dent, and in part to appeaSe him, con-
gress provided for two. Mr.. Roose- |
velt's recent opposition made through
the outlook to the pending arbitration
treaties at Washington is in line with
his insistence for four battleshipS a |
year and a powerful navy. He says
the people should rule, so say all, but
they must rule within constitutional
limitations.
Suppose Mr.. Roosevelt's PROPOSE |
ton for four dreadnaughts a year
should be submitted for a referendum |
decision, what would the people say? |
This suggestion for a referendum may |
seem absurd, but would it be more |
novel than trying constitutional ques- |
tons by an undigested public opinion. |
Taft's Remarkable Success.
zone of the things the country now
demands and needs is economy in !
public affairs. Everyone who has CIV |
en- attention to the public business
knows that millions could be saved |
every year at Washington by cutting
out useless sinecures, adopting i'm |
proved methods and by putting each |
of the several departments on bust |
ness basis. Mr.. Taft has earnestly en- |
deavored to work out these reforms |
and to correct existing abuses. This |
is evidenced by Investigations and by /
the administration of the postoffice,- |
treasury and war departments. The /
president has shown himself to be
safe, practical and progressive in the
true sense. The record of accomplish
ments for better government and i'm
proved business methods for three
years has never been surpassed in the
same time by any administration.
History viii doubtless give him cred
it for his great work and l believe
that the people will in the approach
ing campaign endorse his admins
tration and give him another term
DdyS Oh SlTaW NOtCS dSSAnSs
"As the days of straw votes in Kan
sas are passing, and we are reaching
the period of argument on national
questions, it is in order for each citi-
zen to speak for himself if he desires
to do so.
ct have not been in accord with the
Insurgents in all of their contentious.
When the great fight was made in
rule which authorized the speaker of
the house to stop filibustering and al
low legislation to proceed, 1 believed
with the conservatives in that contest,
of the authority to control debate,
within reasonable bounds, such au-
thority would soon have to be restored
in order that the majority could con-
troll the business of legislation.
A Strong Hand Necessary.
''It has been demonstrated by long
experience that the majority is power
less in large legislative body without
some such rule and a strong hand to
WELD the gavel and enforce it. But
experience was held for naught and
the rule was abrogated.
ct take it that the country was lit
tie surprised when a short time ago
Speaker Clark and Mr.. Underwood. his
floor leader, got together and decided
that they could no longer do business
without restoring the once odious and
condemned Cannon rule. The direct
result of this conference was followed
by a change of heart and a few days
ago. the so-called gag rule was re-
enacted by the Democratic majority. {
''Since this action, some members
who were loud in their denunciation t
OF this arbitrary rule have been apol- [
ogizing to their constituents for their
awkward position on this question e
the question that enfivened the politics 7
of the country in the last campaign S
and resulted in displacing the Repub- /
lican majority in the house. As a i
issue 1t answered its pur-t l