Arizona republican., 1912-01-16
The Will of the People.

The VIII OF the People.
1t is perfectly apparent to every
fair-mindcd man. and it should be
apparent. by this time. to everybody
else, that the utteranccs of Presi-
dent Taft are not made for political
effect In other words the prcsi-
dent is in the habit of saying what
he means and of meaning what he
says. And all this despite the fact
that in very many instances his
words have initiated against his
political prestige.
In one of his recent messages
President Taft said: My policy is
not intended To win votes and make
platforms to carry elections. but to
put into the statutes policies for
the benefit of the whole country"
But this declaration by the cNccu-
tive was not required 10 prove that
that is the very thing Mr. TAFT has
been doing.
1t is a fact that the president has
antagonized considerable section
of the country i'm the stand he has
taken on number of questions.
This fact is important, but not
nearly SO important as it is to know
that. whatever he has done. Mr.. Taft
has acted from good motives. He
NJ ..Fn1n
with his fellow citizens but with
himself And the fair minded will
have to respect the president, even
though they do not agree with him.
There has been great deal Of
bluff and buster in Arizona and
elsewhere because it is said the
executive has "overriddcn the will
of the people" But from whom do
these complaints come? From the
democrats and from that section Of
the republican party which has aban-
doned the platform on which the
president was elected 1t should bel
remembered that Mr.. Taft is the
president of the whole country; and
that in this country there is a
variety of opinions on every con-
ceivable subject Also, it is in point
to say that Mr. Taft took office
pledged to carry out the republican
platform. and he has done his duty
i'm this matter as well as any man
could have done it,
Those who declare with so much
heat and noise that the president
has overridden the will of the peo-
nile" cannot know their assertion is
true. They say ne has done SO on
the tariff But isn't it fact that
i'm this country the people are about
evenly divided on the tariff? So
whatever he does on that matter he !
is sure to override the will of some |
Of the people.
Mr. Taft has also oVerridden inc
will of some OF the people in his
ottempts at economy. The people |
whose will has been overriddcn IN
this matter constitute the demo
cratic majority in the house of rep
rcsentativcs.
The president has overridden inc
will of some Of the people in every |
thing he has done lie has over
ridden the will occasionally of most
of the democrats: hut IT happens
that Mr.. Taft wasn't elected on
democratic platform. lie has also
ovcrriddcn the will of some of the
republicans. but it happens that
these republicans have themselves
cut loose from every tradition of the
republican party.
II is submitted that President Tait
has fairly and honestly tried to carry
out the republican platform. Inc
trouble is he has not consented to
MAY the part of the small bore
politician. He has paid attention TO
the term of office he is now serving
and has LET a future term take care
of itself He has been candid ana
honest at all times and he has re-
fused to swerve from the path OF