Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-10-23


portant question of the campaign to
the thinking men and the working men
of the country, the proceeds to drop
for the time being the initiative and
referendum. the recall of judges and
other innovations calculated to entice
votes from this popular" following
of his and he hanks back to the tariff,
the tariff of the Republican party he
so recently bolted because it was not
progressive enough. Mr. Munsey evil
IDENTIFY realized that when he got back
to the tariff question, Mr.. Roosevelt
had nothing to stand on as far as his
past achievements were concerned so
he enumerates large number of the
| things that the Roosevelt administra-
ton did accomplish as all excuse to
show why Roosevelt hadn't the time
for reforming the tariff He said he
was doing bigger things at that time.
Now President Taft did have time to
deal with the tariff question. Presi-
dent Taft, with the experience of
making a tariff bill, realized where
| the system could be improved so he
created tariff board of experts so
that when future revision of rates on
a particular article was called for he
could get a scientific opinion as to
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other countries and at home. In other
words, Pres. Taft has tariff record.
But to get back to this appeal for
the vote of the business man on tLe
strength of the preservation of the
protective tariff policy, it has general
ly been believed from the first that
Mr.. Roosevelt himself, when he again
came into the fight following his de-
feat for the Republican nomination,
had no idea he could win the election
this year. Of course he would have
liked to win this year but it has been
the general belief that he was looking
to the future and that the first move
was to disrupt the Republican party
and prepare the way for 1916. He has
put up vigorous campaign and has
made strong bid for the popular vote
by the use of policies like the initiative
and referendum, the recall of judges
and his denunclatiOn of many things.
He has not cut as large SWath in the
West as he expected and his popular
following is believed to be waning
while Taft, standing by the Constitu-
ton and preaching sane doctrines, has
been gaming ground. So one of his
strong financial hackers, the owner of
many newspapers whose columns have
bulged with his doctrines, now comes
forward with an appeal for the vote of
the business man. The initiative and
the recall are relegated to the side
lines and the Republican party's tariff
record is praised. The protective
principle must be preserved for the
business prosperity of the country.
But this cannot be done by voting fo1
Mr.. Taft, he says, because Mr.. Taft
cannot be elected. There is only one
way for the business men to get the
benefit of the protective tariff and pros
perity and that is by voting for the
man who is doing his best to destroy
the party which has brought about the
prosperity through the tariff, which
has been its principal issue from the
start of the campaign. Colonel Roose-
welt is not disrupting the party fast
enough through his popular follow.
ing propaganda and seems to be los
ing ground, so his supporters are now
making bid for the vote of the bust
ness man and the working man on the
tariff slogan.
Has it ever occurred to Mr. Munsey
that Mr.. Taft has held his following
and has been gaining ground in other
directions than among the business
classes; and that when the people
have mulled over some of these popu
lar doctrines of Colonel Roosevelt as
practical proposition to relieve thu
real ills that trouble them that they
will find nothing in them and turn tt
Mr.. Taft? 1t probably has occurred t.
him rather strongly or he would'n
have dropped the Constitution-wreck
ing doctrines that have been spreaC
, from one end of the country to tn,
other for the same old hard-headet
tariff question which really affect
business conditions and prosperity.
If Colonel Roosevelt had not beer
: losing ground among his own classe:
! he would not be making bid for
! part of Taft's support, if he were no
! in trouble his supporters would not b,
4 making an appeal for votes on the tar
if, just remember that.-Montpelie
Journal.