The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-01-17
THE TROUBLE WITH TAFT

| President William Howard Tai
sang his swan song and presided a
his own political wake at the Repub
lican reorganization dinner in New
York city Saturday night, and hi
speech was OF the character that Il
familiar to the public generally. Tn,
great trouble with Taft Is that h,
takes himself too seriously. He lab
ors under the delusion that he is one
of the few really great men this
country has ever produced. when az
matter Of fact. there is but one
element OF greatness In his entire
make mp and that is his size.
There Is no valid or satisfactory
reason why William Howard Taft
should have ever been president OF
these United States, except the mere
fact that he was once the friend OF
Theodore Roosevelt and was selected
as the most tractable material out OF
which stool pigeon could be con
structed 10 carry on the Roosevelt
policies until such time as the col
onel could come back. There was
nothing In the career of william How
ard Taft up TO the time he was
brought into the limelight by Theo-
dore Roosevelt TO indicate presiden-
tial calibre II Is true that in the dis
charge OF the duties devolvlng upon
him in the mrnor positions he occu-
pied he was faithful and true TO the
interests OF the American people. But
when called upon 20 hold down the
Presidential job until the return Of
OF Col Roosevelt he elected TO place
his duty to the interests I'm control
OF the Republican party over and
above his duties to the American
people His administration has PROV
en- but a repetition of gross plumbers
and his universal unpopularity Is at
tested by the fact that In q contest
with Roosevelt and Wilson In the re-
cent presidential election he was I'M
able TO carry but two OF the small
est states IN the American union.
10 see William Howard Taft as the
recipient Of the electoral vote OF tive
states stand mp before an intclligen,
American audience ana Prl'c cf ihe
GOOD THINGS accomplished by his adj
ana the mistake the
American people have made In boot
his DIS purt, out ON the commons is|
sufficient 90 Give one that ,ir'l icoi-
Ing ia 'ht mort aggravated form lis|
prediction that the Teddyitcs viii
come back is only eqoalled ia s1ll
by his prediction that thousands of
Democrats viii ally themselves with
his party. for one contingency Is jus;
about as improbable as the other.
Tans belief in his own greatness
has caused him to shut his eyes con
lnually to the demands OF the peo-
nio. So inflated was he with the be
lief that he was the entire American
government with the Philippines aud
Porto Rico thrown In. that he could
never get his ear close enough TO
he ground TO hear the rumblings OF
popular discontent He took from the
people the right OF having the tarih
revised. and the people in return re-
.aliated by taking his political scalp.
That he now has the assurance 10
stand up and doscant upon his own
greatness and the mistake made by
he American people In driving him
rom his place Of honor is perhaps q
Htting nuale 20 the screaming farce
Enacted for the past four years I'M
Ter the gulse OF the Taft admins
ration
Prcsidou, Taft will pass out from
political lie on March 4. aud u is
pest Tor the American nation that Il
Is so. vi Paso Times