The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-11
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The Evening Post OF New YORK Is one OF u's
warmest and ablest supporters Of President Wilson
The Post as everybody knows, Is an independeni
newspaper of very high type. 1t is not run for any
person or party and is controlled by any capitalist
influence Although its appeal is made particularly
to people possessing more than ordinary intelligence
and culture, it is always the champion Of the So
called common people.
No newspaper in the United States has criticised
in such fearless and unsparng terms the maladminis-
traton of our railroads the extortons of the robber
high tariff barons and the whole evil spawn Of high
finance that attained such growth in the country
previous to the year 1907 Finally the Post although
it has never pretended to be popular newspaper,
has shown itself possessed of the most acute dis
|cernment of popular sentiment and popular tenden-
ces. Throughout long period its editorial express
sons of opinion have been of peculiar value to the
politician or other interested person who desired to
understand the point OF view of the average intel
ligent American citizen. The Post is generally on
the winning side in Presidential election contests
We, therefore, commend to the attentive reading
of everybody having the of the present ad-
mnstration at heart the editorial article entitled "A
Taskmaster President" which appeared in the Post
last Tuesday afternoon. President Wilson spok-
en- of in the highest terms. The work that he has
already done for economic and social reform was
warmly praised, and the hope expressed, in
which all good people whole-heaedly share that this
work may prove successful But the question was
asked very earnestly and sincerely whether the eff
fort of the President rush through Congress at the
present session the Trust BILL the Trades Com
mission BILL the Rural Credits BILL and the bill for
the government supervision of the issue of railway
securities with Mexico continually demanding large
share of attention, might not test to the uttermost
the capacity of Congress for work. and might not
chiefly result in making of all these measures.
As an humble co-admirer with the Post of Presi-
dent Wilson, we join with that newspaper in asking
whether the proper way is being pursued of getting
all these things done well? Here we have vast
mass of proposed legislation great deal of which
has not assumed preliminary shape in the minds
of those who charged with the duty of preparing
it These matters all exceedingly important, and
involve many technicalties and complexities 1t is
announced that the endeavor will be to rush the
bills through before July What kind of bills will
they be when they are rushed through, even sup
posing that the rushing can be completed in this
brief time?
Is it not the duty of President Wilson and his
intimate counselors in Congress consider whether
laws passed in any such way this will be laws that
will satisfy the sober judgment of the people, and will
subject the party to the popular judgment in the
Congressional elections next fall that it has put for
ward scamped and mangled hodge-podge of fegis-
lation which has only confused and distressed the
business interests of the land Would not be bet
ter for Congress to concentrate its attention one
out of all these measures and content itself with
enacting that in good and careful shapef
We do not believe there is among the mem
bers of Congress who will read these words who does
not know that his chances of to Congress
another year will be heightened by limitation of the
legislative program that has been proposed