Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-22
TAFT TACTICS ARE
ADOPTED By WILSON
METHODS WHICH DEFEATED PRE-
DEcESSOR TAKEN UP BY
PRESIDENT
JONES CONTROVERSY
PROMISES BITTER FIGHT
President Attempting to Whip Insurp-
ent Senators Into Line by With
drawing Patronase-situaton SINH
lar to That in 1910, During Fight
Over Railroad Legislation.
especial Correspondence

Washington, July 22-The situation
firnation OF Thomas D. Jones, Of Chi
cago. as member OF the federal re-
serve board, has become much like the
situation which developed at the time
OF the fight over railroad legislation
in 1910. when President Taft under
took to drive insurgent republicans into
line with the use of patronage.
Today, the White House, f1ghting to
the utmost TO force the confirmation OK
Jones. is using the club of patronage
to punish insurgent democrats and
drive them into line. The word is go
ing around that democratic senators
who hold out against Jones need not
expect any favors from the president
In the WAY of appointments. Talk is
current that already the process OF
Furnishing certain Of the democratic
opponents OF Jones has begun.
Whether the effect of the policy
of the president will be to enable him
to win his point and drive enough
tirnid democratic senators into line TO
get Jones confirmed. or whether 1t
viii be to create in the senate body
of vigorous and independent demo-
cratic insurgents remains to be seen.
Taft's Experience Disastrous.
Politicians TO-DAY are recalling that
the effect of the effort of President TAFT
to punish insurgents with the whip Of
patronage was disastrous for nobody
but Mr.. Taft. Instead Of oeiEs driven
into line for the administration because
of the jobs they We're refused. the in
surgents became still more independ-
ent The broke off all relations with
the White House and this was the be-
ginning of the end of the Taft regime.
Unauestionably, the efforts OF Presi-
dent Wilson to force the confirmation
OF Jones on the senate and the refusal
Of some Of the democratic senator's to
support this nominee for the federal
reserve board. coupled with the pun
ishment of the recalcitrants by keeping
patronage from them, threaten a big
split in the democratic party. lnsur-
gency on various counts is rife among
the democrats In congress at present.
The battle over Jones may prove to be
the cause which will crystalline and
solidify the insurgent clements.
Struggle Is imminent
Far from being mere controversy
over whether one man or another shall
serve on the federal reserve board. the
Jones controversy along with that over
Paul NJ Warburg. threatens to be-
come a political struggle of the first
ma gnitude. While the president is re-
lying on the patronage club TO line up
haIky senate democrats. the democrats
who are insurgent are declaring their
Willingness to carry the issue TO the
country Opponents Of Jones in ag-
ricultural states say they are perfect
" willing to leave the case to the far
rners who, they are convinced. will not
relish the selection of director OF the
International Harvester Company for
tie reserve board.
Reed Is UnreIentins.
Talk OF a senate democratic confer
ence with view to forcing senator's to
support Jones has been rife. Senator
Reed Of Missouri. however. declared
he would not go into such a confer
ence
Il do not care to be considered a
rebel against my party said he. but
I do not look on this as party mat
ter
He added that ne was opposed to
Jones as matter of principle AMI
would give out a statement expressing
his views and paying his respects to
those who are trying to drive him to
hack Jones Senator Umbr'e.
Senator Hitchcock and others will not
20 To the proposed conference.