Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-02
TAFT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

paper is equipped with goO0 STOCK
Of patience, Gall of which the writer
is very thankful for) and who, by
the way, is conceded to be one of
the ablest editorial writers in north
western Iowa, hence what he has to
say on the subject the writer wishes
to interrogate him on believe will
be of unusual interest to the readers
of the Freeman-Tribune. In fact l
believe it will be of interest to the
entire country at large. The infor-
nation that am seeking for is this.
Taking in consideration period OF
four years, which four years do you
say we reached the climax of our ma
tional prosperity? Not only national
but individual as we'll. Now, Mr..
Editor, that fact can be determined
beyond reasonable doubt and the
man is still living who was in the
presidential chair at that tme and
in full use Of his physical and men
tai faculties. Now, Mr.. Editor, as
matter of good business and sound
Judgment aught not the people OF
this nation regardless Of what few
|disgruntled politicians say demand
that at the next republican national
lconvention he should be renominat-
ed for president, by reclamation, be-
cause at this critical juncture when
the whole world is in turmoil and
no one can forsee what the end OF
lit will all be. We want a man at
the head of this nation who already
has the distinction of giving the peo-
ple in general the most happiness
that any people ever enjoyed as a
nation.
The readers of this article will
have guessed long before they have
reached this point that without any
doubt Ex-President Taft is the presi-
dent referred to and I am sure the
political editor Of this paper will
acknowledge that president Taft's
administration was one that brought
cheer and prosperity to the nation
in a higher degree than was ever en-
Ijoyed by people Of any nation SO
far as history recites. Note the diff
ference between Taft's administra-
ton and Roosevelt's Roosevelt's with
its crimpy little panic that brought
ruin and disaster to both large and
small industry all over the country.
Now most seriously, Taft's admins
tration, as it were, injected the
elixir of life into those concerns
that the Roosevelt panic closed. Con-
trast Taft's administration with VIII
sons and note the difference. Dur
ing the time that Taft occupied the
presidential chair the treasury was
| full and there was money to meet all
demands, but now the reverse ID
true, even with the stamp act on the
people. Something that was never
known before only as war meas
ure. The treasury is well nigh de-
pleted and with a $5O0,O00,000 ap-
preparation for preparedness staring
us in the face land, by the way, ev-
| cry good loyal citizen should be will
ling to pay his part of this immense
sunny and as we always judge the
future by the past it will take a good
strong republican congress and the
guiding hand of some strong man
like Ex-President Taft to give the
people the assurance they need In
these times of uncertainty.
Yours respectfully,
H. B. Hummel.
The Freeman-Tfibune will con-
cede that the administration of Pres
ident Taft was marked with prosper
ity. In fact all the administrations
from Mckinley to Taft-with the
exception of one year-1907-were
fortunate in this respect. In 1907
few people, certainly no republicans,
not even Mr.. Hummel, thought of
holding Roosevelt blameable. The
panic was precipitated primarially
by slumps in the copper market,
which caught a number of prominent
banks. Roosevelt was equal to the
emergency and took immediate steps
to neutralize the effect of the panic
|precipitated by the plungers on Wall
street. The republican party gave
Roosevelt credit for what he did at
that time and he had the backing Of
the entire republican congress. How
ever, that is ancient history, and
Taft's part in it as member Of the
Roosevelt administration has never