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PRESIqENT TAFTS VISIT.
Well, President Taft has come and
gone. We are not advised as to his re
ception in other communities than
Lincoln, or in other states than Nebr
aska. But if his reception elsewhere
was marked by the same lack of en
thusiasm that manifested itself in the
Capital City of Nebraska, then the
President of these United States is not
being enthusiastically received.
Seldom has Lincoln entertained a
larger crowd than that assembled in
Lincoln last Monday to see the Presi
dent. The streets were literally jam
med. But as the Presidnet rode down
the street between walls of humanity,
lifting his hat and smiling the well
known Taft smile, he received not a
single cheer, not a single handclap,
not a single evidence of enthusiasm.
This may or may not be portentious.
The decision rests largely upon the
political bias of the judge. But those
of us who are iuclined to balk at the
party lash, and who lay claim to be
ing really independent, are inclined to
believe it evidences a lack of confid
ence in the man now occupying the
presidental chair and who is making a
campagin tour of the country. Dis
guise it as he and his friends may,
the fact remains, and is patent to even
the most superficial observer, Presi
dent Taf t's tour at this time is solely
for the purpose of arousing enthusi
asm for the campagin for re-nomination
and re-election. What must their
feelings be if the president is received j
elswhere as he was received in repub- j
lican Lincoln, and Nebraska, rather j
inclined to be republican ? j
What is the reason for the coolness
of the president's reception on this
tour? iThere is no reason why Will
Maupin's Weekly should mince words
in expressing its explanation. The peo
ple believe that they have not been
given the square deal by President
Taft. Elected upon a platform explic
itly declaring for tariff revision, and
giving the plain inference that it was
to be revision downward, he declared
at Winona that the infamous Payne
Aldrich tariff law, was the best ever
devised by the republican party. That
law is so notoriousiy in the interests of
the predatory trusts that even the
most ignorant voter feels its evil ef
fects. His reciprocity program, innoc
ent enough on its face, was so eviden
tly a "stall' made for purpose of quiet
ing the growing unrest, was a rank fail
ure. It was' given the cold shoulder by
the managers of his own party and
only affirmed on this side by
democratic votes. After endeavoring
to show farmers that they would be
benefitted by selling their products on
an open market, he denied to them the
privilege of buying their wares in the
same market he would have them sell
in. He offered as an excuse for his veto
of the "farmers free list bill" the tar
iff commission, knowiug full well that
the commission was invented and brot
into being for the sole purpose
of postponing the inevitable revision
downward sharply downward.
In plain words, the people have lost
confidence in Mr. Taft lost confidence
not only in his ability to bring a
bout the reforms specifically pledged,
but in his desire to accomplish them.
William H. Taft had an opportunity
seldom offered a president in the time
of peace. He followed a president who
had stirred up strife and contention,
and who had started a thousand and
one things and never finished. Mr.
Taft came in as a "peacemaker." He
could have stilled warring elements,
brought relief to a burdened people
and halted the greedy trusts in their
grasping. He did not. The evidence of
the fact lies in the fact that he has
not helped to reduce a single extortion
ate tariff schedule, but has opposed
reduction save upon the raw material
raised and sold by the farmers. He
openly and warmly endorses the
supreme court's "rule of reason" de
cision in the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trust cases, a decision that emasculates
the anti-trust law and reads into it the
identical language that the railroads
and other corporations vainly spent
their millions to have incorporated
in the original law. His attitude in the
Ballinger case aroused the people the
plain people whose interests were be
ing betrayed into the hands of the
Guggenheimers and the Morgans.
Is it any wonder that President Taft
is being coldly received as he travels
around the country "making medi
cine" for the 1912 campagin? William
Howard Taft may have earned this
cold reception. The president of the
United States is entitled to more en
thusiastic reception. He is everybody's
president, and he personifies the
greatness and glory of this republic
Will Maupin's Weekly earnestly hopes
that President Taft will be given an
increasingly cordial reception as he
progresses along his route.
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A DUTY WELL PERFORMED.
The committee having in charge the
arrangements for President Taf t's vis
it to Lincoln performed it in a most
creditable manner. To Chairman Bur
kett is due a great deal of praise for
his work. Everything moved with clock
like precision, and the only delay in
the program was caused by the presi
dent himself. Everybody had a
chance to see the chief executive of the
nation. There wasn't a single hitch in
the program, and the all-to-short stay
of the president in the Capital City
was so well crowded with incidents of
a pleasant nature that he will cer
tainly recall the visit with pleasure the
remainder of his life. Lincoln not only
knows how to play host, but knows
just the right men to select to arrange
the reception and entertainment.
"HIGHER PLANE" POLITICS.
One naturally expects from "re
form" and "progressive" papers a
clean campagin. That is why we are
surprised that the Blair Pilot should
descend to the level of abuse, not even
stopping at slander. The Pilot, being a
republican newspaper, is naturally op
posed to the election of a democrat, al
though it is far enough removed from
blind partisanship to bolt a party nom
inee now and then. But its opposi
tion to Judge Oldham is not an excuse
for slander. It refers to Judge Oldham
as a "common drunk" which assert
ion has no foundation in fact, and which
the Pilot would have to answer for in
court if applied in some directions we
could point out. The editor of Will
Maupin's Weekly has known Willis D.
Odham for twenty years, personally
and! almost intimately. That Judge
Oldham takes a drink of liquor when
he feels like it is not denied, either by
himself or friends. That, however, is
not a crime. If it were we opine there
are some republican officeholders sup
ported by the Pilot who are criminals
"to a considerable degree, and with
whom not a few of us are particeps
crimini if we have our Latin on
straight Will Maupin's Weekly is not
rending its nether garments in this
judicial fight but is occupying
a wholly unprejudiced
position. But it will never be
content to remain silent when one of
its friends is wrongfully assailed, and
it is rather proud of the fact that its
friends are numbered among the mem
bers of all parties. The Pilot owes it to
itself and to Judge Oldham to make
apology.
A LITTLE WORD PERSONAL.
With this issue Will Maupin's WTeek
ly returns to the conventional 6-quar-to
form. The reasons for this step are,
in the estimation of the editor and
publishers, ample and easily stated.
The 16-page magazine form, while
possessing many advantages, among
which are convenience in handling,
adaptablity to advertising, etc, has
its drawbacks. In our case the draw
backs out-weigh the advantages. The
magazine form requires too much
handling with the equipment now at
our command. We hope in time to
return to the magazine form, with an
enlarged and vastly better paper. But
until such time as we are able to se
cure the proper mechanical equipment
we are compelled, by reasons of econ
omy of time, to return to the old form.
All that is saved in mechanical time
will be devoted to improvement in the
contents of Will Maupin's Weekly. It
is going to boost harder than ever for
Nebraska and Nebraskans. Without
hesitation or stuttering it is going to
persistently point to the good in men.
It is never going to degenerate into a
kmmon scold. It will be very decided
its opinions when it has opinions to
kpress, and that will be all the time, J
tat it is going to respect the opinions
cv otners and accord to its onnonents
te most courteous treatment-Men may
differ from us in opinion on any sub
ject, religious, political, social or oth
erwise, without being a knave or a
fooj. We believe most men are honest,
although some are lacking in knowl
edges. We hope you EkeWHI Maupin's
Weekly. It wants to be liked because
it wants to earn the good will of all
those who love good cheer and optim
ism.' If you like it tell your neigh
bors so. If you do not like it, come
and tell us. Maybe we can reach an
agreement as to how the paper should
be conducted.
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