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Taylor's Letter About the Presidency v Old in the Ohio valley and of an Impending war with By ELMO SCOTT WATSON 1KAK of "Virginia, the Mother of Great Britain took the young captain to what is Presidents," and the average Amer- now the state of Indlaua. There he had his first ican thinks Immediately of the baptism of fire. Placed in command of Fort Harrison, built on the Wabash river to protect the famous Virginia Dynasty George Washington, Thomas Jef- romantic old town of Vincennes, which had figferson, Janies Madison and James ured so largely In the exploits of that other VirMonroe which ruled the nation ginian, George Rogers Clark, Taylor with a garIn the early days of the Republic. rison of only 50 men successfully beat off an atAnd yet these four were only half tack by several hundred of Tecumsehs warriors of the number of Presidents which and won for himself the brevet of major. At the close of the War of 1812 congress reDominion even to the gave nation, though the average American does not remember duced the army and Taylor was cut to the grade so readily that William Henry Harrison, John of captain. Disgusted at this, he resigned from Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson the army and went back to Kentucky "to raise a crop of corn. But friends Interceded for him were also born In Virginia. Perhaps one reason for this Is because the and he was reinstated as a major and In 1816 lieutenant-colone- l outstanding events In the careers of at least advanced to was three of them took place In other parts of the His first command as lieutenant-colone- l country and that they lie burled elsewhere than Fort Snelling In Minnesota, then the most adIn the soli of their native state. In the case of vanced outpost in the Old Northwest, and In Zachary Taylor, for Instance, Kentucky has quite July, 1829, he took command at Prairie du Chlen as much claim upon him as has Virginia and we In Wisconsin. While there the new Fort Crawcommonly think of him as a Kentuckian rather ford was completed under his direction and the than as a Virginian. There is Justification for old fort abandoned because the Mississippi was that In the fact that he was taken to Kentucky Inundating It He was there In 1832 at the out(then a part of Virginia) as a baby, grew up break of the Sac and Foxe Indians, knowrn as with that state, from it started on the military the Black Hawk war, and took part In the camcareer which was to lead him to the White paign which ended In the defeat and capture of chieftain. House and found his last resting place there. that Rut recently Virginia has begun to assert her It was during Taylor's service at Fort Crawclaims to Taylor as one of her sons. A year or ford that there occurred an Incident which has so ago a bust of him was unveiled in the old been the subject of much romantic writing, not House of Delegates in the state capitol at Rich- all of It strictly accurate. One of Taylors submond and this year finds Virginia observing the alterns was a young Mississipplan fresh from of his birth with the celebra- West Point, Lieut. Jefferson Davis, who fell In tion coming to a climax on the anniversary of love with Sara Knox Taylor, the daughter of his birthday. his commander. But when the subject of marBorn in Orange county, Va., November 27, 1784, riage was broached, Taylor refused to give his he was the son of Richard Taylor who fought in consent The only thing wrong with that story Is that the Continental army during the Revolution and came out of the war as a lieutenant-colonea it isn't true. Old letters in the possession of defact which undoubtedly influenced the careers of scendants of Taylor, now living In Kansas City, two of his three sons and more particularly that Mo., prove that, contrary to the legend, there of the second, known in his youth as Zachariah. was no elopement. Sara Knox Taylor was sent Taken to Kentucky at the age of six months to the home of the colonels sister, Mrs. John young Zachariah grew up on a frontier farm Gibson Taylor, In Louisville, Ky., and a year and was largely At the age of later, when Taylor learned that the young coutwenty-fou- r his elder brother, then a lieutenant ple still wanted to get married, he wrote to his In the regular army, died and President Jeffer- sister that he would no longer withhold his conson appointed the younger brother a lieutenant sent. They were married In Louisville In June, in the Seventh infantry in his place. 1835, and went Immediately to Mississippi where The next year he was sent to New Orleans, Davis had a cotton plantation. In September then under the command of Gen. James Wilkin- both were stricken with malaria and Davis' son, who had been deeply Involved in the Aaron young bride died. ' But to return to the career of Taylor himself Burr conspiracy but who had succeeded In esafter the Black Hawk war, Taylor's next servcaping with a coat of whitewash. In 1S10 Taylor was promoted to captain and celebrated this ad- ice was against the Seminoles in Florida and in vancement by marrying Margaret Smith of 1836 he won a victory over them at the Battle of Maryland. Then the threat of an Indian uprising Okechobee which won for him the brevet of brig- d sesqui-centenni- l, I '.ft jA jV rsr, ' ji R 'jT - 4f Shisrvf- - -- '. G. d 1ca t u.- - yC -- -- I (!m Av - J tfh ;s x wa - XA. v Gen. Taylor Worry many a furrowed brow to Washington these days concerning eur oan nations ststus In case the need for a sturdy national defense arises. The worries of our own got eromeut sre not lesaened by the weaknesses which Newton D. I.sker, former secretary of war, and his commutes, of experts reported they had observed In our military air service. But from wbat I cun learn. Huts la tom satisfaction among those charged with responsibility of government because the vulnerable spots were poluted out before we are called upon to resort to that bruinh of our national defense, Having knowledge of the exact situation surely should be of some . The Baker board, as It bat come to be known, was the fifteenth Id sixteen years that hat given study to our sir force. It apparently went straight to the core of the trouble wnd said the chief problem. In effect, was bit or miss policy with Since resfiect to sir development body congress Is the of our nation, it must accept the responsibility, but my own research and acquaintance with matters relating to the appropriation of funds for the government leads me to believe that the budget bureau has been none too wise In determining expenditures for recommendation to congress. Recommendations by the Cukor board call first for establishment of a military air force of more th no 2,290 planes, a force second to none In the world. An air force of young men is advised, a corps of highly trained men who know how to handle their planes that, in event of attacks, the air service will not find Itself sacrificing good blood such as occurred in the comparatively safe business of transporting the malls. The board said the government should encourage an air Industry In the United States to provide an adequate resource for the nation. If that Is done, the report pointed out, there Is a reserve strength developed that provides for revenue In peace and strength In war. I have little confidence that congress is going to pay much attention to the Baker board's conclusions. It seldom has paid any attention to such expert advice. President Roosevelt asked the board to go to the bottom of the problem, however, and it bos done so. At least the country Is Informed, and If Its representatives In the house or the senate do not perform In a way that will correct the condition, then we all will know w here to place the blame. For example, the report proposes that there be adequate and contlnu ing appropriations for expansion of the air service of the army. In that recommendation the board stfuck apkey note. It said continuing propriations were necessary, and anyone can 6ee such a view is correct because otherwise a big sura is appropriated one year and wasted work results when the brothers who hold the purse strings say In the next year that they are not going to allow any more such expenditures. It Is exactly as though one started to build a bouse and after the walls were up, the money ran out and no roof could be put on. The structure remains Incomplete, no good to anyone. This question of appropriations has been the bone of contention all I do not mean to say that along. the "brains" of the War department always have been capable of guiding the program effectively, but if congress had pursued a sound policy that at least was consistent, I am assured by many competent authorities the army air service would not be where It Is today. The Baker board, like most of its predecessors, declined to support the much agitated proposal for an air service detached from the army and navy. Only one member of the board, James Doolittle, the well known flyer, held that view. The board as a whole thought the air service ought to be an Integral part of the military or naval branches of the service, and there Is every evidence that this Is one section of the recommendation that will be accepted by congress without argument. at Monterey adler general. In 1S33 he was given the chief command In Florida and two years later he was put In charge of the southern division of the western department of the regular army and transferred his family home from Louisville to Baton Rouge, La. Then came the Mexican war and with It Taylor's chance for winning the glory that was to make him President of the United States. His victories at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista made him a national hero, even though most of the credit for those victories belong to some of bis subordinates West Pointers mostly, who were destined for future fame as generals In the Union and Confederate armies during the War Between the States. So the nation which had sent Jackson and Harrison to the White House because of their fighting records began talking of another military hero President At first Taylor would have none of It When a visitor to his camp ventured to toast him as the next President, the bluff old general exclaimed "Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!" More than that when a friend, General Young of Newcastle, Del, wrote to him urging him to accept the honor If it were offered him, Taylor replied in part: "Your remarks In relation to my being a candidate for the President are very flattering, but I think you will know without the necessity of saying so to you, that I am not and shall never be an aspirant for that honor. My opinion has always been against the elevation of a military chief to that position. We must choose a statesman able to control the people at home and elevate the credit of the country abroad. The manner In which my name has been used in New York In reference to this matter I fear will do me Injury and embarrass me In my military capacity. My best energies I shall, however, devote to the prosecution of this campaign and which I sincerely hope will tend to peace. But despite this attitude, the talk persisted and Taylor seems to have become receptive toward the Idea. The Whigs, anxious to regain power from the Democrats by using the prestige of Taylors military record, nominated him without knowing where he stood on any political questions and to cap that formulated no platform for him. In fact, for some time after the nomination they did not know whether or not he would accept. By a curious mistake he had not received his letter of notification. They had forgotten to prepay the postage on the letter and at that time the post office carried letters and collected from the receiver. Taylor, on his plantation in Louisiana, to which he had retired after the Mexican war, not knowing the contents of the letter which came to him, refused to accept the letter and pay the postage on 11 But eventually he learned that he was the nominee and somewhat to the amusement of the country stated that "he was a Whig, but not an Ultra Whig. Whether he was or not didnt seem to make much difference and In the election of 1849 he was the victor over Lewis Cass of Michigan, the Democratic candidate. He was inaugurated In March, 1850, but he did not live long to enjoy the highest honor that had been conferred upon him. On the Fourth of July he took part In the ceremonies connected with laying the cornerstone of the Washington monument in the National Capital. It was a hot day and In an effort to cool off the Iresident drank a great deal of cold water and Iced milk followed by a substantial dinner. An hour later lie fell violently ill and five days later, July 9, 1S50, he died. by Western Newspaper Union. Mother Nature has her own way out and In her functions Nature ently she does Needs No Helpaot nced or wish the aid of professional theorists. Thecurrent proof of this Is the drouth and the effect it Is having on the agricultural adjustment program. There Is very serious consideration being given to suspension of the scheme for curtailing production. Secretary Wal lace and Chester Davis, the agricultural administrator, are worried over the prospects although they naturally are saying little. It is known, however, that one of the things they are thinking about is abandonment of the contracts for curtailment of crops because the of working things appar-Moth- Splendid Proprecs Being Made in the United States, Where the Experiment of Universal Educa tion Had Its Inception. When Will Durant ventured to put extreme drouth has made the reduction plans unworkable and eea out a tlili k illume entitled "The dangerous to the country's food 8try of Ihllnuopliy nobody In th ventured to bueluees would lie' stock So It begins to appear that there forecast a Mile of Ikio.noo copies, but will have to be revision of the ag- that was what happened, florae of ricultural program upon which the th I'lilloaoptiera were annoyed I' administration hai worked so des- the study, but they should lime perately and upon which It has ex- mad their lectures more Interesting If they wanted a monopoly. pended so much money. were of the historians The Agricultural detuirtnient Is Muny authority for the statement that 'aghast when debunking volumes glutremoved ted the innrket. It la undeniable that the drouth already ha any probability of e wheat surplus 'some of the worse which caught the To this shortage has been added 'fancy of readers were both thin and unfavorable conditions abroad that 'misleading, but the new style of prehave resulted In e general world senting history as an exciting and total of wheat probably as much as vltul subject did much to broaden PKi.tNn.fks) bushels belowr what Is the market for what the booksellers l held to be an averuge yield. This 'speak of as nonfiction." In the Is happening Just when many of the bookstore two exhibits greet tbe wheat growing nations of the world eye of tbe visitor. One Is s case conwere approaching the point of taining Inexpensive reprints of mas-- ' binding agreement that would hold terplecea of the past, the standard down the quantity of wheat enteis books. And then there Is a counter Ing Into export tnde and thereby known In the business as "active force crop reduction. But the au- nonfiction. These volumes on many thorities tell me the movement for subjects, which would have been an International agreement natural- called "heavy In a le- - Inquisitive ly Is going to die. There being no age, move rapidly to ready pur-- j dire necessity for It, the Interest chasers. Of course the making of behind It will lag. I suppose tbers books remains a gamble as formerly, will be few. If any, further moves but it la not nearly aa much a short made on It until years of bumper 'road to bankruptcy a It used to be. Incrops again are upon us and a gi- people are decidedly ready to be gantic surplus of world wheat I formed. stares farmers In the face. That I Unfortunately there Is no reason to believe that the great bulk of the Is usually the case. It likely will be some weeks be- population Is prepared and willing to fore the Agricultural department wrestle effectively with the great can formulate a definite course of 'problems of the day. There Is still action aa to revision of the crop Illiteracy, which Is not being while thousands of schools reduction plans. sre closed or on short time. The clouds of prejudice continue to lnter-- j President Roosevelt's return Is fere with the working of the human ootne of the eagerly awaited among Intellect, and there Is a prevalence brain trust who of the dlssItlon to avoid problems Brain Trust's are variously re- that appear difficult. Yet there has LittleWar forJed lnas ''as,h-Ingto-n been progress. The Intellectual base of millions of Americans has been the Chief Executive to Inter- broadened with the result that they vene ln their own little war. There are to be shown and are able willing are a number of minor disputes to employ something more than a taking shape among the professors combination of horse sense and and the young liberals, "the rule of thumb'' when they connd I am Informed In wbat I be- sider the present and the future. lieve to be authentic quarters that Is It too presuming to cherish Ihe foagents are belief that American public opinion menting more trouble among the has a more solid foundation than Is group that has served as sueh Im- to le found In other large countries portant advisers to the President of the world? during bis term. Obviously, none There should be a difference after will admit It, but there Is every a half. In the first reason to believe that some keen our century and from which our popIndividuals who are not ln sympathy place the stock was automatically sewith the New Deal are spreading ulation sprang lected. A spirit of adventure and brain trusters the poison among to start the about each other. The natural re- initiative was required across of waves various Immigration sult of this, of course, la to cause ln the footing the ocean, seeking the young liberals to be suspicious reof each other and that kind of sus- New world. The mained where their ancestors had Is followed by picion nearly always been, going through tiie same rouan open break. tine. In current circulation The stories Here, first .of all, ln modern times, In Washington are that some of the the unheard-o- f experbrain trusters are at outs with Ray- was attempted education. Much mond Moley, for a time the No. 1 iment of universal Thoubrain trust man with the President of It has been nonproductive. holders have brought of sands degree now a of the editor but magazine, from their And that several of those still ln little besides diplomas But there has always the administration are saying un- alum maters. a percentage of men, and latkind things about others who still been who had a right to are serving here. It Is a situation terly of women, of the edunot without its humorous side, and a place In the society here the And cated. percentage defrom having seen such factions In Europe. than been far lias higher velop before ln the government, I No class hns a monopoly of edu Imagine this one will turn out to be a real comedy. typl-Va- s The economic events of the last few weeks Indicate to some Washington observers See New Crisis that a new crisis Is approaching in Nearine the depression. August is always a dull month. September Is little better from a business standpoint After that things usually pick up. To get through the next six weeks with drouth devastating millions of acres and strikes and riots and military rule and uncertainties among business Interests as to what the New Deal of the future holds, there necessarily must be a steady hand and calm Judgment. On top of this, of course, Is the disturbed International situation, and it is not helping the weary old world to settle down. Since the kind of government management of business that we hare had has not taken us out of the depression, the course immediately becomes problematical Shall we have more of the same, or expand It beyond Its present scope, or shall we retrace our steps and go back to the old days? In the midst of this turbulent condition, the slimy head of inflation of the currency again Is arising. Strangely enough, there are many men now talking about inflation seriously when all of their knowledge and all of their training ordinarily would make of them the bitterest of antagonists to such a course on the part of the federal Some of them have government. in recent been in Washington weeks and I gathered from the arguments they advanced that they sincerely believed inflation would do good for the country as a whole, and for themselves in particular. This is the sad part of It : they seem lo think that they can pay off their debts and the average person can pay off his debts easier with an Inflated currency, and, therefore, they want to turn the printing presses loose. Cl Western Newspaper Union cation. The prle m Injure at th older universities are seldom the progeny of graduatcN. There Is no class which bus mono(Hily va reading and thinking on th tremendous problems of this nation and of tbe world. Tbe base of knowledge Is very broad and contlnuulty extending This ieople are more In possession of the facts of history and of science (ban is elsewhere to be found on any cnmparnble scute. Knowledge does not Insure politics! and economic salvation, but It toward that desired gowl. should In an ancient book of wisdom It was admitted that ten men of the right sort would sate a city. In (his great rminlry there are millions who are becoming well equlpted for such task. Stability Is never due to th quality of the aiex of the pyramid, but to the broadness of Its base. That hns become the hope of America and Ih broadening contlnu. This people Inquires to know.-Um- le Dudley, In the Boston Globe. lo-l- Inventions to Forward Period of Prosperity The stuge Is set for the noblest !! history, says a prosiierlty In writer In an eastern magaxlne. Thousands of Inventions await as. A queer new tube Is ready to displace tens of millions of dollars' worth of electrical equipment and cut In half the cost of transmit ling power. Augur added to cement more than doubles Its strength; thus tomorrows buildings will rise more cheaply and better. Atrange alloys are on band for reducing the weight of trains, autos and airplanes. Automotive engineers say that, If the producers wished, they could double the lives of their cars at a slight Increase of cost. The list of precious Improvements on hand but still unused Is almost endless and Infuriating. The reason they are not available now is that nobody can be sure that people stand ready to foot the bill The art of making things hns been perfected, chiefly through advances Its techIn physics and chemistry. niques are those of the engineer. But the art of analyzing peoples wishes and then Influencing them to use things Is still on the level of the evangelist Its exponents employ the sawdust trail, ballyhoo and incantations. camp-meetin- DUhpaa Reflectors The canyon of the Colorado about the Hoover dam Is brilliantly Illuminated at night by thousands of electric lights which aro ably backed up by a great brigade of disbpana. It appears that these lamps are subjected to a variety of hard experiences and to keep them supplied with reflectors which are ordinarily made use of for tills purpose would be a very expensive proposition by reason of the frequent breakage. .A bright new dislqmn was experimented with for this service and the results were found to be so satisfactory that they were adopted all over the site. Ten thousand dishpnns were ordered for this purpose. MRS. WILLIAMS. GAINS RELIEF FROM RHEUMATIC PAINS Dr. W. t Fitch Explains why Natural Mineral Water Often Helpful In Chronic Ailments Mrs. H. 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