Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-09 | Page 28 | President-Elect is Accused

President elect I Is s Accused HE cha ge t that tI I efen of 01 or the spoils spoil system st m in III 11 T X tho tile d States has 13 been inspired 1 by elect President Pt Vi Wilson i is isS IS too grave gra to be permitted to pass Thc Thir cou country generally n had believed believed be be be- lie c S l th that t the IlIC thc effort of the T Democratic senators to prevent the confirmation or of Mr 1 Ir r. r Tafts Taft's appointments was merely the manifestation manifesta tion of senat senatorial rial appetites all 1 tho of their constituents and th that Dr DI Wilson would ouM evince b by hi bis policy n after ter inauguration his disapproval die dis disapproval dis- dis approval al of it it But the tho b been cn made by b Senator r William Alden Smith of th that thit t these senators tor arc following the advice of the tho incoming incoming- President it will wiIl be a n rude awakening for forthe forthe the thc country should 1 it be bc proven true Condemnation 1 of tile the u unwarranted id and unprecedented c tac tactics of S his Ius party part senators b elect t would ld not necessarily include a definite repudiation of f fhe tile SPOIlS system s Tho The executive could without incon inconsistency tency disapprove the efforts to prevent Pre President President ident i- i dent Taft Tuft from his 1 lawful ll I pOw powers IS I'S and yet et affirm his belief in ill the tile principle political p that the spoils are the rightful property prop property prop prop- erty of the tile victors victor we ve should h hl h however ve ver r Dr Wilson to di dis disavow vow ow r. r even that that- precept J S Certainly the tile President j is l rc m i until hi successor i h is qualified qualified qualified fied his bis powers and not vas when his successor i IP elected Mr r. r Taft raft i is as fig fully r responsible f for r i the he 1 con conduct of public affairs hour of Ins his his term as h IK hd tile the during the last twenty four as wa was n on first clay day of his incumbency mid arid to to that n. n as rt general g proposition Dr Wilson must perforce adhere should encourage the in in n the 8 mat J to deprive the of his ills prerogatives pre pre- prO pre o at ates es merely melch for th ilia purpose of of assuring n sur i io themselves cs lloro ioro offices to o to distribute 1 se sein seems n impossible ibIe th i p iry will anxiously await Dr Wilson's Wilsons s rep reply i S Members ers of the Republican party as partisans ans will wiB welcome any evidences that the President fleet is a m. m and greet with pleasure an any action his his on-his part lart that exhibits the the f falsity ls ty of oE his utterances utterances utterances utter utter- ances in the past their path back to tlc dic will be bc wondrously smoothed thereby ii As citi citizens ens of the nation who wilo will rejoice when t tile the he cla lay day of t tile the be is p and efficiency becomes the only essential for fot entrance i into the tile nu public lic service ice thc they will regret should Senator Sem Smiths Smith's charge be pro proven n true truc Dr Vils Wilsons Wilson's ns n's utterances in itt inthe inthe the tile past in ill favor or of the extension of the tIle civil service ice nn and his condemnation con con- of f the spoils system tem justified a n better opinion of him The public will lament if compelled to r i revise e it C 3 11 ri t I