Show DO YOU WANT A DICTATOR Every day or so wo we find an editorial comment like this from the San In Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco Chronicle The Presidents bills are lagging So far the Big Smile proved up as aswell aswell well in Congress as the Big Stick It expresses the sentiment of a good many Americans American There la Is a regret In Inmany Inmany inmany many minds that President Taft call objecting senators and rep representatives representatives Into his room and foxe for o them to agree to support his measures There seems to be a wish that he would force Congress to enact the tho laws the tit country has asked for and expected the laws for which the tha PresIdent Pres President i ident has bas recorded a desire whether Congress wants to or not And yet this Is a republic The men who want the President to compel forget for forget get gel the principles on which the gov government government government is founded or else they want an absolute monarchy And there are times when it seems that the American people really want a despotism rather than a government by the people President Roosevelt is credited with witha a manipulation of ot the Big Stick SUck What he wanted he came pretty near getting If It he could talk men into adopting his view and expressing them in laws he chose that way Where he could not convince he is said to have hava compelled And a President ent has bas much power that may be used in fn compelling President Taft seems seema to prefer the milder manner maImer of securing results It will not be forgotten that there was much complaint of at Mr Jr method when he occupied the presidential presidential chair Can the people hav have changed their minds in the matter Or Oris OrIs Oris is It a different element of at the nation that demands a Big Stick In one case and a Big Smile In the other oth r And in either case how Is Ie a a President to know whether he is giving the people the tha sort of at government they the want it be more the duty average good American to believe that the President is asking for tor no more than is right the things that are best for tor the whole people of the republic and then so strongly indorse him as to secure with moral influence that ex expression expression expression In legislation which the Presidents Presidents Presidents dents policy polley requires People who do not want a 8 despotism must logically prefer preter the Big Smile |