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Show H THEY WANT HEADQUARTERS. H M' j I The Herald-Republican of Salt Lake, is nervously imploring H 'II President Taft to allow his admirers, camp followers and flatterers H J j to open national headquarters for him. H j' The courtiers arc alarmed. They fear .that with all the ma- H t chinery of thfc federal government being employed to aid renominate H ..-their lord and master, the efforts will fail. H ( J " Taft has been across the continent on a political mission. Ho H has been south and north and back to Ohio. The mails are being 1 ! flooded with speeches, printed and distributed at government expense, ex-pense, designed to help Taft's candidacy by a defense of his poli- 5 cies. Even the consular service of the United States has been cm- 1 pl6yed to gather data tending to prove that however miserable , the people of the United States have been made under Taft's administration, admin-istration, there are other people worse afflicted. h - . But, in despair the claquers are calling for more aid. They H i wantrnational headquarters where barrels can be opened and from H ( which 'state organizations may be supported; they want an author- H ized ."fat-fryer" who can force large contributions from the "big interests" in whose defense the candidacj' of Taft is supposed 'to be' promoted. . . n Mr. Taft. as President, in control of federal patronage, should be content to carry on a dignified campaign without the accessories accessor-ies of a national headquarters Ayhich, in the name of the President, could levy heavy tribute on nearly every large financial concern in the United States. Tho national headquarters would be a source of delight to those politicians who unscrupulously take advnntage of fair and unfair means to an end. but it would be a corrupting force which the better influences within the Republican party should labor to avoid. "When Win. McKinley was a candidate for President, oven after he had been nominated, he thought it undignified for one in his station to travel over the country, making stump speeches, and he remained at home. The Utah advisers of President Taft not only would ignore McKinley's modesty, but would have the President Presi-dent stoop to the ward heeler's method of gaining an advantage. |