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Show H TAFT AND HIS TROUBLES. H President Tnft is in a most embarrassing predicament. Tic has H ' Kuslained Dr. "Wiley in Ills quarrel villi the head of the department H of agriculture and the legal mind of the administration. Having H heard from the public press of the country and the people gencr- H ally, the President has aimed to court the confidence of the coun- Itry at tho expense of his cabinet officers. Tuft has slapped Sccre-i Sccre-i tary AVilson and Attorney General "Wiekershnm in the face in order to save his ovra face. "What those two cabinet officers will do re- .. " mains to be seen. They have sufficient grievance to resign. Hj l I Ballingcr -was sustained by President Taft. Tliat his conduct H i should havo been questioned, was enough to cause that cabinet H U J officer to quit public office, although he said he would not resign Hj 3 j under fire, and he kept his word by waiting until the firing had Hj l ceased, when he had been riddled. If Ballinger was sufficiently H V provoked, by being suspieioncd and then snstaincd by Taft, will H Wilson and "Wickersham, by being accused, and then found guilty H . by Taft, reach tho conclusion that they have more than just provo- H cation to bid Taft nu re voir? B 1 1 The Taft official familT has been a most unhappy one. Almost H I from the day that Theodore Roosevelt left Taft the rich inheritance B J of "his policies," the man in the "White House has had to deal H with internal strife, including bureau rows and personal Hr , jealousies. |