Waterbury Evening Democrat in Waterbury, Connecticut

Taft to retire from cabinet July 1 amid political jabs

A reflective editorial notes Taft’s announced retirement from the cabinet on July 1 and anticipates a multi year political lull. It critiques Republican platform promises as often broken and questions currency reform, defense of trusts, and fiscal policy, citing past panics, federal spending excess, and Wall Street influence. It also mentions congressional inaction and ships a warning to voters amid party tensions. The Prairie at Colon. Coin, Jones. The United States drafts men to be transported across the isthmus arrived here.