Judge — September 11, 1909 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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_ Brunywick Building, 225 Fifth Aves New York. Cable Address, “Judgark.” Tel. 6632 Madison Sq:-are. ~ JOHN A, SLEICHER, President, war Terry, Treasurer Westra Auveetsinn James M, Lee, Managing Editor. te Building, Chicago, Ut Grant E. Hamilton, Art Editor. ce by draft on New York, or by express or pos ‘ork Cty. The contents of FUDGE are rotected by covyright in both the Unites States ard Great tain CONTPIBUTOBS must inciose 4 stamped and self-addressed e1 pe with all manascrtotse otherivise rerun of the Latier when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. Mearaach's News bachange, J 1 any oewn-atand, the pubiladers will be ender obligations if that fact be promptly reported os poutal-card or by Ictter. nts: 1907, 30 en CHANGE, OF ADDRESS) Sobsctibers eben onder aultess, and the ledger namber on their wraypet, From two to thtee weeks must BOUQUETS FOR YOU, PRESIDENT TAFT. N TAKING off his hat and handing you his own bouquet Jupce diplomacy and by firmness at the decisive moment he has obtained wants to pass alc : m other gard a tariff bill which, while not in every particular what he would like ot Current Literature — to have it, is one to which he can unhesitatingly put his name."” ° impartial way that he used to rule the From Philadelphia the Rulletin sends you the following: © Literary Digest, pats the bou- Without resorting to the tactics of bluster or denunciation, whole, President Taftseems, from the tone of the press, to have lost lit- of his popularity as a result of the tariff revision."" Of course, you must expect a few bunches of ‘nothing but weeds "" from the acrimonious Democratic journals, but you will notice nothing of the sort in the independent press. The Milwauk gratulates you upon ‘skillfully evading the Rooseveltian penalty of shattering the party org tion at Washington and thereby incurring future loss for present gain.” ‘That you have established your leadership of the Republican party is admitted not only by the Chi- want?” If icago Tribune. “The President has made good his position of the leader of the party. He has done it without flourishing the ‘big stick, cago Eyening Most, but also by the maintaining an even poise in the face of tremendous pressure from powerful interests, neither losing his temper nor lowering the dig- nity of the high office which he holds, the President has steadfastly labored for what he believed to be the requirements of justice and of the public welfare.” With the others, Jupce wants tohand you the bouquet of his next- door neighbor, Leslie's Weekly, composed of the following : Whatever the various com- ments by various newspapers, it is admitted by all, without regard to partisan or personal bias, that during {these first few months of the new administration the clouds of business depression have lifted and the glorious sun of prosperity has appeared once more upon the horizon. What more do the people ident Taft continues as he has begun, we predict ‘ays the latter: that he will become the most popular President that the country ad, and that his renomination and re-election will follow in the current issue of PROGR matter of course.”* THE QUICK AGE, DEGENERATING INTO A RACE OF SPEED MANIACS?”