[nicollo]

Obviously William Howard Taft’s fault since he was a Republican.

Actually, one of the biggest concocted "scandals" during Taft's administration was over Alaska mineral rights, so they may have well have blamed the volcano on him.

That scandal was, of course, at the hands of TR's useful idiot, Gifford Pinchot.

[ProgressingAmerica]

I’ve not heard of that before. You referring to the Ballinger/Pinchot controversy?