Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-06
Secretary Taft in Vigorous
Address at Bath, Mainei
Reviews What President
Has Accomplished.
DEFENDS SENATE FROM
THE MUCK RAKERS
Declares Executive is Friend
Of Labor, But There Must
Be a Square Deal All the
Way Around,

Bath, Maine, Sept. 5.-William IT,
Taft secretary Of war, addressed a
large audience at Alameda hall here
tonight and was given an enthusiastic
greeting. 1t was Mr.. Taft's only ap-
pearance in the Maine campaign. He
was introduced by Harold F. Sewell
formerly United States consul at
Hawaii whose guest he is while here.
Mr.. Sewall spoke of Secretary Taft as
the probable successor of President
Roosevelt Tomorrow SECRETARY Taft
will return to MUIR Bay, Canada.
Mr. Tafts speech was splendid
plea that the results OF Mr.. Roose-
velt's fight against the trusts and
kindred evils be not annulled and
further activity paralyzed by the
election of democratic congress.
MIR. Taft gave the history of Mr..
Roosevelt's campaign against the
abuses of corporate wealth and elo-
quently euloglzed the presidents mo-
tives, methods and success in the
fight
He paid an especially warm tribute
to Congressman LittIefield of Maine,
defended him vigorously against the
| charges brought by organized labor
against him and made a strong plea
for his reelection. The relations be-
tween capital and labor formed the
burden of Mr.. Taft's remarks. Among
other things he said:
MIR. 1Aft's Address.
| The vigorous action which Mr.
! Roosevelt has taken against trusts.
| thro his attorneys-general Messrs
! Knox and Moody is already begin
ming to show fruit The paper trust
and the Northern Securities trust
! have been dissolved. The mere prose
! cution and Indictment of the Sugar
| trust. of the Standard oil trust. and
/ of the tobacco trust. have led to
! changes IN the methods OF those or
! ganizations, and to an abandonment
of some of the more glaring dis
/ ordinations In rates and prices
/ which were tile instrumentalities for
! preserving monopoly, even before
! conviction has been effected or final
| Judgment pronounced against them.
The fear of the law has been pur
into the hearts of the members OF
these great corporations. and this has
been due chiefly to the courage, the
determination and the intense inter-
est of Theodore Roosevelt In the Sc
curing of adequate legislation and it's
vigorous executive enforcement.
Political Results.
The attitude which Mr.. Roosevelt
took with respect to the Northern
securities case and his determination
! to stamp as Illegal that attempt To
put into the hands OF one set OF men
two great parallel and competing
railways from Chicago to the Pacific
coast, aroused the opposition of
powerful railroad interests in Wall
street. and had much to do with the
pressing of Judge Parker for the
democratic presidential nomination.
Mr.. Roosevelt Is no more popular In
Wall street today than he was when
the Northern Securities case suit was
instituted and the reason Is, mot that
he Is opposed TO, or Is engaged In a
crusade against. corporate wealth.
not that he Is opposed to the security
that capital must have in order that
1t may be used to the advantage vf
the public and the reasonable profit
OF its owners but because he inter-
posed real and practical obstacles TO
IT'S use In violation OF law to accom-
plish results which can not inure to
the benefit of the public. The prac-
tical trust manager and beneficiarles
care little for oratorlcal denuncia-
tlon and vehement rhetoric. What
they object to Is efficient interfer-
ence with their plans and purposes.
issue of the Campaign.
We are nearly half way through
the second administration of Mr..
Roosevelt. The question before tho
people OF this country Is whether.
having elected Mr.. Roosevelt, by an
overwhelming majority, to continue
, as the chief executive for another
term. and having made him and his
I party responsible for the national
, policies adopted. both In legislative
and in executive matters, they shall
now, by electlng democratic con.
gress, express disapproval of his past
course. and a want OF confidence In
his future action.
Mr.. RoOsevelt's Policy,
) Mr.. Roosevelts policy IL to secure
by national legislative and executive
! action, within the somewhat narrow
range OF federal jurisdiction over in.
) terstate commerce, effective eontro
! OF those who manage and operat,
organized capital. so as to preven
them, by the misuse OF the powerfn
! instrumentallties that organization o
: capital affords. from unlawfully sup
: pressing competition establlshin
: monopolIes and thereby making i'm
possible the benefit from such organi