, 1907-09-05
WAR SECRETARY COMES TO
nvER AND is GIVEN A RoUs-
ING WELCOME.
VS. BRYAN is AFRAID
Nps UP FOR ROOSEVELT AND
POLICY HE WOULD
PURSUE AS PRESIDENT.

William H. Taft
kered a speech from the steps of
capital building at 4 o'clock Thurs
afternoon before a gathering that
b. have better been measured by
acre.
hin was descending gently when
party appeared. An adjournment
be Broadway theater was discussed
frowned upon as meaning too
IN delay. So the program was com
Iced, and soon the rain ceased. 1t
an attentive crowd, but not par
)arly demonstrative.
fhile the rain was falling Taft had
! introduced, and as there were
" umbrellas up he climbed up on a
|e table so as to be plainly seen.
| Walsh and Mr.. Vivian took turns
ling an umbrella over his bare head
the sun came forth.
LIST as Taft arose to speak little ten
odd Margaret De Seller of ISL
th Logan venue RAJ forward and
tented him with a boquet:: Her
biz used to live in Cincinnati and
bf its members are personal friends
he Taft family.
bvernor Buchtel introduced Score.
! Taft, who said:
Secretary Taft's Speech.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: l thought
brado was in need of irrigation.
I seems to indicate that all that
E has been in vain, and also no
kssity for such reclamation.
Il is a great pleasure to be here in
great state of Colorado. 1t is a
b. pleasure to encounter the fresh
bitality that seems to expand as
|goes west in this country until you
Eh this city near the high peaks Of
Rockies.
You have in Colorado-we all have
bughout this Countrywide greatest
that any country in the
|d has ever known. This condition
(normous wealth-the accumulation
in the hands of individuals
never before been seen in the his
! of the world.
everybody is comfortable the
pie have arisen with revelations of
honesty in business, in politics, and
insisted that the agents of po-
bal life, and the men in the business
especially those enjoying
lie franchises, should live honestly
carry on their business with a
b degree of integrity.
Avenue Of Greatest Abuse.
Vow, perhaps, that venue in which
greatest abuse has been proved to
public has been proved in respect
he management of the great inter-
e railways of this country.
This abuse appears as far back as
!, and in order to overcome it the
interstate commerce law of that
was passed. 1t created a commits
to determine whether the rates
e reasonable. When it issued an
r the railway company made its en-
ement impossible, except by going
court and by the commissions
ring in court the right to make the
IF. AS a consequence the railway
laughed att the power of
commission. Mr.. Roosevelt in 1904,
izing the weakness of that commits
, recommended to Congress that
commission should have the power
x rates-and that an order, when
e, should be effective.
Barred From Coal Business.
great many railroad companies
aged in the coal business, and in
II business, and those who had to
on transportation, like their
petitors in the coal business, found
railway companies generally could
be trusted to furnish them trans
alton, except at the high rate the
Dad companies insisted on, so that
little profits that they made were
'tantially taken by the railroad
nanies in the coal business. The
law provides that after May, 1908,
railroad companies shall not have
hing to do with any other business
transportation.
Cow the railroad companies OPP
~ Nhio hCW loW WIN 6iCdt uCai Va
1mence, and a great deal of energy.
they had three arguments against
he first argument was that it was
alistic. Second, that this commits
was not able to fix rates; that 1t
ired skill and only skilled men
d fix the rates, the managers
railroads. The trouble was that
argument proved too much. Only
ain individuals could fix the rates,
they we're the individuals on whom
ould be an injustice and Partially
discrimination to allow the COM
non to fix the rates-this was at
bottom of the whole trouble. or
sc, If the commission did not give
the public or Congress would have
1t was unconstitutional, ON the
ND that a constitutionally dele
- power can not be delegated, but
I is an exception to that rule, and
Is that If the original power can
pc enjoyed without delegating it.
there is an implication under the
|nal grant that 1t is to be dele
4 other words, Congress itself
I not fix rates. Therefore, IL that
Vt is to be enjoyed at all, 1t is for