The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-21
FAILS TO BOOST
FOR JOE CANNON
Roosevelt Writes Letter Advo-
eating Election of Repub-
Iican Congress.
ALSO APPEALS FOR TAFT
SPEAKER LEFT TO THE "BUF-
FETINGs OF SATAN"

Oyster Bay. Sept 20.-President Roose-
welt in 4 letter to William B. Mckinley.
chairman OF the Republican congressional
committee. made public today. appeals TO
disinterested citizens TO join with the ma
donal Republican committee and the con-
gressional committee In a movement TO
elect William III. Taft as president and
Republican congress to support him. At
ter reviewing some of the important leg
islation of the last seven years the presi-
dent declares that Mr.. Taft and the Re-
publican candidates for congress seek
election on platform which specifically
pledges the party TO continue and develop
the policies which have been acted upon
for seven years past
All the aid that can Se given to per-
petuate the policy of the government as
now carried on. the president says. should
be given by every good citizen as IL is far
more than partisan matter. The letter
follows:
''Saganore Hill. Oyster Bay. N. Y. Sept.
8. 190S.-My dear sir: have received your
letter of August 2S l agree with all that
you say as to the amount of affirmative
and constructive legislation for the social
and economic benefit of our people which
has been accomplished by the congress
during the last seven years. The law es-
tablishing a national system of irrigation
was OF vital Importance and stands in Its
line as second only to the homestead law.
ne commerce law mas Deefl
amended so as to make ii a new law. with
threefold the efficiency of the old law.
The enactment of the pure food law was
of almost or quite equal Importance
New Offices Created.
"The creation of the department of COM
merce and labor. together with the crea-
ton of a bureau of corporations. which
marks the beginning of federal control
over the huge corporations doing an inter-
state business, the employers liability law.
the safety appliance law, the law limiting
the working hours of railway employees:
the meat inspection law the denatured
alcohol law the anti-rebate law, the laws
increasing the powers of the department
o. justice in dealing with those, regardless
of wealth and power, who infract the law,
The law making the government liable for
injuries to its employees, the laws under
which the Panama canal was acquired
and is being built. the Philippines ad-
and the navy developed. the
laws creating q permanent census Du-
reau and reforming the consular service
aud the system CT naturalization. the law
forbiGdinS child labor in the District or
Columbia, the law. providing commits
sion unde- which our currency system
can be put on a thoroughly satisfactory
basis, the laws for the proper admins
tration Of the forest service, the laws for
the admission of Oklahoma and the de-
of Alaska. the great appropria-
lions for the development of agriculture,
-
buttons from corporations-all these repre-
sent but z portion of what has been
done by congress. and form record or
legislative achievement In
harmony with the best and most progress
sive thought of our people.
"PoIicies" to Be Continued.
"It is urgently necessary. from the
standpoint of the public. interest, to elect
Mr.. Taft. and Republican congress
which will support him: and they seek
election on a platform which specifically
pledges the party alike in its executive
and legislative branches, TO continue ana
develop the policies which have been not
merely professed. but acted upon during
these seven years. These policies can be
successfully carried through only by the
hearty cooperation OF the president. and
the congress in both its branches. and II
is therefore peculiarly important that
there should obtain such harmony be-
tween them. To fail to elect Ny. TART
would be a calamity to the country: and
il would be folly, while electing him, YET
ar the same time to elect a congress hos
tile 10 him. a congress which under the
influence of partisan leadership would be
certain TO thwart and BATTLE him on every
occasion. To elect Mr.. Taft, and
~ the same time to elect a congress
pledged to support him, is the only way
in which to perpetuate the policy OF the
as now carried on. / feel that
all the al that can be given TO this poll
for this is far more than merely par
tisan matter.
Hopes for the Best.
both your committee. ana the national
committee, of which Mr.. Hitchcock is
chairman. are endeavoring to secure the
active cooperation on the stump of SEN
ators and congressman, party leaders and
citizens generally. I most
heartily join I'm urging the Importance of
such cooperation. l hope that every dis
interested private citizen. whose sole con-
Germ in politics is to have the right kind
OF man carry out the right kind of policy,
will join in backing up your committee
as we'll as the national committee in this
moving. No service is effective. as val
liable as the disinterested service given
in such manner by men whose one con-
Germ is for the triumph OF the principles
in which they believe; and l appeal with
all the strength there is in me to such
men to give support. Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. W. 3. Mckinley, chairman Re
publican congressional committee, st.
James building. New York. n. Y"