The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-18

be Affirmative and thoroughgoing.
The man to trust in such a matter
as this is the man who, like Judge
Taft, does not promise too much, but
who could not be swayed from the
path of duty by any argument, by
any considerations; who will wage re-
lentless war on the successful wrong
doer among railroad men as among
all other men; who will do all that
can be done to secure legitimately low
rates to shippers and absolute even
ness among the rates thus secured,
but who will neither promise o at
tempt to secure rates so low that the
wage Garner would lose his earnings
and the shareholder, whose money
built the road, his profits.
What is here said as to his attitude
on the railway question applies to the
whole question of the trusts. He will
promise nothing on this subject I'M
less he firmly believes he IAN make
his promise good. He will go into no
chimerical movement to destroy all
great business combinations; for this
can only be done by destroying all
modern business, but he will in prac-
tical fashion do everything possible
to secure such efficient control, on be-
half of the people as a whole, over
these great combinations as will de-
prive them of the power to work evil.
If there is one body of men more
than another whose support | feel I
have a right to challenge on behalf of
Secretary Taft 1t is the body of wage
workers of the country. A stancher
friend. a fairer and truer representa-
tive, they cannot find within the bor-
ders Of the United States. He will do
everything in his power for them ex-
cept to do that which is wrong; he
will do wrong for no man, and there
fore can be trusted by all men.
Mr.. Taft has been attacked because
of the injunctions he delivered while
on the bench. I am content to rest
his cas- on these very injunctions; |
maintain that they show why all our
people should be grateful to him and
should feel it safe to entrust their
dearest interests to him. Most assur-
edly he never has yielded and never
will yield to threat or pressure of any
sort, as little If it comes from laboI
as if it comes from capital; he will nd
more tolerate the violence of a mob
than the corruption and oppression
and arrogance of a corporation or of a
wealthy man. He will not consent to
limit the power of the courts to put a
stop to wrongdoing wherever found.
This very fact should make the labor
people feel a peculiar confidence in
him.
l have striven as President to
champion in every proper way the in
terests of the wage worker, for l re-
gard the wage worker, excepting only
the farmer, the tiller of the soil, as
the man whose well being is most es-
sential to the healthy growth of this
great Nation. l would for no consid-
Grafton advise the wage worker to do
what thought was against his inter-
est. ] ask his support for Mr.. Taft
exactly as l ask such support from
every far-sighted and right thinking
American citizen, because l believe
with all my heart that nowhere with
in the borders of our great country
can there be found another man who
will as ~vigilantly and efficiently as
Mr.. Taft support the rights of the
working man as he will the rights of
every man who in good faith strives
to do his duty as an American citizen.
He will protect the just rights Of both
rich and poor, and he will war relent-
lessly against lawlessness and injus-
tice whether exercised on behalf of
property or of labor.
On the bench Judge Taft showed
the two qualities which make a great
Judge: wisdom and moral courage.
They are also the two qualities which
make a great President. Sincerely
yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.