The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-27

(sy Walter j. Ballard, Of Los An
aeIes.)

fTeSlQEHLt IS dubNEE6u III AAS PhbnS
utterances as hereinafter quoted and.
in the endownents and qualifications
hereinafter stated.
Speaking to L. K. Torbet, one of the
Illinois Taft delegation, he said: "Tor-
bet. have kept out and will continue
to keep out of every State which has
fayortte son. want my friends to
heed that warning. do not desire to
go into Pennsylvania. New York or
Illinois. Naturally. should be pleas
ed to have delegates for me for second
choice"
Speaking at Buffalo on February %:
eve are, however, making our navy
more and more respectable each year.
and am very hopeful that Congress
will take steps which will make our
army a proper nucleus for the rapid
enlargement of force for national
defense commensurate with the popu.
lation Of our country and with the'ex-
tent of our Jurisdiction"
Speaking at Cleveland on January
30: Theodore Roosevelt has been
able to accomplish more in preserva-
ton of the peace of the world than
any president that ever administered
or any monarch that ever ruled. And
that influence is the result of the poll
cy Of expansion adopted under VIII.
liam Mckinley
Speaking at Cooper Union. New
York. on January 10: Labor needs
capital to secure the best production.
while capital needs labor in producing
anything, The share OF each laborer
in the joint product is affected not ex-
actly. but in a general way, by the
amount of capital to carry on the work
therei to do. and the more work
there is to do. the more laborers are
needed. The greater the need for Ia
borers. the better their pay per man.
Mantfestly. it is in the direct interest
of the laborer that capital shall in
crease faster than the number of those
who work. Everything, therefore.
which legitin1ately tends to increase
the accumulation of wealth and its use
for production will give each laborer
larger share of the joint result of
capital and labor. 1t will be observed
that the laborer derives little or no
benefit at all from wealth which is not
needed for production. Nothing is SO
likely to make wealth idle as insecur-
ity of invested capital and property.
1t follows, as necessary conclusion,
that to destroy the guarantees of prop
erty is direct blow at the interest of
the workingman. What am anxious
to emphasize is that there is wide
economic and business field in which
the interest of the wealthiest capitalist
and the humblest laborer are exactly
the same"
Speaking on board the steamship
Minnesota of his official visit to the
Vatican regarding the Philippine gov
eminent purchase of the friars' lands
in the Philippines: 81 cannot doubt,
from what saw of him, that Leo XIII
was the greatest Pope in many years.
His craftsmanship was undoubtedly
of the highest type; he was a Latin
poet Of great purity and force, an Ital-
ian nobleman of fine education, and a
man who controlled. Almost to the
minute of his death he was the Pope
in fact. the Pope in control, Pope
who carried out the policies of the
church as he thought they ought to be
carried out"
On the same occasion: Every Ro-
man Catholic who desires the greatest
possible good for his community must
admit the value of the presence of
Protestants in the Philippines to fos-
ter and maintain that spirit OF healthy
competition which is as useful in re-
ligious enterprises as in the business
and commercial life of a country"
Government ownership would put
power in the hands of one man or set
of men that would make you tremble
for the safety of the republic"
When urged in October 1902. by
President Roosevelt to return from
his worrying work in the Philippines
for seat for life on the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United states.
the highest judicial body in the world,
Mr.. Taft replied: Great honor deep
ly appreciated, but must decline. Sit
uation here most critical from eco
nomic standpoint. Cnange proposed
would create much disappointment and
lack of confidence among people. Moth.
ing would satisfy individual tastes
more than acceptance Urged again
by the President month later, Mr..
Taft replies: Recognize soldiers
duty to obey orders. Before orders ir-
revocahle by action, however, pre-
sumo on our personal friendship, even
in the face of letter. to make one more
anneaI In which Law aside wholly