The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-31

|
ard Taft, bearing the banners of the Re-
publican party as its choice for presl-
dent of the United States, struck cam
paign keynotes Of many tones when nh he
ination and replied to Senator Warner
This city was in gala attire and took
a holiday upon Taft's arrival in town.
where, and in general the scene was that
| of welcoming home the conquertng hero.
The feature of the entire celebration,
| place during lull in the activities or the
citizens. The occasion was an suspicious
| one.
When Senator Warner had finished his
| address, Mr.. Taft arose from his chair
| at the speakers table and addressed the
assembled members of the notification
trusts, without expressing good corpora
| tions. He declared that the rates of the
| railroads of this country were reason
ably low. Moderation was his whole
| theme and he proposed to restore con-
! fidence.
But the big feature of the speech was
| his declaration for Rooseveltian policies,
which he said he would follow out to the
| letter, the foundations having been laid
| in them for rightful administration. He
took few shots at the Democratic plat
Mr. Taft spoke as follows:
Senator Warner and Gentlemen of the
Committee:
which the Republican national conven-
| ton has conferred on me in the nomina-
| ton which you formally tender. 1 accept
| it with full appreciation of the response
bility it imposes.
Strength in Roosevelt Policies.
Gentlemen, the strength of the Repub-
| ican cause in the campaign at hand is in
| the fact that we represent policies essen
| tial to the reform of known abuses to the
| continuance of liberty and true prosper
ity, and that we are determined, as our
platform unequivocally declares, to main
| tain them and carry them on For more
than ten years this country passed
ment far beyond any that ever occurred
in the world before. In it's course, GER
tain evils crept in. Some prominent and
spurred by financial success and in their
hurry for greater wealth, became I'M
mindful of the common rules of business
honesty and fidelity, and Of the limita-
This became known. The revelations
| of the breaches of trust, the disclosures
| as to rebates and discrimination by rail-
| ways, the accommodating evidence of the
violation of the antitrust law by num-
| Der of corporations, the over-issue OF
| stocks and bonds on interstate railways
and for the purpose Of concentrating con-
| troll of railways in one management,
all quickened the conscience of the peo-
among them that BODIED well for the flu
| ture of the country.
What Roosevelt Has Done.
"The man who formulated the express
| sion of the popular conscience and who
| led the movement for practical reform
was Theodore Roosevelt. He laid down
the doctrine that the rich violators of the
| law should be amenable to restrain and
| punish as the offender without wealth,
and without influence, and he proceeded
| ing executive action to make that prin-
| ciple good in actual performances. He
secured the passage Of the so-called rate
bill, designed more effectively to restrain
excessive and fix reasonable rates, and
| to punish secret rebates and discrimina-
| ton which have been general in the prac-
| much to enable unlawful trusts to drive
| out of business their competitors. 1t Sc
cured much closer observation Of rail-
way Transactions 10 .so and brought within
| companies, sleeping car companies, fast
freight and refrigerator lines, terminal
railroads and pipe lines, and forbade in
| future the combination of the transpor-
tation and shipping business under one
control, in order to avoid undue discrim-
nation.
brought and prosecutions to be instituted
under the antitrust law, to enforce it's
provisions against the most powerful of
the industrial corporations. He pressed
to passage the pure food law, and the
meat inspection law, in the interest of
the health of the public, clean business
metnOQS ana great ultimate DenenC the
trades themselves. He recommended the
passage of a law, which the Republican
convention has since specifically ap-
proved. restricting the future issue Of
ways, to such as may be authorized by
federal authority.
Function Of Next Administration.
1.-THE chief function Of the next ad-
ministration in my Judgment is distinct
which has been performed by President
Roosevelt.
"The chief function of the next admin
machinery by which these standards may
be maintained by which the law breakers
may be promptly restrained and pun
ished, but which shall operate with suf-
| ficient accuracy and dispatch to interfere
with legitimate business as little as pos
sible. Such machinery is not now ade-
quate. Under the present rate. bill, and
under all its amendments, the burden of
the interstate commerce commission in
supervising and regulating the operation
of the railroads of this country has
sible for that tribunal to hear and dis
| pose, in any reasonable time, Of the many
| complaints, queries and issues that. are
to be relieved of its jurisdiction as an
| executive, directing body and it's func-
| tons should be limited to the quasi-ju-
dicia Investigation hg h of complaints by in
| government charged with the executive
business Of supervising the operation of
railways.
Constructive Work Detailed.
"The field covered by the industrial
| combinations and by the railroads is so
very extensive that the interests Of the
| public and the interests of the businesses
| concerned cannot be properly subserved
except by reorganization of bureaus in
the department Of commerce and labor,
| OF agriculture, and the department of JUS
| tice, and a change in the Jurisdiction of
| the interstate commerce commission. 1t
does not assist matters to prescribe new
| duties for the interstate commerce com
mission which it Is practically impossible
| Tor 1t to perform, or to denounce new of
| lenses with drastic punishment, unless
subordinate an auxiliary legislation
shall be passed, making possible the
| quick enforcement in the great variety of
| cases which are constantly arising, of
| the principles laid down by Mr. Roose-
welt, and with respect to which only typi-
cal instances of prosecution with the
| present machinery are possible. Such
| legislation should and would greatly
| promote legitimate business by enabling
| those anxious to obey the federal stat
utes to know just what are the bonds
| of their lawful action. The practical con-
| structive and difficult work, therefore of
those who follow Mr.. Roosevelt, is to de-
| london's Beuuars