The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-18

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Of M8riAtA Us sni TIE president came
lrta rlass relationship more thar - years
ssu ~lsr rhsr ssfs both insmbsfs ~ the
Montana Fterk Growers association. TIE
president being az TIA, n'He 'hs repre-.
sentative Of Sc iAiti~ Mssauu Stock
Growers IN ,hs arspriaNon Ths init
macy has bren krpt 40 "ser since SIR
Kahr IL one 81 tho pioneer citizens
Of the northern Rocky mountain region
and ore % tho men who has taken .
leading part In It's great development
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oyster BAY. y. Y, Sept 8 1905
Ny Dear Mr. KohfA
have received your letter about the
candidacy Of Mr. TAFT. the man who I
feel 10 In an especial sense the repre-
sentative OF all that In which I most
believe In political Hfe.
Every good citizen should desire TO soc
both prosperity and justice. prosperity
and fair and righteous dealing as be-
tween man and man. obtain permanently
IN this great republic. As a people we
are Justly proud OF our business indus
try. OF our energy and intelligence in our
work: and II is entirely right hat we
should ask ourselves as 10 any given
course OF conduct: win Il be prontable?"
But IL In also no less emphRtically true
that tho bulk OF our people. the plain peo-
VIC VIM tphIEu III AOIhiNdIl islll'plU AlltlI
especial champion and spokesman. re-
gard tho question: rs this morally
right7" as even more important than the
question: us this proatable?' when APP
piled TO any given course of con-
duct. Indeed, in the long run our
people are sure to find that in
all dealings. alike in the business
and the political world. what is really
profitable Is that which is morally right.
Tho last few years have seen a great
awakening of the public conscience and
the growth OF a stern determination TO do
away with corruption and unfair deal
ing. political, economic. social. II is ur-
gently necessary that this great reform
movement should go on. But no reform
movement Is healthy II It goes on by
spasms; II II is marked by periods of
frenzied advance. followed. as such peri
DDS OF frenzied advance must always be
followed. by equally violent periods of
reaction. To permit the direction OF our
public affairs to fall alternately into the
hands OF the revolutionaries and reac-
tionnries, OF the extreme radicals OF un-
rest and Of the bigoted conservatives who
recognize no wrongs TO remedy, would
merely mean that the nation had en-
barked on a feverish course OF violent
oscillation which would be fraught with
great temporary trouble, and would pro-
duce no adequate good in the end. The
true friend of reform. the true foe Of
abuses. is the man who steadily perse-
vers in righting wrongs, in warning
against abuses, but whose character and
training are such that he never promises
what he cannot perform. that he always
q little more than makes good what he
does promise, and that, while steadily
advancing, he never permits himself to
be led into foolish excuses which would
damage the very cause he champions.
In Mr.. Taft we have a man who COM
bines all OF these qualities to a degree
a ~ tla ~ Ia nttr lffa
since the civil war has surpassed. The
honest man OF means, the honest and
law-abiding business man. can feel safe
in his hands because OF the very fact
that the dishonest nan of great wealth.
the man who swindles or robs his fell
lows, would not so much as dare to de-
fend his evil-doing in Mr.. Taft's presence.
The honest w-age-worker. the honest Ia
boring man, the honest farmer, the hon
est mechanic or small trader. or man OF
small means, can feel hat In a peculiar
sense Mr.. Taft will be his representative
because of the very fact that lie has the
same scorn for the demagog that he ha
for the corruptionist. and that he would
front threats Of personal violence from a
mob with the unequaling and lofty In
difference with which he would front the
bitter anger OF the wealthiest and mos'
powerful corporations.
I have naturally a peculiar interest in
the success Of Mr.. Taft and In seeing
him backed by a majority in both houses
of congress which will heartily support
his policies. For the last ten years, while
/ have been governor of New York and
president, I have been thrown into the
closest intimacy with him. and he and
have on every essential point stood
In heartiest agreement, shoulder TO shoui'
der. We rave the same views as to VIVA,
is demanded by the national interest
and honor, both within our own borders
- 81. ~avor1o tina valatiOnS nf this ma.
ton with other nations. There is no ngh'
FOR decency and fair dealing which
have waged In which ! have not had his
heartiest and most effective sympath!
and support, and the policies for whicf
I stand are his policies as much as mine
Mr.. Taft can be trusted to exact justice
from the railroads for the very reason
that he can be trusted to do justice t.
the railroads. The railroads are the chic
instruments OF interstate II
the country, and they can neither o.
held to a proper accountability on tn
one hand nor given proper protecuon OF
the other, save by the affirmative actor
OF the federal government. The law a.
laid down by the federal courts clearl,
shows that the states have not and can
not devise laws adequate to meet tn
problems caused by the great growth o
the railroads doing an interstate com
merce business. for more than four-nfth
of the business Of the railroads Is inter
state. and under the constitution of tn
United States only the federal govern
ment can exercise control thereover.
Is absolutely necessary that this contro
should be affirmative and thoroughgoine
All interstate business carried on by tn
great corporations should, in the interes
of the whole people. be far more closet
supervised than at present by the ma
tional government; but this Is especial
true Of the railroads., which cannot eS
list at all save by the exercise of power
granted them on behalf Of the people. an
which. therefore,. should be held 10 a pc
culiar accountability to the people. 1t
In the interest of the people that the
should not be permitted to do Injustice
and II is no less to the interest of IN
people that they should not suffer injus
lice. 1t is to the interest of shipper
farmer. wage-worker, business man. nor
est shareholder ana homes. mana es