Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
Continued from Page One.)

tice in dealing with those, regardless
Of wealth and power, who infract the
law. the law making the Government
liable for injuries to it's employees. the
laws under which the Panama Canal
was acquired and is being built, the
Philippines administered, and the ma
Wy developed, the laws creating per-
nianent Census Bureau and reforming
tileNconsular service and the system of
naturalization, the law forbiddins child
labor In the District of Columbia, the
law providing q commission under
which our currency system can be put
on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. the
laws for the proper administration OF
the forest service, the laws for Tie ad-
mission of Oklahoma and the develop
ment of Alaska, the great approT,rla-
ticns for the development of aSricul-
ture, the legal prohibition of campaign
contributions from corporatiors--ail
these represent but a portion Of what
has been done by Congress, and form a
record of substantial legislative
achievement in harmony with the best
and most progressive thought Of our
people.
1t is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public interest, to
elect Mr.. Taft, and Republican Con-
gress which will support him; and they
seek election on Il platform which speci-
fcally pledges the party, alike In It's
executive and legislative branches, to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not merely prOfessed but act
I'd upon during these seven years. THESE
policies can be successfully carried
through only by the hearty co-op"ra-
ton of the President and the Congress
in both its branches, and it is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain such harmony between them.
To fail 10 elect Mr. Taft would be a
calamity to the country; and it would
be folly, sNAhe clecting him, yet at the
same TING to eject Congress hostile
to him, a Congress which under the in
fluencc of partisan leadership would be
certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
Taft. and at the same time to elect a
Congress pledged to support him. is
the Only way in which to perpetuate
the policy of the Government as now
can be given to this policy by every
is far more than a merely partisan
matter.
Both your Committee, and the Ma
tional Committee of which Mr.. Hitch
cock is Chairman, are ende avorins to
secure the active cooperation on the
stump of Senators and congressman,
party leaders and independent citizens
generally. ] most heartily join in urg
ing the Importance of such co-opera-
ticn. ! hope that every disinterestcd
private citizen, whose sole concern in
politics is to have the right kind of
man carry out the right kind of policy,
Will join in hacking up your Commit
tee as well as the National Committee
in this movement. No service is as eff
fective, rs valuable. as the disintcrest-
cd service given in such manner by
men whose one concern is for the tri-
unph of the principles in which they
believe, and I appeal with all the
strength there is in me to such men
to give such support.
sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. VIM e. Mckinley
Chairman, Republican Congressional
Committee.
ST. James Building. New York. n. Y.