The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-24

ifton. William p, Mckinley, Chairman
ftof : the Republican, Congressional
fEommtttee, was made public today:
I sycamore Hill, Oyster BayS<N. Y,
| q N3:@.4 ~ sertembeH 8, 1908.
NY. Dear Sir: I g. -
esq have received youi- letter Of Aug
lust 28th. agree. with all$fhat YOU
tRay as to the amount ofaa$armatiyo
and 4fonstruot1ve legisfatioh for tho
social and economic benefit, of our
people which has .been accomplished
lby the Congress during the last, seven
years., The law establishing ma
tlonal system Of irrigatioh! was, OF
vital Importance, anE stands in It's
line as second only to the homestead
law. 2Phe Interstate commerce law
has been amended SO as to make it a
new law, with f#%E'.. T. RS
~ Three-fold tho Efficiency
Iof the old law. The enactment Of the.
pure .fGod law, was Of almost orAauite
equal Importance. The creation of
the Department Of sEommsrce and
Eabor,, together with the creation of
q Bureau of Congregations, which
marks the beginning of. Federal con-
troll over the huge escorporations doing
an Interstate business, the eniploAers'
liability law the. safety appliance
law, the law limit ting the working
hours ofrailWay employees, the meat
Inspection law, the denatured alco-
hol law, the anti-reb bate Iaw,Sthe laws
q increasing @ the po @sgs OF the Depart
g nent Of Justice In dsaling with those.
reg gardless Of yyeas ssIpower,i who
iiifFact tho s the sia " $lna . the
lsoHeIp rtapt j iia abIa fdE In ID d Ii fa
p1Ryees, the laws under. which 4heI
Panama Canal was acquired and ,is
being built, the philippines admins,
tered, and, the navy developed, the
laws creating a permanent Census
Bureau. and reforming the consular
service and the system Of naturaliza-
~uon, the law .s1. ,.,. 81. ~.
$i, Forbidding Child Labor ,..
In the District Of Columbia, the faw
providing commission under which
our currency system can be put on
a satisfactory basis. the laws for the
proper administration Of the forest
service, the laws for the admission of
Oklahoma and the development Of
Alaska the great appropriations for
.the development of agriculture, the
legal prohibition Of campaign contri-
buttons from, corporations-alI. these
represent but a portion Of. what has
Raen done by Congress- and form a
record OF substantial Legislative
achievement in harmony with the
best and most progressive thought Of
our people. -. e. 90 !
f. It ts urgently necessary. from the
standpoint jof. the public interest, to
? gl%z /, Elect Mr.. Taft,
and aRepublican q Congress which
VIII support him; and they seek cleo
,ttQns on, a platform which specifically.
pledges the party, alike In it's execu-
tive and legislative branches, to con-
tnue and develop the policies which
have been not merely professeds but
acted upon during these seven years.
TheBs policies can be successfully
carried through ouly by the hearty
cooperation Of the President and the
Congress in both it's branches, and it
Is therefore peculiarly important that
there should obtain such harmonysbe-
tween them TO fail to elect Mr..
Taft
(, .. 5" Would he n Calamity
TO the country; and 1t would be fol-
ly, while clecting him, yett' at the
Game time to elect q Congress hostile
70 him, a Congress which under the
influence Of partisan leadership
would be, certain to thwart and baf-
he him on every possible. occasion.
To elect Mr.. Taft, and at the same
time to elect Congress pledged to
support him, is the only way in
which to
r, = Perpetuatc tho Policy
OF tho Government as now carried
on. feel that all the aid that can
be given to this policy by every good
citizen should be given; for this Is
far more than a merely partisan mat
ter.
q, Both your Committee, and the Ma
tional Committee, Of which Mr..
Hitchcock is Chairman, are endeav-
oring TO secure the actiye co-opera-
tion on the stump of Senator's and
congressman, party leaders and In
dependent citizens generally. / most
heartily join in ureing the fmpor-
tance of such cooperation. a hope
that every disinterested private citi-
zen, whose sole concern in politics is
to have the right kind Of man carry
out the right kind of policy, will Join
In hackino or I1ry vour Cnno rnif tap ND .ssynlI
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