Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-07
TAFT'S VIEWS ON
 THE PRESIDENCY
Says Congress Is Mightier
 Than Executive.
SPEAKS ON LAWS DELAYS


 ing to Lack of Uniformity and Thor
 oughness In Enforcement of Criminal
 Statutes - Philadelphia Mar Sends
 Rabbits Foot Talisman to Republic
 an Nominee.
 Hot Springs, Va. Aug. 7.-At the Bar association banquet, in responding to the toast, "The President of tbe United States" MT. Taft said that it might not be appropriate for him to re- spond to that toast.
 sNot because of any relation I bear to that office, but because I was sum- moned to the White House when the Invitation was extended and directed to come here and do what could-if need be. to use the big stick-to uphold the administration" This was follow ed by laughter.
 Mir. Taft called attention to the diff fculty of discussing even the office of the president without trespassing on some issue in the political campaign. He pictured the great expansion of interstate commeree to show that it's proportion to commerce within the states had been reversed. The ques- ton, Has the executive expanded" was greeted with laughter.
 Undoubtedly the executive has ex- banded, but we are a very much bigger country" said Mir. Taft.
 Congress Miehtier Than President.
 The danger of usurpation of power by the executive is less than the danger of the usurpation of power by the leg islature, he declared. Congress can bring the executive up standing. But there is no such check on the legisla ture.
 That the question may be finally de- termined whether a rabbits foot is a more sure talisman than a horseshoe. John W. Frazier of Philadelphia has sent to Mfr. Taft a gold mounted rab- bit foot In doing so Mir. Frazier con- tributed this bit, of history regarding campaign trophies:
 Toward the close of the presidential campaign of 1904 Grover Cleveland sent to Alton B. Parker the lucky horseshoe that had been sent to Cleve- land during the campaign of 1884, with a letter expressive of the hope that 1t would prove as lucky for Parker in 1904 as it had to Cleveland in 1884 and hn& nd Al me to send to President Roosevelt a lucky rabbits foot for the purpose of counteracting the effect of the Cleve- land horseshoe.
 AS the president may not care to part with that lucky rabbit foot, once part of a rabbit shot on the seventh day of the week and the seventh day of the month and seventh month of the year at full moon in a country church yard by a colored gentleman. desiring. 1t may be, to carry it with him to the jungles of Africa. I herewith present you with a foot from the same rabbit, mounted with the luckiest of gold from Alaska"
 Goes to Attend Horse Show.
 Today Judge Taft. with Mrs. Taft, General Clarence R. Edwards. chief of the insular bureau of the war depart ment. and W. Cameron Forbes, vice governor of the Philippines. was driven to White Sulphur Springs. w. Va, to attend the Green Brier county horse show.
 In his address Judge Taft said that the end sought in the administration of justice was to promote tranquility and contentment among the people. It had, he said. long been established that the supreme court of the United States was the ultimate arbiter of tue great political and legal issues. decid- ing upon the limitations of both the legislative and executive branches of government which had carried the use fulness of the courts beyond anything attempted in other countries. Not withstanding this desirable situation, Mir. Taft expressed a doubt that our present administration of justice in- sured general popular satisfaction with its results
 Cause of Lynehings.
 "There are" he said. abundant evil denees that the prosecution of crimi- nals have not been certain and thor ough to the point of preventing pop ular protest. The existence of lynch ing in all parts of the country is di- rectly traceable to this lack of uni formity and thoroughness in the en- forcement of our criminal laws.
 "The inequality that exists in our present administration of justice and that sooner or later is certain to rise to trouble us and 10 call for popular condemnation and reform Is in the unequal burden which the delays and expense of litigation under our system impose on the poor litigant Tn some communities. know. these delays have induced merchants and cOmmeF- eial men to avoid courts altogether and to settle their controversies by ar bftratiou. and to this extent the courts have been relieved. but such boards Of arbitration are only possible as be- tween those Iitigants that are members Of the sane commercial bodies and gre in a sense associates. They offer 10 relief tO tEe Iitigant of little means who finds himself engaged in a con truverxy with a wealthy opponent whether individEIal or corporation
 
 Pythizrs Elect chaneeIIor.
 Boston Aug Twin the election Of their oficsrs the supreme 1Oize of the