The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-30
HIS POLICY MUST CONTINUE.

The final returns from the state con-
ventions are now In and Mr.. Hitch
cock, the Taft manager, has given out
a carefully prepared and tabulated
lated statement, declaring that. the
sum Der OF delegates actually pledged
to Mr.. Taft Is 5s4, of which number
1917 are instructed, 80 pledged by res.
olution OF Endorsement, and 81 by per-
sonal declaration" Four hundred and
ninety one are sufficient to nominate.
The statement also declares 1.-THE num-
Der Of unpledged delegates is 1859, and
OF these more than 100 are known to
be favorable to Taft. The present
Taft strength can be coDservatively
estimated at about 700 delegates"
These figures seem to indicate al.
most to a certainty that Mr. Taft will
receive the nomination at the Coliseum
in Chicago next month. They would
also show that, If the Taft campaign
is a blind for Roosevelt third term,
1t is well carried out and that people
had better begin to follow Wall Street
in believing that Roosevelt means II
when ne refuses to run third time.
Although large proportion OF the re.
publican party would like tc see all this
strength in favor Of third term for
Roosevelt, yet in Taft they have a
man who will follow out scrupulously
the policy OF Roosevelt and secure the
continuation OF the principles OF the
republican party. The need OF a re.
publican president at Washington
during the next four years is more
pressing today than 1t has been since
the civil war, except possibly at the
time of the Mckinley Bryan cam.
paign. Just what the policy of the
republican party is today is clearly
and forcibly outlined in the following
paragraphs from the Chicago Post:
THE republican policies stand clear.
ly before the voters today. The people
know just how far a republican presi.
dent will go in the positive, progress.
sive upbuilding of the nation which
has always been the party's chiefest
glory; they have but the vaguest idea
OF what democratic president could
do or seek TO do They know that the
republican party stands for a revision
OF the tariff and not for the revo.u.
tionary experiment OF free trade. They
know, finally, that republican presi.
dent like Mr. Taft will give the most
thorough and honest test of the policy
OF corporation regulation, the greatest
issue OF the present generation; they
have no wish TO plunge into unknown
fields OF government ownership.
''ln other words, the republican
party Is now fixed, definite formula
of progress. We are not a radical peo-
pie. We wish to advance, but we wish
to do so In an ordered and conservative
manner. We turn to the repr blican
party as a well.tried instrument to &C
complish this wish. We would jeop-
ardize our physical and moral prosper.
ity for years 10 come II we permitted
an untried and hostile party to assume
control Of the government just as our
newly forged ideals are undergoing the
essential test Of actual experiment, "
Here are the two parties, side by
side. The republican, conservative,
yet liberal; the democratic, purely
radical in It's widesweeping desire for
so-called reforms All will see the
justice and wisdom Of the former
policy and be glad to support a candi-
date who will uphold 1t uncom promis.
ingly.