New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-09
TAKES FIRM STAND
BESIDE ROOSEVELT
T1FT WILL ATTEMPT TO
CLINCH POLICIES.
RidicuIes Bfyan's Claim to Their
authorship in Sandushy Speech
-Cheered by Thousands.
rRr telegraph to The Tribune.

-q,c3nnati. Sept s-"If 4 am elected, pur-
,sse 10 devote all the energy that is in me to
sr,vs;l upon Congress TO pass the laws neees-
- "a cIineh the Roosevelt Iices."-William
Howard Taft
This declaration of purpose, uttered with all
.hs en,phasis Of which he is capable constituted
81 most important utterance of the Republican
presidential candidate day replete with
,-,;ae,t and in the course of which he addressed
MANY thousands of people. beginning with the
o,.-ons AT the Ohio Soldiers Home and ending
nth fhe numerous audiences which gathered
,,,,e the route from Sandusky to- Cincinnati.
.rb,cb rcjnt he reached at o'clock this evening.
wherever he spoke Mr.. Taft was enthusiast
t, u,elcorned Every station along the line of
.he Rig Four was the scene Of crowding,
Ls-srr throne In many places the station and
s,o;r,ne buildings were decorated with flags
,a hunting and many bands greeted the candi
so,e while in other places stands had been
erected from which he addressed the cheering
crowds At every stop men, women and chill
5ren crowded around the special car in which
-ba Taft PARTY travelled and when there was
NOT time for a speech they surged about the rear
-5atforrn seeking to grasp the hand Of the
canal ey-Secretary of War. Mrs. Taft usually
stood beside her husband as he spoke or held
an irnpr0mptu reception
Nearly two thousand persons were gathered in
the sandusky opera House when Mr.. Taft and
his marty reached there, at 1880 a to-day,
ef,er their visit 10 the Old Soldiers Home. Cen
erals Keifer and Corbin first addressed the audi
ence. on the principle the former explained that
when YOU rig Up a wagon you always put the
uttle wheels in front" Both speeches were we'll
received.
Ex-Governor Herrick who most cordially
greeted by his audience, followed with
7,anation of the guarantee of bank deposits ad-
vocated by the Democratic platform He de-
clared that the principle of the Democratic
policy was analogous to asking all the merchants
in town. energetic and lazy. honest and dis
honest to guarantee the success Of all, so that
all might share equally in the profits and all
might be saved from loss. regardless of the care
lessness or dishonesty % some.
DIsPROvEs BRYAN's CLAIM
When Mr Taft was introduced the audience
gave hin q most cordial welcome. and he
launched at once into his subject. the disproving
OF Bryans claim 10 the authorship and heir
ship Of the Roosevelt policies. He eucidated
The Sherman antitrust law and the antf-rebate
law. and showed how Democratic House. after
accumulating an overwhelming amount of evi-
dence. abandoned the task of anti .trust legis-
a
remedy could be reached; how a Republican
Congress having passed the Sherman law. the
Cleveland administration became discouraged
by single adverse judicial decision. and con-
Quoted no prosecution under its provisions; and
how finally, il had remained for Theodore
Roosevelt 70 enforce its provisions and those of
the anti-rebate law. and to such enforcement of
the law he pledged himself in the words above
quoted.
He then showed how Mr.. Bryan had proposed
10 abolish the tariff all commodities con-
troiled by trusts. thus menacing not only the
trusts, but their every competitor, and he quoted
PRESIDENT Roosevelts speech of acceptance of
1"ur years ago as proving that he was and he is
osmetncally opposed To Mr.. Bryan, and that
The policies Of the two could in no way be COM
pared or reconciIed
In closing Mr. Taft declared that while he
fad not time 10 discuss at length the question of
1ederal prevention Of the overissue of railway
securities, he purposed if elected TO devote him
self to the furtherance Of such prevention. and
explained briefly his reason for believing that
The federal government could exercise such con-
'roi over even state corporations engaged in
interstate commerce.
Ar Taft began his speech soon after noon
Oonhdence, ne said. plant of slow growth
oapitalist-were ali in the same boat The in
'estInent Of money was he said necessary for
lhe return Of prosperity, and confidence was
Necessary
l want To say TO the men and women Of this
country he said; FORK want to interest the
women on these questions. that the election of
M Bryan would be a menace TO the confidence
which is necessary 10 the conditions on which
prosperity rests This assertion was warmly
applauded.
"hat Mr.. Taft really wanted to talk bout
oe said. was Mr.. Bryan's claim that The is not
only the heir to the policies of Theodore Roose-
'eil' but that he is also the parent of those
policies" Iaughter)
Let us then see' continued Mr. Taft. what
Inc Roosevelt policies are and what has been
oohe by Mr. Roosevelt in carrying them out,
and what has been the attitude of the Demo
cratic party toward that action"
The evil Of rebates was then described and
The rernedy-the rate bill and the provision
against rebates-discussed. The trust question
was then taken up.
DEMOCRACY AND TRUSTS
Mr. Bryan says the trusts control the fse-
publican party" Mr.. Taft said: consequently
tne4r control cannot be expected by them
"i.at Is the history Of the Democratic party?
"hen it was in power it admitted il could not
Nsree On a remedy. The Republicans passed
lAe Sherman antitrust law. and Theodore
'1ose'e eli has beer enforcing it"
Air Tart here illustrated this enforcement by
concrete cases, saying:
Ike u get down 10 facts for l am not an
razor cannot dwell in the cerulean blue
1ul haFe got to deal with real cases" He con-
tinued: