Evening journal., 1908-09-21
RALLY CALL OF
THE PRESIDENT
Urges the Election of Mr..
Taft and a Republican
Congress

President Roosevelt has sent the follow
ing letter to Hon. william b. Mckinley
chairman Of the Republican Congressional
Comittee regarding the isues Of the cam
paign.
Il have received your letter Of August
2Sth. I agree with all that you say as 20
the amount OF affirmative and construc-
tive legislation for the social and economic
be fentof our people which has been ac-
oomplished by the Congress during the
last seven years The law establishing
national system Of irrigation was Of vital
importance, and stands in its line as sec
ond only 10 the homestead law The inter-
state commerce law has been amended so
as to make Il a new law with three-fold
the efficiency Of the old law. The enact
ment Of the pure food law was Of almost
or quite equal Importance The creation
OF Department of Commerce and Labor,
together with the creation Of a Bureau OF
Corporations, which marks the beginning
Of Federal control over the huge corpora
tions doing an Interstate business, the em-
ployers liability law. the safety appliance
law, the law limiting the working hours
Of railway employees the meat inspection
law, the denatured alcohol law the anti
rebate law. the laws increasing the powers
OF the Department OF Justice in dealing
with those, regardless OF wealth and
power, who infract the law. the law maxi
ing the Government liable for injuries to
its employees. the laws under which the
Panama Canal was acquired and is being
built the Philippines administered. and
the navy developed, the laws creating a
permanent Census Bureau and reforming
the consular service and the system Of
naturalization. the law forhidding child
labor in tho District OF Columbia. the law
providing commission under which our
currency system can be put on thor
oughly 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 develop
ment of agriculture, the legal prohibition
of campaign contributions from corpora
tions-al these represent but portion OF
what has been done by Congress, and
from a record Of substantial legislative
achievement in harmony with the hest
and most progressive thought OF our peo-
pie
1T is urgently necessary from the
standpoint Of the public interest to elect
Mr. Taft and h Republican Congress
which will support him; and they seek
election on a platform which specifically
pledges the party, alike in its executive
and legislative branches. to continue and
develop the policies which have been not
merely protest but actAd upon during
successfully carried through only by the
hearty cooperation OF the President and
the Congress in both It's branches. and IL
is therefore peculiarly important that
there should obtain such harmony be-
tween them. To fail to elect Mr.. TAFT
would be a calamity to the country; and
II would be folly. while eiecting him.
yet at the same time to elect a Congress
hostile to him, a Congress which under
the influence OF partisan leadership would
be certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion To elect Mr..
Tart and at the same time TO elect a
Congress pledged TO support him. is the
only way In which 10 perpetuate the policy
Of the Government as now carried on I
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 matter.
Both your committee and the National
Committee. OF which Mr. Hitchcock is
chairman, are endeavoring to secure the
active cooperation on the stump OF SEN
ators and congressman, party leaders and
independent citizens generally, / most
heartily join in urging the Importance Of
such cooperation. hope that every dis
interested private citizen, whose sole con-
Germ in politics is to have the right kind
OF man carry out the right kind OF policy.
will join in backing up your committee
as well as the National Committee in this
movement. No service is as effective. as
valuable, as the disinterested service given
In such manner by men whose one con-
eern is for the triumph OF the principles
in which they believe; and I appeal with
all the strength there is in me 10 such men
to give such support.
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt"
Deaths at Middletown,