Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-10-01


attention and was frequently applaud
ed at the telling strokes and argu-
ments made. He took up the reme-
dies and propositions of Mr.. Bryan
and pointed out, with convincing
reasoning, their impracticability in
Mr.. Taft first discussed
trusts and reviewed the work of the
Roosevelt administration in securing
legislation to control and regulate
the great illegal trusts that have de-
veloped in the last ten years or more
to stif1e competition. The tariff and
its vital influences on the prosperity
OF the manufacturer, skilled labor,
common labor, :. professional man,
business man., and the farmer, was
also discussed by Mr.. Taft. In his
opening remarks he said in part:
81 am delighted to greet a North
Dakota audience because I know that
it is composed of men that do things
and in that respect it is like the re-
publican party.
IL want to take minute to give
you little inside personal history
concerning my visit to North Dako-
ia. Igot an intimation that ought
to come out this way to convince the
people that was not an aristocrat.
It has been said of me that I am a
dude and that I spend my time play
ing golf-which is said to be rich
mans game, and that I am entirely
out Of sympathy with the common
people,
Here Mr.. Taft walked across the
stage leaned forward as if he was
getting right down to the people in
his audience, characteristic atti-
tude and continued.
II want to explain about that golf
game. Over in Scotland it is the
game of the people and over in this
country, where there is enough room
it is a good game for people who
have grown little heavy to play
baseball or tennis-for people who
are not active enough for those
games that are common in this coun-
try. We stout people ought to be al
lowed some game that will keep us in
trim. We have got to have game of
some kind when we get to weigh 295
pounds and want to tell you that
while golf may be rich mans game
it is also poor mans game. can
tell you from personal experience
that a very poor man can play it.
But came out here. to show myself
and to let people see that do not
resemble dude.
II feel complimented beyond ex-
preston at the big turnout of North
Dakota people and want to testify
from the bottom of my heart how
grateful l am.
"We have heard great deal about
the trusts but we have not had a
great deal of accurate inormation.
Bryan says that I do not know any
thing about the trusts, in fact Bryan
says that I do not know anything
about anything. This Of course is
one of the issues of the campaign and
as Bryan has taken that side of the
ssue l am in duty bound to take
the other side and to assure you that
do :know something about some
thing.
"The question what is trust? is
really question of law and ! can say
that one time I was lawyer. l have
been a lawyer and connected with
the law business for about II years.
For eight or nine years l was on the
federal bench and while it was Mr..
Choate who said at gathering OF
judges and lawyers that I'VE are all
lawyers here but the judges 1 be-
lieve that a judicial experience is a
very good legal education.
'sDuring my experience as a judge
I had to give great many decisions
concerning the trusts and the trust
question and one of the most import
ant of the cases in which I give a
ruling was the Addison pipe case.
That decision has become the basis
on which all trusts are being prose-
cuted at the present time. This de-
cision was objectionable in length
but when it went to the supreme
court it was upheld and the judges
paid me the compliment of quoting
largely from my decision in sustain
ing the judgment.
"My plea regarding the trusts is
that began my investigation long
before 1 intended to become presi-
dent.
loud applause and great ]aughter.)
81 do claim to know something
about what the law means when 1t
denounces the trusts. =
After referring to the work done