The sun., 1908-09-21
ASKS REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
NEEDED TO PERPETUATE PRES
uyT POLICY, PRESIDENT SAYS.

ing IL WOulu ne Fohy WuIe EiocuuB
Taft 10 Elect o Congress Hostile to
Hlm-A Plea to Citizens TO Help.
President Roosevelt has come to the
aid Of the Republican Congressional
oommittee in it's efforts 10 secure the
slsotion of Republican House Of Repre-
ssntadves. In letter addressed to
representative Mckinley. chairman Of
The committee. the President says that
4 would be a national calamity TO fail
toelect Mr.. Taft. but to elect Mr.. Taft and
At the same time elect Congress hostile
TO him would be folly.
so elect Mr.. Taft and at the same
time to elect Congress- pledged to sup
mort him Is the only way to perpetuate
he policy Of the Government as now
carried on says the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter Ia one sent in
reply to one addressed to him by Chair
man Mckinley last August. 1t was
given out by the committee yesterday
although dated September 0. 1t reads
as follows:
SYCAMORE HILL. oYsrER BAY. N T.,
September 0. 1908.
Ny DEAR SIR:-I have received your
letter Of August 20. i agree with all that
you say as to the amount Of Affirmative aha
constructive legislation for the social and
economic benefit Of, our people which has
been accomplished by the Congress during
the last seven years.
The law establishing a national system
OF irrigation was Of vital Importance and
stands In its line as second only to the
homestead law. The interstate commerce
law has been amended SO as to make II
q new law, with threefold the efficiency OF
the old law. The enactment OF the pure
food law was OF almost or quite equal I'M
portance. The creation OF the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor, together
with the creation Of Bureau Of Corpora
tions, which marks the beginning OF Federal
control over the huge corporations doing
On interstate business: the employers
liability law, the safety appliance law.
the law limiting the working hours OF rail-
way 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 In
fract the law, the law making the Govern
ment liable for injuries to it's employees.
the laws under which the Panama Canal
was acquired and is being built. the Philip
pines administered and the navy devel-
oped: the laws creating permanent census
bureau and reforming the consular service
and the system Of naturalization: the law
forbidding child labor In the District OF
Columbia. the law providing commission
under which our currency system can be
put on a thoroughly satisfactory basis.
the laws for the proper administration
of the forest service, the laws for the ad-
mission Of Oklahoma and the development
of Alaska, the great appropriations for
the development Of agriculture, the legal
prohibition Of campaign contributions from
corporations all these represent but
port ion Of what has been done by Congress
and form a record Of substantial legislative
achievement in harmony with the best and
most progressive thought Of our people.
1t Is urgently necessary from the stand
point of the public interest TO elect Mr..
Taft and Republican Congress which will
support him: and they seek election on q
platform which specifically pledges the
party, alike in its executive and legislative
branches, to continue and develop the poll
cies which have been not merely professed
but acted upon these seven years. These
policies can be successfully carried through
only by the hearty cooperation of the Presi-
dent and the Congress in both its branches.
and It is therefore peculiarly important that
there should obtain such harmony between
them.
To fail TO elect sir. Taft would be calam-
hy to ths country, and 1t would be folly.
while electinR him. yet at the same time to
elect Congress hostile to him. Congress
which under the influence Of partisan lead
ership would be certain to thwart and baffie
him on every possible occasion. To elect
Mr. Taft and at the aanie time IN elect n
Congress pledged to support him Is the only
way in which to perpetuate the policy Of
the Government as now carried on. 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 d 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 Senators
and Congressman. party leaders and inde-
pendent citizens generally. l most heartily
Join in urging the importance OF such COOP
eration. / hope that every disinterested d
private citizen, whose sole concern In poll
tics 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 disintersted service given in such man.
ner by men whose one concern IL for the
triumph of the principles in which they
believe. and appeal with all the strength
there is in me 10 such men to give such
support. Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. William B. Mckinley. chairman Re-
publican Congressional Committee. St.