Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-02
JUSTICE
FORR|CHAND
POOR MAN
TO BE TEXT OF TAFT
SPEECH TO LAWYERS
Candidate. Considers This the
Greatest Question Now Be-
fore Nationi Congratulations.
Continue to Pour Inn.
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wIre,I

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. l.---"Speak-
ing generally, l believe the greatest
question now before the American
public is the improvement of the ad-
mnstraton of justice. civil and Grim
mai both in the matter of its prompt
dispatch and the cheapening of its
cost"
Judge William H. Taft made this
statement in discussing the address he
| Is to deliver here next Thursday TO
| the Virginia Bar association, arrange
ments for which were beng made by
President Wyndham r. Meredith. of
the association
1T Is difficult problem" he add
ed, very. difficult indeed, to make the
administration Of justice equal alike
to the poor ana the rich The diff
| Guilty is in the advantage the wealthy
man has in the employment Of coun-
! sci and in the fact that they are able
| 10 stand the expense Of litigation, and
| the poor man is not
| There seems to be no absolute
remedy. The only thing YOU can do is
TO render the administration Of ms-
tice as prompt as possible. The evil
! Is in the delay more than anything
else. And one of the great demagogic
arguments, for'it is dcmagogic argu-
ment, and ! have heard it so often in
| legislatures when proposition is
made to have only one appeal in cases
involving less than $500, Is. win YOU
deny to the poor man the right to
| obtain the judgment of the supreme
| court of the United States? There
was never a more specious argument.
The wealthy man can afford to wait
for years for that $500, and can af-
ford to carry the case ON, but the poor
man can not do it. That $500 he
needs, and needs 1t at once, If he is
tgoing to get il. and If not he needs to
Know 1t at once and If not he needs to
expense OF paying counsel fees and ap-
peals. II Is better that the case should
be decided against him than that he
should lose five or six years ana fin
ally win after he has paid out the
amount in attorneys fees"
Mr.. Taft intimated that he should
dwell at some length on this question
In his address to the bar, association.
The meeting will begn Monday and
| Mr. Taft expects to attend several of
| is sessions.
! Vice Governor Forbes, of the Phil
| ippines, and General Clarence II. ed
wards, chief of the insuar bureau.
have been invited to Hot Springs by
Mr.. Taft, and will accompany him to
White sulphur Springs next Friday to
attend the Green BTicr county horse
show. Mr.. Taft will make no speech
on this occasion.
This was "congratulation" day, so
far as Mr.. Tafts mail went. John d.
Long, former secretary of the navy,
wrote
Your speech of acceptance is per-
feet, and ought to, as / can not doubt
1t will. insure your election, for which
l earnestly pray"
United States Senator Culom, of
| Illinois, wrote: "I have Just read
your speech of acceptance, and can
not refrain from writing to tell you
how much ! am delighted with It. II
rings true, every word of It, You did
not fail to meet every possible issue,
and you have left the democrats WITH
out n leg to stand on.
"Yeur speech is accepted here by
the people and the press of the middle
west as the utterance of a great man
of strong conviction and not fearing
or hesitating to express your convic-
tons in every particular Your speech
of acceptance made your election
certainty. Had 1t been less strong:
had you, as a weaker man would have
done, wavered on any Of the great is
sues before us, the result would have
been disastrous. know that your
hands are more than fun, but ! could
not resist the temptation OF writing
you this note of cOngratulaton. Not
only are you to be congratulated, but
the party is to be congratulated In
having you at the head of the ticket
this year"
An optimistic view Of the republican
situation I'm Iowa and Colorado was
communicated OF Judge Taft by Sec
rotary Wilson. who Is In the west
looking after the interests Of the de-
partment OF agriculture. Mr.. Wilson
says the question OF the tariff protec-
| ton on farm products win have great
effect in Colorado.
, Here Is letter the candidate places
at the head OF the list he appreciates.
MY Dear Taft My daddy thinks
lot of you. and l like everybody my
daddy likes, especially when I have
never met them. And so / thought |
would find out how many on our
street are going to vote for you. and
when / went around and asked. |
found sixteen who were going 20 vote
for you and one was going TO vote for
the temperance ticket SO | am sure
you viii be elected.
VERY truly yours.
"Ama Katherine Grlfflths,
"2553 North Ingleslde avenue, Cinein-
natl. Ohio"
Candidate Taft received today a
sample book OF half-tone minlature
pictures of himself, designed as a cam
paign novelty, now being considered by
the national committee. The book 6
In the form OF postage stamp hook
and the pictures are designed TO be