The Detroit times., 1908-07-29

manly virtues OF justice anu ihit Play'
Ii is gratifying TO your couhttymeh
TO reflect that OF this administration
YOU have been IA conspicuous part as
YOU were OF the administration OF M.
Mckinley. whose accomplis as.so
mark national progress unsurpasseo
I'm all our previous national pre-.
II therefore gives me genuine pieas-
ure. Mr.. Taft. TO present To you tnis
formal nomination from tns isep un,,c;es
have for so long kept In balance tne
mighty forces of the nation, ana w
whose continued guidance OF the na'.oi'
we have every reasonable right 10 pc
lieve that the people are now lookihs'
Taft's Acceptance.
In his speech OF acceptance. VIM.
Fl. Taft. Republican nominee Tor pres
ident, said
Senator Warner and Gentlemen OF
am deeply sensible OF the honor
which the Republican national conVeh
tion has conferred on me IN , .ne nom
accept il with full appreciation OF 'the
responsibility II imposes.
Gentlemen. the strength or the IKE
publican cause In the campaign a.
hand is in the fact that We represent
the policies essential to the reform OF
known abuses, to the continuance .!
liberty and true prosperity, ana tha'
equivocally declares. TO maintain them
and carry them on. For more tnan ten
years this country passed through an
epoch of material Development rar Pc
yond any that ever occurred In the
world before. In its course. certain
evils crept In. Some prominent ana IN :
huential members of the community
spurred by financial success ana IN
their hurry for greater wealth, became
unmindful OF the common rules or bus-
mess honesty and fidelity and OF the
limitations imposed by law upon thelr
action. This became known. the rev.
Citations OF the breaches or trust, the
disclosures as TO rebates and discrim-
nations by railways. the ACCOMMODATING
evidence OF the violation or the anu
trust law by a number or corporations,
the overissue OF stocks and bonds on
interstate railways for the unlawtui
enriching OF directors and for the pur-
pose OF concentrating controi Oh tai
ways in one management. all quick .
ened the conscience OF the people, ana
brought on u moral awakening among
them that BODIED well for the future or
the country.
What Roosevelt Has Done.
The man who formulated the express
sion OF the popular conscience and who
led the movement for practical REFORM
as Theodore Roosevelt. He laid down
the doctrine that the rich Violator OF
ne law should he as amenable 10 re-
straint and punishment as the onender
without wealth and without innuence,
end he. proceeded by recommending
legislation and directing executive uc-
tion TO make that principle good IN
actual performance. He secured the
passage OF the so-called rate BILL de-
I'D more effectively to restrain ex-
cessive and fix reasonable rates. and
to punish secret rebates ana discrlm-
nations which had done much to en-
able unlawful trusts 10 drive out OF
business their competitors. Ii secured
much closer supervision OF railway
transactions and brought within the
operation OF the same statute express
companies. sleeping car companies, fast
freight and refrigerator lines. terminal
railroads and pipe lines, and forbade
in future the combination OF the trans
portation and shipping business under
one control In order TO aVoid undue
discrimination.
President Roosevelt directed suits to
be brought and prosecutions TO be IN
stituted under the antitrust law TO
enforce its provisions against the most
powerful OF the Industrial corpora
lions. He pressed to passage the pure
food law and the meat inspection law
in the interest OF the health OF ,he
great ultimate benefit TO the trades
themselves. lie recommended the pas
sage OF law. which the Republican
proved. restricting the future issue OF
stocks and bonds by Interstate rail-
ways to such as may be authorized by
Federal authority. He demonstrated to
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recommended to congress, and by what
he did. the sincerity OF his efforts to
command respect for the law, TO secure
equality OF all before the law. and to
plutocratic government. toward
which we were fast tending. In this
work Mr.. Roosevelt has had the sup
port and sympathy of the Republican
party. and its chief hope of success in
the present controversy must rest on
the confidence which the people OF the
country have in the sincerity OF the
partys declaration In Its platform. that
IL intends to continue his policies.
To Maintain the stride.
Mr. Roosevelt has set high the stand =
ard OF business morality ana obedience
to law. The railroad rate bill was more
Iseful possibly I'm the immediate moral
effect Of Its passage than even In the
legal effect OF Its very useful provis-
ions From Its enactment dates the VOL :
untary abandonment OF the practice of
roads and the return by their msnagers
TO obedience 10 law In the nxing OF
tariffs The pure food and meat In
spection laws and the prosecutions d.
rected by the president under the anti
trust law have had similar moral eff
feet in the general business community
and have made II now the common
practice for the great Industrial corp
orattons TO consult the law with q view
10 Keeping within It's provisions. IL
has also had the effect OF protecting
and encouraging snaIler competitive
companies so that they have been en-
abled to do q profitable business.
But we should be blind to the ordi-
nary working OF human nature II We
did not recognize that the moral stand
ards set by President Roosevelt will
NOT continue to be observed by those
whom cupidity and desire for fnan
cIal power may tempt. unless the requi-
site machinery II introduced Into the
law which shall In its practical opera
tion maintain these standards and Sc
cure the country against departure
from them.
Function Of Next ADMINISTRATION.
The chief function OF the next al
minlstration. In my judgment. Is dis
tinct from, and progressive develop
ment OF that which has been performed
bv President Roosevelt. The chief
function OF the next administration Is
TO complete and perfect the machinery
tanned, by which the lawbrcakers may
be promptly restrained and punish ed
but which shall operate with sufficisni
accuracy and dispatch to interfere with
10 gitimate business as little as possible
such machinery ~ not now adequate.
Under the present rate bill. and under
ali it's amendments. the burden OF the
interstnte commerce commission In
supervising and regulating the opera
ton OF the railroads OF this country has
grown so heavy that II II utterly impos
nose In anG reasonable time, OF the
many complaints. queries and issue,
that are brought before IL for decision
IL ought to be relieved OF its jurisdic
tiou as an executive, directing BODY
and it's functions should be limited Il