The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
WILL FOLLOW
NEW YORK LAW
IN THE MATTER
That Is, Campaign Contribu-
tons Will Be Published
After Election.
NO CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM CORPORATIONS
JUDGE TAFT STILL FAR IN THE
REAR OF MR.. BRYAN ON
PUBLICITY QUESTION.

Hot Springs. Va. July 1S.-'The national
Republican committee will accept no con-
tTibutiOns from corporations said Judge
William II. Taft, presidential candidate
of the Republican party, today, and In
an interview he also referred to labor.
prohibition and other questions Mr. Taft
said that not only would the law Of New
York state providing for the publicity
of campaign contributions, be Obeyed by
the national Republican committee. but
the federal law prohibiting such cOntribu-
tons by corporations in connection with
the election of president, vice president,
representa- Ves or senators would be obey
ed without regard to any question Of
validity that might arise in respect to
any provisions of that law. Answering
questions as to the application of the ma
tiOnal law to contributions for the cleo
ton of presidential electors. Mr.. Taft de-
clared that the law would be Obeyed eX-
actly as it was passed by congress.
The Labor Vote.
As to the right Of a labor leader to
attempt TO influence the votes Of MEM
bers of the organization of which he is
the head Mr. Taft at first laughingly said
that that was a question Of prOpTiety
upon which he was not sufficiently in
formed to discus. When asked to
mis- idea of the power of the leader Of a
labor organization to throw its vote to
one party or another. he declared that,
in his opinion. it could be predicted that
there is no so-called class of the Ameri-
can electorate whose votes would be de-
livered by its leaders.
Thinks Few Will Switch.
He said that after eliminating members
of both political parties from a labor or
ganizatiOn. the expression of "A leader
might indicate how the remaining uncer-
tain quantity might vote in the election but
ne declared that just as is the case gen.
orally in dealing with any sO-called class
of citizens. before expression could be
given of the nature of their votes, il would
be necessary to eliminate the members
Of one or the other political parties. The
question calling forth this statement re-
ferred TO President Samuel GOmpeTs OF
the American Federation of Labor but
Mr. Taft avoided making any personal
reference TO Mr.. Gompers or any other
leader of organized labor
Nothing New on Trusts.
Asked whether he would have any new
remedy TO offer for the sO-called trust
problems in his speech Of acceptance. he
replied that he did not know of anything
new that he could add 10 question
that had been so widely discussed. and
stated that he would have nothing to
say on that matter outside of what he
had said at various times in his public ut
teranCes.
Mr. Taft's attention was called today
10 dSStiliOuS vi sumo JUL lidl9 lepi c9St4'-
ing the liquor interests that he is OPP
posed to prohibition. he explained that
he had never publicly discussed the eth
zeal side of prohibition. and he took the
view as he understood Mr.. Bryan had
done, that the prohibition issue was not
involved in the national campaign. From
what had come TO his attention In re-
spect TO the representa- tons of these jour
mails. he inferred that they had based their
statements on speeches he had made in
which he criticised the action of some
state legislatures in passing prohibition
and other laws without providing the
machinery for enforcing them
\ glee club from Lynchburg. Va, ser
enaded Judge Taft tonight Later Judge
and Mrs Taft Joined i'm a waltz but when
an old lady in the audience began ar
plauding they left the ballroom, with EVIL
dent embarrassment.