Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-21
He Says That the People Have
Ruled Through the Re-
publican Party.
MAINTAINED GOLD STANDARD
Reviewed Democratic Record and
Arraigned Cleveland Ad-
ministration.
only Under Roosevelt Were Steps
Taken Effectively to Put Stop TO
Corporation Abuses.

Hot Springs. va. Aug 2t.-"The peo-
nile nave ruled through the Republican
parly"
This is william II. Tafts answer to
Nr Bryan's challenge. shan the peo-
pie rule?'
The answer was made ia an address
the Republican presidential candidate
made today before n gathering of sew
eral thousand Virginia Republicans
who came to the city TO see and hear
him and celebrate Virginia day. To
make his point perfectly clear, Mr..
Taft referred to the first election of
Mckinley as "one of the most intelli-
gent and effective expressions OF pop
ular will ever manifested to the world,
and the maintenance of the gold stand
ard and a protective tariff by his adj
ministration was a correct interpre-
tation of the peoples will. This was
shown to be So" he continued. by
even a greater majority for the party
In 1900 and still greater majority in
1904 when Roosevelt was elected, and,
he added, 1--WE may well submit to the
country whether his administration
has not expressed the will of the peo-
pie"
Preceding Mr.. Taft in short adj
dress, Congressman c. S. Slemp had
this to say in answer to the same
question:
Can it be possible that he (Bryan)
had reference to the political situation
in Virginia? Does he not know that
under existing laws so per cent of the
white and 80 per cent of the colored
population of voting age have been
d!stranchised? Does he not know that
they have no voice in the government
of either this state of this nation? And
can he call this a rule of the people?
No wonder Mr. Bryan will make no
political speeches in the south Con-
ditions here do not square with his
battle cry"
SCENE IN THE PARK.
Mr.. Taft was surrounded during his
speech by approximately 1000 people.
Accompanied by Mrs. Taft, Col. Is. S.
Allen and Representative Slemp, he
drove to the ball park in a carriage
with little Charlie Taft on the box with
the driver. Mr.. Vorys and Alvah Mar
tin, national committeeman from Viz
ginia, accompanied the party in an
other carriage. The scene at the park
was typical of n real country picnic
There We're seats for but few hun
dred While the thousands had to
stand or sit on the ground, Mr., Taft
occupied hastily erected speakers
stand in front of the "bleachers'
benches. He was introduced by Col
Allen and his reception was cordial
and his speech heartily applanded.
TAFTs SPEECH.
MIR. Taft reviewed the record of the
Democratic party from the time of the
last Democratic administration in 1898.
During this administration, he said,
1T repealed the Mckinley tariff bill,
passed in 1890 and enacted the German
Wilson tariff bill of 1893. With the
prospect of a Democratic tariff for
revenue and under the operation Of the
German Wilson tariff bill subsequently
passed a period of industrial depres-
sion set in which continued through the
next presidential campaign Of 1896"
As soon as the Republican party
came into power in 1897, he said, it re-
pealed the Gorman-Wilson tariff bill
and enacted the present Dingley tariff
bill and with the assurance of an hon.
est monetary standard confidence was
restored and a period of business eX-
pansion and prosperity followed TO an
extent never before known in the his
tory Of the world.
Wages were never higher, he declared
and the average standard of living OF
wage Gamers farmers and business
men m point of comfort and enjoy
ment of life was advanced beyond pre-
cedent Attending this great prosper
ny abuses developed growing out OF
the dishonesty of some prominent men
entrusted with the management of the
business of others aud OF greed Of
HNancial power of some, stimulated by
the enormous successes incident to the
combination of capital IN large cor
purations.
CORPORATION ABUSES.
These abuses he said, chiefly took the
lolm OF violation of the antitrust law
anu granting OF rebates and discrmln-
Stions by railways to large shippers,
Mheh the extent of these evils was
plousht nome to the people, he said,
IIesluent Roosevelt invoked the at
.'Htion OF congress ana the public
70 them and proceeded to enforce the
"Ms then ON the statute books,
1t was not he said, until Mr..
roosevelt, realizing To the fun the dan
Ser TO which our society was exposed
unless The OFFENDING corporations, rail-
way ana Industrial, We're mnde TO obey
ana fear the law, took vigorous action
VI me Recommendation of new leglsla-
Won ana IN the enforcement of the
az 'hht anything very effective was
Gone to check the growing evil"
The Republican Congress- which has
sT,un elected with Roosevelt in 1904 Mr.
i"lt said, made "A record for remedial
,eslslation along the lines recommended
~ me president. which as he has said
nlAlself, has never been equalled I'm our
une Mr.. Taft referred To the railway
i"'e law, the law creating the bureau
VI corporations, the pure food bill and
ue meat inspection law, most of which
uo declared, encountered the omen bittel,
opposition OF the corporations and fail-
GU or passage in the previous Congress
Nhnt has been the result OF this
Smlatlon and legislative action ?" h,
J"ep Secret rebates and unlawful
SS,ayilnlnations have been actually
I"ollahed No monopoly OF businesg
-, ahy Inc rs now maintained by a SEE
wbt reduction of freight rates to II
''n ~ denied to competitors"
PEOPLE HAVE RULED.
nc declared that the people have
h si,u through the Republican party;
rnoa 70 hesitation In saying that not
hVe he beginning Of the government
aon any other national administration
a. ~ much for the cause OF labor by
~ ~, eaetment OF remedial legislation
theodore Roosevelt and the Repub-