The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-14
PRESIDENT WRITES
 EULOGY OF TAFT
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all that is base and mean, to a hearty sympathy with the oppressed, he unites entire dsinterestedness courage both moral and physical of the very high est type. and kindly generosity of nature which makes him feel that all of his fellow -countrymen are In very truth his friends and brothers, that their interests are his. and that all his great qualities are to be spent with lavish freedom in their service. The honest man of means, the honest and law-abldng business man. can feel safe in his hands because of the very fact that the dishonest man of great wealth. the man who swindles or robs his fellows. would not SO much as dare 10 defend his evil-doIng in Mir Tafts presence. The honest wage worker. the honest laboring man, the honest farm CT, the honest mechanic or small trad CT, or man of small means, can feel that In peculiar sense MT, Taft will be his representative because of the very fact that he has the same seorn for the demagog that he has for ths corruptionist. and that he would front threats of personal violence from a mob with the unquaiing and lofty in- difference with which he would front the bitter anger of the wealthiest and most powerful corporations, Broad though his sympathies are, there is in him not the slightest tinge of weak ness. No consideration of personal in- terest, any more than of fear for hls personal safety, could make him swerve a hairs breath from the course which he regards as right and in the inter est of the whole people.
 l have naturally peculiar interest in the success of Mr. Taft. and in seeing him backed by a majority in both houses of congress which will heartily support his pollces. For the last ten years, while I have been Rov- ernor of New York and president, I have been thrown into tho closest in- timacv with him, and he and I have on every essential point stood in heartiest agreement shoulder 10 shoul- der We have the same views as to what is demanded by the national in- 1 terest and honor. both within our own borders. and as regards the relations of thls nation with other nations Theer is no fight for decency and fair dealing which have waged in which have not had his hesrtiest and most effective sympathy and support, and the policies for which stand are his policies as much as mine,
 1 It Is not possible In the space of this letter to discuss all the many and in. | finitely varied questions of moment with which Mir Taft as President would have to deal; let him be judged by what he has himself done. and h, what the administration, In which ht | has played SO conspicuous part. has done But to illustrate just what hi; l attitude is. let me touch on two mat terse now prominent in the public mind
 Mir. Taft can be trusted to exact ius | tice from the railroads for the yer, reason that he can be trusted to d' justice to the railroads. The railroads are the chief instruments of interstate commerce in the country. and they car neither be held 10 proper accounta. bility on the one hand nor given prop CT protection on the other, save h, the affirmative action of the fedora government The law as laid down h, the federal courts clearly shows tha' the states have not and cannot devise laws adequate to meet the prohlemt caused by the great growth of the rail roads doing en interstate comnerc' business, for more than four ffths O state, and under the constitution of thu United States only the federal govern ment can exercise control thereover I is absolutely necessary that this con trol should he affirmative and thor oughgoing. All interstate business carried on by the great corporation should in the interest of the whol, people, be far more closely supervised than at present by the national govern inent: but thls is especially true of in, railroads. which cannot exist at al save by the exercise of powers granted them on behalf of the people. anr which therefore, should be held to peculiar accountability to the people If Is in the interest of the people tha they should not be permitted to do In justice; and 1t is no less to the interes of the people that they should not suf fer injustice. Their prime purpose l. to carry the commodities of the farm CTS and the business men; they coulc not be built save for the money con trihuted to them by their shareholders they could not be run at all save fo the money paid out in wages to tht railroad employees; and finally. the, coudl not be run judiciously, or profta bly, to any one. were 1t not for the em ployment by them of some masterfl guiding intelligence, whether of on man or of a group of men. There arr | therefore several sets of interests to b. considered Each must receive prope consideration. and when any one o them selfshly demands exclusive con sideration the demand must be refused Along certain lines all of these group have the same interests. If Is to tn interest of shipper, farmer wage-work CT, business man, honest shareholder and honest manager alike that ther should be economy, honesty, intelli gence, and fair treatment of all. T. put an effective stop to stock waterinI would be benefit to everybody excep the swindlers who profit by stock wa tering; it would benefit the homes shareholder because honest Investment would not be brought into competition with mere paper; it would benefit tn