The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28

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Observation-Disclosures and the abuse OIL
wealth and the tyranny or power anu
all evils and privileged favoritlsm hasS
been put to scorn by .he s', Sapr nav
manly virtues Of Justice and iair play,
II is gratifying TO your COUNT n NJ,
TO reflect that OF this administrator
YOU have been conspicuous par
YOU were OF the administrator OF MI,
Mckinley, whose accomplishments
mark "A national progress unsurpass'u
in all our previous nationaf lie.
1t therefore gives me sehu'h voh this
formal nomination from the Repup,r.iria
party whose governmental poieies
have for SO long. kept IN balance 'ne
mighty forces OF the nation, ana 10
whose continued guidance Of the nation
we have every reasonable risht 10 pc
lieve that the people are now iookihs'
Taft's Acceptance.
In his speech OF acceptance, VIM
n. Taft. Republican nominee FOR pres
ident, said:
Senator Warner and Hehlleheh "
am deeply sensible OF the honor
which the Republican national cohFen
ton has conferred on me In the nom
accept IL with full appreciation or the
responsibility il imposes.
Gentlemen. the strength or the IKE.
publican cause in the campaign d,
the policies essential 10 the reform ~
known abuses. to the continuance y!
liberty and true prosperity ana 'hn'
we are determined, as our platform uh-
eouivocally declares, to maintain them
and carry them on. For more than 'en
years this country passed through an
epoch or material development. iar pc
yond any that ever occurred III tne
world before In its course, certain
evils crept in. Some prominent ana IN
fuential members of the community
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their hurry for greater wealth. became
unmindful OF the common rules OF pus-
mess honesty and fdeIity ana Oh tie
limitations imposed by law upon tneii
action This became known. The rev
Citations OF the breaches or trust, ths
disclosures as 10 rebates and discrim-
nations by railways, the accommodating
evidence OF the violation or the anti
trust law by a number OF corporations.
the overissue OF stocks and bonds on
Interstate railways for the unlawIui
enriching OF directors ana TOR inc pu,,
pose OF concentrating controi OF raj
WAYS I'm one management, all quick,
ened the conscience or the people, anu
brought on n moral awakening among
them that boded well Tor the future "
the country.
what Roosevelt Has Done.
The man who formulated the express
sion OF the popular conscience ana who
led the movement for nranticHi re.orW
as Theodore Roosevelt He laid down
the doctrine that the rich violator OF
Tho law should be as amenable TO re-
straint and punishment as the onender
without wealth and without influence,
and he proceeded by recommending
legislation and directing executive ac-
ton to make that principle good IN
actual performance. lie secured inc
passage OF the so-called rate Dill de-
signed more effectively 10 restrain ex-
cessive and FIX reasonable rates ana
to punish secret rebates anc dlscflm-
nations which had done much to en-
able unlawful trusts to drive out or
business their competitors. IL secured
much closer supervision or railway
transactions and brought wlthin tno
operation OF the same statute express
companies. sleeping car companies, fast
freight and refrigerator lines, terminal
railroads and pipe lines. ana 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 purc
food law and the meat inspection law
in the interest of the health OF the
public. clean business methods and
great ultimate benefit to the trades
themselves. He recommended the pas
sage OF law, which the Republican
convention has since specincally APP
proved, restricting the future issue OF
ways to such as may be authorized by
Federal authority. He demonstrated 10
the people by what he said. by what he
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
save the country from the dangers OF
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
party's 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 and obedience
to law, The railroad rate bill was more
useful possibly In the Immediate moral
effect OF its passage than even In the
legal effect OF It's very useful provis-
ions. From It's enactment dates the vol
untary abandonment OF the practice or
rebates and determinations by the rail-
roads and the return by their managers
10 obedience to law In the fixing 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 a similar moral eff
feet In the general business community
and have made II now the common
practice for the great Industrial corp
oratIons TO consult the law with a view
to Keeping within Its provisions. 1t
has also had the effect OF protecting
and encouraging smaller competitive
companies 30 that they have been en-
abled to do "a 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 a desire for fnan-
cial power may tempt, unless the requi-
site machinery Is introduced into the
law which shall In It's 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 ad-
ministration, In my judgment. liz dis
tinct from. and progressive develop
hent OF that which has been performed
by President Roosevelt. The chief
function OF the next administration Is
10 complete and perfect the machinery
10y which thes. standards may be main
tanned, by which the lawbreakers may
be promptly restrained and punished.
but which shall operate with suffcienl
accuracy and dispatch to interfere with
legitimate business as little as possible.
such machinery IL not now adequate
Under the present rate bill. and under
all Its amendments. the burden OF the
supervising and regulating the opera
ton of the railroads OF this country has
grown so heavy that II IL utterly impos :
sible for that tribunal to hear and dis-
pose. In any reasonable time Of the
many complaints, queries and issues
that are brought before IL for decision
II ought to be relieved Of Its Jurisdlc-
ton as an executive. directing body
and its functions should he limited "a
the quasi Judicial Investigation OF com
plants by individuals and by depart
ment Of the government charged with