The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-26

...+ ,os e1apsed since the termina1iors, J,
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 ot ia61 I do not recall recelvihs at Ii letter from him except: II Innes bill
 the. one relating gsference to ' to legislation wnieeh we nau r., Congress or to anytnlnts pp5tb which I had any of1clai ou lstteT perform upsl up5tns he heerODosieg wGSie e employ; of May yvifb f i'Ues respect to the suits and 9o nrosecutions threatened In OaiU, oA on any event, he never aoarSsSeu aoa1snant ex- any suo2ecs iVe s' any other citizen with cepI oiifE was acauainted might nave done and there was never else ton from him nndep or the bfO Slightest obiiga- that tions to ~as support % or oppose any PP5Fo, nosed Legislation on behah Gl the company; Not N0twisnfbdisHaSw ,n bis answer to Mr:, Presn Pres,1enf nf september 23. that l was the {e1resentatiWe and champion ana anste u fender of corporations Tn .r,,tS rhS in any & there sitsstament IS nD whether made by him or by anybody else Nrr Taft's let ter and what the 1 FSsiG tSs same.
 in his oopmiaifa,ts ppmniia,cai pf fPrincipies.
 Now. as to the letter itSeiI; Y 6sstiTe siHi1Ts as the reason eRs3 He f9f 9n 3noSR SRas opposed the vital policies and principles oi tne Sas ministration and in his opposition m ar nae seized upon and magnlneo an llip
 tant but incidental matter to ei1S 3sia TaSs Taii onf rhe scrupie s,i blind race preju- Sina Wi.hou' tn accomplish his main purpose; It is really a question .s 0t eitffaSSi f,eSl isl1sute iSaS,s re he inc sentiment of the peo- ple of Ohio in a resolution t asHinS hIS Saeafor snT Foraker declined to follow this resnIution. When the Issue is whether the support shall be returned, h. nreo. rene be determined. if this h0nent is 10 1g not hW the ouestion whether he has fol- lowed his conscience. but by the quenso ton whether he really rtRFgItentdS desire 1re pspnported p5rnv,pted and put into practice
 RPhis quotation shows that the grounds of Mr. Taft's oppositln to me were two-fold-the rate ol'' anu 'Ae BroWnSv,iig ks to inc sT rate bill MT. Taft says of me in his letter enumeratng the reason why he could not accept an coupled with an endorsement or me for Senator: ,., .,,o,o and principles of the adminlstratlon would not vote for the rate bill al though requested to do so by the Ohio Legislature. had never onnosed the policy of supervising and regulat- in9 ir,9 iinterstate carriers and interstate Commerce. He knew that my opposi- tion to the rate bill was not because l was opposed to the general policy of regulation and supervision put only to certain clauses. among them the rate-making clause Of the com modities clause. ..,-,
 sThis bill contained some provisions on account of which l disliked to vote against it and so stated Tn the seemed to me so vicious that l could not doubt that it would bring upon us not only panic. idleness. sunerlng ana distress but still other evils that did not seem to be generally foTeseefH' tna measure. I studied the subject with very great care and felt when l had reached my conclusions that It was my duty to my constituents and the who country to disregard the in most of the members of which b91y had probably studied the questions in-
 DisagTees With Taft.
 T do not agree with Judge Taft that a Senator should be controlled by tne intelligence. his conscience and hls
 "f think a Senator who would thus yield to public clamor and do violence to his conscience. his intelligence and his judgment. would be unit to rep resent a great Common wealth in the Congress of the United States.
 Without disparaging genuine mo- rality. 1t can be truthfully said that less imaginary and professional right tion would have been better for the country and would have excited less of that opposition of which Mr. Taft's let- ter complains.