Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-10-14
WHAT TAFT HAS SAID
ON NATIONAL SUBJECTS
Republican Candidates Declarations on
Trusts, Courts, Foreign Policy.
the Navy and the Tariff.
BY WALTER J. BALLARD.

= Here are sOIllc VI tut StTlhlEs
4 things Mr.. Taft has said:
The Democratic party to-day.
4 as organized, Is nothing but or
\ ganized incapacity. At Mont
4 pelier, VT.
\ Bryan would have the initia-
+ tive and referendum because he
r distrusts representative govern
+ meut, and has no confidence in
4 the ability of the people to Sc
r lect conscientious representa-
4 tives. He would take away from
4 courts. because he distrusts the
+ ability of judges to resist the
malign influences of the power.
the power to enforce their own
r orders. At Columbus. Ohio.
Anything that makes capital
idle. or which reduces or de-
4 stroys 1t, must reduce both
+ wages and the opportunity to
4 earn wages. AT Cooper Union,
New York City.
THE only course of the Ad-
+ ministration has been directed
4 against such organized capital
4 as was violating the statutes of
4 the United States-and no 9TH
4 err The business men of our
X community as whole are hon.
4 est and their methods are
4 sound. At Boston. Mass.
+ THE so-called colonial policy
4 OF the United States has added
\ to our trade already something
4 over one hundred millions a
4 year At Cleveland, Ohio.
4 The administration of exact
4 justice by courts without fear or
4 favor, unpoved by the influence
4 of the wealthy or the threats of
4 the demagogue, is the highest
4 ideal that government of the
X people can strive for, and any
4 means by which sutton, how
4 ever unpopular or poor. is de-
4 prived of enjoying this, are to
4 be condemned. At Columbus,
4 Ohio.
4 Il believe that navy is the
4 greatest insurer of peace that
4 we could possibly .have--a navy
+ commensurate with our re-
+ sources. and commensurate with
X our coast line, and commensu-
4 rate with the number of de-
4 Tendencies we have, and COM
4 mensurate with our population,
4 and commensurate with our in
4 fluence as a world power. AT
4 Cleveland, Ohio.
4 IF we assume control over
4 people for the benefit of that
4 people (as in the Philipplnes)
4 and with the purpose of devel-
oping them to self-governing
4 capacity and with the intention
4 OF giving them the right to be-
4 come Independent whe1f they
4 shall show themselves At, the
4 charge that we are imperialists
4 is utterly without Foundation.
4 AT Cleveland, Ohio.
X THE present business system
\ Of the country rests on the pro-
4 tective tariff, and any attempt to
4 change 1t to free trade basis
will certainly lead to disaster"
AT Columbus. Ohio.
The Democratic party has no
4 policy which the country can de-
4 pend upon. It's whole stock in
4 trade is that Of irresponsible
4 criticism and obstruction, and
when charged with the RESPONSE
4 bility of doing anything it ut
4 terly fails. At Greensboro.
4 n. C.
X Mr.. Bryan asks me what l
4 would do with the trusts.
X answer that I would restrain all
+ unlawful trusts with all the eff
4 ficiency of injunctive process
4 and would punish with all the
4 severity of criminal prosecution
every attempt on the part of
K aggregated capital to suppress
4 competition. - At Columbus,
4 Ohio.
THE leader Of the Republi-
can party during the Civil War
4 was Abraham Lincoln, and 1t
has never lost the inspiration of
\ his leadership. - At Kansas
K City. Mo.
AS a party shows itself ho-
mogeneous, able to grasp the
< truth with respect to new issues,
\ able to discard unimportant diff
4 ferences of opinion, sensitive
with respect to the successful
\ maintenance of Government,
+ and highly charged with the re-
sponsibility of it's obligation to
the people at large, 1t estab-
r fishes its claim to the confidence
v OF the public, and to its continu-
ance in political power. At
= Kansas City. Mo.
The course CT the Republic
can party since its organization
= in 1855, and its real assumption
r OF control in 1861, down to the
= present day, is remarkable for
= the foresight and ability of its
= leaders, for the discipline and
= solidarity of its members, foN
its efficiency and deep sense of
responsibility for the preserva-
ton and successful maintenance
OF the Government, and for the
greatest resourcefulness in
meeting the various trying and
= difficult issues which a history
OF now full half century has
presented for solution. At
Kansas City, Mo.