Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-09-23
RoosEvELT's APPEAL.
Elect Republican Congress to Sup
port Taft.

Elect . Republican Congress to Sup
port Taft.
President Roosevelt in . letter to Will
liam B. Mckinley, chairman Of the repub-
lican congressional committee, appeals to
disinterested citizens to join with the ma
tional republican committee and the con-
gressional committee in . movement to
eject William H. Taft - President and
republican Congress to support him. The
letter follows:
sAsAxoRE HILL, OYSTER BAY, N. Y.
Sept. ., 1908.
Hon. Wnt B. McKiaisy, Chairman, Repsbli-
can Congregational Commfftes, 81. yemss
BaiIdiny, Ne,c York, " Y.
MY DEAR SIR: have received your letter
of August %. agree with all that you say as
to the amount OF Affirmative and constructive
legislation for the social and economic bene-
fit OF our pee pie which has been accomplished
by the Congress during the last seven years.
The law establishing . national system of
irrigation was Of vital importance, and stands
in its line as second only to the homestead
law The interstate commerce law has been
amended so as to make it q new law. with
three-fold the efficiency Of the old law. The
enactment OF the pure food law was Of almost
or quite equal Importance. The creation of
the department Of commerce and labor, to-
gether with the creation Of q bureau of cor
porations, which marks the beginning of
federal control over the huge corporations
doing an interstate business, the employers
liability law, the safety appliance law. the
law limiting the working hours OF railway
employees, the meat inspection law, the de-
nstured alcohol law, the anti-rebate law, the
laws increasing the powers Of the department
of justice in dealing with those, regardless of
wealth and power, who infract the Law, the
law making the government liable for in
juries to its employees, the laws under which
the Panama canal was acquired sind Il being
built, che Philippines administered, and the
navy developed, the laws creating = perma-
nent census bureau and reforming the consul
lar service and the system Of naturalization.
the law forbidding child labor in the District
of Columbia, the law providing commission
under which our currency system can be put
on a thoroughly satisfactory basis, the laws
for the proper administration Of the forest
service, the laws for the admission Of Okla
homa and the development OF Alaska, the
great appropriations for the development OF
agriculture, the legal prohibition Of campaign
contributions from corporations-sli these
represent but portion Of what has been done
by Congress, and form a record Of substantial
legislative achievement in harmony with the
best and most progressive thought Of our
people.
1t is urgently necessary. from the stand
point of the public interest, to elect Mr.. Taft.
and republican Congress which will sup
port him; and they seek election on q plat
form which specifically pledges the party
alike in its executive and legislative
branches, to continue and develop the policies
which have been not merely professed but
acted upon during these seven years.
These policies can be successfully carried
through only by the hearty cooperation of
the President and the Congress in both its
branches, and it is therefore peculiarly i'm
portant that there should obtain such
harmony between them.
To fail to elect Mr.. Taft would be . calamity
to the country; and it would be folly, while
electing him, yet At the same time 70 elect
Congress hostile to him, = Congress which
under the influence Of partizan leadership
would be certain to thwart and banle him
on every possible occasion. - tt8
To elect Mr.. Taft, and At the same time
elect Congress pledged to support him. is
the only way in which to perpetuate the
policy Of the government as now carried on
feel that all the aid that can be given to this
policy by every good citizen should be given;
for this 10 far more than . merely partisan
matter.
Both your committee, and the national COM
mittee. Of which Mr.. Hitchcock 10 chairman,
are endeavoring to secure the active cooper
alton on the stump Of senators and congress-
men, party leaders and Independent citizens
generally. most heartily join in urging the
importance Of such cooperation.
hope that every disinterested private citi-
zen, whose sole concern in politics is to have
the right kind Of man carry out the right kind
Of policy, viii join in backing up your COM
mittee as well as the national committee In
this movement, No service ia as effective, as
| valuable, as the disinterested service given in
such manner by men whose one concern Is for
the triumph Of the principles in which they
believe; and appeal with all the strength
there is in me to such men to give such
| support.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT