Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-31
TAFT'9 SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAN
DIDATE 8AKEs KNOWN HIS Pc
LITICAL ATTITUDE.
RO0SEVELT'5 POLICY is HIS.
Candidate Endorses Tarif Revision, Cur
rency Reform and Publicity of
Campaign Contributions.
RO0SEVELT5 POLICY is HIS.
FOR PHYSICAL RAIL VALUATION.

CINCINNATI, o., July -. - Judge
William Ii. Taft, Republican candidate
Tor the presidency, in accepting the nomi-
nation Of that party today pledged him
self 70 carry out the policies Of the Pres
idcnt. In an address which differed
much in type from that Of the President
but which carried deepest conviction he
declared the aim Of the next Republican
administration must be to perfect the
standards which had been set up by
Mr.. Roosevelt His address contained
10 singing shafts or stirring epgrams
but was Il direct, purposcfu and logical
discussion of the problems incident to the
campaign.
THE chief function Of the next admin
istration, in my Judgment" he said, lis
distinct from, and "A progressive develop
mcnt Of that which has been performed
by President Roosevelt The chief func-
ton Of the next administration is to
complete and perfect the machinery by
which these standards may be MAIN
tanned, by which the law breakers may
be promptly restrained and punished,
but which shall operate with sufficient
accuracy and dispatch to interfere with
legitimate business as little as possible
Such machinery is not now adequate
Difference Between Platforms.
Mr. Taft then reviewed in great detail
the work Of President Roosevelt and
then entered into an argument cOmpar-
ing the planks Of the Republican and
Democratic conventions adopted at their
recent conventions.
Mr.. Taft characterized the national
control Of interstate commerce by incor-
poratiOn as an intOlerable burden on the
business interests of the country unless
properly classified. He saw no good in
the Democratic idea of preventing one
corporation from owning more than so
per cent. Of stock in another. A c0rpor-
alton controlling 40 or 30 per cent could
work the same mOnopolizing evils, he
declared. as if it owned 20 per cent He
characterized the Democratic proposal to
sell products at 4 sxed price the country
over as most impractical. Combinations
of capital are of advantage. he said dis
cussing the trust problem and when
they are legitimate and properly con
trolled. a benefit to the people. To de-
stroy them would bring national disaster
Mr.. Taft claims that this is the Dem
oCratic programme.
He indorsed the Republican idea of a
protective tariff but declared for re-
vision at special session of congress-
ton and after words of praise for the
present administration for the enactment
of n liability law and an eight-hour law
for railroad employees, came to the i'm
portant matter Of the abuse of power of
Injunction
"Our position is clear and unequivo-
cal" he said. 1--WE are anxious to pre-
vent even an appearance of any injustice
to labor in the issuance of injunctionS
not in spirit of favortiSm to one set
of our fellow citizens but of Justice to
all of our fellow citizens. The reason
for exercising or refusing to exercise
the power of injunction must be found
in the character of the unlawful injury
and not in the character or class of the
persons who infiict this injury. The man
who has business which is being nm
lawfully injured is entitled to the RENE
dies which the law has always given
him. no matter who has inflicted the in
iuries. Otherwise. we shall have class
legislation unjust in principle and likely
to sap the foundations of Il free govern
ment."
Matter of Notice.
In discussing the matter of notice be-
fore issuance of an I'M junction Mr. Taft
then reviewed this plank in the plat
form saying:
Under this recommendation. n ST stute
may be framed which shall define with
considerable particularly. and empha-
size the exceptional character of the
cases III which restraining orders NAV is
sue without notice, and which shall also
provide that when they are issued thpy
shall cease to be operative beyond =
short period, during which time notice
shall be served and hearing had unless
the defendant desires Il postDOuement of
the hearing. BY this provision the in
justice which has sometimes occurred by
which preliminary restraining order of
widest application has been issued with
out notice and the hearing of the motion
for the injunction has been fixed weeks
and months after its date. could not re-
cur
TIE Democratic platform makes no
provision for notice but recommends trial
by jury, which lie characterlzes as a
most dangerous attack on the power of
the courts.
"'ChoSe who advocate this interview
ton of n jury in such cases seem to sup
pose that this change in some way Will
inure only to the benefit of the poor
working man. As a matter of fact, the
person who viii secure chief advantage
from i, is the wealthy and unscrupulouS
defendant. able to employ astute and
cunning counsel and anxious to avoid
justice" he said.
Bank Insurance Wrong.
If they were beaten in the Chicago
convention in their efforts to inject La
Toilette ideas in into the platform there
is some satisfaction for the Half
breeds" Of Wisconsin for Mr.. Taft is for
the physical valuation of railroads as
: -id to the securing reasonable rates
for the shipper and fair profits for the
carriers. But, Mr.. Taft says. this val
uation is not entirely necessary. The
plan might be an important factor not
a controlling one in aiding the inter
state commission. In connection with
1
mends more auxiliary machinery to aid
that body.
Mr. Taft recognized the inadequacy
of the present currency system and re