Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
WHAT TAFT HAS SAID
ON NATIONAL SUBJECTS
Republican Candidates Declarations on
trusts, Courts, Foreign Policy,
the Navy and the Tariff.
Ry WALTER ]. RALLARD.

X BY WALTER J. BALLARD.
K Here are some of the striking
X things Mr. Taft has said:
\ The Democratic party to-day,
X as organized, is nothing but or
X ganized incapacity. At Mont
X pelier, VT.
X Bryan would have the initia-
X tive and referendum because he
X distrusts representative govern
y ment, and has no confidence in
X the ability of the people to Sc
X lect conscientious representa-
x tives He would take away from
X courts, because he distrusts the
X ability of judges to resist the
X malign influences of the power.
= the power to enforce their own
4 orders. At Columbus, Ohio.
+ Anything that makes capital
X idle, or which reduces or de-
X stroys it, must reduce both. :
X wages and the opportunity to :
X earn wages. At Cooper Union,
X New York City.
4 The only course Of the Ad- )
X ministration has been directed :
X against such organized capital !
r as was violating the statutes of )
4 the United States-and no 9TH :
4 err. The business men of our )
4 community as a whole are hon )
x est and their methods are !
< sound. At Boston, Mass. J
K "The so-called colonial policy }
4 of the United States has added J
+ to our trade already something J
K over one hundred millions a J
K year. At Cleveland, Ohio.
< THE administration of exact J
K Justice by courts without fear or ]
h favor, unmoved by the influence J
K of the wealthy or the threats of ]
X the demagogue, is the highest
X ideal that a government Of the
K people can strive for, and any
K means by which n suitOr how
K ever unpopular or poor, is de-
K prived of enjoying this. are to
K be condemned. At Columbus,
K Ohio. 4
K Il believe that a navy is the !
K greatest insurer of peace that \
+ we could possibly have-a navy j
K commensurate with our re- 4
/ sources, and commensurate with 4
our coast line. and commensu- j
K rate with the number of de- 4
( Tendencies we have, and COM 4
< mensurate with our population. h
K and commensurate with our in \
+ fiuence as a world power. At 4
+ Cleveland, Ohio. \
If we assume control over n 4
< people for the benefit of that X
< people (as in the Philippines X
and with the purpose of devel- +
+ Oping them to a self-gOverning K
/ capacity and with the Intention 4
+ of giving them the right to be- 4
come independent when they \
shall show themselves fit, the X
+ charge that we are imperialists +
+ is utterly without foundation" X
AT Cleveland, Ohio. K
THE present business system r
/ of the country rests on the pro- =
+ tectiva tariff, and any ATTEMPT to X
/ change it to a free trade basis X
+ will certainly lead to disaster" K
7 AT Columbus, Ohio. \
+ Ting Democratic party has no X
/ policy which the country can de- =
+ pend upon. It's whole stock in K
+ trade is that of irresponsible X
/ criticism and obstruction, and y
+ when charged with the RESPONSE X
bility of doing anything it ut +
Z terly fails. At Greensboro, K
r N. C. X
, MI Bryan asks me what I K
+ would do with the trusts. I X
T answer that I would restrain all K
( unlawful trusts with all the eff X
+ ficiency of iniunctive process X
: and would punish with all the 4
severity of criminal prosecution X
: every attempt on the part of X
aggregated capital to suppress k
competition. - At Columbus, \
Ohio. <
The leader of the Republi- K
can party during the Civil War X
was Abraham Lincoln. and it +
has never lost the inspiration of 4
his leadership. - At Kansas 4
City, Mo. X
As a party shows itself hO- X
mogeneOus, able to grasp the 4
truth with respect to new issues, x
able to discard unimpOrtant diff K
ferences of opinion, sensitive X
with respect to the successful X
maintenance of Government, \
and highly charged with the re- 4
sponsibility of its obligation to X
the people at large, it estab- 4
fishes its claim to the confidence K |
of the public. and to its continu- X |
ance in political power. At X
Kansas City, Mo. X
The course of the Republi- 4
can party since its organization X
in 1856, and its real assumption X
of control in 1861, down to the X
present day. is remarkable for 4
the foresight and ability of its 4
leaders, for the discipline and 4
solidarity of its members, for \
its efficiency and deep sense of X
responsibility for the preserva- X
ton and successful maintenance X
Of the Government. and for the X
greatest resOurcofulness in X
meeting the various trying and X
iincult issues which a history X
If now a full half century has X
presented for solution. At X
Kansas City, Mo. K
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