Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
THE PEOPLE DO RULE.

w. II. Taft replied to Mr.. Bryan
query: "Shall the People Rule p
The speech was attended by 1000 en-
thusiastic Virginia republicans. many
of whom came for miles to hear him.
''The people do rule" said Mr..
Taft. In SO and 1900 by increasing ma
jorities, the people rejected the demo-
cratic candidates and continued the
republican party in power. -
He reviewed the acts of the last
three republican administrations, de-
Tended the party's attitude on the
tariff, it's management of the finances
and the its regulation of monopolies,
extolled the record. of its legisls ion
In the interests OF labor and glorified
its work in Cuba. Panama and the
PHILIPPINES. ''The People do rule.
said Mr.. Taft. He pointed to the
legislation enacted during the admin
istration of Roosevelt and said that to
the republican party indeed was due
the credit for every reform during Mr..
Roosevelt's stay in the white house.
In contrast he pointed out the disas-
tiers of the Cleveland administration
and certain financial crash which
would have resulted had Mr.. Bryan
been elected on his free silver plat
form.
Answering Mr. Bryan again in the
matter of the rules of the national
house of representatives. Mr.. Taft
observed that the senate which has no
such rules, has been criticised from the
same source, but it is sometimes i'm
possible to transact the business of the
nation by reason of the filibustering
that is possible, and he drove his
point home by declaring that when a
democratic house succeeded the one
that was presided over by Speaker
Reed the democrats promptly adopted
the old republican rules
Wages were never higher. he de-
clared. and the average standard of
living of wage Garner. farmer and
of the business men In point of COM
fort and of enjoyment or life was
was advanced beyond precedent At
tending this great prosperity abuses
developed growing out of the dis
hon 3sty of some prominent men entrust-
ed with the Management of the business
of others and of a greed of financial
power ON the part of others. stimulated
by the enormous success incident to
the combination of capital in large
corporations. -
These abuses, he said. took the
form OF the violation of the antitrust
law and the granting of rebates and
discrimination by railways to large
shippers.
The Republican congress which had
been elected with Roosevelt in 1904,
Mr.. Taft said, made record for REM
edial legislation along The lines re-
commended by the president. which,
as he has said himself, has never been
equaled in our time. Mr.. Taft refer
red to the railway rate bill. the bill
creating the bureau OF corporations.
the pure food law, and the meat in
spection bill. most of which he declar-
ed encountered the open bitter opposi-
ton of all the corporations and failed
of passage in the previous congress.
In spite of continued opposition
they were finally enacted into law.
''What has been the result of this
legislation and executive action" he
asked. Secret rebates and Unlaw-
full determinations have been actually
abolished. No monopoly of business
in any line is now maintained by
secret reduction of freight rates to it
which is denied to competitors. .
He declared that the peope have
ruled through the Republican party.
1 have no hesitation in saying that,
not since the beginning of the COVER
nment has any other national admin
istration done so much for the cause
of labor by enactment of remedial
legislation as Theodore Roosevelt and
the Republican congresses elected and
sitting during his terms of Office. /"
Climate and ''hasty'' were Mr..
Taft's characterizations of the policy
Of the Democratic party. ''We have
been within the short four years of
the present administration such
measures as government ownership
of railways, election of federal
judges and national initiative and
referendum proposed as remedies tor
our existing evils and now with
drawn under assurances that they
will not he again suggested. =
CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTY.
The voters at the coming primary