Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-21

OYSTER BAY. \. Y, September 21.-
President Roosevelt in q letter to Chair
man Mckinley CT tho republican con-
gressional committee has appealed to the
people for support of William III. Taft,
the presidential nominee, and for the
election of a republican Congress to sup
port him. The President declars that Mr..
Taft and the republican candidates for
Congress seek election on a platform
which specifically pledges the party to
continue and develop the policies which
have been acted upon for seven years
past
All the aid that can be given to per-
petuate the policy of the government as
now carried on, the President says should
be given by every good citizen. as it is
far more than PARTISAN matter. The
Presidents letter follows:
The Presidents Letter.
SYCAMORE HILL. OYSTER BAY, n. Y.
September 0, 1908.
My Dear Sir: I have received your let
ter of August 2S. l agree with all that
you say as to the amount of affirmative
and constructive legislation for the social
and economic benefit of our people which
has been accomplished by the Congress
during the last seven years. The law es-
tablishing a national system of irrigation
was of vital Importance. and stands in its
line second only to the homestead law.
The interstate commerce law has been
amended so as to make it a 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
Work of Congress.
1.-The creation of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, together with the
creation of a bureau of corporations
which marks the beginning of federal
control over the huge corporations doing
an interstate business. the employers la
bility law. the safety appliance law, the
law limiting the working hours of rail
way employees, the meat inspection law,
the denatured alcohol law, the anti-ra-
bate 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 inju-
ries to its employees. the laws under which
the Panama canal was acquired and is
being built, the Philippines administered,
and the navy developed, the laws Great
ing permanent census bureau and re-
forming the consular service and the sys-
tenn of naturalization. the law forbidding
child labor in the District of Columbia,
the law providing q 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
Oklahoma and the development of Alas
ka. the great appropriations for the ue-
velopment of agriculture. the legal pro-
hibition of campaign contributions from
corporations-all these represent but a
portion of what has been done by Con-
greSS and form a record of substantial
legislative achievement in harmony with
the best and the most progressive thought
of our people.
To Carry on Present Policies.
1t is urgently necessary, from the stand
point of the public interest, to elect Mr.
Taft and a republican Congress which
will support him; and they seek election
on platform which specifically pledges
the party alike in its executive and legis-
| lative branches to continue and develop the
policies which have been not merely pro-
| fessed but acted upon during these seven
years These policies can be successfully
carried through only by the hearty CO.
operation of the President and the Con-
gress in both its branches. and it is
| therefore peculiarly important 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 to elect a Congress hostile to
MIN, a congress winch unUer the lnlluenCe
of partisan leadership would be certain to
thwart and battle him on every possible
occasion To elect. Mr. Taft and at the
same time to elect a 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 is far more than merely partisan
matter.
Appeal to the Citizens.
Both your committee and the national
committee of which Mr.. Hitchcock is
chairman, are endeavoring to secure the
active cooperation on the stump Of sena-
tors and congressman. party leaders and
independent citizens generally l most
hearty join in urging the Importance of
such cooperation. I hope that every dis
interested private citizen. whose sole con-
Germ in politics is to have the right kind
of man carry out the right kind of policy,
will join in backing up your committee
as well as the national committee in this
movement. No service is as effective. as
valuable as the dsinterested service given
| in such mannr by men whose one con-
| Germ is for triumph of the principles in
which they believe; and / appeal with all
I the strength there is in me to such men
| to give such support.
Sincerely yaurs,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Lon. William b. Mckinley,
| Chairman. Republican Congressional
Committee Ia RuiIdnY