The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-21
ELECTION [ | Of
c0AGREssMEN
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President Roosevelt Enumer.
ates Legislative Work Of
Republican Party
COOPERATION Of PRESIDENT
AND CONGRESS IMPORTANT
To Fan to Elect TAFT Would Be )
Calamity and It Would be Folly to
Elect = Congress Hostile to Him
and to the Country

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New York, Sept. 21.-A letter equal
ling in political Importance the one
written by the president a few days
ago concerning the reasons why
Judge Taft should be elected, was
made public last night. II was adj
dressed to WIN. B. Mckinley, chair
man Of the Republican congressional
committee, in reply to an inquiry
from Mr.. Mckinley rs to what the
Republican party had done in the way
OF legislation to entitle 1t to the votes
of the people at the polls IN Novem-
Der. The letter follows:
"sasamnre Hili. Oyster Bay, N. T.,
September 9, 1908.
II have received your letter Of Au-
gust 28. I agree with all that you
cay as TO the amount Of affirmative
and constructive legislation for the
social and economic beneflt OF our
people which has been accomplished
by the congress during the last seven
years. The law establishing q ma
tiona1 system Of irrigation was Of
vital importance, and stands In. its
MneQAs second only to the homestead
law. The Interstate commerce law
has been amended 90 as to make 1t q
new law, with three fold the eficiency
Of the old law. Tho enactment Of the
pure food law was Of almost or quite
equal importance. 4 The ;craassonS ~
the department a. crranarca ana -.
dor. torether With FRA crest,nn ~ .
burean Of .coroooa4inna. wiIich mar,na
the bexinning az federal control ove,
the hnre tcornorationa 6o,np an ,n+ar.
stato husnass. the emplover., li.hiiitv
law. the safety anplia,,ce iav the ;iew
Iihitsnk ne swo,ii Aomrs. "a srsil,vavy
>.npioyos. the meat inanectinnlI Iaw
the denatnred alcohol ~ ths s..,,f,', =,
1saukea -. stha 49, eE stnx zz;zSs
uotwern a the drnaTfma ~ ~ 3nsS3c
IN dealine With those. rnsa,,slHes ~
wealth and power, who inffart the
law, the law making the COVER rnlment
liable for injuries Of its employees, the
laws under which the Panama canal
was acquired and is being built, the
Philippines administered, and the ma
w developed, the laws creating q
permanent census bureau and reform
ing the consular service and the sys-
tenn Of naturalization, the law for.
bidding child labor in the District Of
Columbia, the law providing com
mission under which our currency
system can be put on thoroughly
satisfactory basis, the laws for the
proper administration Of the forest
service, the laws for the admission Of
Oklahoma and the development Of
Alaska, the greet appropriations for
the development Of agriculture, the
legal prohibition of campatkn oontrt-
buttons from corporattons-all these
represent but portion Of what he's
been done by congress, and form a
record OF substantial legislative
Achievements IN harmony with the
best and most progressive thought Of
our people.
"It q urgently neca..srv ,,o,,, -. !.
.tandno,nt. ~ the nmhS,e ir+aras+ - ste ~
elect NJ nat and ~ ] panrhi;oan 49, ~
rress Witch will snnnnrt % him. % "a
thew seak e.electinn % ~ a % nla4,nr,r r
which sn.c,ncaII~ ,,eds.s +hs "s ~ -, -
sls ~ ta sxacnti H.sases 5ae party
branches 10 continna and | daveSon eioatse ~
noIsciss whtch heva s,aa,, ~. ,n..a1e s,e
nrnssrt ndS Int - sctad al unon dnr,ns I % thsss
savan vesrs SThesa no,tciaa 30. osS ~
succa.:sniiv - .arrtad tb,aMaS b o,si,. SHa - ps
the hsarfy co.orers+ton q. ara s4 - ~ ony go; ~