The Washington times., 1908-11-08
President-Elect Is Held to
Pledge for Speech Made
a Year Ago.
FRAMES UP POLICIES
AT VIRGINIA SPRINGS
viii Insist on Tariff, Philippine,
Currency, and Corporation Leg
islation by Congress.
By IAMES Hay. L.

By JAMES HAY, j..
HOT SPRINGS. Va, Nov William
H Tafts holiday was broken Ia one
place today. when he was reminded that
a year ago he had promised 10 speak
before the Prison Martyrs Monument
Association in Bro@Ilyn. He will make
the speech next Saturday. returning at
once 20 Hot Springs.
1 Chairman Frank Il. Hitchcock viii ar
rive tomorrow 10 make a report on the
campaign and 10 leave a list with Mr.
Taft. separating the sheep from the
goats. The President-eIect said today
that one Of his greatest pleasures in
being President would be the opportun-
ity to do ali he could for the Philip
pines.
81 cant get away from my first love-"
he said
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft arrived at 1880
o'clock this morning, and are estab-
/ lished In cottage a quarter-mile up the
mountain from the Homestead Hotel
( AIr. TAFT played six holes at golf alone
/ today. and rested at home. retiring
/ early.
When ne arrived at Hot Springs to-
/ day he found a big pile OF letters await
ling him, containing all manner %
/ advice and wise counsel as to how he
! should shape the affairs OF his admin
/ istration when ne goes into Office,
! March 4 next They were she same sort
I Of letters that came 70 him IN CincIa-
natl after the day Of his election. AS a
matter Of fact, the Taft policies for at
| least the FIRST year or two Of his ad-
ministration are pretty definitely fixed
at this time.
Taft's Policies.
They include;
A. thorough revision Of the taril1 so
/ as TO protect every industry IN which
/ citizens Of the United States are en-
( gagged
/ The Fassage OF a postal savings blank
I law erEA later perhaps parcels post Seq
I iglatioa.
Nee8ed reforms in the currency sss-
rem x The cg..ntry slong the sugges-
tons &hat viii be made By the JOINT
| commission Of the House and Senate
now INVESTIGATING the subject by studies
| here and abroad.
/ The enactment OF legislation that
shah absolutely prohibit the overis-
/ suance Of stocks and bonds by railroads
engaged in interstate commerce.
supplementary legislation 10 clinch
/ the Roosevelt policies and TO make per
/ feet the legal machinery necessary TO
carry into successful operation every
detail Of the laws passed 10 prevent
/ corporate abuses.
Additional legislation 10 enable labor
/ ers injured in the Government service
/ to recover greater damages than Trey
are now able 20 do under existing
ctatutes.
! The appropriation and expenditure Of
enough money to make the army OF the
United States a well equipped and
/ perfectly rounded out lighting organiZa-
ton. Such defects as an undermanned
coast artillery will be cured.
The Philippines, Too.
: Particular attention will be paid 10
1.-The Improvement and building up OF
4 the Philippines, of which no man has
a more thorough knowledge than Mr..
/ Taft himself.
on two OF these points. Mr.. Taft is
pa articularIy emphatic, He is detsrmin
ed that the revision Of the tariff shell
I be made In such a thorough and pains
taking manner that while the injustices
Of a tariff that is TOO high shall be
wiped out, every industry in the coun-
| try shall be properly and justly pro-
/ tected All through the campaign. lac
held up to the country his party and
himself as the guarantors Of the husi-
ness prosperity OF the United States.
He viii take pride IN so ordering af-
fairs that the business uplift will De
continuous from the time he goes into
office
He has been frank in saying that in
/ some instances the tariff schedules will
I be raised, and as an example OF this,
( he cites the pottery business, which is
/ largely represented IN Ohio and other
middle Western States.
/ He is equally determined to have Con-
gress pass d bin making 1t impossible
Tor the great railroads of the country
to deal in overissues Of stocks and
bonds. He believes that this practice
has been responsible for a tremendous
/ percentage OF 'frenzied finance"
/ schemes, and ne wants TO wipe it out.
His Attitude on, Labor.
He is specific in regard to his attl-
tude on labor. He is friendly to the
labor unions Of the country. No class
of the country's population will get a
lairer hearing al the White House than
labor He has said again and again
that he wants to see 10 it that labor
never has the raw end IF the deal.
and that it gets it's fair show with all
the other elements of the cOuntry's
people.
While he has Tefrained from making
Iany comment in regard TO Samuel Com
perx. H. r. Fuller and other leaders
who fought him so bitterly In the cam
paigu, it is idle 20 suppose that organ
lied labor would be wise in sending
either of these men to the White House
or to Congress 70 plead the cause of
labor. In this lies the strong probability
that the legislative corps Of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor win have to
undergo certain changes. There are al
ready rIeutfflI TUmors that some OF the
Itnt...r 1onlnrs nnd nrganiZars are LAYING