New-York tribune., 1910-06-04
PRESIDENT TAFT
HITS MUCKRAKERS
| alvds President Roosevelt in
Speech Before Graduates
at Ada, Ohio.
SOCIALISM COMING PROBLEM
discusses Law, Ministry, Medl-
cine. Journalism and Business
Rides 20 Miles an Hour
on Way TO Detroit.

D4A v
r,s-roft June 5-After having spent most
r, the dav at Ada, Ohio, where he oeiivereo
an address before the graduating class o.
tba Ohio Northern University, President
Taft came 10 Detroit tonight as the guest
~ honor at q dinner Of the Board OF Com
-rnerce-
NJ Taft IN an address 10 the graduating
class OF the Ohio Northern University al
Ada gave a world Of advice 10 the young
ne, and women, and discussed al length
The oopo-tunities and limits Of the various
professions and business pursuits
The law, the ministry, medicine teaching
Journalism farming and modern industrial
conditions all came IN for share OF treat
r7eut IL NIr Tafr's remarks
In discussing Journalism the President
took occasion to denoUnoe undertaking"
and EXPRESSED the belief that this unjust
rhase os newspaper activity soon would be
q thing Of the past" He praised Theodore
Roosevelt's crusade against '-muckrakers-" !"
Socialism was denounced by the Presi-
dent. but was referred 10 as one Of the
problems that VIII have 70 be considered
during the next generation
President Taft did not wear the cap and
gown which caused SO much excitement
by their disappearance at Bryn Mawr yes
terday. There was a furry to-day. how
ever. M. Ta1t's spring Overcoat was lost
a. Bryn Mawr last night He had TO wear
heavy winter one when he alighted from
his private car under threatening skies and
chilly atmosphere
Mr.. Taft's Address.
IN his address 10 the graduates the Presi-
said in part:
an griug N invite 1,or,- attention -bfs
morning 70 that which confronts you IN
YOUR start II life, and the political and
economic problems that, should you take
part IN politics as you ought TO do will
probably occupy YOUR attention and call
Tor your activity in their solution. IN the
IrsL place let Us take the business Situa-
ton. Il is of course impossible 10 expect
that the famous growth Of trade shall con-
tinue in the proportion in which we have
seen II expand during the last few years
and Il IS reasonable TO suppose that at
some time within the next decade there
viii be some reaction or some financial
sfrIngency. or perhaps q financial panic.
Nevertheless. the progress that has been
rlsde is real and substantial. There may
he q halt; there may be q scaling OF values
hut these we have had from time 10 time
followed by a recovery which Indicated
only a momentary lapse.
II is thought and said that the oppor-
-U-ity for individual success in business
Goes not seem now so great as il was for
merry, and that therefore the opportunity
-cT NourE men 10 WIN success II business
seems less than i was thirty or forty
years ago
Il has been nv duty 70 select and pro-
mote many men in official life. and I know
whereof ! speak when 7 say that success
ful business. whether governmental or pri-
Nate. Whether small Or large, depends
chiefly Cn the selection Of men by whom
this business Is 10 be done, and that the
promotion which successful men secure is
no- tnaI RElch comes by FAVOR. but by
the logic OF circumstances and for the
benefit OF The employer There is there
fore to-day as much room for fit men as
Nn~E ez-p~ ~ Hrrcf- LIN -
success that comes from intelligent fidelity
s1d industry n the cause TO which q man
oevotes himself and the work which he
does speaks far louder in the demand for
his promotion than all the good viii OF his
employer or the influence that kind friends
nay seek 10 bring n his behalf
co1ditions in the Professions.
What IS the condition in the professions.
should you conclude TO enter one Of them.
The foremost demand for the work Of the
members OF scientific professions like en-
EIneerIIE. civil mechanical and electrical
and manufacturing chemistry I need not
dwell upon In the profession OF the law
here seems an abundance Of material. If
one can judge by the large masses which
Institutions like this and other great law
schools are turning out upon the public
Those who pursue the profession OF the law
viii ind II a tendency Of modern days to
make the profession a business, or TO give
4 rather consultative and advisory func-
ton than one OF advocacy and forensic ef-
<G-t-
ton FOR the legal profession than I have.
Yer one must recognize that the admins
Tration Of justice IN this country has suf-
1ered ETleVously rom the intensity with
which lawyers have served their clients
and -he lightness Of the obligation which
they have felt 10 the court and 70 the
public. as officers Of the court and the law
- DO no injustice The lack Of scrupIe a s
n means which counsel TOO frequently ex-
hirit IN defence or prosecution Of their
cielts interests Is often The real occasion
for popular resentment
The conduct Of the defence OF criminals
= this country. and the extremes 10 which
counsel deem themselves justified in saw
Ing their clients from the Just Judgment Of
re law, have much 10 do with the dis
z-ace[ul conduct IN which we find its ad-
illustration The awakened moral con-
science Of the country can ind no better
object for its influence than in making
lawyers understand that their obligation
70 rlel- clients is only TO see thar their
rents legal rights are protected, and that
10y l-eed nor and ought not 10 lose their
own identity as officers Of the law in the
cause o1 their clients, and recklessly resort
70 every eTpeoient TO win the case. l be
AeVe Inst there Is no escape from the evil
tendencies 70 which have referred. except
bT inducing the bar 70 cleanse itself OF
t0oSe VINO in the interest Of their clients
-orZet their obligation as attorneys 10 the
court and their duties as citizens.
regret 10 say thar during the last gen
eenon q TOO small proportion Of the strong
esJ Young men seem 10 have been attracted
- Ine ministry The inadequacv OF the
c0rllI e1Satlor. The change from the COM
handing influence that the ministers had
~ Tie early part OF this century TO that
N1lcH they now occupy has Influenced
many men who IN early davs would have
Iaken 10 the ministry 10 pursue other call
--sS- Nevertheless the influence Of the
tHurch Il our community is still deep
seated and religion forms the inspiration
Il tne great body Of our people. I believe
LaI ia The near future more men OF
sf-aler native force VIII enter the min
tT-~
As TO journalism.
OF the profession Of Journalism there fs
Il-cI 70 say. The increase in the inreTTj-
krLce sno discrimination Of the people has
"a one way largely modified the power OF
Hs means such influence upon popular view
rs they had in days gone by. The news
ldlrfe are taken more for the news they
e--4s which should be drawn from II The
people make more allowance now for the
liaS - the paper than they ever did he
lhe The reputation OF q paper for accu-
-det and Veraciry is generally well known
IS ne reputation Of 2 member Of the com
tlefltE There are some newspapers thai
e-ek tc eject their purposes and control
op-Ilou by az attempted representation
~ suppression OF the facts in respect 10
natter attracting public attention But in
- enc they 90 not prevail. The business
- furnishing news 10 a people is like the
.-aiiless of furnishing them entertainment
IA lhe stage. An outsider Is unable TO
1-1tIsLsn1 the currents Of the mind OF
- reading public except a. he may study
'lar Columns - subjects and the methods