Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-04-10
Insurgents Must Support Administra.
tion or Join Democrats.
PLATFORM PLEDGES REDEEMED
Promises Kept to Extent Of Limits Of
Executive Power
YEARS WORK Is REVIEWED
In Address to Hamilton club OF chi
caEo Cabinet officer Declares
No Other Administration
Has Ecuaicd.


CHICAGO April s-lu the most sEgres.
sive defense that has yet ben uttered for
me policies and administration OF Wi
liam H. Taft Attorney General George ~.
WiCkersham. az the AppomsttoN ceIebra-
tion Of tho Hamilton club tonight rsyed
the presidents dctractors smotc the re
publican insurgents hip and thigh. reviewed
the acts Of the first year OF the adminis-
tration and, declaring that every pledge
made IN tho republican platform Of lss
had been fulfilled to the extent o. the
possible limits of executive action. chal-
lsngod in ringing tones. what other ad-
ministrstion can point TO the accomplish
ment o. so much in short a timcg"
II was the general feeling that the at
tornsy general was speaking for his chief
ss he recalled the campaign pledges one
by one and pointed to the executives action
upon them after taking office.
The administration determination TO
/ enforce the Sherman law against trusts
and monopolies he reiterated; the tariff
ne defended and declared that as a rcye-
rue producer it had no equal. while its max
imum and minimum provisions provided a
powerful weapon for the protection or
American commerce. Pointing to the treas
ury's statement ct an estimated surplus
OF more than SS5.CC100o for the fiscal year
eroing on June 80 1911, the attorney gen
eral said y reflected economies which
would reduce the annual expenses OF gov
ernment 100000 and return an estimated
annual deficit Of 100000 into a surplus
I Of SIS po0C1l. while after dinner orators
were eloquently discoursing on the subject.
Republicans Must Choose.
Every republican must choose" the
attorney general declared. whether or
not he was with the republican party
and the president
He that hath no stomach for the fight.
( let him depart" quoted Mr.. Wickersham
| in a shout which emphasized the senti-
ment The time Of running with the
hsres and the hounds is over Treason
( has ever consisted in giving aid and COM
fort TO the enemy. In any one wishes 10
join the democratic party. let him do go;
| but let him not claim to be a republi-
can and work in and out OF season 10
defeat republican measures and TO sub
vert the influence Of the republican presi-
dent"
/ Arranging his argument 90 follow the
sequence Of events, Mr. Wickersham be-
I gan by saying that the previous admin
/ istrstion had been characterized by a de
termined and courageous attack on
: abuses Of privileges and power, upon
which had been reared agEregations OF
( capital whose existence and unchecked
growth threatened the stability Of free
institutions.
a higher standard Of business moral
( ity and obedience TO law had been set
! declared the attorney general, but in The
attainment OF these ends the country
had been shaken 10 its foundations and
the work OF perfecting the machinery by
which those standards might be main
tained. by which to use the language OF
! President Taft. the law-bTeakers might
be promptly restrained and punished but
which should operate with sufficient sc-
curacy and dispatch to interfere with
1 Legitimate business as little as possible
was as the president pointed out In his
speech Of acceptance, 10 be the chief
! function Of his administration
AdmInistrators Great Task.
! i wOu be a strained analogy. the at
torney geperal thought 10 liken too closely
the task Of confronting the administration
Of President Taft with the work OF re-
construction following the civil war
The terms which General Grant had
advised General Lee would be acceptable" +"
he said, however were as simple and
/ conclusive as those which nearly A half
century later, President Taft offered 10 the
managers Of great trusts and monopolies
"On this anniversary Of the peace Of
! AppomattoX the mind naturally turns 10
many points OF similarity In the conditions
prevailing IN these two different epOChs
( The danger from armed resistance 20 con
stituted authority is open and manifest and
is met by simple, obvious methods. The
dangers TO free institutions arising from
! the concentration OF vast wealth and great
power in few hands is far more ssidious
than that arising from open revolt against
government and the methods by which
3 these dangers may be met and ayerted
are less obvious and more subject TO ms
: understanding than the work OF resisting
/ force by force. The daily work Of en-
| deavoring 10 carry on the great incrcas-
ingly complex business OF government with
out perpetual turmoil and commotion, but
none the less efficiently and Adequately.
is far less attractive 20 spectacular imsg-
lnstion snd can only be done by men who
are content 10 endure MISREPRESENTATION
and misinterpretation Of their acts. and u
look to the future, rather than TO the pres
I ent, FOR a yindicatiOn Of their motives
and a justification Of their deeds.
The administration Of President TAFT
, has been in office a little more than a
year. That IL has accomplished much IN
that time is sbundanty attested by the
volume OF criticism and by the increasing
tvehemenee Of attacks upon d."
Work Already Accomplished.
Ar. Wickersham then went on 20 re-
view the presidents acts. his recommenda-
tions 10 congress and his efforts 10 Sc
cure legislation promised IN the republican
platform, The corporation tax. ne said
was a practical application Of the pIO-
visions of the party pledge. which de
c!sred for strengthening the law against
trusts that ms real objects might be better
Z obtained. II WAS a perfectly legitimate
and effective system OF taxation. he said
by which federal supervision over business
OF corporations could BE established ami
the know ledge obtained would bs a Ions
step toward that supervisory control 0f