New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-24
ILLINOIS WITH TAFT
Platform Heartily Endorses His
Administration.
CANNON DEFENDS TARIFF
Document Does Not Mention
Lorimer by Name, but De-
plores Corruption.


Springfield. H., Sept ES.-Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon attended the Republican State
! Convention to-day and saw a platform
adopted meeting his tariff ideas. heard ad-
dresses approving the work OF Congress
and President Taft. put his arms around
many old friends. smoked cigars and de-
livered speech amid vociferous applause.
True, the platform did not mention Mr..
Cannon by name, but the reason was not
personal Senator Lorimer's name was omit
ted as a starter and. after some delibera-
I ton. in order that its absence might not
be too ElarinG. Il was agreed TO omit the
| names Of Senator Cullon and Of Speaker
Cannon. Senator Cullom personally caused
the withdrawal OF plank complimentary
10 himself
Mr.. Cannon declared that the insurgents
were trying ITO pu' nalo on their own
heads at my expense" He continued.
This is not time of war. Thank God,
| II Is an era Of peace in this country. 1
recite this incident not 10 stir up luminosity,
! but TO contest for economic policies In the
presence Of Misrepresentation, In the pres
| enCe Of fslsehood, IN the presence OF DC
/ nunciation a Astounding Everywhere, but
| most Of al in the uplift magazines and q
large portion Of the METROPOLITAN press. It
| is the time for the Republican party ia
! Illinois snG all over the country TO stand
! up and be counted. I pray God TO help
that great party keep the Republican faith
! whether We Succeed or talL
Better Failure Than Flight,
It IS better TO fight ana fail, standing true
TO correct principles and policies of govern
/ ninety millions Of people than cowardly to
turn your back to the contest, fee from the
! enemy, apologize and excuse.
| Taft has performed the duties Of his
great office and he has left II 10 Congress
to legislate and 10 the courts TO interpret
/ the law. He could not DO differently if he
were 10 try. because GOD gave him That
! kind OF manhood. The judicial tenpera-
meut is not spectacular; IL does not play
the role OF an evangel 1 want the Presi-
/ dent Of the United States to stand by his
duties as defined IN the Constitution and
! cooperate with his party in writing upon
| the statute book Just legislation, keeping
I mis- oath Of Office to see that the laws are
/ enforced Taft has done all these things.
/ l am pTouo OF the reputation; am proud
4 OF the achievements OF eTesy great Re
/ publican, whether he be in or out Of public
/ the 6ist Congress
When It came to the crucial moment We
4 had bare majority OF only five in the
House OF Representatives. something which
/ perhaps the country does not understand.
! but We kept the pledges that were made in
he The Chicago Platform. We enacted the
/ sIld misrepresented from every standpoint.
! Il has been so much abused that some of
the children in the country cry aloud when
I they wake up IN the night time and say:
| .'oh, mother. mother. the Payne tariff law
/ Is about to catch usi'
/ When We entered UPON the revision OF the
Dingley law there were some Republicans
who said that we could not make sclen-
I tiflc revision: We did not know enough; we
( did not have sufficient ton, ana
( they would get up and pick out one Sched-
/ ule or one item in q great measure that In
cludes hVe thousand items, and denounce 1t
and pound il and stamp il together. II
! they had had their way about IL We would
not have kent the Republican platform
: MIA y7rn nf he inf
/ Yet We received our instructions from the
national convention TO enact new tariff
law.
Never a Perfect Revenue Law.
While it NAV be wrong in an item here
and there. I want to say to you that, SO
long as the human race survives, when II
comes TO making 4 great tariff law that
assists In gathering eight or nine hundred
million dollars TO carry on this govern
Tent, th2t must be passed by majority
! Of the House and the Senate. representing
a territory stretching $500 miles from one
ocean TO the other. with complex and divers
interests. nobody ever has enacted. or ever
VIII OF ever can enact. a perfect revenue
law
There was a period Of uncertainty and a
slackeninE Of industry while we were con-
siderinE the tariff. I dislike TO see the
business and production OF the country
halted and held back for any reason, and
that is why ! am sometimes called stand
patter." have been through five revisions
Of the tariff and I have seen the defnorah-
cation that ensued. pending ana sometimes
following change ia the revenue law. II
/ har all bower ana all wisdom [ would
revise the tariff every day without notice
TO ANYBODY
Under tie Payne law the free list is lar
ger than & ever was under any tariff law
from the foundation Of the government and
the average al vaioTem rate on imports IS
less than under any taIlff law for the laSt
there and yonder. but We kept the law q
protective measure. Under that law the
revenues have increased until the bre 6.o 9s
Ian bC vest there Is s-+tsrttH
SUrUlus for an apron
Unfair Headlines.
Our friends the enemy and the great
metropolitan press or a portion Of IT, DO
not print long editorials setting forth the
/ facts that am stating From prlde OF
/ opinion or otherwise they put OF IN cor
ner in fine type any statement that may De
| favorable 70 the tariff law and Pile up the
! give the lie 20 the dlspatch ana the olS-
! patch frequently only tells half truth.
| Do not let any man think I am abusing
were 20 abuse II as long as ! live. even
! though 7 should live to be old as Methu-
saleh. God knows I never would get even
with e.
| The tariff plank FL the platform follows
the lines laid down in the Presidents cam
paien letter TO Chairman Mckinley Of the
| Republican Congressional Committee 1t
co1nmends President Taft and Congress,
who. as agents Of the people, have carried
! forward another step the principles and
policies which have dominated and con-
troIled the government Of the United States
for the most progressive half century OF
/ civilized life" -
The country Is congratulated upon the
/ unparalleled legislative accomplishment Of
| the 61st Congress in enacting into law prac-
6cally ali OF the pledges of the last Repuo-
lcan national platform" The Endorsement
/ OF President Taft is as follows
We commend President TAFT for his i'm
partial and fearless administration of the
national laws. He has brought to the bar
/ Of Justice those implicated In sugar frauds
against the government. recovering millions
/ OF revenue due: successfully interviewed 10
prevent arbitrary increases IN freight rates;
/ inITSarti5lly enforced the antitrust law and
mental expenditures without gripping the
public service We commend President
| Taft for the steps he has taken 70 conserve
for the public beneht our great wealth or
natural resources.
on legislative scandals the platform says:
We denounce the corruption that las
been exposed in the last General Assembly.
We demand the most rigid investigation
thereof by grand 1ur1es and courts, and we
demand punishment where guilt is proven.
We denoGnce The bipartisan combination Of
sixty Democrats and twenty-four Republi-
cans which controlled the last House Of
Representative and disavow any party re-
spOnsibii:ty therefor.
The adoption OF the resolutions was by
acclamation following which the conven-
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