The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-27
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self for governor, he has nominated
himself for president also. There is
nothing small about him. 1T appears
thar If elected he does not intend to
gerve out his term as governor; tho
nropram, as frankly announced at The
Dem RPemIocratic convention. is that he shall
resign after few months and turn
over the Office TO the candidate for lieu
tenant governor, a gentleman by the
name Of Pomerene. But will the people (
indorse this program2 viii they con.f'
sent to be used IS stool pig pigeons TO FUR Ta.
one, cannot believe it.
"Laying all other questions aside,
there is one thing in Judson HarmOn's
career that disqualifes him for the
presidency. No man who has spent the
active wears of his professional life as
an advocate of the interests of cor
porate wealth can bring 70 the presi-
dency that single minded devotion to
the interests of the people. that capac-
ity for seeing clearly their side of the
question. that they have the right 10
demand -
The speaker declared Mr.. Harmon,
while governor. has left his office to ap.
the interests of his private clients
s'Is this" the speaker asked, "proper
in an aspirant for the presidency
Proud of Taft
can Ohio man. a lawyer, too. IN
president of the United States. HOW,
different have been the use Of his le
gal talents. They have not been EN-.
ployed in the service of the railroads
and corporations, but in the service Of
the people.
"Whatever the people may have
thought a few weeks ago there is no
question about it today. President Taft
has made good. Few mean realize what
fixity of purpose, what strength, sagnc-
ity, good humor and patience were re-
quired to bring order out of the chaos
that existed during the closing weeks
Of this session of congress. Some peo-
,, pie mistook his good humor for weak
ness, his patience for pliability; events
have proved how sadly mistaken they
were. Today there are few who do not
know that the Taft smile is but n mask
for logged determination and an iron
ginning that party pledges were made
to be performed. Today these pledges
are The laws OF the land, M
"No such program of constructive
and progressive legislation has ever
been enacted at any session of congress
magnificent achievement and the glory
belongs first TO the president OF the,
United States. -
Speaking of the Republican insurg-
ents, Mr.. Jongworth said he did not
doubt that the majority of them are
anxious for the welfare of the party. {
He continued:
'fTbe most idiotic of all the Demo
cratic war cries is that the Republican
party of today is under the domination
OF bosses, who are, in their turn, either
IN control of or subservient to special
interests. We have followed and we
sI, shall continue to follow the policies Of
Theodore Roosevelt.
1.-THE principal issue upon which we,
the Republican party in Ohio, will ap-
peal to the people In this campaign is
and must Inevitably be the tariff We
could not dodge it if we would: we
ought not to il we could. We are re-
sponslble for ii in the fullest sense. It
would be mere futiltv to attempt now
10 shlrk our responsibility
Work on Platform. ~
\ strong conservation plank on lines
suggested by the progressives in the
Ohio Republican convention and an in
dorsement of President Taft, satlsfac'
tory to both progressives' and reg.
ulars, were two prominent results OF
Ionr hours work by the sub.ommitree
on resolutions OF the state convention
tonight
When preparing to take up the tariH
plank of the platform Congressman
Paul Howland. member of the sub.com
mlttee. indicated a strong hope that
the entire platform will be framed n
manner satisfactory to himself and the
other progressives. -
=, James r. Garfield has indicated that
19e presentation of his name as can
didate for governor will depend upon
me platform and has left the 'pro,
gressives'' end of the fight for a radical
platform in Congressman Howand's
hands