The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-29

Alf. Rouseye cit In his speech accept,
ing the temporary Craftsmanship said:
Republicans Of the state OF New
York, ] thank yoh fors The honor you
lt1ve conferred Upon me and the con.
1qeuee YOU have display in me, and
All OF my power WIN be exerted that
{. you may not have cause now OF here.
otter 10 regret what you have done.n =
High Tribute 10 Taft. ssis
We come here feeling that we have
tho right TO appeal to the people from
The Htnndpoint alike Of national and
state achievement. During the past
Is months long list of the laws,
elnbodying legislation most heartily
20 be commended as comb bining wisdom
and progress have been enacted by
congrebs and approved by President
Taft The amendments 70 the inter-
state commerce law; ginning OF a
national program for the exercise Of
The taxing power In conn ctionS with
big corporations doing an interstate
bpainess; the ointment Of a com.
mission To- frame measures that do
away with the evils of oyercapitali-
zation and the Improper and exces.
GiYa Issues Of stocks and bonds; the
law providing for publ city of cam
pntgn expenses the estab ablishment of
the maximum and minimum tariff pro:
Visions; and the excee edingly able
negotiate Of the Canadian and other
treaties IN accordance Herewith; the
inauguration Of the policy OF proyid.
ing for disinte rested revision of
tariff schedule les through a high class
Commission OK \ experts which treat
each sclledule purely on Its own merits
with d view TO both protecting the
conaumer from excessive prices and
occurring to the American producer
and especially the American wage
worker what viii represent the DIFF.
ference Of cost In pyoduct ion here as
compared with the cost Of production
in countries where labor Is less liber.
ally rewarded; the extension Of the
laws regulating safety appliances for
the protection of labor; the creation
Of Bureau of Mines these, and sim
liar iaws, backed by the executive
action, reflect high credit upon all
who succeeded IN putting them in
their present shape upon the statute
books they represent an earnest Of
the achievement which is yet to: come!
and die benei iicience and farreaching
importance Of this work done for the
whole people measure the credit which
is rightly due to the Congress and
togoiir able. upright and stingpished
President illiatn Il Taft.
Turning from the nation to the
atqtcs we find that during the term
OF service Of Gov. Hug hes an extra.
ordinary amount OF wise and good
legislation III the interest Of all the
people has been put upon the statute
books, and the standard of business
integrity and seflc cieney In the manage
rnent Of the several state departments
has been steadily raised.
Have Turned Rascals Out.
OF COURSE. with q party so long in
control there have been Individual
I Instance of misconduct and corrup-
ton. But there Is no! need OF any
other party raising the cry OF turn
the rascals opt,st for we have turned
our own rascals out; and wherever
raseality Is found to exist in the fli;
tjire, We Will ;ib be even more prompt
TO punish any one of our; party ad.
& herents than IN adherent OF another
party because we fee IA peculiar re.
sponsibility In denling with the man
Who not only degrades himself and
the party service but discredi.s our
own party by belonging tosit, Il
believe in the party to which we
belong because / belieye in the prin.
cipies for whieh the Republican par.
ty stood In the days OF Abraham Lin
coin; and fptt thatfnor and especially,
because T. elieye in : treating these
principles mot as dead but as living,
Empty glorificatio ion of our past
amounts to less than nothing IL we
put II forward as an excuse for not
doing our duty In the living present.
We can deserve the confidence of the
people by proving In deed as well as
IN word that we face the problem OF
dealing With political and business
corruption and of working for social
and economic Justice and for the bet
torment Of the scondi tons OF life and
the uplifting Of our people with the
same fervor and sincerity that Lin
coin and his followers brought to the
great tasks allotted to them In their
day.
corruptl6n Enemy Of Nation.
Cortptio In every form is the enc
my of free institutions and Of gov:
eminent by the people, an even more
dangerous enemy than the open law.
lessness Of violence, because it works
ln hidden and ;furtiye fashion. We
are against corruption in business and
above all. and with, all our strength,
we are against the degrading alliance
Of crooked 3busihess dnd crooked poll
tics, the alliance which adds strength
70 the already powerful, corrupt head
of big business and which makes them
In their dual capacity enemies against
whom every patriotic man should
stand with an utiwavering firmness.
Let no man say that this is an as.
ea1lt Upon the honest buiness man.
That q as foolish as to say that 1t
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