The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-09-30
ROOSEVELT
"a Wins Fight.
Defeats Old Guard In New
York Convention.
In Accepting Temporary Chair
manship Praises Taft and
Scores Bosses.

contest for temporary chairman of
the New York State Convention, Mr..
Roosevelt defeated Vice President
Sherman, by one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fiye majority, placing the conven-
ton completely under his domination.
In accepting the temporary chairman
ship he spoke as follows:
Republicans of the State of New
York, thank you for the honor that
you have conferred upon me and the
confidence you have displayed in me,
and all of my power will be exerted
so that you shall not have cause now
or hereafter to regret what you have
done.
1--WE come here feeling that We
have the right to appeal to the peo-
pie from the standpoint alike OF
national and State achievement.
During the last eighteen months
a long list of laws, embodying leg
islation most heartily to be recon-
mended as combining wisdom with
progress, has been enacted by Con-
gress and approved by President Taft.
The amendments to the interstate
commerce law, beginning of a nationel
legislative programme for the exer-
else of the taxing power in connec-
ton with big corporations doing an
interstate business, the appointment
of commission to frame measures
that do away with the evils of over
capitalization and improper and ex-
cessive issues of stocks and bonds,
the law providing for publicity of
ecampaign expenses, the establish
ment of the maximum ana minimum
tariff provisions. and the exceeding
ly able negotiations of the Canadian
and other treaties in accordance
Herewith; the inauguration of the
policy of providing for a disinterest-
ed revision of tariff schedules through
q high-class commission Of experts
which will treat aech schedule pure
ly on its own merits with a view
both to protecting the consumer from
excessive prices and to securing the
American producer, and especially the
American wage worker, what will
represent the difference of cost in
production here as compared with the
cost of production in countries where
labor is less literally rewarded; the
extension of tn claws regulating safe
ty appliances for the protection of
labor. the creation of bureau of
mines-these and similar laws, back
ed up by executive action, reflect
high credit upon all who sue
ceeded in putin them In their
present shape upon the statute books;
they represent an earnest OF the
achievement which is yet to come;
and the beneficence and far-reaching
Importance OF this work done for |
the whole people measures the credit
which is rightly due to the Congress |
and to our able, upright and distin-
guished President. William Howard
Taft.
Turning from the nation to the
State, we find that during the term
of service Of Gov. Hughes an extra
ordinary amount of wise and good
legislation in the interest Of all the
people has been put upon the sta
tute books and the standard of bus
iness integrity and efficiency In the
management Of the several State De-
partments, has been steadily raised.
"Of course, with a party as long
In control Of nation and State as ours
has been there have been individ-
ual instances OF misconduct and cor
ruption. But there Is no need OF
any other party raising the cry OF
turn the rasoals OUT for we have
turned our own racsals out; and wher-
ever rascality is found to exist in the
future we will be even more prompt
to punish anyone Of our party ad-
herents than an adherent Of another
party, because we feel q peculiar re-
sponsibility in dealing with the man
who not only degrades himself and
the public services. but disgraces our
own party by belonging to it.
II believe in the party to which
we belong because / believe In the