Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03
HE LAUDS
THE PRESIDENT
POINT OF VIEW OF ADNIINISTRA-
TlON EXPLAINED BY A PER-
SONAL FRIEND
Wade II. Ellis, Assistant to Attorney
General, Speaks at Cleveland and
COnsuIs Banqueters to Follow
Taft-"Get In Middle of Road

CLEVELAND, Jan. 2S.-Wade II.
Ellis, assistant to the attorney gem
eral and an old friend and neighbor
of President Taft when the latter
lived in Cincinnati. tonight arose at
a banquet of the Tippecanoe club to
explain the viewpoint of an admin
istration man on administration
policies and present-day events.
PAY no heed to the so-called in
surgents on the one hand, or the So
called stand-patters on the other,
said Mr. Ellis. Take no counsel
from those who defend Cannonism
or Aldrichism to the right of you,
nor to those who would emphasize
the program of La Toilette or magni-
fy the Pinchot incident to the left Of
you.
Get in the middle of the road and
stand souhlder to shoulder for the
performance of the party's pledges to
the people under the leadership Of
William Fl. Taft"
After declaring that the majority
leaders in congress are rallying to
the president. Mr. Ellis said: What
are the Roosevelt policies? Is Taft
for them or against them? What
were the promises of the last Re
publican platform? Is Taft keeping
them or breaking them? Let us
judge him by his works.
First and foremost of the Roose-
velt policies is a vigorous and inn
partial enforcement of the law Has
the president faltered or hickered in
that duty? The country did not ex-
pect a blind. indiscriminate drive at
wealth simply because it is wealth. "
Mr. Ellis cited the cases of John
r. Walsh and Charles w. Morse to
prove that the man higher up is not
being shielded by this administra-
tion. He instanced the paper board
trust indictments, the sugar indict-
ments and the judgments in the low
er court against the Standard Oil
company and the American Tobacco
company as evidence Of the activity
of the administration in that dice.
tion.
Mr.. Ellis defended the presidents
attitude toward the tariff bill and
criticised the Democrats for offering
no bill of their own.
"They cOntented themselves with
making a noise about work some one
else had constructed, he said, addinf
that 1.-THE present increase in tn,
cost of living is not remotely related
to the tariff and is due to Other
wholly different causes which FIND
their manifestations today in ever,
civilized country on the globe"
The Roosevelt policy of closer gov
ernment supervision over incorpora
tions was being carried on by Mr.
Taft in his recommendations 10 con
press for a federal income tax an,
federal charters.
, Mr. Ellis praised the president
{ message on conservation and calle,
5 attention to his activities in the mat
ter of a postal savings bank law
: economy in public service, protection
Z of those engaged in hazardous call
ings. issuance of iniunctions by fed
eral courts and publication of cam
paign expenses.
! Mr. Ellis concluded: with thi
. record Of fidelity and achievement
=, is there any Republican tonight VIII
a must apologize to his pride or hi
D conscience for the faith that is Il
e him2 When this record is know
2 and debated. is there any danger tina
T the American people will withhold
their verdict of well done?'