The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-29

| and to secure the public against extor-
ton for coal, oil. gas, phosphate or wa
ter power on the one hand, and yet may
give to private capital such inducement
| to bring about a normal development OF
the wealth contained in these lands,
to aid in the building up of the country.
Neither the Democrats of the house nor
the Democrats Of the senate, as a body,
| although their platform formally declar-
ed in favor of conservation. had taken
sny active pant or can be counted upon
to assist materially in the solution of
the cor plicated questions"
Improvement of waterways is declar-
ed to be a subject of pressing impor
| snce, the president giving mis- plans, al
ready known for dealing with the ques-
! ton.
Statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
| IONA ard publicity of campaign funds
/ are also mentioned as pledges redeemed.
The president refers to the appropri-
alton made to investigate METHODS 20
reduce the governmental expenditures
and says:
Il ant confident that if full opportuni-
| ty is given, and Republican congress
| is elected to assist in cutting down OF
the national expenditures by the adop-
| ton of modern economic methods in
! doing the business of the government
| Will reach ~'-+ of -1ving OF many
millions"
AS to future legislation the president
says a number of promises remain to
| be kept He alludes to the provisions
| to regulate the issue of stocks and
| bonds by interstate railways to which
| he says, the Democratic minority in the
senate gave it's solid opposition on the
ground that the central government has
no power to make and enforce such
regulation.
in addition" he continues, there is
! the promised procedure to determine
now preliminary injunction shall issue
| without notice and when. In substitu-
| ton fo~ this the Democratic platform
proposes an amendment to the existing
| law which would create a privileged
/ class of lawless workmen and would
! seriously impair the power of the courts
1 Of equity to do justice.
The Ship Subsidy Bill.
| Then there is the measure 10 pro-
mote the merchant marine engaged in
| foreign service. to which in previous
| cor crosses the Democratic party has al
ways opposed an almost solid front.
| There is the measure forbidding the ac
QUESTION of stocks by enc railway COM
pany ir a competing line and there are
| also those bills, already referred to, 10
secure further safety appliances on rail-
ways and to establish a basis for Work
mems compensation.
There is also the promise of the
Republican platform to make better
provision for securing the health of
the nation. The most tangible and
useful 10TH LIldI IIllS call Idh0 WOuAO
be the establishment of national bu-
reau of health to include all the health
agencies of the government now dis
tributed in different departments.
Finally, there is the Appalachian for
est reserve bill which passed the
house by a Republican majority, is
on the calendar of the senate and will
probably pass at the coming session of
this congress.
I'm view of what the present Re-
publican congress has done in the full
| fillment of its promises and in view
of the standard that it has set in re-
spect to the sacredness of party
pledges, 1 have no hesitancy in urg-
ing all who are in favor of the per-
Torrance of the remaining pledges,
who are in favor of progress, in favor
of practical conservation, in favor of
economy in government, in favor of
the just regulation of railways and of
| interstate commerce corporations, in
favor of a bureau of health, in favor
| of a proper limitation of the power of
equitable injunction and who are in
favor of measures to promote the mer
chant marine engaged in foreign serv-
| ice, to vote for the Republican candi-
dates for congress in order that their
wish for all this progressive legisla
ton may be gratified.
I'm closing, 1t may not be inappro-
| pirate for me to invite your attention
and that of all those engaged in adj
vocating the Republican cause in the
coming election to the fact that it is
of the utmost Importance to make this
campaign of education as to facts and
| to clear away the clouds of misrepre-
sentation that have obscured the real
issues and have made it difficult to
secure for the Republican majority in
congress the real credit due them from
the country for the tremendous task
they have accomplished.
| IF this is brought clearly home to
| all voters, and especially to the young
men now voting for the first time, a<d
they become impressed. as they ought
to be by this record, with the differ
ence in the governmental efficiency
and capacity of the Republican and
Democratic parties, they will enroll
themselves with the party of construc-
ton and progress, rather than the
party of obstruction and negation. and
the resulting legislation of the Sixty
second congress will vindicate their
choice. Sincerely yours,
| civilian H. TAFT.
| Hon. William B. Mckinley Chair
man Republican Congressional Com
mittee, 1923 Broadway, New York
City