The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
HEARST PRAISES
PRESIDENT TAFT
Says Chief Executive Has Done
More Than His Predecessor in
First Year-Raps Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-Wm. r.
Hearst, the New York editor. issued
statement last night over his own
signature in which he unqualihedly
indor1es President Taft and criticizes
in severe terms the administration OF
President Roosevelt. He warns the
nation against renewal OF the poll
teal domination OF the former presi'
dent.
The statement was issued after
Hearst had spent a half hour With The
president.
NO one can talk with the presi'
dent without appreciating and re-
speeding his earnestness and SINGER
ity," the statement proceeds. Per
sonally, believe also in his efficiency.
He has been one year in office, and ne
has certainly accomplished more In
that one year than Roosevelt did IN
his first year.
1t is hardly fair TO compare TAFT
one year with Roosevelts seven, ana
yet am not sure that even with that
the comparison might not be TO Tafts
advantage. Tafts methods are not
those OF Roosevelt, but then Taft Will
probably not conclude his term with
panic.
ION the whole II seems TO me that
quiet earnest gentleman who came
! into office when the country was IN
the slough OF adversely and. after one
| year in office, has placed the country
on the high road OF prosperity Is quite
as valuable a president as more
! snowy and spectacular person VINO
found the country in the height OF
prosperity and left II In the depths OF
adversely -
Mr.. Hearst admits that he does not
charge Mr. Roosevelt directly with re-
sponsibility for the panic of 1907. nor
does he undertake 10 give Mr. Tart
the entire credit for the restoration
OF prosperity. He declares, however,
that an administration which Is pro-
ducing more dividends for business
men and finding work for the unem-
pioyed should not be too carpingly
criticized for certain minor faults or
omission or commission"
Taft is carrying out Roosevelts
policies in the one way that they
ought TO be carried out That Is TO
say. he is doing the things that Roose-
welt should have done, but did not do.
Taft is making the Roosevelt rail-
road rate act complete and effective.
Tire Roosevelt railroad-rate- act-hss-
always been an utter farce and every
body who knew anything about the
subject knew when IL was passed that
ii was farce and would be failure.
IL might have been meant to be a
failure.
"At any rate, Mr.. Hepburn. the gen.
tleman who was selected by the Roose-
welt administration TO stand sponsor
for that bill in the house. had but
lately been hung in effigy by his en-
thusiastic constituents for too great
friendliness TO the railroads.
Would you have selected that kind
OF man, tagged with that kind OF
testimonial. TO frame that kind OF a
! bill? And can you imagine Mr.. Roose-
welt, the Diogenes OF politics. punting
| through the house OF congress. Ian
tern in hand, 10 find an honest man
aLd selecting this executed effigy as
the fittest one TO frame the peoples
railroad bill?"
Mr.. Hearst says Mr.. Taft is trying
to stiffen into an active force the
"spineless railroad bill'' Of the Roose-
welt administration. He gives Mr..
Taft credit for the prosecution OF
criminal trusts and for throwing his
powerful influence behind many need
ed laws, among them the corporation
tax bill. the over-capitalization bill,
bill providing for postal savings
banks. the parcels post measure and
the income tax bill.
''If the neonle want more OF achieve
ment than Taft Is giving them they
must turn to another party, for | do
not believe that there Is another man
in the Republican party who will do
more or as much.
Most certainly, II the people want
the tariff modified they must turn TO
another party, for the tariff will never
be modified by its benefciaries. And
its benehciaries control the Republi-
can party"