Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-03
DEFENDS TARIFF.
Senator Knox Praises the
Payoe-A|drich Law.
Administration Fully Deserves
Voters Support.
Harmon's Prophecies Compared
with Republican Performances,

est measure Of practical reciprocity,
ever enacted. and affirming that re-
cent progressive legislation has done
more to connTp the Republican party
as a party OF constructive progress
than any body of substantive law
since Abraham Lncoln's DEATH" Sec
rotary of STATE Philander c. Knox an
pealed t" TIL" Republicans of Ohio to.
night to endorse the achievements of
their native son When they go to the
polls next Tuesday.
However much YOU may be as
sucrcd that the great issues in this
campaign are local" said Secretary
NnoX, IL is not 50. They are nation
Al. However much the Democratic.
party may desire victory in other
"tatcS, IL is as nothing compared with
thtn frantic hopes to defeat The Re
publican ticket in Ohio and thus arm
themselves for 1912 with the cry that
ohio has condemned the Taft admin
iStration. has repudiated her own son
However the case may be elsewhere,
n ohio tlic line of cleavage is the
President. his policies and his sue
cess and Intelligent and honest pur.
pose m working them out
The issue is the party's life ana it
cannot die unless it Is destroyed b,
its own members. and it should not
hc destroyed ndW that we stand on
the threshold of better things The
Great Rctorner who drotSr out the
money changers did not find it nee
essary to pull down the temple"
Sec rctary Knox appealed to the Re
publicanS of the state to forget their
party differences and expressed the
assurance that they would risa above
triiing considerations. support their
ticket as a whole. and send to Wash
inStoh the henediction, well done.
good and faithful servant "
He reviewed at length athe history of
tho Republican administration since
1902 when railroad and other cor
porate abuses developed a situation
which required prompt action on the
.,art of the government. He outlined
the acts oft he Roosevelt aIministra-
tim to correct abuses which had
awakened the American conscience
which he characterized as great in
securing for the people rights as bold
denied. This legislation and the
'emedial legislation that preceded it,
lc said. dealt effectively with but one
phase of the popular demand. namely,
the right to equality in service and
equality of charge for service ON the
public highways. Much remained to
De accomplished.
When Mr.. Taft assumed the duties
of his great Office" Mr.. Knox con-
tinued. "he took upon himself the
tremendous responsibilities incident
20 the execution and advancement Of
ne progressive policies Of the Repub
lean party. which had made such re-
a; rka bic progress during the incum-
oency and under the leadership Of bis
immediate predecessor, Mr.. Roosevelt.
Nr. Taft came into power as the lead
+ of the party that had TO its credit
III, great bouy of constructive rene
iial law. Important and effective
Us it was. it yet failed to meet
public requirements. and therefore
With quiet and unremittnS diligence
10 set himself to the task Of strength!
ming. enlarging and improving his
nhorItanc,.
How this was advanced the Secrt-
AIRY of state declared was sh"Wh ~
he following record:
THE powers of the lnterstat" COM
mcrcp Commission have 9 been cl-
arged SO that the Commission is nov
empowered to suspend any proposed
increase OF railroad rates until tn"
shipper shall have d chance to he
heard as to its reaSnnabl"nesS: inter
state telegraph and telephone compa-
nies have been brought within the
regulation Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, a new court OF commerce
has been provided, in order that snip
DerS and railways might Secur"
prompt decisions. railway employees
ave been further protected by new
safety -appliancc law: the employers
liability act has been perfected; IAN
inquiry into Workingmen'S compensa'
ion for injuries received has been in
,tItlltcd. and an inquiry into the is
,uancr of railway stocks and bonds
IaS boon inauguratcd with u view t"
prevent their Fraudulent oyeriSSue.
This record. Secretary Knox av.rred,
vas one Wrought on broad iine- in !
'prit of moderation ana d desir" to
10 no injustice, and he predicted that
,Ecn the work Of the present admin
stration along these lines was com
h'ttt IL W III constitute d ''thpdNt
,odV of constructive, systematic and
Effective legisla ton remedying effects,
supplying omissions and covering
new phases in the field of national
authority over interstate intercourse
md it's instrumentalities."
1T would be difficult ne continued.
to overstatc the enormous value Of
this legislation to the public. 1t las
lone more to confirm the republican
,artv in, tire affections and confidence
: tho people as a party of cOnstruc-
tive progress than any body of sub
,antlve law enacted since Abraham
[inculn's death. 1t mas redeemed the
promises of the Republican party Wade
Turing all the stages of its develop
nrllt.
In discussing the Payne Aldrlch
ariff law Secretary Knox said:
When the new basis of our tariff
egislation was established there were
rot wanting friendly Jeremiahs of the
opposition who began their lamenta-
ions They We're oppressed by the
ear that tariff wars would be the re-
suit and they made distressing
prophecies of the calamities which
were sure to follow.
"Not0ithStand these distre> Sfui