Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
DECLARES RIGHT THE
BEST Of ALL POLITICS
Chief Executive Says Let Personal
Differences be Buried and Get to
Work on MISUNDERSTANDING Out
Points Which Are Dangerous to the
Party-6ills He Want.

his address before the chamber OF
commerce tonight here, President
Taft made an appear 10 congress 10
subordinate and sacrifice invidiaai
opinions in order that measures he
had recommended in fuiflment OF par
ty pledges. shall be enacted into law.
He expressed the hope that the party
would show that it had the sense
and disposition" TO NEE: its respon-
sibilities.
The impression had gotten abroad
that the President might have some
thing to say tonight with regard 10
the acute situation in the house Of
representatives at Washington, but
this was his nearest reference to the
subject
AT one point of his speech, which
was devoted entirely TO the legisla-
ton which he had recommended IN
the past few months. the President
further declared:
Congress Should Act.
THAT if this congress IS to be tax
Ell as a Republican congress. these
things ought to pass IN fulfillment OF
party pledges. After this is done it
does not matter what happens al the
next election. We will have done
something the country viii De
grateful for whether it thinks it ought
to express this gratitude in the i'm
mediate future or not
Toward the end of his remarks the
President declared. with great en-
dent, to do what he believed was
right. rather than 10 do things that
would bring political strength, which
was cheered for several minutes.
Best of Politics.
The President declared that he had
been told that he was no politician
and dire things had been predicted.
He believed. however. that in the
end the people would find that The
measures recommended to congress
were right and that right after ali.
was the very best of politics
Mr.. Tafts greeting tonight was the
most demonstrative he has had In his
recent travels He was followed by
President w. c. Brown, of the New
York Central Railroad. who told OF
the progress and stability that had
come to the business world since MIR.
Taft's inauguration.
The President summed UP the
things which he declared had caused
some of his advisers to characterize
him as a bad politician. In the first
place, he said, there was the tariff
law and a new tariff bill always de-
feats a party. In the second place.
had come the corporation tax. bring
ing with il the enemity OF everybody
directly or indirectly interested in
the more than 100000 corporations al
fected by il.
Turned Publishers Away.
In the third place there was the
alleged" postal deficit which had
been charged to the carving maya
zines and periodicals a; one cent n
pound. That was bad politics" be-
cause IL arrsyed all the magazines
and periodicals against the admins
trdtioR.
In the fourth place congress only
reduced the duty on print paper thirty
per cent, instead Of putting IL on the
free list. This oTenccd the newspa-
pers. And last Of all the postal saw
ings bank bill had turned al the
bankers against the administration.
so he continued. my friends
don't see just where We are coming
oa;. But I am confident in the END
that tae measures will approve them
selves. The troubles We most fear
are those that never come. The meas
ures thar We promised ought to be
adopted. not because they will give
US political strength. but because they
are right. And n they are right. the
people viii find them TO Be right ana
that's the bcsf politics in the end.
The President referred 10 the meas
ures he hoped congress would adopt
At this session IN the following Of
der.
The bin amending the interstate
commerce Law.
The bin for postal savings hanks.
The aniiinjrnciion bin.
The statehood bill.
The conservation bal