New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-19

that Il is right and they will be with
us-President Taft in his Rochester
speech.
Rochester. March lS-In his address
before The Chamber of Commerce here 4
to- night. President Taft made an earnest /
appeal 20 Congress 10 subordinate and /
sacrifice individuf opinions i'm order \
that the measures he had recommended \
in fuhlment Of party pledges shall be I
enacted into law lie expressed the hope !
that the party would show that IL had 4
'the sense and the discipline" To meet /
it, responsibilities.
The impression had got abroad that /
the President might have something 10 /
say tonight with regard tO the acute I
situation In the House OF Representa- I
tives - Washington, but this was his
nearest reference 10 the subject. Al one
point Of his speeeH which Was devoted I
entirely 10 the legislation which ne has
recommended ina the last few months,
the President further declared
"If this Congress is 70 be treated as
Republican Congress. these things ought
After this is done il does not matter
what happens al the next election. We
win have done something the country
viii be grateful for. whether il thinks il
ought to express this gratitude I'm the
immediate future or not"
Mr Taft constantly was interrupted
by applause aud when toward the end
of has remarks he declared with great
emphasis that no had tried as Presi-
dent 10 do what he believed was right
rather than to do those things that
would bring political strength the au-
dieucc of nearly = thousand business
men of Rochester stood NJ and cheered /
for several minutes. The President spoke
eNtemporancously. hut with great
earnestness throughout He declared
that he had been told he was no politi-
clan and dire things had been predict
Cd he believed. however. that I'm the
end the people ould find that the meas
ures recommended 70 Congress were
right and that right after an was the
very best Of politics.
w. c. Brown Praises President.
Mr. Tafts greeting tonight was the
most demonstratiyc he has had I'm his
recent travels Ho was followed AS a
speaker ~ the banquet bv N e. Brown.
president of the New York central Rail
voad. vho paid = glowing tribute 10 AIr
Taft and told Of the progress and sta
bility that had come 10 the business world
since his Inauguration. Mr. Browns ref
erences 20 tho President also were re-
oeived with great enthusiasm.
The President summed up the things
which he declared had caused some Df
his advisers To characterize him as "a
bad politician. IN the first place. he said.
there Was the tariff Law. and new tarin
hin always defeats "A party. In the sec
ond place had come the corporation tax.
bringing with il the enmity Of everybody
directly or Indirectly interested in the
moro than four hundred thousand cor
porations affected by H. In tho third
place there was the alleged" postal def
icit which had been charged 10 the car
rying of magazines and periodicals az
one cent a pound. That Was bad poll
tics because n aTTayed al the ma magaZincs
and periodicals against the administra-
ton" In the fourth place Congress only
reduced the duty on print paper 80 PEI
cent instead of putting II OH the free
list. This offended the newspaper. Ana.
last Of all. the postal savings bank bill
had turned ali the bankers against IN"
administration.
so" he continued. my friends don't
see just where we arc coming gut. But
I am confident in the end that these
measures will approve themselves. The
troubles We most fear are those that
never come. The measures that We
promised ought e. be adopted. not b"-
cause they viii give us political strength,
lut because they are right And IL
they arc right the people viii lind them
10 be right. and that's the best politics
in the end
Tho President referred To- the meas
ures ho hoped Congress would adopt al
this sessi ION in tire following order.
The hin amending the interstate COM
merco law.
Tho bin for postal savings banks.
The snti-injunction hin.
The statehood bil
The conservation bills.
After he had explained briefly t'c pro-
visions of these measures the President
continued:
One great difficulty about being PTesi-
dent-and 7 assure you there are a great
many of them-is that he rs the tltuler
head of the PARTY. and rs made respon-
sille for the laws adopted hy o. party.
although ho has had nothing more to 90
with them than a recommendation az the
beginning and the power If veto az thc
snd He De- held responsible Tor all of
the promises made bv the party And n
in his enthusiasm and desire q" fulhl the
,,artv pledges-and 10 help tho country.
a., be thinke-he goes about aud consults
an the interests - as to recommend a
fair iaW. and makes suggestions tD Con-
cess and some Congressman differ with
him 10 Is held up as a tArant trying Co
force his views down the thruats of un-
willing Congressman and unwilling Sen
afoTF.
Aud 80 he is in bad ia. on tie ono
hand IL is said Of him tha'~s is not do
inE what he ought 30 do, and on the
other hand ne b. trying 10 frighten an