The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-10-06
Presidents Campaign Letter kp-
proved by The Outlook,
CREDIT GIVEN TO REPUBLICANS
Magazine OF Which Theodore Roose.
velt Is Associate Editor Unquali.
fedly praises President Taft and
Republican Congress.
(From the outlook.)

President Taft's letter 20 the
chairman of the national ,ongres.
sional committee, telling why voters
should cast their ballots for Repub.
lican nominees for congress tnis 40
vember, is an admirable campaign
document-and more. 1t has in its
modeIste tone and its concise and ef-
fective summary of past history the
characteristics of a presidential mes.
sage. The Outlook agrees wlth Mr..
Taft that 1t is very difficult to state
all the principles that would hoyern
n Democratic majority If one should
be elected. This is true. not only fol
tie reasons given by MIR. Taft-the
inconsistent planks in the Demo
cratic platform. and the population
by leading Democrats of certain OF
these planks-but also because the
Democratic party consists Of two
wings, the conservative and the radi-
cal, which are more opposed to each
other than either Of them is to the
avowed principles of the Republican
arty. We also agree with MIR. Taft
that II is of the utmost Importance
90 make the fall campaign cam
paign of education as to facts, and,
we should add. as to fundamental
principles We hope the campdigners
will take this statement to heart
and will not content themselves with
general glorification Of the &c. o. p"
Mr. Taft's statement is largely his.
torical AS 1t repeats what The Out
arfxs 20
ers. we shall content ourselves here
with brief resume of the presidents
history OF congressional action under
Republican leadership:
The tariff has been revised by what
was, on the whole. downward re.
vision, particularly on articles OF
necessity and raw materials.
A tariff commission has been Gre
ated to secure needed information for
the proper amendment of the law, and
is now at work conducting a scien.
tific inves tigation
Under the maximum and minimum
provisions OF the tariff law treaties
have been concluded with foreign
nations securing the best possible
terms for entries TO their markets
without sacrifice to our own,
The country has at last done JUS
tice TO the Philippines by SLOWING
the producers of these islands the
benefit OF our markets, with such
limitations as to prevent injustice to
our own industries
A corporation tax has been pro
vided which has many of the merits,
without the defects, of an income
tax.
Amendments have been made to
the interstate commerce law increas-
ing its effectiveness and tine ef-
ficlency of the interstate commerce
commission
A commission has been constituted
TO consider the evils arising from
the over-issu of stocks and bonds,
and to report a remedy.
A postal savings bank bill has
been enacted.
Bills have been enacted providing
for an investigation and report on
the kind of safety appliances requir-
ed in mines, and giving the interstate
commerce commission more ample
ployes and passengers on interstate
railways.
All doubts concerning the power of
the executive to withdraw govern
ment lands from settlement have
been put 20 rest by an act of the
congress comforting such power
An issue OF bonds has been author
ized to provide for a continuance OF
reclamation projects.
Congressional committees have
been required by law to publish de-
tailed statements of all moneys re-
ceiyed and expended by them In con.
gressional campaigns.
over thirty million dollars have
been saved over the expenditures of
last year.. and an appropriation has
been made for investigation OF meth
ods for further economies; and by
these economies, coupled with the In.
creased revenues derived from the
tariff law, the deficit of $5S0O0,000,
June 30, 1909, has been converted
into a surplus of s26,OOO,OOO, August
3, 1910
THIS is AN EXCELLENT REC.
ORD. At certain points the action
taken by congress may be critlcIs-
ed--at certain points II has been
criticised by The Outlook. But taking
II all In all, those concrete achieve
ments Of congress during Mr.. Taft's
administration certainly compare ia
vorsbly with those Of any recent con-
Bressional session. And while, as
The Outlook has heretofore point
I'd out, the accomplishment is part
Iy due to the activity Of the soealIed
"insuroents," much Of the credit is
due to President Taft; AND 1T is
ALL, OR NEARLY ALL, TO BE Ac-
CREDITED TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
BARRELS HAVE THEIR LIDS ON.
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