The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-21
William r. Hearst Issues Re.
markabIe Statement After
Calling on President.
NEW ADMINISTRATION
IS GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
Just What Intent Lies Behind
This New Point of View
Does Not Appear.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Williem
Randolph Hearst, former aspirant for the
Democratic nomination for the prcsden-
cy, tonight issued remarkable state
ment over his own signature, in which
he unqualifiedly endorses Mr.. Taft.
In doing so, he also crticiscs in Sc
verest terms the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and in MANY words
warns the American nation against n re
ncwal Of the political domination Of the
former president.
Mr.. Hearst called at the White House
this afternoon. lie spent half an hour
with the president. Upon leaving, Mr..
Hearst said he had called merely to pay
his respects ITO Mr. Taft. whom he said
he admired Later. he issued his en-
dorsement OF the Taft administration.
mo one can talk with the president
without approaching and respecting his
earncstness and sincerity" the statement
efficiency. He has been one year in Of
hce and he has certainly accomplished
more in that one year that Roosevelt did
in his first year.
1T is hardly fair 10 compare Tafts
one year with Roosevelts seven, and yet
| am not sure. even with that the COM
parison might not be TO Tafts advan-
tage. Taft's methods are not those Of
Roosevelt, but then Taft will probably not
conclude his term with a panic.
Highest Of Praise.
ION the whole. it seems TO me quiet
earnest gentleman who came into office
when the country was in the slough Of
adversely, and after one year in that Of
flee, has placed the country on the high
road OF prosperity. Is quite as valuable as
president as a more showy and spec
tacular person who found the country In
tho height OF prosperity and left 1t In
the depths OF adversity.'
Mr.. Hearst admits he does not charge
MI. Roosevelt directly with responsibility
for the panic Of 1907, nor does he under
take TO give Mr.. Taft the entire credit
for the restoration OF prosperity. He de-
clares however that administration
which is producing more dividends for
business men and finding work for the
unem ploycd, SHOULD not he too carpingly
criticised for certain minor faults of omis-
sion or commission.
TAFT is carrying out Rooscvet's poll
carried out. That is TO say he. is do
ing the things that Roosevelt should have
done, but did not do.
TAFT is making the Roosevelt railroad
IA te act complete and effective. The
Roosevelt railroad rate act has always
been an utter farce and everybody who
lnew anything about the subject knew
when 1t was passed that it was farce
and would bc failure. 1t might have
been meant TO be a failure,
Roast for Hepburn.
al any rate. MIR. Hepburn. the gen
tleman who was selected by the Roosc-
velt administration TO stand sponsor for
that bill In the house. had been but late
ly hung in el6gy by his enthusiastic con-
stitucnts for too great friendliness TO the
railroads.
would you have selected thai kind Of
man. tagged with a kind of testimonial,
TO frame that kind OF Il biil2 And can
you imagine Mr.. Roosevelt the Dlogenes
OF politics hunting through the house of
congress. lantern in hand. TO hnd an hon
est man and selecting this executed ef-
figy as the fittesi one 10 frame the peo-
pies railroad bill2'
Mr.. Hearst says President TAFT is try
ing TO stiffen into active force the spine
less railroad rate bill of the Roosevelt
aduiuistr3 ton. lie gives Mr.. Taft credit
for the prosecution OF criminal trusts
and for throwing bis powerful influence
behind many needed laws. among them
the corporation ;aA bill, the over-capital-
savings banks. the parcels post measure,
and the income tax bill.
''All these measures are good, he con-
tluues, some OF them the Roosevelt ad
minIstration wilfully omitted, others Il
merely neglected Some II discussed but
never accomplished
III the people want moro OF achieve
ment than Mr. Taft is giving. they must
| turn TO another party. FOR l do not be-
| lievc there is another man In the Re-
| publican party who will do more or as
| much.
| Most certainly IL the people want the
| tariff modified they must turn TO another
party, for The tariff will never he modi-
| fed bT its bcnoncavles. and its bcne-
| eciaries control the Republican party"
| Mr. Hearst closed his statement with
| the declaration that the American people
need look for no tariff reform, He signed
| his fun name at the end OF the document