Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-09-02
TAFT'S APPEAL
TO REPUBLICANS
Tells Why Party's Congressman
Should Be Elected.
TO REDEEM ITS PLEDGES
Give Party's Record In Congress and
Says More Important Measures Are
to Be Enacted.

Says More Important Measures Are
to Be Enacted.
An urgent call for all Republicans to
forget their differences after the nomi
nations of their party have been made
and to unite in trying to elect Repub-
lican nominees and thus insure the
further carrying out of platform prom
ises is made in the letter which PTesi
dent Taft has written for use in the
Republican campaign textbook.
The letter was addressed to Chair
man William B. McKinlay, of the Re
publican congressional committee, at
the headquarters of the committee in
the st. James building in New York.
The letter virtually takes the place
of party platform in the campaign
for congress this fall, and it is evi-
dent that the president intended it
for such
Only brief and guarded reference
is made to any factional strife within
the party and that in the very begin
ming of the letter Assuming that
party candidates will have already
been selected by the time his letter is
published, which, however, is not the
case, the question will be. says Mr..
Taft, mot what complexion of Repub-
licanism one prefers, but whether it is
better for the country to have the Re
publican party control the legislation
for the next two years and further re-
deem its promises or to enable a Dem
ocratic majority in the house either
to interpoSe a veto to Republican
measures or to formulate and pass
bills to carry out Democratic princi
pies"
Only twice does the name of Mr.
Taft's predecessor appear in his let
ter, and that is in reference to con
servation. To Mr.. Roosevelt Mr. Taft
gives the credit for arousing public in
terest in this subject.
A large part of the letter is sum-
mary of the legislation of the last ses-
sion as evidence of desire of the Re
publican party to fulfil its promises.
Among the measures yet to be en-
acted and for which he asks the re-
turn of Republican majority, Mr..
injunction power. He declares that the
Democratic substitute would create
privileged class of lawless workmen
and would seriously impair the power
of the courts of equity to do Justice"
The regulation of stocks and bonds
of railroads, ship subsidy measure
and a national board of health are
other promises which remain to be
kept, the president asserts. Those who
wish for such legislation. in which
Mr.. Taft uses the word progressive,
should vote for Republican candidates,
the president insists.
The principal points in the letter
are as follows:
1t is better to have the Republican
party in power in order further to re-
deem its promises.
The Republican party should forget
it's differences in the coming election.
All Republicans who believe in the
platform principles of 1908 should give
loyal support to candidates.
The legislative program could not
be carried out by one congress.
More reductions than increases were
made in the Payne tariff law
The tariff is not responsible for the
increase in prices of necessities.
The Importance of the tariff com
mission.
Deficit turned under new law to sur
plus of $26.000,O00
Advantages of the corporation tax
law.
Interstate commerce law amend.
ments beneficial.
Epoch created by enactment of pos
tai savings bank law
Creation of the bureau of mines and
legislation for safety devices on rail.
roads boon to labor.
Revision of conservation legislation.
Bond issue of $20.000,000 for recla-
nation
Passage of river and harbor and
statehood bills.
Economies in conducting govern
ment departments.
Republican party that of construc-
tion and progress; Democratic that OF
obstruction and negation.