The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-06
PRESIDENT TAFT
AIRS his VIEWS
on PARTY's WORK
Gives an Interview to Well
Known Chicago Newspaper
Correspondent, Touching on
All Big Issues.
INSURGENTS ARE NOT
GIVEN LEAST CREDIT
He Says Republican Party Has
Fulfilled all Of. It's Pledges
and Tariff Is Best Ever On
Books.
tAmerlcan New service.l

tAmerican News Service,
Chicago. AUG. 6.-The Chioaso
Tribune today prints the Views of
President Taft On the republican par.
TVS conduct. the tariff ana other Qucs.
tiohs, John Callan O'Laughlin. friond
OF Theodore Roosevelt. having sscur-
ed an interview with Mr.. Taft ct Bow
erly. Mass. Though not directly quot
ed, 1t is made plain that Nj. Tntt
believes the Payne-Aldrtch tariff tho
best ever passed. and holds that thu
q. O. p. has kept falth with tho voters.
He gives the Insurgents no credit tor
accomplishments.
The president 10 not quoted owing
to the rule which applies to Inter
views with presidents Of the United
States. but his position u made psr-
fectly clear.
What Taft Deiisvss,
In brief. TAFT believes:
The republican party u tho party
OF execution. The 'Regularss an6
not the Insurgents" are the ones vhn
accomplished the progress.
The party has fulfilled al ple4ges.
It has been efficient and effective n
administration.
It has enacted wise and ptogreeatvo|
legislation IN the interests q 4 tno|
people.
The present tarifg = ~ - -
Vnited
= d u ~ = iI ~ d u G y ~
that the people of thS United States
should Give the party formal indorse.
ment by cOntinuing II IN power.
According to Mr.. Taft. the peoplo
have little idea OF the Importance of
the legal problems which viii come
|.up for solution during the next con-
sress. the last Of the administration.
Before December I. the supreme court
will have handed down its decisions
in the Standard Oh cases and the 70.
bacco Trust Cases.
a solution Framed.
= the government ~ beatsn, -
believes. there Will ~ ! universal q.
mand Tor the strensthning d ~ mt
trust laws.
Mr.. Taft already has framed = sclu-
tion Of the cases In his federal tncor-
pOration plan. for MI corporatlcns Do
ing an interstate business. which n
submitted IN ! special message last
winter. as
Further conservatives reforms aloae
the lines Of conservation Of natural =.
sources are planned.
More economies in government are
on the program. They are similar %
the program Of last year. whoro MI.
lions were saved IN ths treasury y.
partment, - far. the proGi6out 4
proud Of the work dome. The wax ~
tariff law hss operated has eivon Mn
much satisfaction. All ~ dfslikas 4
the wool schedule ana tho cotAon
schedule.
He 0pposss conssMlssion.
Mr.. Taft dos not favor the appodst,
ment Of : tariff commiaSidn II
points out that ! commiGglao Oool6
not make the laws ma rpohab1y wuul6
not be able % obtain th0 ccmploGe iu.
formation necessary % 1stah1fsh = eues
rect concluston * ~ taslfk a1fnnfion.
One q the thinss praiesd $3.50 hiGA
" by Mr. Taft r 10 nSw tarl0 courf,
created to deal with - 1egnl tang3eG
Of the interstate comna6rce commis.
sion. He believes - win simply
matters BY keeping them Oet q ~
long succession Of courts thsuuxh
which they formerly had 70 paGa 4 -
railroad law. too. y praised bocanoo
II e1yea fhe shfnrnaR n1sssaI -&eA