Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-24
President Objects to Constant
Hammering Of the Admins
tration or Having It Treated
With Contemptuous Dlsdain,
GOVERN ENTAIL ECONOMY
TOPIC NEWARK ADDRESS
Hope Held Out That Business
Methods in Washington viii
Effect Hundred Million Dollar
Annual Saving,
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Newark. n. j., Feb 23.--President
TAFT prefaced his prepared address be-
fore the Newark Board Of Trade here
tonight with passionate statement
of his feelings after being a year in
the White House which brought the
audience to It's feet with cheers He
took occasion to pay his respects 10
the newspapers, saying was going
home to Washington and avoid them.
Former Governor Franklin Murphy
In introducing Mr.. Taft predicted that
the president would make good and
he himself took fling at the news
papers,
Il had not intended TO say anything
on the subject of my first year in the
White House. said the president, but
after what Governor Murphy has gra-
cinuslX said ! cannot refrain from
IA personal word or two.
III is true I told him | wanted to
make good year ago. | am not GER
tain Of doing II now. He said some
thing about the newspapers. When
the newspapers are prone to criti-
mcring your administration, treating
Il sometimes with contemptuous dis
dain and sometimes with patronizing
friendship. Il IS hard to overcome the
Feeling th;u perhaps you ought to be-
gin all over aBHifi.
In view oi all that, TO have re-
ceived the welcome which introduced
today, gives little hope that per-
haps the newspapers don't carry In
their pockets all OF the public opin-
ion that perhaps the American peo-
pie arc liable to see through some
thing of hypercriticism, something
pl hNsteria, and something OF hypoc
risy and to have real sympathy with
the man. who under u considerable
responsibility IN doing the hest he can.
They SAY that sometimes demon-
strations are misleading. but | am
going to believe as | have said, that
your reception today and tonight ~
sincere and ! am going to take that
function to my soul as
go back to Washington and avoid the
newspapers
"You see therefore that when |
came here today | was In a frame
Of mind which made your welcome as
balm to my soul and | carry away a
sense of gratitude that will never de-
part from my memory"
President Taft is the nrst chief ex-
scutive since Grant TO visit Newark,
ma he addressed one Of the largest
md most enthusiastic dinner audi
.nce he has met i'm all his travels.
rhe banquet was given by the Newark
Roard OF Trade and more than eight
hundred members and guests attend
"a.
Mr. Tart took for his theme the
ubject of commercial economy and
iaid he shared the hope that the
commission which Is to be appointed
o revise the business methods of the
,ig departments at Washington may
fleet a saving of $l00,000,000 a
ear.
MIR. TAFT lett at 40 o'clock for
Jersey city where his ear was
To the midnight train for
Washington
He came To Newark this afternoon
n automobile from New York
At Harrison the school children
alted his ear and one little fellow
made a patriotic speech. Mr.. Tart
and thanked the children
or their welcome.
senator Lodge of Massachusetts,.
Governor Fort of New Jersey and
he president were the prominent
The Presidents Speech.
President Taft after acknowledging
lc pleasure OF speaking to the bust
ess men Of New Jersey said:
when ! accepted the invitation to
1me here. learned that ! was To
ave the pleasure of being fellow
uest with my friend, senator Lodge.
nd that he was to take up the ques-
on of high prices, a question that
rs occupied the attention Of all the
a0ple and has invited the investiga
on into its cause by the congress OF
le United States and by some of the
ate legislatures For my part Of
le evening. | should like TO direct
,ur attention to a more prosy sub
ct, ta the question of government eN-
.nscs ana government revenues and
lc possible economies and what of the
-penditures are essential at what
'er burden of taxation.
In the first place. IL should be
id that we have been SO tar from
,hausting the resources of national
xation and federal revenues have
ZEN collected 50 easily and in such
amount that we have failed IN
Ie past to adopt "a budget system
hich is used in every other civilized
luntry by budget system | mean
reference of proposed expenditures
ld receipts Go some one authority or
ihunal, which, after determining
HAT the revenues will be, must also
,terminc what the expenditures can
and make a budget without a de-
,if
I'm our legislative body which pro-
des the revenue and authorizes the
penditures time was when the COM
ittee ON WAYS and means on the one
md determined the revenues of the
Vcrnment or provided the laws for