The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-28
COLONEL ROOSEVELT LAUDS TAFT IN SPEECH


Colonel Roosevelt, in his speech as
temporary chairman of the New
York Republican state convention,
spoke as follows:
Republicans of the state of New
York" he began, 81 thank you for
the honor that. you have conferred
upon me and the confidence you have
displayed in me. and all of my power
will be exerted so that you shall not
have cause now or hereafter to re-
greet what you have done"
What Taft Has Done.
eve come here feeling that We
have the right to appeal to the peo-
pie from the standpoint alike of ma
tional and state achievement. Dur
ing the last eighteen months a long
list of laws, embodying legislation
most heartily to be commended as
combining wisdom with progress,
have been enacted by congress and
approved by President Taft The
amendments to the interstate com
merce law. the beginning of a ma
tional legislative program for the
exercise OF the taxing power in con
nection with big corporations doing
an interstate business the appoint
ment of a commission to frame meas
ures that do away with the evils of
overcapitalization and improper and
excessive issues of stocks and bonds.
the law providing for publicity of
campaign expenses, the establishment
of the maximum and minimum tariff
provisions and the exceedingly able
negotiation of the Canadian and 9TH
er treaties in accordance Herewith I;
the Inauguration of the policy OF pro-
viding for a disinterested revision of
tariff schedules through a high-class
commission of experts which will
treat each schedule purely on its own
merits with a view both TO protect
ing the consumer from excessive
prices and TO securing the American
producer. and especially the Ameri-
can wage worker what will represent
the difference of cost in production
here as compared with the cost OF
production in countries where labor
is less literally rewarded; extension
of the laws regulating safety applian-
ces for the protection of labor. the
creation of a bureau of mines--these
and similar laws, backed up by ex-
ecuti7e action. reflect high credit on
all wao succeeded in putting them in
their present shape upon the statue
books; they represent an earnest of
the achievement which Is yet to come
and the beneficence and far-reaching
importance of this work done for the
whole people measure the credit
which is rightly due to the congress
and to our able. upright and distin-
guished president. William Howard
Taft.
Will Turn Rascals Out.
Turning from the nation TO the
state. we find that during the term of
service OF Gov. Hughes. an extraor-
binary amount of wise and good leg
islation in the interest OF all the peo-
pie has been put upon the statute
books and the standard of business
integrity and efficiency in the man.
agement of the several state depart
ments has steadily been raised.
''Of course. with a party as long
in control of this nation and state as
ours has been, there have been indi-
vidual instances of misconduct and
corruption. But there is no need of
any other party raising the cry OF
turn the rascals out for We have
turned our own rascals out: and
wherever rascality is found 10 exist
in the future, we will be even more
prompt TO punish any one of our
party adherents than an adherent OF
another party, because we feel a pc