Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
.TAFT APPEALS
TO CONGRESSMAN
,,ks Them to Lay Aside lndivld-
ual Opinion That Promises
May be Fulfilled.
WHY HE'S A BAD POLITICIAN
c,,.s Summary Of Things That Have
Caused some Of His Advisers to
So Characterize Him.

.--.,- n. Y. March 1S-Preai-
=. ~,st tonight. In a speech before
u'.'' -s,,,ber Of commerce, appealed TO
80 OF congress 70 sacrifice their
,-s,,.,5pal opinions that the platform
,.os OF the Republican party
-,-,t bs fulfilled. and hoped the party
80 sbow that it has "thc sense and
,bs discipline to meet IFS responsible
ties"
ma. IMPRESSION had got abroad that
... ,.-..idert might have something to
", t,ulgbt on the acute situation ln
~ -. ,f reureeeutatlVes at Wash
-, Inn this was his nearest refer
US an ne subject AT one point Of his
s-esen which was devoted entirely 70
X leqislatlon he had recommended IN
he last tow months, the president fur
ther declared. ...-,
p.nybIicau Congress these things
-,,gbt to pass in fulhllment Of party
-is5gss After this is done IL does not
-sttsr what happens az the next cleo
- We Win have done something
~ which the country will be grateful
rhefher t thinks 10 Ought o. express
tbis gratitude iu the immediate future
Ar TAFT constantly was Interrupted
bv applause and when. toward the
end of his remarks, he declared with
Great emphasis DE had tried as presi-
deDt 10 do what he believed was right.
rather than those things that would
hiring political strength, the audience
~ nearly 200 business men stood up
and cheorod for several minutes. The
president spoke with great carnestuess
throughout He declared he had ben
told he was no politician and dire
things had been predicted. He believed,
however. in the end the people would
and the u1ea suras recommended 90 Con-
eress we're right and that right after
Ell was the very best OF politics
Mr. Tafts greeting tonight was che
most administrative he has received IN
his recent travels He was followed
Is a speaker az tho banquet by Prei-
dent W g. Brown Of the New York
central railroad. who paid a glowing
tribute 20 MT TAFT and told Of the
progress and stability that had come
10 he business world since his inausur-
alton.
President Taft summed up the things
Do declared had caused some Of his
advisers TO Characterize him as a bad
politician.
Frst he said. there was the tarT
av and "a now tariff bin always de-
ftsts % party.
Second had como the corporation TAX.
hrurn- with 10 the enmity OF every
BODY directly or indirectly Interested
80 he more than 100000 corporations
affected
Third there was the alleged" postal
deficit which had been charged TO the
carrying of magazines and periodicals
81 ! cent pound That was bad
politics because 70 arrayed all the
magazine and periodicals. against the
administration"
Fourth. Congress only reduced the
duty on print paper 30 per cent IN
stead Of putting 50 on the free list. This
offended the ncwspapors
And last or ALL the postal savings
bank bin had turned an the bankers
against tho administration.
80 he continued. "my friends don't
see just whore we are coming out But
J am confident IN the end the measures
viii approve themselves. The troubles
we most feaT are those that never
come The measures we promised
ought 90 he adopted. not because thev
VIII give us political strength. but he
cause they arc right And II they are
right The people win find them 10
ne right ana that is the best politics
in The end
BILLS HE WANTS ENACTED.
The president referred to the me3s-
ures he hoped Congress would adopt al
tnls session In the following order:
The bin amending the interstate
commerce law.
The bill for postal savings banks.
The ant-iniunction bill
The statehood bin.
The conservation bills"
Afier he had explained briefly the
bjToHls'ons N these measures. the pros
ident continued.
One great difficulty about being