The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
Secretary Of State Tells the Voters
of Ohio Republican Party
Stands for Pro-
gresS
DEFENDS PRESENT TARIFF law
In Political Address Given Last Night
Secretary Knox States Local Is
sues are Not Paramount Ones
in That State.


Columbus. Ohio, Nov. S.-Declaring
that the issue of the political campaign
i'm Ohio is President Taft and his ad-
ininistration, proolaiming the Payne
Aldrich tariff law" the broadest meas
ure of practical reciprocity" ever en-
acted and affirming that recent pro-
grcssive legislation has done more TO
confirm The Republican party as "a
party of constructive progress than
anybody of substantive law since
Abraham Lincoln's DEATH" Secretary
of state Philandcr c. Knox appealed
to the Republicans of Ohio last night
TO endorse the achievements of their
native son when they go to the polls
next Tuesday
However much you may be assured
that the great issues In this campaign
are local." said Secretary Knox, 1T is
not SO. They are national However,
much democratic party may desire vic
tory in other states, il is as nothing
compared with their frantic hopes to
defeat the Republican ticket I'm Ohio
and thus arm themselves for 1912 with
the cry that Ohio has condemned the
Taft administration, has repudiated
her own son. However. the case may
be elsewhere in Ohio the line of clear
age Is the president, his policies and
his success and intelligent and honest
purpOSe working them out
''The issue is the partys life and
it cannot die unless it is destroyed by
its own members, and IL should not he
destroyed now that we stand on the
threshold of better things The Great
Reformer who drove out the money
changers did not find it necessary to
pull down the temple"
Forget Party Differences.
Secretary Knox appealed to the re-
publicans of the state To forget their
party differences and expressed the as
surance that they would rise above
thrilling considerations, support their
ticket as a whole, and send to Wash
ington the benediction, well done, good
and faithful servant F."
He reviewed at length the history of
the Republican administration since
1902 when railroad and other corpor-
ate abuses developed situation which
required prompt action on the part of
the government. He outlined the acts
of the Roosevelt administration To cor
rect abuses which had awakened the
American conscience which he charac-
terized as great i'm securing for the
people rights as boldly denied" This
legislation and the remedial legisla-
tion that preceded 1t. he said, dealt
effectively with but one phase of the
popular demand. namely, the right to
equality I'm service and equality of
charge for service on the public high
ways Much remained to be accom-
plished.
Taft's Splendid Record.
"When Mr.. Taft assumed the duties
of his great Office" Mr. Knox contin-
ued, "he took upon himself the tre-
mendous responsibilities incident to
the carrying out of the progressive
policies Of the Republican party, which
had made such remarkable progress
during the incumbency and under the
leadership of his immediate predeces-
sor Mr.. Roosevelt. MIR. Taft came
into power as the leader Of the party
that had to its credit the great body
Of constructive remedial law. Impor-
tant and effective as IL was. IL yet fail
ed TO meet public requirements, and
therefore with quiet and unrcmitting
diligence he set himself To the task of
strengthening. enlarGing and improv-
ing his Inheritance"
How this was advanced the secre-
tary Uf state declared was shown by
the following record:
"The powers of the Interstate Com
mercc Commission have been enlarged
so that the Commission Is now empow-
cred to suspend any proposed increase
of railroad rates until the shipper shall
have a chance TO be heard as TO its
reasonableness: Interstate telegraph
and telephone companies have been
brought within the regulation OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission; a
new court of commerce has been pro-
vided. i'm order that shippers and rail-
ways might secure prompt decisions;
railway employees have been further
protected by a new safety appliance
law; the employers liability act has
been perfected: and inquiry into
workingmen's compensation for in
juries received has been Instituted. and
an inquiry into tho issuance has been
instituted. and an inquiry into the is
suance of railway stocks and bonds
has been inaugurated with view to
preveut their fraudulent over issue
This record. Secretary Knox averred
vas one wrought on broad lines in n
spirit OF moderation and desire to do