The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-03-24
PRESIDENT ASKS
FOR PARTY UNITY
TAFT BELIEVES INDIVIDUAL OPIN-
IONS SHOULD BE SACRIFICED
TO FULFILL PLEDGES.
MAKES REPLY TC THE CRITICS.
Believes People Will Approve Proposed
Measures, if He Has Played
Poor Politics.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION NEEDED.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y. March 19.-In
his address before the Chamber of Com
merce here Friday night, President Taft
made an earnest appeal to Congress to
subordinate and sacrifice in individual
opinions III order that the measures he
had recommended in fultillment OF party
pledges be enacted into law He ex-
pressed the hope that the party would
show that it has the sense and the dis
cipline' to meet its responsibilities.
1t one point of his speech, which was
devoted entirely to the legislation he had
recommended in the last few months,
the President further declared:
If this Congress is to be treated as
a Republican Congress, these things
ought to pass in tulGmcnt of party
pledges. After this is done It does not
matter what happens at the next cleo
ton"
Answers His Critics.
The President summed up the things
which he declared had caused some of
his advisers to characterize him as Il
bad politician. In the first place, he
said. there was the tariff law and new
tariff bill always defeats Il party. In
the second place had come the corpora
tion tax, bringing with it the enmity of
everybody directly or indirectly in more
than 100000 corporations. In the third
place there was the alleged" postal de
ticit which had been charged to the car
ryiug of magazines ana periodicals. at |
cent a pound. That was bad politics
because il orrayed All the maraZinps and
periodicals. against The administrations, Z"
In tho fourth Mace 1onrross only re-
,luced the dirty an nrinf noner rs ner
cent. instead of puttiug If an tho free
list. This offended the newsnapers, And
l,sr ~ ali tho nostal g.,,-ir,rs hanl, MI
Ind turned al he hani'sr, a,n ,,,', Tho
aJministration
10 :" En oni,tir,,o,t .,,,,r rrionds DON'T
oo ,,horn ,,,S, 49,, p w."
am confdart in tIo AMI tbot tLo n,noe.
,Ires will annrnva mon. alTns mo tro,t-
bIns we m6tt fear orn tbosn tLot meyer
come. The measures that we promised
ought TO be adopted, not because they
""1 tbo, Us p"', WIN ,tI'Et" pu' u.
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,,isinns of ,hasa measures tLo pras; ln,1t
continued. =
"0na Treot dinicuItv ahort Loinc pros
;,ent and | assure Won there ara p ,,roat
n,ony Of tbom i that no i tbo tit,,I",
Head If thn marty ana is mod roenon,
gibIe for tbe laws adopted hy thn marty
although he has had nothing moro tn dc
MN tInm tInn recommnndatio, ~ f ~,
Laginninr ana the power OF veto ot III,
on1
II wOnld like now 10 dirert vour alton
tfon ia the legislation which hone +,
cot NJ his session az Congress- First an,
most innortant are tho omnndmrnts +,
no inTnrstotn commerce nc.
Neeo commerce court.
''The one thing which dsgraces on