Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-29
Public Service Electric Company

s71fab1a nrovisions for securing good and
| sane constitutions of the states oy re-
| curing their adoption In advance OF the
| election of state officers and their SUD-
mission to congress for consideration anu
| nossible rejection at one of its sessions.
All this long list of useful enactmentf
was promised in the Republican plat
form and has been put through by Re-
! publican matorities.
Congress has also enacted into law, In
| accordance with the promise which l
made as a candidate for the presidency
a bill requiring the publication by the
congressional committee of detailed state
ments of the money received by them and
the money expended by them In the po-
utical canvass of each congressional dis
trict.
Future Legislation.
A number of other promises remain to
be kept. 1 nave already alluded to the
| provisions to regulate the issue of stocks
and bonds by interstate mmer rail-
ways, to which the Democratic minority
In the senate gave its solid opposition on
the ground that the central government
has no constitutional power to make and
enforce such regulation. In addition.
there is the promised procedure to deter
mine how preliminary injunction shat>ts-
sue without notice and when. In substi-
tuition for this the Democratic platform
proposes an amendment TO the existing
law which would create a privileged class
Of iawless workmen and would seriously
impair the power of the courts OF equity
to do justice, Then there Is the measure
to promote the merchant marine engaged
In foreign service, to which In previous
congresses the Democratic party has al
ways opposed an almost solid front.
There is the measure forbidding the &C
QUESTION of stocks by one railway COM
pasy in a competing line, and there are
also those bills, already referred to, 90
secure further safety appliances on rail-
ways and to establish a basis for work.
mems compensation! There is also the
promise Of the Republican platform to
make better provision for securing the
health of the nation. The most tangible
and useful form that this can take would
be the establishment of a>national bureau
of health to include all the health ageu-
cies of the government now distributed in
different departments. Finally there Is
the Appalachian forest reserve bill, which,
passed the house by a Republican major
J ity. is on the calendar of the senate and
J probably will pass at the coming session
Of this congress.
Conclusion.
In ctaslng, 1t may not be inappropriate
for me to invite your attention. and that
of all those engaged in advocating the
Republican cause in the coming election,
to the fact that it is of the utmost i'm
portance to make this a campaign of edu-
cation as to facts and to clear away the
clouds of misrepresentation that nave OBJ
scured the real issues and have made ii
difficult to secure for the Republican ma
~jorities in congress the real credit due
fhem from h country for the tremen-
aous task they have accomplished. II
this is brought clearly home to all voters
and especially to the young men now yot'
ing for the first time. and they become
impressed, as they ought-to be by this
record. with the difference In the govern
mental efficiency and capacity of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. they
will enroll themselves with the party OF
construction and progress rather than
with the party of obstruction and mega
ton. and the resulting legislation Of the
Sixty-second congress Will vindicate their
choice. Sincerely yours. e'
WILLIAM II. TAFT.