Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-24
Veteran Speaker Points With
Pride to Work OF Congress
and Achievements Of National
Administration,
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS
IN HARM0 M0NI0US SESSION
No Mention of Lorimer in Reso-
Iutionsi Names of Uncle Joe
and Senator CuIlom Are
Likewise Carefully Omitted
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Joe Cannon--w which rs the proper
appeiation down here where many
years ago the young lawyer, Joe
Cannon. rode the Circuit With three
law books and the high hopes OF
youth--attcnded the republican state
convention today and enjoyed him
self
He saw platform adopted meet
ing his tariff ideas heard addresses
approving the work Of congress ana
President taft put his arms around
many old friends smoked cigars and
delivered a speech himself
He swung his arms stamped his
feet and shouted rs he talked, and
occasionally he smiled True, the
platform adopted did not mention
him by name but the reason did not
lie in himself senator Lorlmer's
name was omitted as a starter aud
after some dcliberatiun, but IN order
that its absence might not lie too
glarine II was agreed to omit the
names OF senator Cullom and the
speaker senator Culom personally
caused the withdrawal OF the plank
tomplimCmarv te himself
Ar CHnaoa declared che Insurgents
were trying to put q halo ON their
heads III his expense He continued
"rhis is not time of wnr Thank
God. Il Is an era oY peace III this
country. 1 recite this incident not to
stir up animositY but In the contest
touching economic policies, IN the
presence OF Misrepresentation IN the
presence Of ftsehood, In the prog
cnce Of denunciation abounding
everywhere but most IN the upltft
magazines ana a large portion of tho
.r ~ fpT
the republican party In Illinois and
all over the country tp stand up and
he counted
Il pray God to help the great
party keep the republican fath
whether Wc succeed or foil. 1t is bet
ter to fight and fall, rtnndins true
80 correct principles and policies of
government which underlie the pros
perity of ninety million people thun
ccwardlY tr turn Your bnck to the
contest
"Ne made a platform in Chicago
in 1905. We nominated aud suhse-
uucntly elected TAFT. We elected
republican house with nominal ma
jorlty OF more than forty and almost
two.thrds majority In the scnatc.
TAFT is great man. He has the
judicial temperament He would
preserve the coordinate branches OI
the government as the fathers made
them and wisely made them for the
protection of the rich and poor.
Taft has performed the duty OF
his great office and he has left 1t 10
congress To leglsatc and to the courts
to Interpret the law. he could not
do differently ii he were to try. be-
cause God gave him that kind OF
manhood
THE judicial temperament h not
spectacular; Il does not play the role
OF an angel | want the president OF
the United States-your president and
mine-to stand by his duties as de-
fined i'm the constitution and cooper
ate with his party In writing upon
the statute books Just legislation
keeping his oath of office To see that
the laws are enforced, TAFT has done
all those things
II am proud of his reputation. !
am proud of the achieyement ~
every great republican. whether he he
in or ont OF public life, and am
proud of the record made by the
Sixty-first congress.
when it came 10 the moment We
had bare majority of only five In
the house. something which perhaps
the country does not understand
but we kept the pledges that were
illNe III the hi'hEp lltittifh w Nf
enacted the Payne tariff law. which
has been abused ana misrepresented
from every standpoint.
When We entered upon the rcvi-
sion of the Dinglcy law there were
some republicans who said We could
not make @ scientific revision. we did
not know enough We did not have
sufficient information and they would
get MP and pick out one schedule or
one item Ia "a great measure that in
cludcd $500 words and denounce %
and pound IL and stamp it together
if they had had their way about 10
we would not have kept the repuhli-
can platform pledge hecuuse oi tho
cci,ed our Instructions from the ma
tional convention To enact new
tariff law
While ia may hc wrong iu an item
here and there. want 20 say go you
that So long as the humun raer sur
Wives when DO eDmrs Co making
great taiiu law that assists in gath
ering eight or nine hundred million |
dollars to carr, ing on this govern |
mcnt that must hc passed hA u ma- |
iorify OF tho house and senate repre- |
-emtiug "a territory stretc hing nom |
one ocean 10 the other. with complex |
and diverse interests. nobody has ever |
ur ever wiu enact "a perfect revenue |
Law. The Older ! got and the more 7 |
see of myself and of men the more 4
strongly convinced ! am that periec-'