Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
Attorney General Summons Re-
pubiIcans to Taft's Support.
WANTS FULL ALLEGIANCE
Cline for Running With the Harss
and Hounds Is Over"
APPEALS TO ALL PARTY MEN
Speaks at Appomattox Celehra&3ou
Of the Hamilton Club of
Chicago.

Of the Hamilton Club of
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April Elm the most aSgres-
sive defense that has yet been uttered Tor
the policies and administration Of WI.
liam H. Taft. Attorney General George
w. Wickersham, at the Appomattox ceae-
bration Of the Hamilton Club tonight,
fayed the Presidents detractors. srnote
the republican insurgents hip and thigh.
reviewed the acts OF the first year Of the
administration, and. declaring that evu9y
pledge made In the republican platform
Of 1908 had been fulfilled to tho extent OF
the possible limits OF executive action.
challenged in ringing tones. What other
administration can point to the accom-
plishment OF so much In 50 short a timer"
It was the general feeling that the At
torney General was speaking for his chief
as he recalled the campaign pledges. one
by one, and pointed to the executives
cotton upon them after taking Office.
e. cry republican must choose. the At
torney General declared, whether or not
he was with the republican party and the
President.
':He that hath no stomach for the fight,
let him depart" quoted Mr.. Wickersham
in q shout which emphasized the senti-
ment. THE time Of running with the
aares and the hounds is over. Treason
mas ever consisted in giving aid and COM
fort to tho enemy. II any one wishes to
join the democratic party let him do SO.
but let him not claim to be a republican
and work In and out Of season to defeat
republican measures and to subvert the
influence OF the republican President"
President Taft's Task
Arranging his argument to follow the
sequence of events. Mr. Wickersham be-
gan by saying that the previous admins
tration had been characterised by q de-
termined and courageous attack on abuses
of privilege and power. upon which had
been reared aggregations Of capital whose
existence and unchecked growth threat
ened the stability Of free institutions
"A higher standard Of business morality
and obedience to law had been set" de-
clared the Attorney General. but In the
attainment Of these ends the country had
been shaken to its fovndadons and the
work Of perfecting the machinery BY
which those standards might be main
tanned, by which, to use the language OF
President Taft, the lawbreakers might
be promptly restrained and punished but
which should operate with sufficient &C
curacy and dispatch to interfere with
Legitimate business as little az possible.
was, as the President pointed out In his
speech Of acceptance, to be the chief
function Of his administration.
It would be q strained analogy, the At
torney General thought. to liken closely
the task confronting the administration OF
President Taft with the work OF recon
struction following the civil war.
1.-The terms which Gen. Grant had ad-
vised Gen. Lee would be acceptable" he
said, however, "were as simple and con-
elusive as those which nearly half con-
tury later President Taft offered to the
managers Of great trusts and monopolie1.
THE administration of President TAFT
has been in Office little more than q
year. That it has accomplished much in
that time is abundantly attested by the
volume of criticism and by the increas-
ing vehemence Of attacks upon 1t.
Presidents Course Reviewed.
Mr.. Wickersham then went on to re-
view the Presidents acts. his recommen-
dations to Congress and his efforts to
secure legislation promised in the re-
publican platform. The corporation tax
he said, was a practical application OF
the provisions Of the party pledge. which
declared for strengthening the law
against trusts. that its real objects might
be better attained. 1t was a perfectly
legitimate and effective system OF taxa
ton. he said. by which federal super
vision over business OF corporations couid
he established and the knowledge obtain
eS would he a long step toward that
supervisory control Of corporations which
might prevent further abuses of power
The Attorney General declared that the
work of the tariff commission is meeting
the appreciation 1t deserves ana saio u
nroyided the best and most careful m
ryaStiget;op of facts for future revision OF
The residents special message. Mr;
Wickersham added, had recommended
amendments to the interstate commerce
law federal incorporation, postal savings
banks, uniform safety appliances on rail-
road trains, changes to make the en-
ployers' liability act more easy 70
force, intelligent conservation Jaws. re-
adjustment Of mail rates and revision OF
the customs laws. The President had
placed before Congress all those meas-
nres which the republican party neA
pledged itself to adopt, ana IL Cong sees
should adjourn without enactlng tncM
then upon Congress and not the President
rested the responsibility for the breach
But Mr. wickersham expressed the oon-
yiction that the Presidents program
would go through
measures will not fall" he said, and
that despite the efforts Of individuals TO
magnify their own particular Importance
at the expense of party loyalty ana
narty honor the republican majority In
Eonrress will make good the party
pledges and give to the country the Dene-
A. of that legislation the party mas
nromised, and which the President has 20
Clearly and SO forcefully outlined.
Turning Deficit Into Surplus.
Economies of the expense OF conduct
Ing the government the speaker discuss
ed exhaustively. For the first time In
the history of the country. he said,
comprehensive budget had been prepared
dealing with estimated expenditures and
the means Of raising money to defray
them. The fiscal year ending in June,
1911. would see q saving OF more tnan
se4 OOO 600 over 1910 and $50. 100000 less
than the appropriations for the latter
year. .h re5rct,or
in the history Of the government ne
sa;d ..nor is there any record OF any
effort bv any other administration 70 re.
dnca estimates similar to that mace oy
6sns rtment heads this year.
War on the Trusts.
M- w,ckersham referred to the prose-
.,,.,on az sugar frauds In New York..
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