The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29
PRESIDENT TAFT
URGES HARMONY
Says FactiOnaI Differences
Should Be Forgotten for Sue
cess of Party.
POINTS WITH PRIDE TO
RECORD OF LEGISLATION
Defends Tariff and Other Meas
ures Passed by Congress at
Last Session.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-PTesldent
Tafts letter to W. B. Mckinley. chair
man OF the Republican congressional
committee. was made public tonight by
the New York headquarters of the COM
mittce. The president, in the commune
cation, says that differences between Re-
publicans should be forgotten In the
congressional election and that 'all Re-
publcans who believe in the party prin-
clples as declared in its national platform
of 1908 should give the candidates loyal
and effective support II this is done,
there will be nc doubt OF return Of a
Republican majority"
AS to the tariff. the president says:
ut seems to me that all Republicans
conservative. progressive and radical
spect to the tarin until evidence now
being accumulated shall justify changes
in the rates"
Mr., Tatt's plan for revision by congress
of Individual schedules, after inYestiga-
ton by the tariff commission, is discussed
In this connection.
The president reviews the more i'm
portant legislation enacted by congress,
In fufllment of its promises, and says;
ut is OF the utmost importance to make
this n campaign OF education as TO facts
sentation that have obscurcd the real
issues"
Republican or Democratic.
The letter follows. in part:
Beverly, Mass, Aug. 90, 19i0.-My
Dear Mr.. McKInley-As the chairman OF
the national Republican congressional
committee, you have asked me to give
the reasons which should lead voters in
the coming November election 70 cast
their ballots for Republican candidates
for congress. ! assume that when this
letter lis given publicity the lines Will be
drawn. the party candidates will have
been selected, and the question for de-
cislon will be whether we shall have In
or Democratic majority. The question.
then. will be not what complexion OF
Republicanism one prefers, but whether
u Is better for the country to have the
Republican party control the legislation
for the next two years and further re-
deem Its promises. or to enable Demo
intcIDose veto to Republican measures.
or 10 formulate and pass bills to carry
out Democratic principles.
Prominence has been given during the
preliminary canvasses Just ended to the
differences between Republicans; but In
the election such differences should be
forgotten. Differences within the party
were manifested in the two sessions of
the present congress, and yet, never I'm
Its history has the Republican party
passed and become responsible for az
much useful and progressive legislation.
$50: while issues will doubtless arise
between members OF q Republican ma
1ority as to the details OF further legisla- =
ton. the party as whole will show Itself
In the future. as In the past, practical
and patriotic in suborlinatipg Individual
opinions In order to secure real progress.
Hence it is Important that after Repub-
lican congressional candidates have been
duly and fairly chosen al Republicans
who believe In the party principles, as
declared In It's national platform OF 1908.
should give the candidates loyal and ef~
fcctive support. II this Is done, there
will be no doubt OF return OF a Repub-
lican majority.
Democratic Majority Menace.
THE only other alternative iy a Demo-
cratic majority. We may reasonably as
sumo. however. that a Democratic ma
jority In the house would reject the Re-
publican doctrine OF protection as an
uounccd in 1908.
What therefore. has Republican
who believes in protection, but objects
Continund ON pnoc Tuo