The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-19
TAFT PLUNGES INTO POLITICAL PHASE
 OF HIS \ Nc TRIP
Announces U. alified Op- position to lending
 Sherm. aw
OUTLINES ' WS OF
 TRUSTS SPEECH
Welcome Into Mic Pleases Taft Immensely-Hi, st' Speech
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 Detroit, Mich. Sens B-President Taft today plunged he political prase of his long U sh the west and delivered one set speeches which may have ! ming effect upon his future. chose the trusts" for his fir Q the peo- pie and outlined h regarding this ever pregnant second speech he answered that he has used patronage lssiet his own ends, and boldly cha ad the men who had made the char Q come forward and join him in a extension of the civil service to practically all of the ap pointive offices under the government. MT Tafts free use of the words 'I chai-
 enge" gave a campaign ring to his ut terances which seemed to delight his hearers.
 The President announced his unqual- fled opposition to any amendment of the sherman antitrust law designed to over throw "the rule of reason laid down by the United States supreme court in the Standard oil and Tobacco trust cases and challenged William j. Bryan and ali other critics of the court to cite a re- straint of trade which they would con- demn and which would not be condemned under MT. Justice Whites definition of the law.
 Investigations Being Made
 At, raf ara1 hat tb.. lat, 1stt ant of Justice at Washington is conducting an investigation of all corporations sus- pected of operating in defiance of the antitrust law and added that the stat ute. as interpreted by the supreme court. would be found sufficient to cause the breaking up of any illegal combinations. The President entered Into the defense of the supreme court with more than his usual vigor and his speech was frequently interrupted by applause.
 The "trusr' speech came near the close of nine busy hours spent by the 1 President fin and about Detroit Wherever he went today--in Detroit | proper. at Pontiac and al the state fair grounds-Mr. Taft was compelled to make his way through dense crowds. His welcome into Michigan. which is regarded as wavering on the brink of Insurgency, seemed to please the Pres ident immensely and he was in hap py mood when he left at 4:30 p. m.. for Saginaw. where half hour stop was made, and for Bay City, where he spent the remainder of the evening and dedicated the new armory.
 Mir. Taft spends four days in Mich isan, swinging up tomorrow to Sault Ste Marie. He was greeted here to- lax IN.- I.xfH tNr3. c,,,ftl send Governor osborne. detained al ] Lansing, sent message of welcome.
 Day We'll Filled
 The Presidents day was flied with incidents He arrived in a downpour of rain but while breakfasting at the Detroit club the clouds began to break away and by the time he started for Pontiac by special trolley train the sun had come out and the skies were blue up to the hour of his final leavetaKing E in the late afternoon. There were crowds at the station as early as 3n o'clock and neither the rain nor the police who drew a dead line half a block away seemed to dampen the en- thusiasm. At Pontiac the President was greeted by a big throng, but it was at the opening Of the state fair later | in the forenoon that he faced his largest audience. In the midst of a splendid agricultural display the Pres ident spoke of the value of scientific farming Following an introduction by Milton McRae, president of the Detroit Board of Commerce. Mir. Taft was in- corrupted by an enthusiastic admirer, who called out:
 Three cheers for the next President of the United States
 The President smiled indulgently and then with somewhat of twinkle in his eye he replied:
 My friend I fear that you are not a prophet"
 1 The five miles of streets leading Into | Detroit from the fair grounds were lined with people and the President was given | a noisy greeting as he passed by. It was at the board of commerce luncheon that President Taft took up tho l trust question. The function. held in an l immense pavilion, was attended by ap- | proximately 1500 business men of the city.
 Mayr Thompson and Prsident McRae of the board, referred to the Presidents fight | for reciprocity. which is heartily favored | in Detroit, but the enthusiasm and praise did not swerve MT. Taft from his deter
 imitation to say nothing on that subject until the Canadian elections are completed next Thursday evening.
 Parade Through City | FOllOW10S the luuCneOn came Au dutO-
 mobile parade through the city and a | brief visit to the convention of United | States internal revenue officers, where he spoke regarding patronage. thus add | ing another political touch to his visit. They have charged me with using | patronage to accomplish something , he said If l have I am not con- scious of it. But I challenge the men l who make the charge to come forward end join with me in legislation which will enable me to put every local of | ficer. be he postmaster, internal revenue tcolector customs collector, or anybody | else filling an office of the United States in any of the states of the union under classified civil service. But they won't do it-at least, they won't do 1t | now.
 | If had the making of the laws of this country, the first thing l would do, would be to include in the civil service 1 every collector deputy collector, and | everybody connected with the internal {, revenue system in local collections and | put the whole service on an effective non partisan basis. I know that 1t 1 would be u source of economy. I know that it. would give the President great deal more time to devote to other du- l ties; l know that 1t would save a good many congressman their seats and know that it would tend to the eleva- tion of the public service"
 At the Chamber of Commerce, Presi-