Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-14


publican presidents, Considered tar
iE bill. 1t violates every tariff principle
and platform promise upon which William
II. Tafr was elected President of the Unit.
| ed States. t ,
In the beginning IT was heralded as a
blessing to the consumers. So was the tar
III bill OF 1909 1T promises to reduce
duties for the benefit of the people. 1t
reduces no DATES, the effect of which can
never reach the people. but 1t does reduce
duties for the millers, the packers. Stand
ard OIL brewers. the coal combines and in
some measure for the already grossly pro-
| teeted Interests. Il is nothing that IL in
tends TO be and processes to be nothing
that It is. II is a little brother to the
Payne. AIdrch bill, the greatest legislative
| wreng inflicted upon the American people
| Ia half a century"
| fAe apeaRer sald that the pending legis-
| iatAan hassd on the Canadian pact was so
| violated TO the arrange course Ct Mr.. Taft
urea the mrn question and the protective
| sssststes which he was elected 10 maintain"
| ssA5 tas real stable worth OF his recon.
| yAsS1A,tenp ceuld not be fairly Judged with
aSy reviewing the more important issues in
vowed in his election and the more imports
So S%1z u hAN hulnlhl aifhttphs
NNaAaeNs hi, rrtieiam of Mr. Taft's
administration, senator La Toilette said
sAl~NsAeat The arst pages of his hrst
seA9FSs message hc found no space to say
NeEa scr tae great measures that had
sNaas sAe RansS et hts predecessor reyered
/ ARA Nsp4 ev&swaerr In tue United States.
u - - ee ~soaaered al that the Repnbli-
ess se9es Va aste felt that he had several
Sssz~S ~ sssWae A President whom he had
easese4. Believing h,m TO be the custodian
~ sse Roosevelt, policies. had dismissed the
Roosevelt eahiec, and appointed In their
places Esea, ~ the main, of known hostility
10 laese esl.sles,
Ia sn The eetera ~ this administration.
no aaFe STARING example is presented to
| the complete ssrreeder to special interests
and The sosaelste reversal i. Sf Rooseyelt's
| progressive policies than hat shown In
dealing With the amendments To the inter-
state commerce act. II would have been
dlineals IA have framed state commerce
act II would haze been difHeait ia have
| framed pisse OF legislation affecting In
ter-state eommeree mare harmful TO the
public. interest Than the bill drafted by the
attorney general and recommended 10 Con-
gress by the President,
After reviewing the declaration of the
Republican platform of 1908 on conserve
ton, air. La Toilette went into the record
of Baliinger Pinchot controversy aud the
general administration of the Interior de-
partment down TO the resent dismissal OF
| the Cunningham claims.
The congressional investigation of the
Alaska Coal scandal" said he, confirmed
| the public opinion which had early reached
| the state of conviction that Ballinger was
using his official power TO aid the Morgan
| aaggenheim interests in wrcngfully aequir-
ing control OF the ALASKA coal fields. The
subsequent history OF the Alaskan coal
lands scandal simply confirms the bad faith
and betrayal OF public interest which the
earlier testimony 50 clearly established.
Heir 10 the Roosevelt policies, as n
Presidential candidate. Mr. TAFT was a pro-
| nouneed progressive and the leading and
most enthusiastic Roosevelt champion from
the first TO the last OF the campaign.
Three months after he was inaugurated. he
seemed TO have forgotten that there ever
had been any well known Roosevelt poll
eies. He had no sooner taken his oath OF
Office than he sacrificed the progressive
| eauae for the support of AIdrich and Can
non and their reaotionary program.
Reciprocity is popular catch word.
Tho President seized upon it. He made
an executive compact the basis not Of a
reciprocity treaty. but of tarir bill. Up
on this false basis he seeks to force it
| through Congress without amendment or
| change. AS a treaty it should have come
to the Senate ior ratification. As tar
| if bill l. should have been considered by
| the House and Senate with due regard 10
every industry affected and subject to what
ever amendment is required to make it fair
and Just legislation.
I'm letter and spirit this measure vio-
| lates every principle and every promise of
| the Republican platform. expressed i'm
piled and every printed or spoken word
| and indueement employed to secure the
votes necessary to elee. William II. Taft
| This bill and the Canadian pact are cruel
| ly unjust to $4,000 900 people engaged in
and dependent upon agriculture. Since the
Presidents admission at Indianapolis July
that the bill promise nothing for the
| consumer. the real parties 10 profit are be-
| ginning 10 he a little more clearly dis
| ting,ushahle
Joined with the executive to force this
bill through Congress are the newspapers.
| frankly admitting their selfish interest
amounting the many millions of dollars.
| the railroads, the over-protected manufac-
| turep and practically every trust and COM
Dinarion backed by Morgan and Morgan
| influences