The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-14
TAFT IS SCORED
BY WISCONSIN
SENATOR
La Toilette Inaugurates His
Presidential Campaign
IN THREE HOURS SPEECH
yr g..
sage Bryan Ranks Second in Popu.
Iarity to Roosevelt With the
American People
IN THREE HOURS SPEECH.
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Washington, July 14-Senator La
paign against President Taft for the
party nomination next year with
three hours speech in the Senate, de-
voted entirely to an analysis of the
presidents record. At the outset Mr.
La Toilette justified his attack on the
party leader by that leaders course
of vacillation and contradiction"
Then. beginning with the PayneAld-
rich tariff act, which the President
defended, Mr.. La Toilette took up
each incident OF what he called Mr.
Taft's complete surrender to the
special interests" coming down TO the
pending reciprocity measure. which.
he declared, added betrayal to be-
trayal"
The Wisconsin senator began by
denouncing the reciprocity agreement
as a little brother of the PayneAld-
rich act. the greatest legislative
wrong inflicted upon the American
people" He said it violated every
Republican principle of protection,
and violated also every campaign
promise made by Mr. Taft to secure
his election. In that campaign said
Mr. La Toilette. Mr. Taft spoke
strongly and often of loyalty to Mr.
Roosevelt, but il was mere cam
paign devotion quickly abandoned
once he was elected The colonel.
Mr. La Toilette said, was the most
popular American, while to William
Jennings Bryan he accorded second
place
The people elected Mr. Taft"
said Mr. La Toilette, lin the belief
that he would hold fast to all that
Mr.. Roosevelt had gained for the pub
lie, sustain his forces in the field. re-
inforce and support them, revoke no
orders reverse no action, but apply
himself to crystalizing into statute
Law the public opinion which PTesi-
dent Roosevelt organized as great
creative force throughout the land.
is IL to be wondered al that Re
publican voter in 1910 felt that they
had several scores to settle? A pre-
sident whom he had elected. believ-
! ing him to be the custodian of the
Roosevelt policies. had dismissed the
I Roosevelt cabinet and appointed In
their place men OF known hostility TO
I those policies.
with the promises of Candidate
/ Taft for downward revision still
sounding In his ears he had seen
/ President Taft use all the power of
I his administration to save from de-
feat stand-pat speaker, who appoint
ed a committee on Ways and Means
in deadly opposition to any revision
of the tarif in the interest OF the
/ ultimate consumer
And then he had witnessed that
same president on March l6, 1909,
! transmit his first message to Con
gress on this all important subject:
message so brief and so perfume.
tory that il had not room for an ex.
/ plicit word. or suggestion for down
ward revision OF the tariff
And finally. after having been bali
fed In his struggle to secure tariff
revision by a standpat Congress and
after having at last secured the pro-
mise OF tarif revision downward by
a national convention and elected a
pItSlutuN anu couSItSS pltukeu 10
such revision. the voter had seen his
representatives in congress pass and
his president sign tarifi bill that
increased his burdens and left him
even more completely at the mercy
OF the over-protected trusts and com
binations
With equal severity. Mr.. La Fol
lette took up the presidents part in
the conservation fight, the appoint
ment OF Secretary Ballinger, the drop
ping OF Secretary Garfield, the expul-
sion OF CLAWS and Clifford Pinchot,
the Controller Bay allegations. and
the presidents part before congress
in interstate commerce legislation
Mr.. La Toilette made no reference 10
the next campaign. but he explained
the defeat OF the Republicans at the
last congressional elections as pro
test against the party representatives
"a majority OF whom had betrayed
their trusts
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