Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-19
President in Ringing Speech
Before Convention Of Internal
Revenue Officers at Detroit
Answers Charge Of Enemies,
FAV0RS EXTENSION
OF CIVIL SERVICE
He Would Put Every Federal
0fficehoIder Filling Position
In States Beyond the Reach
of Politics.

d Nv F'eFutuk NbSftN' N'hcs
Detroit, Mich, Sept. lN.-Prcsldcnt
I Tart today plunged into the political
phase of his long trip through the
west and delivered one OF the SIT
speeches which may have "A dctcrmin-
| ing effect upon his tuturc.
MIR. TAFT chose THE Trust for his
| first speech and outlined his position
regarding this issue. In second
speech he answered the charge that
! he has used patronage To further his
| own ends and challenged the men
who had made the change to come
| forward and join him i'm extension
of the civil service practically To tll
! the appointiVe offices under the GOV
crnment Mr.. Taft's free use of the
! words, Il challenge gave 'am-
paign ring to his utterdnces Nlict
seemed to delight his hearers.
The president announced his UNI
qualified opposition 70 any amend-
ment of the sherman ant.-trust law
designed t. overthrow the Rule OF
Reason" aid down by the tni,cd
States supreme colrt. IN the standard
| Cd and Tobacco trust eases ana th't.-
! lenGed William J. Bryan and all other
critics OF the court to cite a restraint
of trade which they would condemn
ana which would not be condemn Fl
under chief Justice Whit IS definition
of the law.
Mr.. TAFT said the department of JUS
I tlee at Washington is conducting an
| investigation of corporations suspect
! ed OF operating in defiance ot the
antitrust law, and added that the
statute as interpreted by the supreme
court would be found sufficient to
cause the breaking up of any Illegal
| combinations
Mr. Taft will spend four days in
Michigan, swinging tomorrow up to
! Saulte ste Marie. He was greeted
here today by Senators Smith and
Townsend. Governor Bourne detain-
ed at Lansing, sent a warm message
of welcome.
1t was Mt the Board of Commerce
| luncheon that President TAFT took up
the trust question. At the convention
OF the United states internal revenue
Officers, the president took occasion
to say something regarding patron
/ age, thus adding another political
touch to his visit.
They have charged me with using
patronage to accomplish something.
he said "lf | have, | am not con-
scious of it, But challenge the men
who make the charge to come for
ward ad join with me in legislation
which will enable me to nut every
local officer be he postmaster, inter-
nal revenue collector or any body else
filling an office of the United states
in any Of the states of the Union un-
der the classified civil service.
But they won't do tat least thcl
| won't do it now
At the breakfast. where the prcsi-
dent was entertained by Milton a.
McRae and fifty more newspaper
editors and proprietors, he spoke
briefly of his former connection with
newspaper work in Cincinnati.
II am starting on a long trip, gem
tlemen, said Mr. Taft, and | usk
your prayers both for my mental and
physical we'll being. This trip. | may
say was not entered into with malice
aforethought. Sometimes when
contemplate it hold my breath. But.
being in, am going through with it,"