The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-27
TAFT SOUNDS
 DEFIANT NOTE
SCORES INSUFFICIENT REPUBLl. CANS AND DEMOCRATS FOR
 TARIFF REVISION.
Pays Special Attention to La Toilette, Underwood and Clark in Campaign
 Speech at Hamilton
 Massachusetts.

Hamilton, Mass, Aug. 2G. Presi- deni Taft began the presidential campaign of 1912 here today, his friends believe. In a speech that breathed defiance, he scored the "in- argent members Of the republican party in congress and the democrats
 gho combined to revise several sched-
 ues of he pre-ent tariff at the spe-
 cial session of congress just closed
 He singled out Senator La Toilette of
 Wisconsin. Speaker Clark and Chair
 man Underwood of the house. ways
 and means committee, as leaders of
 the attempted revision and gave them special mention. Several times he referred 70 Mir. La Toilette and men loned the other nsurgent senators merely as the latter's associates. He iniicated that he4 regarded the pro. posed revision as injurious and dang seogs tc business, but made 1t plain that if the tariff board in December reports that downward revision of The cotton and wool schedules should be made ne will recommend the use Of the pruning knife.
 Staneing on the broad terrace Of Conaressman A. r. Gardner's farm wi;h senator Lodge and other Massa- chrseits republican leader the pres ident seemed to scent the smoke of the coming battle. Many of the 800 members of the Essex County Repub- lican Club gathered below to listen, thought they heard the keynote" speech of the coming campaign and their cheers were loud and long.
 senaior Henry Cabot Lodge sup plemented the presidents tariff re- marks by few words.
 Presiden. Taft said in part;
 T am here to speak words of en ccugramenet as to the outlook for re publican success. We have just fin. ished an extra session of congress and tbe matters considered were oi such lmpol tance. to the commonwealth of Massachusetts that l don't see how ihe people Of the state can withhold an czpl ession of opinion upon them at the approaching election. The ex- fra sessien of congress was called to confirm tho Canadian reciprocity treu.y winch it did by support made up os votes from both parties.
 Our democratic friends however, Were not content to allow the session to pass with the accomplishment oi the purpose for which it was called
 They assisted most of them-in the passage of the reciprocity bill be- cause they believed in its usefulness and in so doing they united with the republican support and did not play politics of the. most irresponsible cl aracter in respect to three tariff b.ls. which by uniting with certain republicans in the senate they were abe to pass and present. to the exc cutive for his signature. Tine bills bear internal evidence of of the fac that they rested on basis of not tar iff for revenue only, but tariff for politics only
 The first-the wool blll-was intro duced into the house by MT. Under wood. the democratic leader with the statement that it was a fred trade hili ana was not intended to provide protection to the wool or woolen ih dusrry. but that the twenty per cdni tax which was placed on raw wool imported into this country was maoe necessary as a revenue measure by the the prospeht of a deficit in the national revenues. This was a hoSl profound error, made by Mir. Under wood through mistake in adding up the columns of the estimate revenues and expenditures, so that instead oi there being deficit as suggestdl' there is in reality surplus of $ao' 100000. Though this error was made known to him, the twenty per cent tax on raw wool was nevertheless re- tained.
 The measure then passed as lree trade measure to the senate where being deeated the democrats and the so-called republican insurgeRs uniuhg in passing as a substitute the amend mont of bill prepared by senator La Toilette on the floor without rel erence to or investigation by any com minee The bill went to conference and dmerged after a further eompro-