Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-27
CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE
IS SOUNDED BY
PRESIDENT
TAFT BIDS DEFIANCE
TO aUNH0LY ALLIANCE"
Vetoed Tariff Bills Denounced
as "Tariff for Politics Only"
in Vigorous Speech Before
Massachusetts, F 9ubliCanS,
IN, Morning Journa, Special Leased wirsl

IN, NorpIng Journal Special Leased wirel
Hamilton Mass, Aug. 26.-Presi-
dent Taft began the presidential cam
naign of 1912 today, his friends be-
eye. in a speech that breathed defi-
ance and condemned the "insurgent"
republcons and the democrats who
combinel to revise several schedules
Of the present tariff at the special ses-
sion of congress, jus closed.
The president sinsled out Senator
Ia Toilette of w ccnsin, Speaker
CLARK and Chairman Underwood OF
the house ways and Iraans ommittee
as leaders of the atteni ted revision
and charged them with 70 ing poll
tics
Several times he referrt by name
to MI La Toilette, but menti ned the
ether insurgent senators merely as
"LaFollette's associates"
Mr. Taft indicatedthat he regarded
the proposed revision as injurious and
dangerous to business but made il
plain that If the tariff board in De-
eember reported that downward re-
vision of the cotton and wool sched-
ules should be made, he would recon-
mend q reduction.
Standing on the broad terrace of
Congressman A. p Gardner's farm
with Senator Lodge and other Massa-
chusotts republican leaders. the presi-
dent seemed to scent the smoke of the
coming battle. Many of the 500 mem
bers of the Essex County Republican
club, gathered to listen, thought they
heard the Keynote speech of the
coming campaign, and their cheers
were loud ana long.
The president said in part:
Il am here to speak words of en-
eouragement as to the outlook for re-
publican success. You have a state
election Immediately before you into
which it seems to me national issues
ought to enter. We have just finished
an extra session of congress and the
matters considered were of such i'm
portance TO the commonwealth of
Massachusetts that | do not see how
the people of tho state can withhold
an expression of opinion upon them
The extra session of congress was
1alled for the purpose of confirming
The Canadian reciprocity treaty, which
/ did by a support made up Of votes
rom both parties. l have no doubt
by both parties, would
confirm its adoption.
our democratic friends, however,
were not content to allow the session
to pass with the accomplishment of
the purpose for which it was called.
They asssted--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 in its passage. | am very sor-
ry to say, however that having pur-
sued purely statesmanlike course
with reference to reciprocity they did
'pla'- politics of the most irresponsi-
Bile character in respect to three tar
III bills which by uniting with GER
lain republicans in the senate, they
we're able to pass and present to the
executive for his signature.
The bills bear internal evidence of
the fact that they rested on basis of
not tariff for revenue only but tar
iff for politics only
The first-the wool bill--was in
troduced into the house by Mr.. Under
wood, the democratic leader, with
the statement that it was free trade
Dill and was not intended to provide
protection to the woolen industry, but
mat the 20 per cent tax which was
placed on raw wool imported into
this country was made necessary as
revenue measure by the prospect Of
deficit in the national revenues.
rms was a most profound error
made by Mr.. Underwood, through a
mistake in adding up the columns of
estimated revenues and expenditures
SO that instead Of there being a de-
nett as suggested therN is in reality
surplus of $40,000,000. Though
this error was made known to him,
the 20 per cent tax upon raw wool
was nevertheless retained.
The time of the Chinese wall and
uutles exceeding the difference be-
tween the cost of production here and
the cost of production abroad has
passed and we of the republican party
are under an obligation, as soon as
opportunity comes, to advocate and
carry through a revision of the tariff
winch shall meet the present popular
uenand and to which we are really
pledged
therefore, when the tariff board
shall make its report in December on
"ooi ana cotton. | expect to submit
20 congress recommendations based on
1lelr report for revision of both
lacnedules. So far as | can help it,
"oWeVer, no such revision will take
piace unless it is made with a full
M nno"ledge of the facts as found by
d" impartial investigation.
Never in the history of the gov
n'nIlent' ! venture to say, have i'm
pVitdnt public interests been dealt
I'm IN such lighthearted way with
81 oacn absolute ignorance of the effect
!, osslation and with such willing
mess TO sacrifice business interests to
ll'oli'ical li exigencies as in the present
gosiSlsuon which has Just been de-
!, Under these conditions, men of
~ 'siiee'ssachusetts it SENS to me that the
na,3 Vsan OF your party should involve a
no'll cry and not be confined to
mere stat. iveno- -,