Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-27
TAFT bREATHES
SOME Defiance
HE CONDEMNS EVERYBODY But
REGULAR REPUBLICANS
Takes LA toilette TO TASK
Speaker Clarke And Others Called
Down-rariif for Politics Is
What Was Planned.

BY Associated Press.
Hilton, Mass, Aug. 2G,-Prcsident
Taft began the Presidential campaign
of 1912 today, SO his friends believe
in a speech that. freely breathed de-
nance and condemned the insurgent
Republicans and the Democrats who
combined to revise several OF the
present tariff schedules at the extra
session of Congress which has just
closed.
lie singled out Senator LaFollettc
and Speaker Clarke, the members OF
the House ways and means committee,
and the leaders of the attempted re
vision. and charged them with playing
politics. Several times he referred by
names 10 Senator LaFollette, but men,
toned the other insurgents as merely
followers of LaFollette.
Mr.. Taft indicated that he regard
ed the proposed reylsions as injur-
ious. but made it plain that If tho
tariff board reported in favor Of a
downward revision of the tariff that
he would sanction the reduction.
He said in part;
81 am here to speak words of en-
cOuragement as to the outlook for Re
publcansm. You have state cleo
tion Immediately before you into
which National issues ought to be
entered. We have just finished an
extra session Of Congress, and the
matters acted upon ought to be Of
. Ia
of Massachusetts, that they should
voice their sentiment on the date
of election.
The extra session Of Congress was
called to vote upon Canadian recip-
rocity, which was supported by both
parties. | have no doubt that Massa-
chusetts approves the action Of both
parties in the adoption of reciprocity,
But our Democratic friends were
not content to allow the session to
end with the purpose for which it was
called having been accomplished,
They played politics by bringing up
three tariff issues
THE bills bear internal evidence OF
the fact that they rested on not a
basis of tariff for revenue only but
on "A basis Of tariff for politics only"
The first Of the tariff issues, the
wool bill, was introduced in the
House by Mr.. Underwood, the Demo-
cratic leader on the declaration that
It was a free trade bill, and II was
not provided to protect wool manu-
facturers. and that the twenty per
cent revenue was asked because there
might be a deficit in the National
revenue If not asked. This was a
most profound error as there was a
surplus of $4,000, 600 in the revenues
at that time instead Of their being
deficit.
Though this error was made known
to him, the 20 per cent tax on raw
wool was. nevertheless, retained by
Mr.. Underwood Mr.. LaFollette, Mr..
Underwood. and their associates had
earlier been conspicuous in the sup
port of a measure which was avowed-
ly adopted for securing scientific in
formation to assist in reyisions Of the
tariff Indeed, they deprecated any
future revisions without a knowledge
of the facts, but in the opportunity af-
fordcd by the special session and in
the opportunity to play politics and
TO crafty what was supposed to be
popular desire for the reduction Of
duties, they did not hesitate to follow
all the defective methods which they
had denounced and did not wait until
an Investigation by an impartial
board should be had.
- submit the Congressional history
Of this legislation taken from the pre-
vious position Of Mcssrs, Clarke, Tn
derwood and LeFollette to show that
the wool bill should not have been
passed.
"The other two revenue measures
were really impromptu and were so
loosely drawn that to have put them
on the statute books would have been
a serious reflection on the Congress
responsible for them.
"Nevcr before In the history " the
country have public interests been
dealt with in such ignorance and
such willingness TO sacrifice business
interests to political exigencies as IN
In the legislation just defeated.