The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-10-26
FOR PRESIDENT TAFT BY SOUTH
DAKOTA PROGRSSIVES AND
STALWARTS.
PRAISES HIS APPOINTEES
At Aberdeen, President Defends Su-
preme Court, Explains Tariff We
toes, Condemns Wool Schedule,
and Promises Reduction.

-" ~ 49, 49, NN~-1 1890 @h~
here tonight President Taft replied
with feeling to the charge that he had
set up the supreme u with the idea
that il was to emasCulate the SLer-
man antitrust law, and declared anew
his intention to enforce that law TO
the letter.
The president referred to the criti-
cism of the supreme court ruling in
the Standard Oil and tobacco trust
cases and declared tnat nothing could
be further from the fact than the
charges that the statute had been
made ineffective. The supreme court,
he said, had declared that any re-
straint Of trade or combinations for
the purpose of ~suppressing cOmpeti-
ton and controlling prices was an in
. .ltiOn Of the law.
Il have challenged and | challenge
again" he shouted, any person Il
cite a case that he would condemn az
a violation Of the antitrust law that
would not be condemned under the
decision OF the supreme court. AS yet
| haze heard nc reply. The only an
sWeT that has come has been an in
suit to the court and an insult to me.
1t is the charge that | set up the court
with purpose and understanding that
it would emasculatc the statute. On,
gentlemen, there is not the slightest
foundation for that,
Il am proud of the men hat | have
put on that court. | am proud to
have found men with a standing as
high as they to take places on that
bench and ! am willing to abide by
the record that they have made
that they will make.
Il cant get much excited about
such a charge, insulting as it is, be-
cause | cant understand that the
maker of it has perception enough TO
understand the weight Of the charge
he is making.
1T indicates a view that such con-
duct is an ordinary political consider
alton and is justified by political
views.
Therefore l do not rest in the spirit
that l ought to perhaps, for | cam
not believe that the country at large
takes it seriously, considering the
men against whom it is made.
But now that We have gotten a
law in shape for real enforcement
after twenty years. | hear a cry that
TO enforce it will disturb business. l
don't want to disturb business any
more than anyone else, but that stat
ute was on the statute books when !
took the oath of office to enforce the
laws OF the land, and | am going to
see to it so far as | have power as
chief executive that everyone who
comes within that statute feels its
heavy hand"
The president again expressed the
hope that business would square itself
with the statute.
When it does he concluded, we
should all get together and do the
team work TO bring about prosperity"
The republican regulars and insur-
gents joined forces today to make
President Taft's last day in the state
pleasant. The truce was more or
less armed, however. for the insur-
gents on the presidents special train
did not hesitate to declare that if Mr..
Taft got any delegates at all from
South Dakota, he would have to fight
mighty hard for them"
The regulars, on the other hand, de-
clared hat the estimate of four out
of ten delegates for Mr.. Taft IA too
low, and that there would be some
surprises in the state next year.
The president and Secretary Hilles
listened with interest to both sides.
Ending his three days tour through
South Dakota here tonight, President
Taft swung back to the south, II
tomorrow will enter Minnesota, where
the battle between the insurgents n
the regulars wakes warm. He will be
in the midst of that fight Wednesday
while on Thursday he goes into the
"enemy's" country, Wisconsin, the
home of Senator La Toilette.
During the run from Pierre to AbeT-
deem today. with a of stops in
between. the president found big and
apparently friendly crowds awaiting
him. He discussed the tariff vetoes,
peace and arbitration, economy in the
administration Of affairs at Wash
ingtOn and the relation of the govern
ment to business. His principal tariff
speech of the day was delivered at
Huron.
At Huron President Taft again con-
demned the existing wool and wooden
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich act ana
promised a reduction in many of it's
items, IL speaking of the Underwood
La Toilette wool bill, which he vetoed
the president said: Il do not say
that the till necessarily would have
destroyed the wool and wooden indus
tries, out / had no adequate informa-
ton and none was brought to me
which assn. ed me that the reduction
would not cause injury and disaster
to these two industries. Therefore,
as We were going to have adequate
information on the first of December,
1t seemed to me that it was my duty,
in view Of my pledges to the %republi-
can platform, to veto the bill and ask
them to postpone action until the
tariff board had had an opportunity
to report"
Mr.. Taft's Sunday
Pierre. Oct. ESPECIAL: The presi-
dent took breakfast at the home OF
Congressman Burke.
In the forenoon Mr.. Taft attended
the morning services at the First NJ.
Z. church, where he listened to a SER
mon by Rev. A. ID. Thibedeau.
He was the guest of Governor Yes
sey in the Vessey apartments at the
st. Charles hotel at luncheon.
In the afternoon the president de-
| livered an address in the auditorium.
Following his speech. he took an an.
tomobiie ride with Congressman
Burke and again was Mr.. Burke's
guest at dinner. spending the even
ing there