Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-04

What the tr,st raa1IaAtaS lawyer, dol
and ~ win make . Opsech about me |
this. He win say,
'''xour honor. I Represents : very
'neritorious BODY OF msn. They work
night shiftA And they have been
very muc restricted In their bust
ne1s. And their honest work has
been retarded BY the harsh construc-
ton placed upon one OF these Laws:
and aome OF the very best OF our
group hayo been unable to contribute
a. largely to libraries and other
worthy institutions a. they had hoped
to do. (LAuGhter.) And in the name
Of the united burglars, I ask you TO
carefully examine the law against
burglars. It says, Thou shalt not
burslarize at all, Your honor. we
are sure that the people never in
tended that so harsh q construction
should be placed upon It. and we APP
peal to YOU. In the name OF these
worthy men, to 80 interpret that law
as to read, not that they shall not
buarglarize. but II you must burglar
lie, be reasonable about it."
That would be no more absurd than
what was done, and for fear some
Roosevelt man will find fault with
Mr.. Taft on this subject. 1 want to
tell you that Mr.. Roosevelt has also
endorsed this decision OF the supreme
court, and he has even gone further
He says that 1t was legislation, that
1t was an invasion Of the authority of
congress, but that when congress re-
fuses to do what it ought to do the
supreme court ought to step In and
do it for congress. You will find that
In the Outlook" Of November 1s OF
last year.
Now, have gone over this subject
very briefly to explain to you why
Mr.. Taft is not a satisfactory presi-
dent Well, my friends, I expect L
have spent too much time on him
for a man who has been repudiated
by a majority OF his own party and
has not made friends in the opposite
party, does not deserve a great deal
Of consideration. Mr.. Taft came in
By a majority of over a million, and
goes out by unanimous consent
WITTICISdS THAT MAKES
THE BIG CROWD LAUGH
do not go as far as some do.
Some think he won't have any votes
at all. One man said If he had two
he would be prosecuted for repeating.
(Laughter.) But think that Is going
too far. think there will be some
votes for him for the reason that
man gave over in Colorado. He said
he didn't expect him to be elected,
but he was going to vote for him
anyway as the last tribute Of respect
to dead friend. (Laughter.)
But, my friends. If you think that
when I criticise Mr.. Taft want to
hold up Mr.. Roosevelt as an alter
native, you are mistaken. 1 am not
going to advise you to jump out of
the Taft frying pan into the Roosevelt
fire. I said Mr.. Taft was constitu-
tionally distrustful OF the people. /
think the fault Of Mr.. Roosevelt is
that he is constitudonally over-trust-
1
has had more reason to distrust his
judgment than Mr.. Roosevelt has, es-
pecially on the subject of selecting
suitable candidates for the presi-
dtncy. (Laughter.) For Mr.. Roose-
welt selected Mr.. Taft four years ago.
He picked him out. He invented HIM.
He patented him. He nominated him.,
and In doing so there wasn't a method
employed in Chicago this year, and
denounced by him, that he did not
employ four years ago. The machine
this year was secondhand machine.
It was constructed four years ago by
a master mechanic and he inspected
every bolt in 1t before it went to
work. But he nominated Mr.. Taft
and then he elected him.
HE KNEW FOUR YEARS AGO
THAT TAFT WAS WRONG MAN
He presented him as dual char
acter-as an impossible man. Out
west we were told that Mr.. Taft was
"whoop-'em-up'' and down east
sleep" He had two en-
tirely different characters in the DIFF
ferent parts Of this country. knew
he could not be both, and that when
the people found out which he was,
there would be trouble. had my
suspicion four years ago that the peo-
pie would make mistake IL they
elected him. In fact, communicated
my suspicion to the people.
(Laughter.)
And when Mr.. Roosevelt sees how
bad failure Mr.. Taft Il, he comes,
In and wants to take his place. I
challenge you to search the political
history OF the world, and the judicial
history OF ali time, and you won't IND
another instance on record where a