Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-24

than liability and that, think, Is going
to contribute to the Industrial peace of
the country. It fixes the amount OF the
ecoyery according to the earning ca
pacity of the employee and the extent
Of the injury and 1t enables the money to
be had Immediately by arbitration. 1t
takes the matter out of the court gen
orally and it relieves the court of an i'm
mense amount of business.
Then we passed the White phosphor-
GUS match act, to prevent the use of
white PHOSPHORUS in making matches be-
cause it causes such dreadful diseases
among those who engage in 1t.
w passed the white slave act to pre-
vent the use of Interstate for
immoral purposes.
W passed the mining bureau bill to
help miners in the matter of explosions
and reduce as much as possible the loss
of life by furnishing methods by which
they can be avoided.
"Then we passed the pension bill,
which increases the pensions somewhat
for older men from 81 to 10, according to
the length of service and the age of the
p~ensioner.
Has Fulfilled mi
Now, my friends, that is only a par
tial list of the legislation which In
amount is more than was passed In any
three years that / know of, and 1t fulhlls
in every respect the promises of the Re
publican platform. | ask you, then, why
you should not approve the administra-
ton. Does the mere matter of names,
because some people say the administra-
ton Is not progressive, when in fact we
nave made progress in passing this use
full and progressive legislation, prevent
our being entitled to the approval of the
people? Is this progressive business
such n cult that you cannot get into II
If some member of the progressive club
casts a blackball lust because he does
not like you? Is not the principal
| Progressive is as Progressive doesF
Now, my frifnds, my time is IL. !
would like to go on and talk with you
about some other issues. Mr.. Roosevelt
proposes to change the Constitution. He
proposes to take out of that system OF
our Constitutional government the only
means by which we enforce our Consti-
~tutional r~ights-that is the independence
of the judiciary, by his system of a recall
of judicial decisions. | say that II he
puts that into our State Constitutions he
might just as well put 1t into the Fed
eral Constitution, and then we shall have
a system of suspending the Constitution
for special laws by a popular election
Ny friends, that will mean the destruc'
ton of constitutional government. II
will mean the destruction of the guar
- a .-..- -t.I.- .Na IL haaaNt1a
they depend first on the Constitution that
we have aud second on an independent
judiciary to enforce 1t.
"Finally | am opposed to Mr.. Roosevelt
because he has had two terms, aud thai
is enough. Washington said 1t wal
enough, jackson and Jefferson said 1t was
enough, Lincoln and Mckinley said II
was enough, and Mr.. Roosevelt said II
was enough In 1904. and he continued to
say It In 1903. l appeal from Mr.. Roose
welt now to Mr.. Roosevelt In those years
when he was much wiser than he is to
day.
with his unsound constitutional views
with his impotence at legal restraints
| and legal procedure, and with his domi
mating will, 1t is unwise to break down
| the tradition that has kept this republic
| safe from dangerous men, and 1t will
| proceed on the theory IL the tradition Is
| violated that he is necessary for the
| Presidency and for the people. My
| friends, that is not true. Whenever 1t is
| true that a man Is essential to the re-
| public then the republic has reached a
| stage of decadence."
Mr.. Taft claimed credit in his other
| speeches for the enforcement of the
| antitrust laws, the anti-rebating laws
| the prosecution of the Sugar Trust ant
the rigid enforcement of the customs
! laws.