The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-26
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
OF TAFT CAMP PAICN
Senator Brown Of Nebraska De-
fends Achievements Of
the President
ADDRESSES NOTABLE MEETING
Country Wide Effort For Re-Nom.
ination Is Started
Vigorously Upholds Payne Tariff Law,
Which He Says Has Been
Proven Beneficial.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 26.--Achieve-
nents of President Tafts administra-
tion were defended here last night by
Senator Norris Brown. of Nebraska. at
the annual banquet of the Republican
Editors of Indiana. The speech was
regarded as a keynote Of the admins
tration efforts i'm launching country
wide campaign Besides the editors.
Republican party leaders from all
over the state attended the banquet.
Senator Brown reviewed at consider
able length what had been accomplish
ed by President Taft and the Rcpub-
lican party and laid the greatest stress
on the Payne Aldrich tarin law. rail
road regulation, direct election of
United States senator's, income tax
amendment, enforcement of the Anti
Trust law and other measures and the
peace treaties. In discussing the Payne
tariff bill Senator Brown said:
Payne Tariff Law.
THE Payne law has closed no fac
tory; il has reduced the wage of no
man: il has denied labor rot a single
opportunity under IL the farmer has
prospered. 1t has In no way impaired
the general prosperity of the people.
And yet the law can be improved. II
should be improved a schedule at
time and this will be done if the presi-
dent and the Republican party have
their way. To-day Congress has be-
fore IL a message from the president
demanding reduction of duties in one
schedule based on the facts as shown
by the experts OF the Tariff Board.
The Tariff law contained two other
propositions other than tariff duties
which go far TO give the measure a
good name. II contained "A provision
to tax corporations, thereby compell-
ing those men who prefer to enjoy the
profits and immunities of doing busi-
ness with the public as incorporators
rather than as individuals. to contrib
ute to the support Of the federal gov
ernment. That provision alone has
brought to the national treasury in
round numbers more than s25.000.000 a
year since 1t became effective"
0toppto fIl9HcT W. ndtcSs
Senator Brown said II was left to
the Taft administration to complete
the job of clothing the Interstate
Commerce Commission with power ac-
tually to prevent AN increase In rates
until after investigation by the COM
mission, and by declaring any change
i'm rates unlawful unless first consent
ed to by the commission" He said he
well remembered the debate in the
Senate ON that feature of the law and
while the debate was proceeding "the
railroads were also proceeding to in
crease freight rates"
1T is good to know" said Senator
Brown that while Congress talked
the president of the United States was
on guard for the people and the day
before the increase would become ef-
fective President Taft invoked the
OF the United States stopped by in
junction every increase proposed by
the railroads. Again it was the exc
cutive arm Of the government and not
Congress which saved q helpless pub
lie from great wrong. IL is not pos
slble that Republicans viii hesitate to
approve public service of tina; cnarac-
ter"
Sherman Law Enforced.
Senator Brown declared that for
more than half a century the pco-
pie have been demanding the right to
elect by direct vote United States
senators, and that while the PROPOSE
tion never found a place I'm the nation
al platform of the Republican party. II
was advocated by President Taft In
his acceptance message.
Referring To the income tax amend
mcnt now pending before the states,
Senator Brown said that the reson
ton providing for this amendment was
resting peacefully i'm committee until
President Taft by special message
admonished Congress that such an