Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10
Quiet Sunday Passed at the Home
of Senator Crane at
Dalton.
SIZES UP POLITICAL OUTLOOK
Simply Overwhelmed for Days
Past with Messages Showing
Turn of Tide toward
Republicans"

Dalton. Mass, Oct. 6.-President and
Mrs. Taft and their guest, Miss Mabel
Boardman. spent a quiet Sunday here
with Senator Crane. The second day Of
their six-day automomile trip through
Massachusetts. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire. was in marked contrast to the first.
In the morning the presidential party
attended church in Dalton and late in
the afternoon motored to Senator Cranes
country place. seven miles away.
Early tomorrow the presidential auto
mobile PARTY will strike northward In
to Vermont They expect to take
luncheon in Brattleboro and dinner in
Manchester On the way the President
will visit the birthplace Of his father at
Townshend, VT. In Manchester the party
will be tho guests over night Of Robert
7. Lincoln. son of the martyred presi-
dent Governor Fletcher of Vermont and
other republican leaders in the State
probably will meet the President to-
morrow.
President Taft tonight summed UP the
political situation. as he sees 1t. in a
lengthy statement which in part fol-
lows:
Il have every reason to be satisfied
with political conditions. have been
simply overwhelmed for days past with
letters and newspaper clippings showing
the trend of the tide toward the Republic
can party. its platforms and it's cand-
| dates. ! have been especially gratifed by
| the news from the northwestern States.
| Chairman liilles of the republican ma
| tional committee. who has been visiting
| the Northwest, tells me that reports from
| all parts Of those States bring most
gratifying evidence of republican con-
| fidence and activity, with earnest deter
mination to achieve the success of re-
publican principles and candidates.
| The farmers of that part of the union
were never prosperous and they do
not mean to risk the loss of their
prosperity ~ abandoning the Republican
party whose policies have enabled them
| to prosper. They are convinced that the
third term candidate Is no longer in the
running, and that the choice is between
the republican platform and candidates.
on the one hand. and on the other, the
democratic platform, with its panks OF
n tariff for revenue only; and its candi-
date, Governor Wilson. who said in an
address at Williams Grove. Pa. that the
farmer does not need protection. 1t Is
| unnecessary to explain to the farmer,
West, East. North or on the Pacific slope
what Governor Wilson's very frank de.
claration would mean with Mr.. Wilson
in the White House and a democratic ma
jority in the capitol
The President next quoted Balti-
more trade paper on the remarkable bust
ness activity of the entire country.
THE principal reason for the exist
ing prosperity" the statement continues
lis the assurance that under the republl-
can policy of home protection and trade
expansion. American industry, while
reaching for the foreign market. is no,
in danger of losing the home market
| While our foreign trade Is growing more
rapidly than at any time in our history
domestic commerce is making. advances
fully as remarkable Our population Is
increasing proportionately. and, thanks
to active business and good wages. the
people are able to pay for what they
want. and to keep our Industries busy
supplying their wants Hence genera
and growing prosperity. with a certaint,
cd still better times, provided the machin
cry of our national activities is not dis
arranged and brought to standstill b,
undue reduction of the tariff. or anarch
istic assaults upon our institutions ant
upon the harmonious relations now eX
listing. as a rule. between employer an,
employed.
There is no serious danger l believe
To our institutions from industrial agita
tions. So long rs such agitation keep:
within legal bounds 1t is not withou
wholesome significance. and may tend t
improve conditions"
Tho statement next referred to the
Presidents previously expressed view!
on the high cost of living, namely tina
this condition Of affairs 's worldwide
and that the United States is better
situated than other countries because
wages are so much higher here than II
Europe. The President agrees will
former Governor Douglas of Massa
chusetts. democrat, that the increas
ed annual output of gold is largel,
responsible for the apparently higl
cost of living.
Taking up next the trust question
| the President In his statement declares
that he proposes to keep the grea
com binations of capital within exactl,
the same control as the city or cross
roads grocery pays a federal licens,
for selling cigars. / mean that both
shall obey the law That's all"
Il am utterly opposed to the pro
posal to have an interstate trade com
mission. liking prices and otherwise
exercising control over business af
fairs. the statement proceeds. "Sucl
a control. because not guided by Law
but by personal discretion would b.
both despotic and socialistic. and n,
reader of history needs to be told tina
the two terms have a very close rela
ton"
"Referring to International ques
think that every one will agree tina
, the American marines in Nicaragua
have conducted themselves in man
, ner worthy of their flag and their uni
form That story about sharing theil
rations with the starving women an,
children might be expected from sucl