The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-26
SAVED HELPLESS PUBLIC
FROM GREAT WRONG
Declared Senator Brown of Nebraska
in Defense of President, Delivering
Speech at Indianapolis
Last Evening.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 26.--Achieve
ments OF President Taft's administra
ton were defended here last night BY
Senator Norris Brown OF Nebraska al
the annual banquet of the Republican
editors of Indiana. The speech was re
| garded as a keynote Of the administra
tion efforts in launching a country wide
campaign. Besides the editors, Repub
! lican party leaders from all over tbs
state attended the banquet.
Senator Brown reviewed at consider
able length what had been accomplished
by President Taft and the Republican
party, and laid the greatest stress on
the Payne Aldrich tariff law, railroad
regulation, direct election of United
States senators, income tax amendment,
enforcement OF the antitrust law and
other measures and the peace treaties.
In discussion the Payne tariff bill, SEN
ator Brown said:
"The Payne law has closed no fac.
tory; it has reduced the wages of no
man; it has denied labor not a single
opportunity; under it the farmer has
prospered. II has in no way impaired
the general prosperity of the people.
And vet the law can be improved. 1t
should be improved a schedule at time
and this viii be done if the president
and the Republican party have their
way. To-day Congress has before it 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 60 far to give the measure q good
name. 1t contained a precision to tax
corporations, thereby compelling those
men who prefer to enjoy the profits and
immunities OF doing business with the
public as incorporators rather than as
individuals to contribute TO the support
of the federal government. That pro-
vision alone has brought to the national
treasury in round numbers more than
S25 100000 a year since it became ef-
fective."
Senator Brown said it was cleft to
the Taft administration to complete the
Job of clothing the interstate commerce
with power to really prevent
an increase in rates until after inyesti-
CATION by the commission. and by de-
claring any change in rates unlawful
unless first consented to by the COM
mission" He said he well remembered
the debate in the Senate on that feature
of the law, and while the debate was
"the railroads We're also pro-
ceedng to increase 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 be-
fore the increase would become effective
President Taft invoked the power of the
court and in the name of the United
States stopped by injunction every in
,rease proposed by the railroads. Again
il was the executive arm OF the govern
ncnt and not Congress which saved the
public from great wrong. IT is not
possible that Republicans win hesitate
10 approve public services of that charae-
.er"
Senator Brown declared that for more |
han a half a century the people have |
,een demanding the right to elect by |
lirect vote United States senator's. and |
hat while the proposition never found |
/ place in the national platform OF the !