The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-30

I TndnU-
script, the Newton man had an ac-
curate and concise report of lust what
the REFORM contingent had done to the
/ regular Repu blican forces that was
neither fa1r, just or in accordance with
the den Rule. These matters were
laid before these gathered at the an
nual love feast. Injected in his dag
nosIs Of the case. Doctor GraybiIl
strewed deadly poison for the righteous
reformers. GraybilIs voice was not too
strong for the big banquet hall and
when he put his nents over the
long rows of tables, he was received
as one of the original flock
Scott the Sensation.
Scott was the sensation of the even
ing. He flayed the enemies of Taft
and charged that the party would COM
NIT nigh treason by naming another
man 70 run on the party achievem ents
or the previous three years. The lola
man declared that more party prom
Uses had been written in the statute
books in three years under Tafts adj
m1nlstration than under that of any
previous president. Then he pointed
to the work of the national party and
urged that the Republican party might
better go down to defeat with an en-
dorsement Of the Taft record than to
plead for success on q reputation of
the party's achfevem ents
Never yet declared the former
Second district congressman, when the
applause had subsidized, "have I come
to point where 1T was necessary to
apologize for or be ashamed of the
record of the Republican party; or
to erase the principles of that party
or declare them inadequate to the
needs of the hour Today we met vet
Grams in the ranks, such men as Smith
and Calderhead, for whose life work
we feel the need Of no apology. It is
not necessary to worry that the prin-
ciples under which the record of the
n
adequate for the future. Principles
are permanent and measures are but
temporal The principles of the
party are as true and sound today
as Of the days of Washington and Lin
coin and 1 do not except the seven
years prior to the present admins
tration.
Every Republican has a right to
be proud of the splendid record Of
Theodore Roosevelt; and when I point
with pride to the wonderful achieve
ments of the present administration,
I do not repudiate the one before 1t.
Roosevelt VIII Keep Word.
But. we have a right to think that
Theodore Roosevelt was in good faith
when he said he would not be a can
didate for a denomination. I believe
that the sentiment of this nation is as
strong for the candidate who has
served only one term as against the
man who has served two terms AS
a result OF a long personal acquaint-
ance with Mr. Roosevelt have
placed ono distinction. That distinc-
tioa is that Mr.. Roosevelt has 8 de-
c1ded preference to keep his own word
and that he will not accept what the
neor' years said that
no man shall have.
,.- impress on the Re
pubicanS OF Kansas is that the record
OF the last four years, is one of which
we can be just as proud as that of any
that have gone before it. How many
of President Taft's enemies have taken
the platform of 1908 and the statutes
since passed to see how many party
pledges have been fulfilled? Look and
see what has been done.
Pledges Have Been Fulfilled.
I'm the last three years a monetary
commission has been appointed and
that pledge fulfilled. A postal savings
criticisms and adverse predictions, that
promise was kept and millions Of dol
lars conserved to this country that
annually went to foreign lands.
I'VE promised enforcement of the
antitrust laws. 1t need not be said
here how well that promise has been
fulfilled. Wickersham S appointment
was welcomed by Wall street and it
was charged that his appointment was
made by men who expected to escape
the enforcement of law In New York
today men snub him because he has
been as true to his new client as to the
old.
1--WE promised railway legislation
and have now practically settled the
great railway question.
Tariff revision was promised The
tariff has been revised downward I'M
til the rate collected is less than that
under any former protective tariff law.
New treaties have been enacted
our products go into coun-
tries never entered before.
Our corporation tax feature has
-
dollars never before collected. There
are no apologies to be made in con-
nection with the 1903 revision and al
though So per cent of the products
the closing of one single factory or
the decrease of a wage scale
1--WE have practically established !
tariff commission and hereafter re
visions will be made on a scientific
line-one schedule at a time.
1--WE promised the people an employ |
ers' liability act and laws governing |
safet- appliances as affecting inter
state commerce, and we have fulfilled
hese sections completely
1--WE promised a mining bureau and
the strengthening of the immigration
laws This has been done.
eve promised laws looking to the
of national resources ana
that law was not overlooked,
''The situation surrounding the
STRENGTHENING of our army and navy
mas Deen hanuleO DN ueHcdCy anu NdSe,
only of a great statesman.
Taft Record Is UneuuaIIed.
mo other administration in the first
three years has come so near writing
into law its platform as has William
Howard Taft Have you thought of :
the platform which will be written in !
next June? Won't it point |
with pride to the performance of this /
promise? Think how peculiar after
-eciting a description of this achieve
nent, we should conclude in another
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