El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-25

Writes Magazine Article on
the Subject, What I Am
Trying to Dc"
THE ONE CHARGE
THAT HURTS WORST

New YorE, n Y, May 25.-'Wbat
an trying TO do"-an article by yresi-
dent Taft-appears in the current is
sue OF the Worlds Work and deals
with tariff revision. Business prospect
~, arbitration and Independence Of the
judiciary. The president asserts thai
he is willing TO go before the people
for e verdict on his veto Of the three
tariff bills passed by the house in eX-
traOrdinary session last year; that no
charge yet made against him has gone
nearer to his heart than that he by
enforcing the antitrust law. was
hurting business; that he intends so
long as he can raise his voice, to con-
tinue to favor general arbitration and
that the Republican party would lose
caste as q defender Of American civ
ilizatiOn should II take up the judicial
recall as one OF its tenets.
To stand BY the Platform
In part the presidents article fol-
lows
i was elected president Of the United
States o. the Republican platform Of
1908. The party declared in that plat
form that in all tariff legislation the
true principle Of protection is best
maintained by the imposition Of such
duties as VIII equal the difference be
tween the cost Of production at nome
and abroad. The party went before
the people on that issue and was sus-
tanned
Our Democratic brethren have de-
parted from the faith on a tariff board
which q majority of them once en-
braced, and, in the extraordinary ses-
sion Of last year, they passed three
tariff bills without the aid Of infOrma-
tlon from a tariff board, drawn in such
an unscientific, unsystematic and reck-
less way that I did not hesitate TO veto
them, in order that they might await
the coming in OF the report by the tar
I'd Is
Woolens, which one tariff bill affect
ed, and upon cotton and cotton manu-
features, which another tariff Dill az
fected- We should be entirely willing
10 60 before the country and invite d
verdict OF the people.
The Charge That Hurts.
NO charge has been made against
ne that went nearer to my heart than
the charge that I, by the enforcement
of the antitrust law, was injuring the
business Of the country I enforced it
so far as lay in my power and duty
because it is on the statute book ] en-
forced ii because believe II TO be
good law, and / believe II when prop
erly construed to make right guide
for business ] believe that Dy me
construction of the courts Of the laws
that are on the statute books, and by
decisions that are yet TO come, the
line may clearly be drawn so that busl-
ness may square itself TO those bound
aries which the law fixes
should QEpreGdLe the SAS LADAL
of any sOcaued reform that involves
constitutional changes without our
knowing exactly what We are going 70
do and what the effect OF these
changes viii be. What I would depre-
cate is the sudden suggestion OF
for this end, and amend
ments for that. and having amendments
Tor breakfast the next morning as II
the amendment OF the fundamental laW
were nothing put the repeal OF an ordl-
nr-r- e+c II @ nj
binary appropriation bill
There is another subject which is q
rather tender one with me. ] am con
WINGED that most Of the audiences / had
the privilege OF addressing within the
last year were in favor Of passing anC
ratifying the peace treaties just as they
were presented TO congress
stu FUVOrs Universal arbitration.
Il give notice that I have not lost
interest in that point and I have no
thought of surrendering, because /
intend, so far as I can and so long as L
may raise my voice TO continue TO "a
vor universal arbitration I aclnowl-
edge and admit the power OF the SEN
ate. and believe It to be great part
of the structure OF our government, anC I
] would not have il eliminated for any
thing 1 recognize the authoTity OF Ihe
senate and have no quarrel with the 3
exercise of that authority, but the ultl- !
mate source OF all authority in TINS I
government is the people II IS the I
people who, by deliberate judgment 3
can effect a reform which commends !
Itself to their hearts and their souls I
and their minds. and it is upon them /
hat I depend IN this matter.
we have treaties pending also with ]
Nicarag and Honduras to carry out I
the policy Of the treaty with Santo I
Domingo and they ought TO be raC- I
fled
The Judicial RecnU.
There are other aims Of govern /
nent 10 which reference might be /
made. such as the movement looking to /
greater economy and efficiency in gov
srnrneut economies; extension Of Prac- \
teal conservation acts parcels post; I
revision OF currency laws and preVen-
ion OF panics; scientific study of in
iustriaI conditions and international
Of the high cost Of living.
But there IS one subject to which 1
would refer in conclusion
should the Republican party take up
he judicial recall as one of its tenets,
{ would lose caste as 2 defender Of our
civilization, q mainta1ner Of the con-
jtitutiOn, and an uphOlder Of justice
When we depart from the principles OF
he independence Of the judiciary we
hall lose the valuable essence OF tbs
administration Of justice and we shah
to the point where the his
ory of the decadence Of republics be-
-ins I am not unmindful OF the ne
essity for judicial reforms, but that
legends not on changing the charac-
ar Of the judges, but upon the change
4 procedure, the expedition Of judg-
lents and the reduction OF the expense