The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-14
Will Conduct Fight For Re-
publican National Ticket
in North Dakota.
WILSON lR TAFT WILL
Be THE NEXT PRESIDENT
Question Is one of Republican Party
and Protection OF Democratic Party
and Free q. What Free Trade
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Wahpeton, N. D.. Oct 14.-Sena~>
McCumber has returned to North Da'
kota and proposes. from now on. te
give his entire time in the state in the
interest of President Taft. He hal
established headquarters at his home
town, and will leave that in charge OF
active men while he enters upon
speaking tour Of the state. The sena'
tor gave the following statement Of
his purposes:
state to work for President Taft and
republicanism. Believing that ] car
be of greater service to both the CHIEF
candidate of the republican party and
the party itself shall do my worh
Independent Of the state central COM
mittee. My chief effort will be to Sc.
cure votes for republican president
of the United States. In SO far as the
two organizations run on parallel line:
they will assist and support each 9th.
or and in no case will they be out Of
harmony with each other.
am glad to note the unantmity
with which the nominees on the state
support the entire republican ticket
from the president down.
On the other hand l cannot over.
look the fact that at meeting OF the
state central committee resolution
was passed-how I do not know-tc
the effect that party fidelity should not
be measured by the vote which the
party should give to the head Of the
ticket. cannot believe that a ma
jority of the central committee of the
state of North Dakoa have or would
olution coming from men who were
nominated by republican votes is. to
my. mind, an act of political perfidy
that ought to be rebuked by every
honest republican in the state OF
North Dakota whether progressive OF
StalWart who believes in fair play
When did any army wage successful
warfare where its under-leaders in
vited the rank to assassinate the COM
mander-in.chief. and what can we say
Of these leaders, who, while drawing
gest mutiny against its commander
This is not the way to win battles.
aBttle for Republicanism.
We are lighting the battle for re-
publicanism. Mr.. Taft is the nominee
Of the republican party. A more
honest, sincere, and patriotic Ameri-
can never lived. In the advancement
Of progressive legislation along every
line Of human welfare, in the active
prosecution. of the great trusts, in re-
lieving the people from the dangers
Of the monopolistic tendencies Of the
age, Mr.. Taft has accomplished more
than any president since the days of
Lincoln.
His administration has been one Of
effective action rather than loud
words. Under his administration more
actions have been instituted, many
times over. to destroy the great COM
binat.uns of the country than all of
the actions instituted by preceding
administrations since the antitrust
law was enacted. The Standard Oil
company has been broken into its
original parts. The Tobacco trust has
Harvester company, against which an
action is now pending, will be next in
line. The work of his administration
has been effective and because of that
effectiveness it has made powerful
enemies. The power of these enemies
ought to be more than offset by the
power Of the people in whose inter-
ests these enemies have been made.
II honest, earnest. fidelity to the inter-
ests Of the American people shall reap
its merited reward his reelection will
The Reciprocity Deal.
In his administration, replete with
80 many good things. he has, in my
opinion, made but one mistake and
that mistake was his support Of Cana
dian reciprocity. I opposed tho reci-
procity pact Of Mr.. Taft as earnestly
and persistently as was in my power
both in the senate and out of 1t. But,
while ! was SO earnestly endeavoring
to prevent the reciprocity agreement
because ! believed it was Injurious to
the agricultural interests Of the north
west. ] also knew that q majority Of
the people Of the United States favor
cd this reciprocity pact; and l realiz-
ed that the president is the president
Of the whole United States, and that
he believed this agreement would be q
great benefit to all the people and
would injure none. II Mr.. Taft was
in error. as ! certainly think he was,
1t must be remembered that a ma
jority of the people Of the United
States were also in error.
President Taft inherited this Cana.
dian reciprocity proposition from pre-
ceding administrations. The whole
press Of the country was for 1t. Many
good republicans had, without care
full consideration, according to my be.
lief, considered it a profitable trade.
So we, the people Of the state of
North Dakota, in the light Of all the
great things that President Taft has
accomplished and in the light of his
we'll known integrity. and patriotism,
may well forget what We believe was
an error Of the mind and not Of the
heart. We no longer have any fear
Of this reciprocity proposition from
republican sources. The republican
platform. on which Mr.. Taft stands.
declares against It In It's demand for
equal protection for all farm pro-
ducts.
Democrats for Reciprocity.
We do fear however. and we may
we'll fear. not only free trade in food
products from Canada but from the
whole world IL the democratic party
10 successful.
Remember that the democratic par.
ty voted almost solidly for the reci-
proctty agreement while the majority
Of the republicans In both houses Of
congress voted against It.
Remember also that the democratic
party In the senate voted almost sol.
Idly against the repeal Of the invita-
ton to Canada, still outstanding. to