The sun., 1912-08-02

Mr.. TAFT'S speech Of acceptance is
clear, moderate, dgnitied, statesman
like, worthy Of one of the mos. ma
ligned and most competent of Presi-
dents. The encyclopedia of scurriity
has been discharged at him by the
Master Of Malice; all the lackeys and
lnkboys of the automaniac throne are
banded against him; at the service of
Mr.. TAFT's calumniators are the money
bags Of angelic plutocrats, some of
them used to shelter from prosecution
q legislation under that bucklcr Of
predatory wealth" without scruplc and
without shame. Mr.. TArrs enemy, his
old friend, and the parasites and led
captains Of that enemy, are boundless
in Misrepresentation and falsehoods.
The fact remains that Mr.. TAFT full
fils the Jeffersonian definition: he is hon.
est, he is capable, he is faithful to the
Constitution. His mistakes, and no
President ever failed to make quota
Of them. have mainly been due to a
certain patience and magnanimity; he
has been slow to see evil and his gencr-
osity has been abused. Nor has he anv
knack or taste for tho coarscr arts of
politics. His Administration has been
genuinely progressive; his hau' and
rank treason from the Oyster Bay point
Of view il that he did not make Ia"
proper gcnuhcctions; and that Mr..
ROOSEVELT wants the job.
But it is not with the personal quail
ties Of Mr.. TAFT or even tho tenor of hi,
Administration tina, the Republican party
and the country arc most concerned.
He and the Republicans who stood by
him did vital and memorable service.
They blocked the Third Term cabal.
They maintained a great national tradi-
tion. And they are maintaining, as is
set forth in Mr.. TAfT's speech, rcpresen-
tative government under the Constitu-
ton and the independence of the courts.
That independence, in Great Britain
w7lng from the king after a long strug-
gle and here transmitted and continued
10 tho final security of life and property
under the laws and tho Constitution
Shall that security be weakened or
thrown away? Shall orderly and formal
justice be subject to passionate, i'll in
formed tumultuary review?
Under the Constitution, as Mr.. T,pr
reminds US, social and economic lcgisla-
tion, once regarded as unduly patcrnal
and stretching Federal powers, is con-
stantly enacted; and in SO far as in
equality of condition can he lcssened
and equality Of opportunity can bo pro-
NOTED by improvement of our cduca-
tional system, the bettcrmcnt of the laws
to insure the quick administration OF
justice, and by the prevention of the ac-
auisition OF privilege without Just COM
pensation, in so far az the adoption of
tho legislation above rocitcd and laws
of a similar character may aid tho less
fortunate in their struggle with the hard
ships of life, all are in sympathy with a
continued effort to remedy injustice and
10 aid the weak. there is no
national Administration in which moro
real steps of such progress have boon
taken than in the present one The
promises of dcmagog'l"s and the dreams
Of Missionaries, social justice and so
cialism, are alike impractlcabl", And
whatever the dcmagogucs shrek, the
Government is now and always in the
peoples hands.
Tho speech OF acceptance, published
clscwhcrr in 1uE SIN, should be- read
by everybody. Compare what Mr..
TAFT says with what pack of yoclp-
OtNnt cncmlcs saws abolt HIM. The