Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-15
Senior Senator Starts AZ.
gresive Campaign In North
Dakota for Taft
His Headquarters at wahpe'
ton will be 10 Charge Of
Active Men

Senator McCumber has returned to
North Dakota and proposes, from now
on to give his entire time in the sta II
in the interest OF President TAFT. He
has established headquarters at hi
home town, Wahpeton, and will leav
that in charge Of active men while Ii
enters upon u speaking tour Of tn
state. The senator gave the follow
ing statement OF his purposes:
"As a republican l am back in tn
state to work for President Taft al l
Republicanism. Believing that | can
be OF greater service to both the chic
candidate of the republican party an
he party itself, ! shall! do my work in
dependent of the state central com
Tnittee. My chief effort vii! be to 30
cure votes for a Republican Dresiden
Of the United States. lnso.fa" as ire
.wo organizations u on parral'
lines they will assist and support each
other and IN no case will they be GU
If harmony with each other.
II am glad to note the unanimlt
with which the nominees on the stat
ticket have declared their purpose to
uppcrt the entire Republican ticket
rom the president down.
con the other hand | cannot over
COX the fact that at 4 meeting OF tn
tate central committee a resolution
vas passed-how ! do not know q
he effect that party fidelity should
,>o& kD ,noncvrn1 Ia, t1n veto W,hi( n
he party should give to the head OF
he ticket. | cannot believe that Il
majority of the central committee OF
he state Of North Dakota have o,
ould support such a proposition. Thu
esolution coming from men who were
,ominated by Republican vtes is, tc
ny mind. an act OF political pertidity
hat ought to be rebuked by every
~nc,1est Republican in the state OF
forth Dakota, whether progressive OF
'talwart, who believes in fair play
When did any army wage successful
warfare when its u~nder-leaders invit
ed the rank to assassinate the com
nander-in.chief. and what can we sa
Of these leaders, who, while DRAWN
On. the provisions of that army. sug
gest a mutiny against its commander
This is not the way to win battles. =.
We are fighting the battle of Re
Dublicanism. Mr.. Taft Is the nonllne
Of the Republican party. A NOR
honest, sincere and patriotic Ameri
can never lived. In the advancement
# progressive legislation along every
line of human welfare, in the active
prosecution OF the great trusts. in re
.ieving the people from the dangers
# the monopolisiic tendencies of the
lge, MI. Taft has accomplished NOR
han any president since the days o.
incOln.
His administration has been n o.
Elective action rather than lOut
words. Under his administration
more actions have been Instituted
many times over, to destroy the great
combinations of tho country than al
Of the actions instituted by proceed
ing administrations since the anti
trust law was enacted. The STANDARD
iii company has been broken into 1ts
original parts. The Tobacco, trust has
shared a like fate. The Internatlona
harvester company, against which ~
action is; now pending, will be the
text in line. The work Of his admin
.stration has been effective, and be
cause CT that effectiveness 1t has made
powerful enemies. The power Of these
>nemies ought to be more than otfse'
oy the power OF the people in whose
interests these enemies have beer
made. II honest, earnest fidelity tc
me interests OF the American people
hall reap its meriled reward, his re
election will be beyond question.
If his administration. ireplete with
C many good things, heN has, IN my
opinion, made but one mistake, anc
hat mistake was his support OF Can
adam reciprocity. opposd% the re
c~iprocity pact of Mr.. Taft as earnest
y and per~sistently as was III my pow
or. both in the senate and out of 1t
1cut, while l was SO earnestly endeav
ring to prevent the reciprocity agree
nent because | believed it was injur
ious to the agricultural interests CT
he northwest, | also knew that a ma
jority Of the people Of the United
states favored this reciprocity pact;
and l realized that the president is
the president Of the whole United
States and that he believed this agree
ment would be a great benefit to al
the people and would injure none. !,
Nr. Taft was i'm error, as ! certainly
think he was. it must be remembered
that a majority of the people OF the
United States we're also in error.
1T should also be remembered that
President Taft inherited this Cana;
lian reciprocity proposition from pre-
,eding administrations. The whole
press Of the country was for 1t. Many
good republicans had, without careful
consideration, according to my belief
considered it a profitable trade. Sc
we, the people Of tho state Of NORTH
Dakota, i'll the light Of all the great
things that President Taft has accom-
plished, and in the light of his we.
known integrity and paatriotism. may
we'll forget. what we believe was az
error OF the mind and not Of the heart
We no longer have any fear Of this
reciprocity propositin firm Republican
sources. The Republican platform
IN which Mr.. Taft stands, declares
against It in its demand for equa'
protection for all farm products.