El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-01
TAFT KNOWS He
IS THE NOMINEE
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president for the term beginning Marcn
For the second time, in the history
of the Republican party part or the
delegates have refused 10 pc bound
by the action of the convention The
reason assigned for this course is dis
! satisfaction with the decision OF GER
tain contests in the making up OF the
temporary roll of the convention
so Ions as those decisions were
made honestly and in good faith, all
persons were bound to accept them as
conclusive.
YOU stand prominently Tor certain
liked and essential principles which the
Republican party maintains, you be-
lieVe in preserving the constitutional
government of the United states, you
believe in the rule OF law, rather thqn
the rule OF men. You know that the
great declarations OF principle IN our
constitution cannot be made an ef-
fectual guide to conduct IN any otner
way than by judicial judgment upon
attempts to violate them; and you
maintain the independence, dignity and
authority of the courts of the United
3Ir. Taft Accepts.
I accept it as an expression of con-
fidence that in a second admlniStra-
ton / VIII serve the public Well
Although Mr.. Taft defined in detail
the issues Of the campaign as he saw
them, he reserved the right TO ampllfy
his statement in 4 letter as the cam
Eaign develops
The supreme issue that confronts the
voters. the president declared, was that
OF the maintenance of the nation S in |
stitutious and the preservation OF the |
constitution. threatened, on the one |
hand by the Democratic party, and on |
had left the party to try their for /
tunes in a new one
Tariff One of Leading Issues.
Next in Importance Mr. Taft placed /
tariff Fhe nTODOSalS of the ]
Democrats for reductions in the pres /
cnt schedules. he said lay danger OF /
business depression and hard times. /
The Republican principle of revision, (
only where scientific investigation 4
shows il necessary marked the Z
straight road to continued prosperity /
and commercial peace
In discussing the tariff. the president
said that il was untrue that to its door /
could be traced the high cost of living,
and pointed out that conditions OF liV-
ing were alike over the world
Regulation of Trusts.
As an issue only less important than
the tariff the president placed the
regulation Of trusts. He said the Sher-
man law had been enforced with sue
cess.
The president pointed TO the record
larly during his own administration
as an indication OF what it might be
expected to do in the future If the peo-
pie returned it to power.
He attacked the Democrats at other
points than the tariff, making special
reference to the refusal of that party
in the house of representatives TO con-
tinue the naval policy Of two battle
ships a year.
Taft did not mention either Col
Roosevelt or governor Woodrow VIII
son by name, but referred to each
While he did not accuse either of en-
bracing the doctrines of Socialism,
many OF the proposals they had made,
r.f -fr-rlr1
I know that in this wide country
there are many who call themselves
Democrats, who view with the same
aversion that we Republicans do. the
radical proposition of change in
our form OF government that are
to be popular clamor,' said
the president.
Appeals to Patriotic Men.
There are men who revere the con-
government with all the love and re-
spect that we could possibly have; men
who deprecate disturbance in business !
conditions and are yearning for thai |
quiet from demagogic agitation which
is essential TO the enjoyment by the
whole people of the great prosperity |
which the good crops and the present |
ought to bring US.
TO them 1 appeal as to all Repub, !
licans, to join US in an earnest effort I
TO avert the political and economic !
revolution and business paralysis which
Republican defeat will bring about ! !
Such misfortune viii fall most heavily !
on the wage Garner.
Attacks AsitatOrs.
After reviewing the legislative en-
of the Republican party, the
president launched into a bitter attack
unrest" of the present day.
Started by sensational journalism
and 595,n unjust and un9RginsiPIsd muck muck
seized the opportunity to inflame the
public mind that they might turn pc {
suliar conditions to their own advan-
age" In the formation of new par ]
les the president said, these men have ]
promised the satisfaction OF unrest by J
he application of panacea- !
In the ultimate analysis, 1 fear the ,
equal opportunity which those seek Z
Who proclaim the socalled social JUS / :
ice, involves a forced division of prop {
.rty and that means Socialism
Present Administration Progressive. ;
7 venture to say there is no national /
administration in which more steps OF :
,rOgress have been taken than in the
resent one. But as for the millennium, {
condition in which the rich are to
Re made reasonably poor and the poor
easOnably rich by law; We are CHASING
phantom; we are holding out to those
whose unrest we fear, a prospect and
dream. a vision of the impossible.
7 do not say that the two gentle
1en who now lead, one the Democratic
arty and the other the former Repub-
leans who have left their party, in
helr attacks upon existing COnulIlOns /
nd in their attempts to satisfy the g,
opulists by promises of remedies. are d
onsciously embracing Socialism. a.
he truth is that they 90 not offer any h
efinite legislation or policy by which Il
he happy conditions they promise are =
o be brought about, but if their prom d
ses mean anything, they lead directly n
Oward the appropriation of what be- Of
)ngs to enc man TO another.
Promises Their Only stock. n
The truth is, my friends, both those I q,
no have left the Republican party / 81
nd our old opponents, the Democrats, u
re going in a direction they do not
know. toward an end they +
annot definitely describe with but 7 =
ne chief and clear object. and that is
f acquiring power for their party by
opular support through the promise Of
change for the better. +,
These gentlemen purpose to reform n
lie government whose present defects, n
any, are due to the failure of the +,
eople to devote as much time as is "
ecessary to their political duties by In
equiring a political activity by the n
sople three timeF that which thus far "
lie people have been willing to as 7