Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-03-15
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HAMPSHIRE URGES NORTH DA
kOTANS TO RAiiv ON rHEiE
STRONGEST CANDIDATE.
FARGO. March "a. l'rrinc deeply the
Importance uf the campaign in North
Dakota. Gov. Robert T.. Boss "f New
HAMPSHIRE close friend Of Roosevelt
ana one of the leading Pr"%rcsslves in
the east, has sent an appeal |" North
Dalioians WHICH TIN. Roosevelt head
quarters have ISSUED this week. The,
article III part is as follows.
81 consider il my duty us Il member
of the republican party tn urge thu
nomination in his crisis nf he man
under whose leadership believe tho
party will achieve the greatest good
for all the pruplc nf this country. aud
the man w.,, viii command the great :
est strength al the polls.
In this connection il is interesting
to observe how the democratic press
very suggestion tina, Theodore nonse.
FCit Il!'iN gu 'i!t 'iPNl iltl'iilitt' VI lIlt
republican party After all i, is IN;
natural that they should Il" all in their
power to suppress The man who
carried this country against them for
his party by u plurality Of 2.5nO.0I
votes.
1.-The record Of Theodore Roosevelt
is an open book I" the people Vt
this country. Under his militant
leadership the inter state commerce
commission was given the power to
regulate rates. The giving of rebates
was stopped. He secured the enact
ment of the pure food and drug act.
He provided for effective fedora, meat
inspection. He secured an employers
liability act. and the safety appliance
act. the regulation of railroad en-
ployees' hours of labor. He settled
the coal strike Ut 1902. He established
the department Of commerce and III
Dor. Postoffice gra;ters and public
land thieves were convicted during
his administration. The government
was upheld in the Northern securities
decision. He directed the investisa-
ton of the. sugar trust custom frauds.
which later. resulted in prosecution
and conviction. Suits were begun
against the Standard oil and Tobacco
Co. and other trusts. under the Sher-
man antitrust act, these have since
resulted in the well-known decisions
by the supreme court in these cases.
Corporations were prohibited from
contributing to campaign funds. He
inaugurated the whole movement for
% j1v, .>F
He was directly responsible for the
extension Of forest presentations and
the national irrigation act, for the i'm
provement Of waterways, and for the
reservation Of waterpower sites on the
public domain. TIE inaugurated the
annual conference of governors Of
the states. and the movement for the
improvement Of conditions Of country
lie. He hes been accused Of being
an enemy VI peace. yet under his ad-
ministratton twentyfour treaties Of
general arbitration were negotiated
Very largely through his personal in
huence the Portsmouth peace con-
ference was held. and in this one act
he probably did more to prevent
further bloodshed thnn any other liy
ing ;na''. In consequence he received
the Nctie prize which was awarded
t" tie man who had zone more than
any other to promote peace. -
There is no question. but that the
present situation in national politics Is
confusing many people. There Ia no
doubt that the vast majority Of th.
voters 0f all parties favor the pro.
eressive policies initiated BY Roose-
Welt. There can be no question that
President Taft has advocated many Of
these policies In his messages and
speeches. He has achieved action On
some Of them. much Of IT In a form
which was the result ct more of lesa
compromise. Personally. want to
give the president full credit for ali
that he has done.
Now. in view Of these facts how
can Xe account for the situation which
Undoubtedly exists today all over the
country? The fact that those men
who have been national leaders Of the
progressive movement and who four
years ago were largely responsible for
President Tafts nomination, are now
opposed to continuing him in office. at
least as president. while the reac-
ttonary standpat machine element Of
the party. who opposed him four years
ago, are row doing everything in their
power to continue him in office. Why
is 1t that these national political lead
ers have completely changed their
point of view. Many of the party pro.
gressive leaders realize that the pres.
ident is not the strongest man the
party can put forward. because of
the doubts aroused in the public
mind by the revelations. which took
place In connection w.t., the Ballinger
investigation relative to the great
public land frauds in Alaska,
They realize that the presidents gen.
eral endorsement Of the Paine-Ald.
rich tariff bill did not 4.eet with the
approval Of majority of the cit
liens OF this country. They realize
that the farmers Of the country be.
lieve that President Taft has been in.
consistent in his tariff policy. tina,
In spite of the fact that he saw Fl,
to veto the reduction Of the tariff or
the wooden and cotton schedules ant
the farmers free list the grount
that his commission had not reported
on these schedules. he still advocated
the reduction Of the protection 81
farm products without any expert in
vestigatton as to the results Of sucl
z reduction. and that in consequence
the farmer would be forced to sci
wheat and his othe' products in
free market and buy flour and othe
commodities IN a protected market
the farmers are not opposed to tn
principles u a reciprocity treaty. bu
to this particular bill which discrim-