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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-07-05
All is Quiet on the Potomac.

When we were boys and
girls there was slogan that
came down from Civil War times
all IS quiet on the Potomac, .
attended to describe conditions of
peace and tranquility in the af
fairs OF civil life. The muddy old
Potomac is as dirty now as it
was half century ago. In the
summer time it breeds plenty of
malaria and gives off a heat
that would outdistance a turkish
bath, while any stray wind that
sweeps down over it's banks, and
with good intent goes out on its
kindly mission, goes wrong as soon
as it comes in contact with the
boiling water of the river In
short, Washington has a reputa-
tion of being unbearably hot in
midsummer; and the blessed old
Potomac doesn't flow fast enough
to purge itself as. it .drags on past
the city and vies with the great
acres Of pavemeQts, shat conspire
to hold the heat. The congress-
men like Washington and most of
them would undoubtedly rather
be here than at home, but the hot
summers always cut short the
sessions.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-07-05

Have the Standard do your job
If the Job don t suit
you, you don t pay.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-07-05
Automobile Livery.

Night and day service. One or
two passengers. Prices reason
able. Day phone, 256; night
phone, 1852.
(1-2) CHARLES TOWER
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-07-05

Have the Standard print it.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-07-05

Have the Standard do your job
printing. If the job don't suit
you, you don't pay.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Roosevelt Nominated.

AS soon as It was quiet. Mr., Prender-
CAST OF New York. who was TO have nomi
mated Colonel Roosevelt in the Coliseum
spoke in support of the resolution.
IF popular primary were held in
New York. Mr.. Roosevelt would poll q
greater vote than Mr.. Taft" said Prem
dergast. I'VE will do our best to repu-
dlate such practices as have been shown
In the national committee
They gave the sword to us In this
convention.
Verify. they who take up the sword
shall die by the sword. What u great
thing that we have men IN the United
States senate that daro take part in such
O movement as this"
The speakers reference to Senator
Clapp was greeted with prolonged cheer
Ing.
I'VE are for Roosevelt because he does
not turn away when difficulties confront
him. continued Prendergast- He rep
resents better than any man since Lin
coin the people Of America We place
him In nomination tonight and tho men
and women who make America will elect
him In November"
At lI:40 Roosevelt entered the hail and
pandemonlum broke loose, The men and
women leaped on the chairs cheering
wildly and waving pepnants.
With Colonel Roosevelt were Senator
Dixon. who managed his campaign: AL
eXander n. Revell and Governor Stubbs
OF Kansas,
In accepting the nomination, Colonel
Roosevelt said.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Judicial Temperament.

1t is said by those who knew Judge
Taft at that time that the young mans
ambition looked forward 10 career in
the judiciary, His home training. his
years OF preparatory education and his
personal tastes, together with his natural
endowments, all eminently fitted him for
such a COURSE In life He was the pos
SCISSOR OF what is known as judicial
mind" that rare physical attribute that
Is adept at both analysis and synthesis,
So great were his abilities on the
bench that when his first term grew to
a close ne was triumphantly elected for
another period Already. however, his
ability had attracted outside attention
and he had served but two years OF the
nve-year term for which he was elected
when President Harrison asked him to
take the difficult post OF solicitor general
OF the United States.
Mr.. Taft accepted this position In 1890
Here he was associated with Joseph
Choate and other giants OF tho law, and
acquitted himself with a Drilliancy that
demonstrated clearly TO his contem-
poraries a faculty involving not only
wide learning and tremendous application,
but the power OF clear and Torceful pre-
sentation OF argument, During his term
of office he handled tho seal fisheries
controversy with Great Britain and a
tariff case In which the law was at
tackled on tho ground that Speaker Reed
had counted quorum when the blu
passed the house, Both OF these cases he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Speech of Acceptance.

Gentlemeu--I thank you FOR your
nomination and In you I recognize
tho lawfully elected delegates TO the
Republican convention who represent
the overwhelming majority OF the
voters who took part In tho Republl-
can primaries prior 10 the cOnven-
tion, and who represent tie wish OF
the ma Jority OF the lawful nembers
OF the convention. accept the noml-
nation subject TO but one condition.
This has now brought Il contest
which cannot be settled merely along
the old party lines. The principles
that are at stake arc as broad and
deep as the foundations OF our de-
Inocracy itself. They are In no sense
sectional, Thoy should appeal 20 all
honest citizens. east and west, north
and south; they should appeal 10 all
right thinking men. whether Rcpubli-
cans or Democrats. without regard to
their previous party affiliations.
feel that the time has come when
not only ell mon who believe in pro-
gressive principles. but all men who
believe In those elementary naxims
OF public and private morality which
underlie avery form OF successful
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Says Circle Completed.

They seem to forget that the vicious
circle has been completed. and that
this fraudulent convention has pro-
vided in its fraudulcntly chosen ma
tional committee means whereby
they can hope once again four years
hence and with the like lmpuptv TO
overthrow the Will of the majority Of
the voters at tho primaries. The ma
tional committee. over whose selec-
,iop and retention In office the voters
have no control whatever. makes up
the fraudulent temporary rollcall
which controls the national conven-
tlon. The nationdl committee thus
fraudulenuy made up names another
national committee. ard the new ma
tlonal committee constituted by the
same elements that constituted the
old one has already shown by Its ac-
tions that II can be trusted four years
hence TO repeat the misbchavior OF
the old one
The vicious circle must be broken.
The powerful crooks and tho political
bosses have and ought TO have no
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Meets Roosevelt.

1t was during his solicitor generalshlp
that Taft became acquainted with Jheo-
dore Roosevelt tho acquaintance ripen-
Ing into Il firm friendship only broken
during the last four years.
In 1892 MIR. Taft was cent back to
Ohio as judge or the Sixth federal cir
cult lie spent seven years ON the led
eral bench. his tenure OF office being
generally recognized AS an apprentice
ship for a lator appointment TO the su-
preme court This was then the acme
Mr.. Tafrs administration Of his duties
as federal Judge was marked by uni
yersal hrilliancy ana fair mlndedness
not only OF those IN favor OF whom ne
decided the cases before him. but OF
those who failed In their litigation. He
was hailed on every ,S SIDE as a iSiF-'iiii'd-
one Of Ills most noted dcclslons-a de,
cislon that even at that early oay showed
him TO be in accord With the sherman
Addystone pipe company litigation This
was the first time the Sherman anti
| trust law was made living, vital force
Tor the cSrbipg and ,inbIS hS"tf'neH tbo sw and
! /, was appealed TO the supreme court.
where he had the satisfnction OF having
his decision quoted IN inn ana ~ nahqeS hd,,S
court which sustained him at every point;
Judge TAFT remained on the ied9Ihi
| bench until 1900. when President Mcktn- :
| lev appointed him president or the United
States philippine commission HIS ad-
| mInistration OF the Philippines was truly
! "A heroic task. Americans. individually
and collectively were persona non srS,h s:,,h
| fanatic horror. Besides this, at the time
Judge Taft took up his administering
! Of Philippine affairs, there was nu1n
controversy I'm the United states as TO
the future policy CT tlis coun''S III
gard TO the islands. r,,,
Taft won the confidence or the rih~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Be Sure to Take Your Dinner
at the Semloh Louvre, and
Hear the New Popu-
lar Singers.

Everybody should hear the Crescent
singers nj the Semloh Louvre. They
are drawing great crowds and arc the
most popular entertainers that, ever
onme west. They sing classical and
popular songs, solos, duets, etc, begin,
ming at & O'Clock and ontlnuiny until
the close OF the cafe after the eheater.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

so nearly the universal good VIII Of the
populace as did Mr.. Taft
He fell heir however, TO q political
situation calculated. by It's complex sides
and factlonal friction. to create party dis
sension and party criticism. It was un-
derstood that he was 10 pursue the
Roosevelt policies" which, though popu-
lar In sorne political quarters, were
equally unpopular IN others. He did not
pursue them. He took his own Initiative,
abioed by his own counsel, and stood out
firmly for the measures and adrnlnlstra-
tive policies that his own Judgment told
him were right.
AS president he not only faced the
questions let over by & &ex,PIesidsnt
bariSed upon a period or dissension In his
own party. He was placed in the difficult
position Of having TO please both the
standpat wing OF Republicanism and the
progressive branch OF the Republican
party. II he pursued one course ne WAS
bound to ALLEVIATE the support OF one fac
tion OF the Republicans II be pursued an
other, he was in the same predicament;
His administration. therefore, lent Itself
TO criticism no matter which way he
turned, and much criticism had been ac-
corded II. II cannot be denied. however,
that Mr. Taft advocated the things he
thought were right and pursued his poll
cles without reference TO his political fu-
ture.
Mr. Tafts most serious party break
came with the signing OF the Payne
Aldrlch tariff law. Through this act no
hlenated the support or SUCH men as the
lato Senator Dolliver OF Iowa, Senator La
Follette OF Wisconsin, Senator Cumnins
OF Iowa and other prominent men OF the
progressive faction Of tho Republican
party.
These men went before tho people AND
claimed that Mr.. Taft had betrayed the
trust OF his party through signing a
measure that embodied largely the pro-
tective tariff. Mr.. Taft stood to his guns
and upheld his action, He claimed that
revision OF the tariff downward was not
expedient. He met the attacks OF the
Democratic legislature by vetoing their
low tariff bills and explained his action
by stating that he wanted to hear tho
official reports Of the various boards in
vestigating the measures which they SO
hastily advocated.
Through his reciprocity bill. providing
for the free lntcrchanee Of certain COM
modities between Canada and the United
States. he sought TO alleviate the suffer
ings Of the people
This measure was enthusiastically ad-
vocated by his friends and was passed
by both houses OF congress. 1t met its
Waterloo when the Canadian parliament
overthrow Laurier and repudlated the
tentative agreement. largely on senti-
mental grounds,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

nor In business 'sThou shalt not
steal from the people the birthright
OF the people to rule themselves" |
hold, in the language Of the Kentucky
court or appeals that Stealing Is
stealing. No people Is wholly civ
lll1ed where a distinction Is drawn
between stealing an office and steal
Ing purse. No truly honest man
should be satisfied with an office to
which his title is not as valid as that
OF the homestead which shelters his
family, / do not know whether our
countrymen fully realize the gravity
OF tho crisis which we this moment
face: There is no use In holding pri-
maries. no use In holding elections II
we permit small group OF unscrupu-
lous politicians. some or whom are
certainly acting in tho interests OF
big crooked business, 10 exercise the
veto power over these primaries and
elections by upsetting the results at
their own pleasure.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Reviews Convention.

The convention which today closes
It's discred!table career here in Chi
cago represents a negligible minimum
OF the rank and file OF the Republican
party But what II hos done and
what ii has provided for the future
offer material for very serious con-
slderation. The old national commit
tee. chosen by the politicians four
years ago. made up a temporary roll.
including some ninety fraudulent dele
gates who had not been elected by
the people and thereby they con
trolled a majority OF the convention.
This fraudulent temporary roll in
turn chose q fraudulent credentials
committee, and al the fraudulent
delegates voting on one another's
case thereby made up the permanent
roll which constituted the fraudulent
convention.
Then this fraudulent convention
chooses a new and not less fraudu-
lent national committee. Now. gen
tlemen, there arc those who ask US
TO stay in the party which has just
fraudulenty nominated for the presi-
dency man who inspired and profit
ed by the fraud; they ask us to sub
nit To infomy I'm the present case on
the ground that perhaps we may be
able TO prevent such ipfamy IN the
future.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Principles Set Forth.

AS for the principles for which
stand, I have set them forth fully In
the many speeches I have made dur
Ing the last four months while max
ing an active contest for the nomlDa-
tlon which l won, and out OF which
have been cheated by the men who
feared to see these principles reduced
to action. Fundamentally these prin-
c!ples are. FIRST, that the people have
the right 10 rule themselves and can
do so better than any outsid ers can
duty so TO rule in a spirit OF Justice
toward every man and every woman
Within our borders. and TO use the
government so far as possible rs an
instrument for obtaining not merely
political but individual justice We
do not stand for these principles as
mere distractions any more than We
stand for honesty and fair play as
mere distractions. We seek to apply
them practically In every relation OF
life where we have power. We stand
tically apply the commandment,
Thou shalt not steal" and We Wish
10 give a square deal 90 every citizen
of this republic so that he may have
d chance TO show the stuff there Is
ia him, unhelped by privilege himself
and unhampered by privilege for
others. hold that we are perform
ing high duty inaugurating this
movement. for the permanent success
in the fraudulent convention that has
just closed It's slttines would mean
the downfall of this republic: and We
are performing the most patriotic or
duties when we SET our faces ike
'flint against such wronS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

him Judge of the superior court to sue
ceed Judson Harmon, who had resigned
10 enter President Cleveland's cabinet.
In 1886 Judge Taft married Miss Helen
Heron. daughter OF the Hon. John w.
Harm, Of Cincinnati.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
MASS MEETING PUTS
TEDDY IN RUNNING
CONTINUED from Page Two.)

ator Clapp OF Minnesota offered the reso-
lutlon nominating Roosevelt. He read Il
himself.
When he had finished, bedlam broke
loose,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Meeting AdjournS.

When Colonel Roosevelt concluded
there was a wild rush for the platform.
and q score OF men scrambled Tor tho
leaves OF the coloners manuscript where
be had dropped them. The cneers al
most drowned out the bare OF the panu,
which valorousy continued 10 play
"Therel BE Hot Timo in the Old Town
Tonight
Governor Johnson dismissed the meet-
ing after calling upon the delegates TO
meet tomorrow afternoon.
Il know II Is Sunday" he said DUE
our work is holy work.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Against Monopoly.

This stand put him squarely on rec
ord as against corporate monopolies In
restraint OF trade and he hos demon
strated his intention of fighting the trusts
through filing suits against the steel
trust and number OF minor monopo-
lies.
Another law that had his approval and
that looked toward the betterment Of
conditions in the United States was the
corporation tax bill, which, in a large
measure, eliminates the possibility OF
corporate secrecy through providing for
a certain amount Of government super
vision: Besides this, the corporation tax
bill Will add 70 the revenue OF the United
States through It's tax upon monopoly.
States commerce court and strongly ad-
vocated the policy OF dollar diplomacy
that has done so much to re1uv venate
finances OF the small republics in South
and Central America.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Elected President.

In June. 1908. he was nominated for
president by the Republican national con-
vention at Chicago. and in the following
November he was elected TO the presi-
dency by a considerable majority,
Up TO this timo there had been moth
Ing In MIR. Taft's career that had elicltcd
anything but boundlcss praise. He had
been q faithful and efficient servant OF
his country at home and abroad. Through
out the world he had made many friends
for the United States by his franltness
and lIbsrnlity. and his country was only
too willing 10 see him honored with the
highest Office within It's gift. II Is no
axaggeratiou TO say that no president
aver moved into the White house with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Talks of Bosses. -

Wherever in any state the Republi-
can party is true to the principles OF
It's founders and Is genuinely the
party OF justice and OF progress. L
expect TO sec II come bodily into the
new movement. for the convention
that has just sat In this city is In
no proper sense or the word a Repub-
llcau convention at all. II does not
represent the masses OF the Republ-
can party, IL was organized In cyni-
cal defiance of their wishes and It has
served the purpose only of A group
OF sinister political bosses who have
not one shadow Of sympathy with the
spirit and purpose Of the Republican
party OF fifty years ago. and many
OF whom have used the party merely
as an adjunct to money making,
either for themselves or for the great
crooked financial interests which they
serve. The bosses who first stole
enough delegates TO enable them To-
dominate this convention. and then
did their will In II. have no klnsh!p
of soul or spirit with the men who
started the Republican party on It's
career as an agent OF liberty and
Justice.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Asked to Imagine.

Imagine for yourselves how Messrs
Barnes and Peurose and Guggenhclm
would have looked standing under the
historic oaks In that Michigan city
when the Republican party was born
ffty-six years ago. You. my friends.
who are here before me. you are tho
heirs In the spirit OF Abraham Lin
coin. when no refused longer to be
bound by the shacklcs OF the past,
and faced the new issues in the new
spirit that the times demanded. But
We are more fortunate IN one respect
than our predecessors. for we who
now stand for the progressive cause.
the progressive movement. have done
forever with all sectiona!ism. and we
make our appeals equally to the sons
OF the men who fought under Grant
and 10 tho sons of the men who fought
under Leo, for the cause we champion
Is as emphatlcally the cause OF the
south as II Is the cause OF the north.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23


schools provided for their education
fought for their rights with tho home
government and rcjuvenated trade ia
ygch non an r. extent that prosperity smiled
centuries.
First Civil Governor.
His early efforts In the Philippines
were carly recognized in the United
states and In July Of the year following
MS appointment he was made the first
civil governor Of the islands.
Ihero mas been some criticism OF
Judge Tatt's administration in the Orient,
but upon the whole It is recognized by
even the presidents enemies that his
tenure OF office was one that showed cx-
tent. indeed. was he upon the regenera-
ton Of the Philippine islands that upon
three different occasions he refused an
opportunity TO re-enter the judiciary. In
refusing one OF these opportunities he
turned down an appointment to the su-
preme bench OF the United States. This
was the goal toward which his ambition
mad turned since boyhood-
In 1904 he accepted the portfolio OF war
In the cabinet of President Roosevelt and
continued in that office until he reslgne
TO engage In his presidential campaign
During his inoumbency OF the cabinet
office Mr., Taft displayed to even greater
advantage that efficiency and tact he
Philippines. Perhaps his great est
achievement as secretary OF war was the
mastery manner in which he wrought
order out Of chaos IN the Panama canal
zone. The Panamanians. despite the
Hay-Narilla treaty, were more or less
firmly convinced that the United States
had not acquired that section of the
lsthpus OF Panama solely TO build ca
nal. They were OF the opinion that there
were diplomatic reasons behind the move
They thought that the United States
sought TO strike at the independency of
the Central American republics through
the establishment OF n rival state and
the gradual absorption of the surround
Ing territory
This antagonism had TO be overcome
and Taft was tho man that overcanoc IT,
He visited Panama and exercised there
those personal and mental powers that
had won him the confidence OF the ma
tlves OF the Philippines, The result was
that army engineers. under his direction
were enabled 10 proceed with their work
OF making this pesthole habitabie with,
out serious opposition from the natives
Another instance OF his ability an
executive and q diplomat came with the
second lnsurrection in Cuba. He jour
ncyed TO that Island IN 1906 and hardly
had he reached its shores when internal
affairs took a change for the better. In
~ comparatively short time peace had
been restored among the warning factions
He remained a9 provisional governor Of
Cuba throughout the months or March
and April. 1905.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

feeling but contempt for the honest
men who submit to their violent and
unscrupulous dishonesty. II we per-
NIT fraud OF this kind TO triumph we
do a shameful thing and show either
that we are faint at heart or dull OF
cOnScience
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
should join In one move

government, should Join In one move
ment,
Therefore. I ask you to go to your
several homes to find out the scnti-
ment OF the people at home and then
again TO come together, / suggest by
mass convention, TO nominate for the
presidency a progressive candidate on
a progressive platform, a candidate
and a platform that will enable us to
appeal to northerner, southerner.
easterner and westerner. Republican
and Democrat alike, In the name OF
our common American citizenship. If
you wish me 10 make the fight. I will
make 1t even II only one state should
support me. The only condition i'm
pose Is that you shall be entirely free
when you come together to substitute
any other man In my place l! you
deem it better for the NOV cement, and
In such case I will give him my
heartlcst support