Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-08

ta,ued.
Again. the Democratic party I'm con.
gress and convention shows it's desire
TO weaken the courts by forbiddns
the use Of the writ OF Injunction te
protect n lawful business against the
destructive effect of a secondary boy.
colt and of interposing a jury in con
tempt proceedings brought to enforce
its orders and DEGREES. These provis
ions are really class legislation de
signed to secure immunity for law
lessness in labor disputes on the part
of the laborers. but operating much
more widely to paralyze the arm OF
the court in cases which do not In
volve labor disputes at all The hos
tility to the judiciary and the meas
ures TO take away its power and Its
independence constitute the chief def
mite policy that can be fairly attribut
ed to that class OF statesmen and re-
formers whose absorption and control
the Republican party escaped at Chi
cago and the Democratic party yielded
to at Baltimore.
Such Innovations Rejected.
The Republican party, Mr. Taft con.
tinued, stands for none Of these in.
novations. 1t refuses to make changes
simply for the purpose of making a
change. and cultivating popular hope
that in the change something benefi
cial, underlined, will take place The
Republican party believes in progress
along the lines upon which we have
attained progress already.
The president then devoted some
time to a review of what has been ac-
complshed during his administration.
including a warm defense of the Payne
tariff bill. In conclusion he said:
cannot think that the American
people. after the scrutiny and educa'
ton OF a three-months' campaign, dur
ing which they will be able to see
through the fog OF Misrepresentation
and demagoguery, will fail to recog'
nize that the two great issues which
are here presented to them are, first,
whether we shall retain on n sound
and permanent basis, our popular con-
stitutional representative form Of gov
eminent with the Independence Of
the Judiciary as a necessary key to the
preservation of those liberties that
are the Inheritance of 1000 years, and,
second, whether we shall welcome
prosperity which is Just at our door
b. maintaining our present economic
business basis and by the encourage
ment OF business expansion and prog
ress through legitimate use OF cap
ltal
Appeal to All Conservatives.
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 propositions of change In our
| form of government that are reckless
| ~ advanced to satisfy what is sup
posed to be popular clamor They are
men who revere the constitution and
! the institutions of their government
with all the love and respect that we
could possibly have, men who depre
cate disturbance in business cord!
tons. and are yearning for that 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
conditions ought to bring to us. To
them appeal as to all Republicans,
to Join us in an earnest effort to
avert the political and economic rev
olution and business paralysis which
| Republican defeat will bring about,
Such misfortune will fall most heay'
lily on the wage Garner. May we not
hope that he will see what his real
| interest is, understand the shallowness
OF attacks upon existing institutions
and deceltful promises Of underlined
benefits by underlined changes?
May we not hope that the great ma
iority Of voters will be able to dis
tingulsh between the substance oil
Performance and the fustian of prom
Use: that they may be able to see that
those wro would deliberately stir ar
discomfort and create hostility toward
those who are conducting Legitimate
business enterprises. and who repre-
sent the business progress OF the
country, are sowing dragons teeth
Who are the people? They are moi
alone the unfortunate and the weak;
they are the weak and the strong
the poor and the rich and the many
who are neither, the wage Garner ant
the capitalist, the farmer and the pro
fessional man, the merchant and the
manufacturer, the storekeeper and the
clerk. the railroad manager ani tho
cmploye--they all make up the peopl,
tsnd they contribute to the running o.
the government, and they have 10
any of them given into the hands o
anyone the mandate to speak for then
as peculiarly the peoples representa-
tive Especially does not he represen
them who, assuming that the people
are the unfortunate and discontinued
would stir them up against the re
mainder of those whose government
alike this is. In other campaigns
before this, the American people hav,
been confused and misled and diverted
from the truth and from a clear per
ception of their welfare by speciou'
appeals to their prejudices and thei
misunderstanding. but the clarifying
effect of a campaign OF education. th'