The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
DAWES REASONS
He Gives Many for Supporting
Taft for President.
Clay Center Politician Is Very
Much in Earnest.

While in. Topeka this week F. B.
! Dawes of Clay Center was asked his
! reasons for supporting President Taft
! and opposing the Roosevelt electors
and the Bull Moose candidates n the
! Republican state ticket. In discussing
his opposition to Roosevelt, Dawes
! goes into the merits of the recall of
judicial decisions and explains the re-
suits of the adoption of this policy. He
declares it means the abolition of all
constitutional law and would chatter
the foundation of the government.
In addition to his opposition to the
recall proposition, Dawes has some 20
other reasons why he will oppose
Roosevelt for reelection. These are
his reasons:
zone of my reasons for opposing
Roosevelt" said Dawes, ''is because of
his advocacy of the doctrine of recall
of judicial decision.
Now no right thinking patriotic
voter can endorse this doctrine. Our
written constitution is the fundamental
law Of the land. 1t is our Magma
Charta. 1t is the charter of our lib
erty.
ut says to every legislative body,
any law which takes away any person
al or property right guaranteed by
this charter shall be null ana void.
The constitution is the foundation
stone upon which the whole govern
ment superstructure rests. 1t standds
as the solemn written pledge f the
state that all rights acquired there
under shall be sacred and shall not be
taken away.
Now any man secures a property
right lnGer this charter, tlle charter
itself stands as written guaranty
that it shall not be taken away.
Suppose a man asquires property
rights under this constitution. A leg
islature passes law destroying this
property right. He goes into court
and asks the protection of the court. |
The judges being sworn to support the
constitution will. as matter of
course declare this law unconstitu
tional and void and thus save this man
his property rights. This would be
just and right. Roosevelt says mo, |
let this decision be submitted to a vote
of the people. If a majority vote for
the decision. it shall stand and the
property right shall be saved to the
owner. but if the majority vote against
the decision then the unconstitutional
stitutional. and the property rights. |
which had been guaranteed by this
constitution shall be taken away.
This is the recall of a judicial de-
cision. 1t is confiscatiOn. 1t is break
ing the pledged word of the state. 1t
is. in short, the destruction of oonsti- |
tutiona1 government. I can vote for
no man who stands for such doc |
trine.
You ask why I am for Taft? My
You ask what has he done? He !
brought order out of chaos in the Phil |
ippines and established civil govern |
ment there, and when he left the is
land, he left a sound stable govern |
ment with three-fourths of the Off |
GERS native Filipenos.
LAS secretary of war and as presi- /
dent he has built the panama canal I
without hitch, fraud or scandal.
He established civil government in ,
Cuba
In the interest of human rights he
abrogated the treaty with Russia.
Instead of war with Japan he re- (
quired California to give decent treat
ment to the citizens of Japan and
brought about treaty with that gov
eminent, and we have it as our friends
inSteal of our enemy.
by slight change of arrangement
in the administration in departments
of the government, he reduced the ex-
penses of administration and saved the
taxpayers of this nation the enormous
sum of $35,00O,OO0 per annum.
by making the undertaking
pay the proper postage and
by sending the magazines across the
continent by fast freight instead of on
passenger trains, the postofflce de-
partment last year returned a surplus
into the treasury instead of a de
ficit of $20,00O,0O0 year, as it did
under Roosevelt.
His administration has established
postal saving banks. He asked for and
got legislation establishing a tariff
commission.
Under his administration a parcels
post has been provided for.
He advocates the revision of the
tariff, one schedule a a time and thus
putting a stop to Iog-rolling anG
pork barrel methods.
He asked for and got maximum
and minimum rates of tariff so il
some nation puts up the fence agains
our hog and steer we can put up
fence against its sugar or its silk anC
thus bring that nation to time and
fair deal.
These are some of the reasons why
[ am for taft. How about the state
officers? Every Republican should
vote for all the Republicans on the
ticket. Those who voted to keep the
Roosevelt electors in the Republican
and who are supporting
Roosevelt for President do not deserve
he votes of Republicans.
why should a Republican vote to
make the capital building a recruit
ng station for party which was or
anized for the expires purpose of de-
;troying the Republican party %