Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-25
SERIOUS MENACE
IS D0WNE0-TAFT
PATRIOTIC PEOPLE BREATHE
FREELY NOW. SAYS THE
PRESIDENT.
TO TAKE THE STUMP
Charles D. Hllles, Secretary, 10 Chief
Executives Choice 10 Chairman Of
National Republican Committee
as Reward for His Services.

Washington, d. c., June 24.-Presi.
dent Taft made the following state.
ment following his denomination:
"A national convention of one OF the
great parties is ordinarily important
only as a preliminary to national
campaign for the election of a presi.
dent.
THE Chicago convention Just ended
is much more than this, and in itself
is the end of a preconvention cam
paign presenting crisis more threat.
ening and issues more important than
those of the election campaign which
is to follow between the great ma
tional parties. ~
"The question here at stake was
whether the republican party was to
change it's attitude as the chief, con-
servator in the nation of~-constitu-
tional, representative government and
was to weaken the constitutional
guarantees of life, liberty and property
and all other rights declared sacred In
the bill of rights by abandoning the
principle of the absolute Independence
of the judiciary, essential to the main
tenance of these rights
Serious Menace Averted.
'The campaign carried on to seize
the republican party and make it the
instrument of reckless ambition and
the unseating of. the fundamental
principles of our government was 50
sudden and unexpected that time was
not given clearly to show to- the peo-
pie and the party the dangers which
confronted them.
fIt was sought to break the wise
and valuable tradition against giving
more than two terms to any one man
in the presidency and the danger from
it's breach could not be measured.
THE Importance of the great vic
tory which has been achieved cannot
be over-estimated. All over this coun-
try patriotic people are breathing
more freely that most serious menace
to our republican institutions has been
averted.
1T is not necessary to speak Of the
result in November, or of the issues
which will arise between the repub-
lican and democratic parties in the
presidential campaign to follow. It
will be time enough to do that after
the action of the Baltimore conven.
ton.
Great Victory 10 Won.
1T is enough now to say that what.
ever may happen in November, q
great victory for the republican party
ard the United States has already
been won. The party remains &c .
great, powerful organization for carry
ing out it's patriotic principles as an
agency Of real progress in the develop
ment of the nation along the consti-
tutional lines, upon which it was con.
structed and has ever been main.
tanned; and it's future opportunity for
usefulness is as great as its achieve
ments in the past
President Taft declared he was much
in favor Of having his secretary.
Charles D.>Hilles, for chairman Of the
national republican committee. He ex-
pressed a high appreciation of Mr..
Hilles' work in the preconvention cam
paign When asked If he would take
the stump this fall, the president re-
piled he considered it likely that he
would. He plainly was elated at his
victory when the complete results be-
came known. I,