The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-12
THE TAFT TICKET.

10 Ue supported ny du army StlOuScl
than the Army of the United States
20 siihe the voice of the American
voter" His defeat, prophesies the
Spokane Spokesman Re-
view, will be more humilYting than
that of President Harrison in 1892"
And the New York Press prog.
Rep, unable to figure out any pos
sible chance of success for either
Republican, Taft or Roosevelt, sees
only a Republican party ripped into
shreds" and everywhere, on Election
Day, the assurance of Republican
tragedy"
Governor Hadley's statement that
the Chicago platform, which he
helped to draw up, is on the whole
the most progressive platform we
have ever presented to the American |
people, is loudly echoed by the Taft |
press The platform seems master
ly, strong. and sensible to the Taft
Republican Dayton Journal. Any
Republican can stand on it, aver the
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph and
Philadelphia Inquirer and News. Nay,
it is even BROAD enough, fair enough,
progre. sive enough to suit any Amer
lean who cares more for this great
country than his small self" remarks
the San Francisco Call
The tariff plank is especially pleasing
to the st. Louis Globe Democrat
(Rep) "In declaring protective du-
ties vital to the maintenance of the
American workingman's higher stand
ards of living, the Republican plat
form strikes the keynote of the par
tvs position on the question" On
it che Republicans will be able to
make winning campaign" To the
Albany Journal, owned by Mr. Barnes,
the keynote clause was that calling
for "self-conrolled representative
government"
President Taft stands for re-elec-
ton upon platform that gives as
surance of the maintenance of con-
stitutional, sanely progressive govern
ment.
ITO doubt that that is what the
majority of the people want would be
to doubt their intelligence, their san
ity."
But there is little mercy for this
Taft platform" from the opposition
press. Most emphatic is the Denver
News (Dem); I'm every line this re-
markable document affirm Taft allie
glance to special privilege and in.
suits and defies the people" "a plat
form of despair, of houelessness,"
Fthe Charleston News and Courier
(Dem.) names it; there is no man
in America so popular that on such
an instrument he could ride to the
White House" "a dreary waste of
words" and "a straddle," it seems to
the Baltimore Evening Sun lind J,
and to the Philadelphia Record Ind.
Dem,), mot a call to action, but a
prayer to hold together" "There is
scarcely a pretense of progressive
ism" in it, according to the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. It's promises of
action along progressive lines" are
but promises to catch votes" and,
in the opinion of the Detroit News
Qnd.), would never be fulfilled in
the event of Taft's election. The
more moderate Springfield Republi-
can Ind finds admirable features, -
but there and there in the platform
rather too much of William Barnes. u
A summary Of this platform so Wig
orously assailed by it's foes and so
earnestly defended by its friends, this
document framed by a committee IN.
GLIDING such men as ex-Vice-Presi.
= dent Fairbanks, Nicholas Murray
Butler and Governor Hadley, fol
lows:
After emphatically stating its be
lief in "our selfcontrolled represen
tative democracy, which is a govern
ment of laws, not of men, and in
which order is the prerequisite Of
progress" the platform goes on to
; declare that that party is one of ad
vancng and constructive statesman
. ship which will strive in the States
as well as in the nation "to enact the
necessary legislation to safeguard the
public health; to limit effectively the
labor of women and children; to pro
! tect wage-earners engaged in dan
gerous occupations; to enact compre
hensive and generous workman's
compensation laws in place of the
present wasteful and unjust system
of employers liability and in all pos
sible ways to satisfy the just demand
of the people for the study and so
luton of the complex and constantly
: changing problems of social welfare.
The platform "reafirms" the party's
intention to uphold the authority
and integrity of the courts" It de
clares the recall of judges "unneces
sary and unwise" but favors "such
action as may be necessary to simpli
> fly the process by which any judge
= who is found derelict in his duty
may be removed from Office" Oppo
sition to monopoly and Endorsement
{ the Sherman Antitrust Law are
followed by a demand for the enact
ment of supplementary antitrust lie
gislation and a federal trade commits
sion. The tariff plank contains re
affirmation of the party's protective
policy and asks for import duties
high enough to yield a sufficient re
, venue and to protect adequately
American industries and wages
"Some of the existing import duties
are too high and should be reduced
REIMBURSEMENT should be made from
, time to time to conform to changing
conditions and to reduce excessive
rates, but without injury to any
American industry, To accomplish
this, correct information is indispens
able. This information can best be
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