The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14
TAFT APPEALS TO
CALIFORNIA VOTERS

Unable to cross the continent Il
campaign in California, President Taf
has sent by telegraph from Washing
ton to the Republicans of that stat.
his arguments for support in the pres
idential primary election today. The
statement is along the broad lines be
fitting the head of great nation TIL,
president itemizes the acts of the pres
ent administration, and SAYS:
81 submit that record is formed
that entities this administration to the
support of the Republican men ani
women of California, and that it il
progressive in the highest degree.'
The items to which the president
points in making the statement are:
The tariff.
The Panama Pacific exposition
Conservation in the increase of oul
international and Philippine trade.
The employers liability act.
The more drastic and complete regu
lation of interstate commerce
The postal savings bank bill
The mining bureau bill, for the
health and wealth of the miners
The establishment of a tariff com
mission
The change from a deficit of $50,
100000 to a surplus of $40,000,000.
The corporation tax.
The children 8 bureau bill, for the
health and welfare of children.
The appiintment to the children 4
bureau of Miss Julia G. Lathrop, one
of the ablest women of America.
The making of peace treaties with
England and France, which have beer
emasculated through the influnece OF
Mr.. Roosevelt and his campaign man
ager, Senator Dixon, and the Demo
cratic members of the senate.
The effective prosecution work il
building and completing the Panams
canal.
The presidents telegram was sent
ager of the Taft forces in San Fran
cisco and brother-in-law of Colone
Roosevelt. 1t also was sent to P. A
Stanton, the Taft manager at Los An
geles. The telegram reads:
On the eve of your presidential pri
mary in California I venture to appea
to the Republican men and women who
exercise the franchise to consider
fairly and well the legislative execu
tive achievements of my administra
tion, and especially those which have
affected California, and to say whether
they do not deserve approval by the
people of California
Then follows the enumeration of the
claims of the present administration
for consideration. The telegram con
tinues:
This administration has shown nc
favors to wrongdoers; it has enforced
every law ON the statute books. II
prosecuted the sugar frauds, the Gus
toms frauds, the rebates, and it has
brought suit against every trust
against which there was evidence OF
its violating the Sherman law, and this
includes the steel trust and the har
vester trust, which were treated as
good trusts under Mr.. Roosevelt and
entitled to immunity after threat by
George w. Perkins that the proseeu
tion of such trusts would bring about q
fight by them with the administration
Mr.. Perkins is now one of the chief
contributors to Mr.. Roosevelt IS politi
cal fund
The last important measure which
I have urgently recommended to con
gress, which has passed the senate and
is now pending in the house, is the
workmen s compensation bill, which
changes altogether the policy of the
law with reference to the liability OF
the employer to the employe on inter
state commerce railroads; gives an in
surance for every employe against
the dangers of his employment by re
quiring the employer to indemnify the
employe against injury received in the
employment not brought about by hi.
will and voluntary account, and fixes
reasonable compensation, graduated
according to regular tables and proper
tiond to the extent of the injuries anG
earning capacity of the employee in
jured.
In the opposition which Mr.. Roose
welt is now making to this administra
tion he is not giving me a square deal
as I have shown by undoubtable record
proof. He is appealing to class hatred
and forcing sham issues in such a way
that his success would be a real detri
ment to the pubic interest and dan
gerous departure from wise tradition
which he himself has recognized-that
limits citizen to two terms in the
presidency.
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