The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-29
SAYS PLATFORM
is PREPOSTEROUS
Likens 1t to Crazy Quilt and Be-
lieves Movement Would Soon
Go to Pieces But for Re-
markable Personality of
Its Ambitious
Leader.

ident Taft made direct plea to-day
to Republicans to vote the Republican
ticket and not desert the party At
the polls in November. in order to de-
feat the thiro party and Mr.. Roose-
Welt. It was the first prepared poll
teal address he has made since his
speech accepting the Chicago nomina-
ton. 1t was delivered from a tenn
porary stand erected on the grounds
at Parramatta before the Republican
clubs of Essex County and hundreds
Of residents of Beverly.
The President devoted particular
attention to the third party for the
first time since its formation. He
mentioned Mr.. Roosevelt and Governor
Wilson several times by name in con-
nection with their views on political
or economic subjects.
TIE Real Issue.
There il ono issue in the campaign
Of more fundamental and permanent
to the people than the tarin and pros
perity." said the President beginning
hts attack on the third party.
That 10 the preservation Of the In
situations Of civil liberty as they were
handed down to US by our forefathers
In the Constitution of the United
States and the State Constitutions
which were modelled after It. A third
party has split OF from the Repub-
lican party, not for any one prin-
cipie or indeed on any principle at all.
but merely to crafty personal ambi-
ton and vengeance. and in the gratifi-
cation OF that personal ambition and
vengeance. every new fad and theory.
some Of them food. some Of them ut
terly preposterous and impracticable.
some OF them as socialistlc a any
thing that hiss been proposed In the
countries Of Europe, many having no
relation to national juAsdiction or
policy nave been crowded into a plat
fern 10 tsmps the voters to enthusi-
astfc support OF each Of these pro-
posed reforms
This new party IL not united on
any cohesive principle and is only
kept together BY the remarkable per-
sonaltty OF its leader. Were he TO
de. the party would go to pieces for
the cause Of which 80 many Rlibly
speak. ID utterly incapable Of denni-
tion In view Of the crazy quilt char
acter of-the platform
Fortunately. there IL not the sIi1bt-
est chance Of the success OF the third
party. Its chief purpose is to defeat
the Republican party. and even In that
there 10 every possibility that II will
be Disappointed It has been suggested
that Republicans should vote the DEM
ocratic ticket In order to defeat Mr..
Roosevelt. Men who do this will act
most bllndly, for their unnecessary
vote to defeat Mr.. Roosevelt will aid
the cause Of the Democracy with whom
they have no sympathy. especially In
the policy OF tariff for revenue only,
bring . disturbance Of business and
an end OF prosperity"
Talks u Prosperity.
The burden Of much Of the Presi-
DENTS speech was prosperity. He be-
ban BY pointing out how the nations
mills and factories are humming with
business. declared that protection and
Republican rule are responsible for
this and asked his hearers II they re-
membsred the days Of 1889 and 1897.
when. he said. Interference with the
country's economic policy brought on
hard times. Passing ON to the tariff he
said:
"A change In our tariR II not neces-
sarily destructive. II depends upon the
principle uDen which the change ID
carried out But In this campaign we
are met on the platform Of our sdver-
saries- the Democrats. BY the PROPOSE.
tion that the protective tariff 10 un-
constitutional. and We may therefore
assume In the opinion Of the Democrats
that no tariff which does Or which ID
drawn to protect ought to remain on
the statute boolEUL Nov. u this decla-
ration OF the platf0sm means snything
We must accept 10 - Indicating IN In
tention radically 70 change our eco-
nomic policy. and that makes certain
the disturbance Of busines. the fright
eninG Of capital. the closing q fac
tories and the coming Of hard times