The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-25
Judicial RECALL SHOULD Be
: Stunned BY REPUBLICANS
Deals With Business Prosperity, Ar
6itration and independence Of the
Judiciary-WiIl to Stand By Veto
OF Tariff Bills and Arbitration Stand
(By Associated Press.)

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New York, May 25.-"What I am
Trying to Do" an article by President
Taft-appears in the current issue of
the Worlds Work and deals with tar
III revision, business prosperity arbi-
tration and independence of the judi
'ciary. The President aserts that he
is willing to go before the people for
verdict on his veto of the three
tariff bills passed by the House in ex-
traordinary session last year; that no
charge yet made against him has gone
nearer to his heart than that he. by
enforcing the antitrust law was hurt
ing business; that he intends, so long
as he can raise his voice, to continue
to favor general arbitration and that
the Republican party would lose caste
as a defender of American civilization
should It take up the judicial recall
as one of Its tenets.
In part. the Presidents article fol-
lows:
Il was elected President of the Uni
ted States on the Republican plat.
form of 1908. The party declared In
that platform that in all tariff legis,
iation the true principle of protection
Is best maintained by the imposition
of such duties as will equal the diff
ference between cost of production at
home and abroad The party went
before the people on that issue and
was sustained.
Our Democratic brethren have de-
parted from the faith on tariff board
which a majority of them once en,.
braced, and, In the extraordinary ses-
sion of last year.. they passed three
tariff bills without the aid of informa-
tion from tariff board, drawn In
such an unsclentific, ,unsystemat and
reckless way that did not hesitate
to veto them. In order that they might
await the coming of the report by the
Tariff Board upon Schedule X, wool
and woolens, which one tariff bill ef-
fected, and upon cotton and cotton
manufactures, which another tariff
bill effected. We should be entirely
willing to go before the country and
Invite a verdict of the people.
mo charge has been made against
me that went nearer to my heart than
the charge that I, by the enforcement
of the antitrust law, was injuring the
business of the country. enforced It
50 far as lay in my power and duty
because 1t is on the statute book.
enforced It because believe II to be
a good law, and / believe 1t when
properly construed to make a right
guide for business. I believe that by
the construction of the courts of the
laws that are on the statute books,
and by decisions that are yet to come,
the line may clearly be drawn SO that
business may square itself to those
boundaries which the law fixes.
'T should deprecate the suggestion
of any so-called reform that involves
constitutional changes without our
knowing exactly what we are going to
do and what the effect of these
changes will be. What l would de-
precate is the sudden suggestion Of
amendments for this end, and amend
ments for that, and having amend
ments for breakfast the next morning
as II the amendment Of the funda-
mental law were nothing but the re-
peal Of an ordinary statute or the
passage OF an ordinary appropriation
BILL.
"There is one other subject which
is,a rather tender one with me. | am
convinced that most of the audiences
l had the privilege of addressing with
in the last year we're in favor of pass
ing and ratifying the peace treaties
Just as they were presented to Con-
gress.
II give notice that have not lost
interest In that point and have no
thought Of surrendering, because IN
tend, 50 far as can and so long as
/ may raise my voice, to continue to