Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-24
Ralph D. Cole Delivers Magni-
ficent Address Last Night,
Showing Why Party in Pow
err Should be Retained in
Power.
TAFT's ACHIEVEMENTS
ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBED
Without Attacking Any Man
But With Citation of Facts
and Figures, Former Con.
gresham Brings Conviction
Home to Voters.

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Home to Voters.
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J mat iho .... .......... ..s.aUuu n.s car
rIed out every promise mad, iy tn..
people Oy the Republican part, 100 in"
platform adopted In 1900. with
matches orators 10 .ITrlo Hud iYr,,-
| tul ana yet eloquent language. with
enthusiasm that indicated that he
sppk" tho truth ana from the heart.
his every sentence carrying Nth It
strength and conviction, Ralph -.
| col" %. Fiudlay, Onto, last night
| fpuk' 90 81 larg" and hbprctiatlvc uu.
| bienr" Iu the ElRa' tleatcr.
Mr. '"I"'S speech Was a magnificent
"rOrt and besides gaining many votes
| Tor Tart and lara, inspired every Re.
| publican present To- greater efforts 10
| return tho president 90 once on No.
| ,ruD"r %. Mr.. ful, declared ihnt he
knew Tor q certainty. frOn personal
| 'pu.,rauupn that he had with tho
| president, mat Mr. Tln does not care
| "n, shit whether or not n, lY elected
'p .l coed himself 80 president 81 the
rnll'u states, but that he does care
! f. ur vim itrd bv a." propIe.-to
have lJ" p"upl" dcclnr" that hc has
| faithfully fulniird rae obligations and
| responsibilities %, incurred when tax
| NIX the ultn 81 office on the dag ~ his
! Inauguration.
| Mr. Tar, has had the courage ~
| his convictions declared Mr.. cole.
| n" would rather be- right than be-
| president II he can't be- reelected
/ president of IN" United states because
he dId right. because he did his duty
- ho aw that duty to bc done, ne
| doesn't want 20 be president
The choicest feature of Mr Coles
| speech wax mat he did not attack any
| man. Ills speech WAS "a summing NJ
| OF the accomplishments 90 rh" Tau
| administration, IT, proved mat the
| administration had enacted iniQ-ltH
| every single promise tuu, had been
| mad" tho pcopi" in 1905. TtKirE dp
| the wool question, one ~ the most lr-
| tcr"stinR campaign copies iu New
| Mexico. Mr. cot" showed lG,' what
| win happen II wilson IL ru,i,d pres
! dent ana the Democrats ulwpaign
| pledge "a carried ONT To- put into force
| tarim Tor revenue only instead ur a
| prut,ytI.r tarir. Erirfly reviewing
] the past performances uf "a, Demo
| cratic party when ln power, NJ. cole
/ proved logically ana 'unulusiy,.y that
| disaster, shattered business conditions,
ana starvation have followed In the
! wake Of Democratic administrations
Comparing ana contrasting campaign
| pledges Of the Democratic PARTY In
| years gone by with the Democratic
| pledges ut today, tn speaker showed
| without any chance rur argument or
| contradiction that the conditions that
confront the people today ar" tho
same that confronted the people IN
1892 Referring to the sorrow and
| starvation that accompanied and were
i part and parcel uf the Democratic
administration from 1882 to 1896. Mr.,
cole continued with the contrast Of
conditions after Major Mckinley Of
ohio was elected 10 the presidency
A tribute to the "matchloss NCKin-
ley. our mnTtyrcd president brought
forth storm of applause.
Proceeding with his argument, Mr..
| Cole laid down as a general principle
this rule: My idea OF political plut-
form 10 that OF a contract between the
| party and the people. II In a business
| contract In every particular II ~.
FIRST OF all "A promise by u party, next
an acceptance OF the promise ana ltsI
conditions by the people, and lastly
abe consideration In the redemption OF
the pledge or the promise
Continuing Mr. cole cited sixteen
| specific instances of the redemption By
| the Taft administration ut campaign
/ pledges maslc In 1905. lie dWclt with
especial emphasis on tho Employees
Liability law. the Workingmnns COM
| pcnSation law, the establishment OF
| the bureau ot mines and mining, the
| Child's Labor law bureau and thcI
safety Appliance law.
only on one occasion did Mr.. col"
deal In personalities, Taking up th,
| reasons why George W, Perkins,
Frank Munsey and others are for
| Roosevelt, Mr.. cole said that Perkins
i was after revenge hccaua, Tat PROS
| ccuted the Harvester truW ana That
Munsey was after revenge h,'uusr the
I president insisted that ne sluuld pay
his pro rata OF the cost oi carrying
| magazines through the mails.
"Munsey has twenty-five reasons
/ why he Is against Mr Tafi" said Mr.,
| Cole. He owns tWcnty-twu maya
zines upon which he Is compelled to
| pay honest transportation rates
through the malls as the result OF Mr.,
/ Tan's enforcement OF the law. II
Munsey had twenty ave magazines he
wuold have twenty-five reasons why
tAe people should not vote for the re-
election Of the president. Explaining
the presidents reasons for compelling
the publishers 10 pay cost rates IN
transportation Of magazines Mr., Cole
/ said that before that reform MAS ac-
rompllShed the government had been
payinG see. 900. 900 per annum FOR the
privilege OF distributing literature. the
big publishing houses making the mil
lions OF the government Dealing
with universal peace, MIR. Cole paid