The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-04
Admits Tariff Attitude Was Not Cor
rect, But Says That He Was
Not An Expert.
ARCHIBALD CASE A PRECEDENT
Judge Was 1mpeached on Evidence
on Which an Indictment Could
Not Have Been Drawn
Special to The Pioneer.

Special to The Pioneer.
St. Paul, Feb. 3.-"Restricting the
term of president of the United
States to one term of six years, Is a
good thing. 1t will mean that presi-
dents will spend their time in the in
terest of the people, instead of build
ing a political machine for the next
election.
"President Taft's tariff attitude
may not have been the right one, but
he is not an expert on tariff schedules
and could not reasonably be expected
to over-rule the action of Congress
in passing the measure, since they
had more time to- investigate mat
ters than he had"
'"The impeachment of Judge Rob-
ert w. Archibald, of the commerce
court established precedent because
he was impeached on evidence which
would not be indictable. The i'm
parchment, however, may have a
good moral effect on judges in gen.
eral"
The above remarks, made Monday
by Sen. Knute Nelson, before the
joint session of the legislature, in the
house chamber, were Interpreted by
many to mean,
"Taft cannot be re-elected; Roose-
welt must not have another term and
any Republican is preferable to Will
son.
"Taft's mistakes were excusable,
because he did not know what he was
signing" -
Judge Archibald would not have
been indicted II the same value had
been given the evidence which has
been the test in the past"
Intrenched with another six year
term In the United States senate, Sen
ator Nelson evidently is willing to
continue to take his chances with the
so-called "standpat" element:
Senator Nelson also thanked the
Legislators and the people at large for
re-electing him, and said that he con-
stdered their choice vindication Of
his record on national issues.
During the course of his remarks
the senator reviewed the work of
congress during his incumbency in
Office in the past eighteen years. He
touched upon pure food regulation
and the investigation of the packers
combine and suggested that the regu-
lation OF railroads, workmens' COM
pensation, water power and corpora
ton income taxes could best be regu-
lated by federal laws. -.,
: "The efforts of the states along
these lines" he said, "have been only
partially successful. They are handi-
capped because they have jurisdiction
to regulate only intra-state matters,
and because the laws of adjoining
states conflict"
:: Referring to the coming Democrat
ic administration, Senator Nelson
said he did not anticipate any radical
legislation to result from it. >'s.
Senator Nelson also took up events
at large, following the enactment Of
the Dingley tariff and the Spanish
American war and told of the growth
of Industries and the country gener-
ally, AS a concrete instance of this
growth he cited the fact that in 1895
there were $500 national banks,
while, at present, he said. there are
$500. - s::.5
: The speech was received with en-
thusiasm. Following the address the
senator mingled with the representa-
.tives and senators, renewing acquain-
:tances and meeting the new members,
many of whom had only heard Of him
previously.