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THE STJXDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 13, 1910. PARTY PROMISES KEPT, SAYS TUFT President Says Business En terprises Must Be Made to Conform to Law. NEW TARIFF IS DEFENDED Wool Schedule He presents Only Failure of Downward Revision Policy Interior Water ways to Be Improved. (Continued Prom First Page.) filling a great position and doing his duty with absolute fidelity. For that reason. Mr. Taft will be renominated and re elected." Governor Fort, of Now Jersey, said: '"There Is room in the Republican party for advanced thinking. Senator Dolliver, Senator Nelson and Senator Beveridge are not thoughtless men. They know their people and they are familiar with conditions tn the Middle West. They are only a little In advance of the rest of us. But they are no more bo than was Lincoln in his Springfield speech In lS5fi." President Taft said: Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Repub llcai Club and Fellow Guesta: The birth day of the man whose memo.-y -we celebrate toalpht Is an appropriate or-caston for re hewing our expressions of respect and af fection for the Republican party and our pledges to keep the part whU-h It plays In the history of this country as higrh and as useful as It was during the Administration of Abraham Lincoln. The trials which he had to undergo as President, the political storms which the party hud to -weather during the -civil War, the divisions In the party itself between the radical anti-slavery element and those who were mont conservative in observing th.e constitutional limitations, are most in teresting r-adinp: and serve to dwarf anfl minimize the trlala through which, the Re publican party Is now passing and restore a sense of proportion to those who allow themselves tfo be daunted and discouraged In the face of a loss of popular conildenc thought to be Indicated by the tone of the press. In what respect has the Republican party failed in its conduct of the Govern ment and the enactment of laws to perform Its dutyT It was. returned to power a year ago last November by a very large -majority, after a campaign in -which It made cer tain promises in its platform and those promises it has either substantially com plied with or It is about to perform within the present session of Congress. Party Promises Reviewed. Let us take up these promises In order: In the Republican platform of last year, upon which the campaign was made, ap pears the following plank In regard to the tariff; "The Republican party declares unequiv ocally for the revlsiun of the tariff by a special session of Congress Immediately fol lowing the inauguration of the next Presi dent and commends the steps already taken to this end In the work assigned to the appropriate committees of Congress, which are now Investigating the operation and effect of existing schedules. In all tariff legislation the trus principle of protec tion Is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries. We favor the estab lishment of maximum and minimum rates, to be ndmdnlstered by the President under limitations fixed in the law, the maximum to be available to meet discriminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home, the aim and purpose of the Republican policy being not only to preserve, without excessive duties, that security against for eign competition to which American manu fac Hirers, farmers and producers are enti tled, but also to maintain the high standard of living of the wafie-carnrrs of this coun try, who are the most direct beneficiaries of the protective system. Ret ween the United States and the Philippines we believe in a free interchange of products, with such 11m i tut ions as to suar and tobacco as will afford adequate protection to domestic inter est." We did revise the tarff. It is impossible to revise the tariff without awakening the active participation in the formation of the schedules of those producers whose business will be affected by a change. This is the In herent difficulty in the adoption of revision of a tariff by our representative system. Revision 1m Downward. Toothing was expressly said In the plat form tliat this revision was to be a down ward revision. The implication that It was to be generally downward, however, was fairly given by the fact that those who up hold a protective tariff system defend it by the claim that, after an industry has been established by shutting out foreign competi tion, the domestic competition will lead to the reduction in price so as to make the original high tariff unnecessary. In the new tariff there were 664 decreases, 220 Increases and 1130 items of the dutiable list unchanged, but this did not represent the fair proportion in most of the reduc tions and the increases, because the duties were decreased on those articles which had a consumption aiue of nearlv $..X0.(jl0 MH whiie they were Increased on those ar ticles which had a consumption value of less than 1.0OQ.OO0.0O0. Of the Increases, the consumption value of those affected, which are of luxuries, amounted to nearly $rtO0.0O0.(XK), while the increase not on ar tirlea of luxury affected but about $300.XX. nH. as againt decreases on about S5.000, tKiO.Ooo of consumption. And I repeat, therefore, that this was a downward revision. It was not downward with reference to silks or liquors or high priced cottons in the nature of luxuries. It was downw ard in respect to nearly all other articles except woolens, which were not af fected at ail. The revenues -were falling ofT. thera was a deficit promised, and It was essential that the revenues should be in creased. It was no violation of the promise 'v win revenues py increasing the j tar on luxuries, provided thera was down ward revision on ail other articles. WoolrAa Are Single failure. Th one substantial defect in compliance 1 with the promise of the platform was the fail ure to reduce wooleu. Ixes that defect so color tii action of the Republican party as to mak it a breach of faith leading to its condemnation? I do not tWnk u. Partlos are like men. Revisions are like the work tt men they are not ptrfect. The change whioh this tariff effected was marked by a change downward In the rate of duties and it was a recognition by the party that the time had conw when Ins-trid of increasing duties, they must be decreased, when tb party recognized in its platform and in much of what it did. that the proper measure of protection was the differencs in cotrt in the production of articles here and abroad, in cluding a fair profit to the manufacturer There was a dispute as to what that difference Is. and whether it was recognised in the chanKv af nil duties downward. Particularly waa this th caw on the ma terlatm thu.t enter in 10 the manufacture of paper and paper itself. The reduction on print purer was from to $3.75, or about ST per cent. There was a real difference of opinion on the Que.atl.n of fact whether the new duty correctly meatured ti?e difference In the cost of production of print paper abroad and print paper here. It affected the counting-room of the- newspapers of the country and invited the attention of the newspaper .proprietors who had asmci.tted themselves together like other Interests, for the purpose of securing a re duction of the tariff. The failure to make a larger reduction showed Itself clearly in the editorial columns of s. great lumber of the aewepapera, whatevw their party predilection. Time Needed for Proof. The amount of miare presentation to which the tariff bill tn its effect as . downward revUion bill was suljected has sever been ex ceeded In this country and It will doubtless tke the actual operation of the tariff bill for several year to show to the country exactly what the legislation and ite effect are. It Is. perhaps too early to institute the alren mrntjyTHins betwtoa isypq uirlna, but -REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN NEW QUESTIONS OF Aldrich bill has been in operation now for aix. months and figures are at hand from which we may make a reasonable inference, nnst, as to whether It is a revUrion downward, and second, as to its capacity for producing revenue, for it must be borne in mind that the passage of the law was demanded not only for the purpoee of changing rates in their effect upon the industries of the coun try, but also for the purpose of increasing trade and revenues, and the success of the measure is to be Judged by its results In both these respects. The Bureau of Statistics is authority for the statement that during the first six months' official operation of the Payne law. which has Just ended, the average rate of duty paid on all dutiable imports was 21.9 per cent ad valorem. The average rate of duty paid on all imports for the aix months for the four preceding years under the Ding ley law was 24.3. This would show that the reduc tion in the Payne law la 2.&4 per cent of the value of the goods, or the reduction below the previous tariff rates Is 12 per cent, show ing a downward revision to this extent in those goods which are dutiable. Free XJst Lengthened. But this is not all. Under the Payne law 51.6 per cent of the gro&s imports for the last six months have been entered free, while under the four years preceding for the same six months the free list amounted to 43.4G per cent of the total importations; so there was not only a reduction of duty on dul table Im ports of about 12 per cent, but also an en largement of about the same percentage of the free llot. For the production of revenue the Payne law la even more an improvement on the Ilngley law. During the six months that the Payne tariff bill was in force from August & to the night of February 6. the customs receipts amounted to 166,002. 856. 64. Under the Wilson -Gorman tariff the semi-annual monthly average was $13,857. 937. ti. Under the Dir. g ley tariff the monthly average was 21.710.973.ti4. wnile under the Payne tariff the monthly average ha been $27,677,142.75, or 10O per cent greater than the monthly average under the 'Wilson tariff, and 2ti per cent greater than the monthly average under the Dlngley tariff. Of course as the country increases in pop-, ulatlon the customs receipts increase, but even considering, the population, the increase In the tariff receipts has been marked. Under the "Wilson tariff the annual average customs reeoipts per capita were $2.38; under the Dlngley tariff, $8.23, while under the Payne tariff they are $3.71. Deficit Will lie Eliminated. For the six months that the Payne tariff has been in force the total receipts, both from customs ' and internal revenue, have been $32a,Sitf,231.91, while the disburse ments have been S332.7S3.2S3.03. showing that the expenditures exceeded the receipts by only $S,SS4.051.17, with no collections yet from the corporation tax. For the corre sponding period last year the expenditures exceeded the receipts by over $40,000,000. The showing Indicates that under the pres end customs laws the deficit will be prompt ly wiped out, and that to meet our internal expenditures we shall have ample revenue. I, therefore, venture to repeat the remark I have hud occasion to make before, that the present customs law Is the best customs law that has ever been passed, and it is most (Hgnificant In that It indicates on the part of the Republican party the adoption of a policy to change from an in crease in duties to a reduction of them and to effect an increase of revenues at the came time. The act has furnished to the executive the power to apply the maximum and min imum clauses in order to prevent undue discrimination on the part of foreign coun tries and thus securing additional conces sions in respect to the impositions on our foreign trade. This act has done Justice to the Philip pine Islands by giving them free trade with the United States. More than all this, the new tariff act has provided for the appointment of a tariff board to obtain impartial evidence, upon which, when a revision of the tariff shall seem wise, we shall have at hand data, from which can be determined with some de gree of accuracy the difference between the cost of producing articles abroad and the cost of producing them in this country. The great difficulty in the hearing and discussion of the present tariff bill was the a-b pence of satisfactory and credible evi dence on either side of the issues aa to low or high tariffs. The Importer on the one hand and the manufacturer on -the other were present to give their fallible Judgments, affected by their own pecuniary interests, as to the facts under Investigation. Men who were struggling to find the truth were greatly perplexed by the conflicting testi mony. The tariff bill authorizes the President to expend $25 OOO In employing person s to as sist htm in administering the maximum and minimum clauses and to assist him and other offices of the Government in the ad ministration of the tariff laws. I have cone trued this to mean that it may use the board appointed under this power not only to - look into ths foreign tariffs, but aiso examine the question with respect to each Item In our tariff bill, what the cost of production of the merchandise Is, and what its cost is abroad. This Is not an easy task, for Impartial experts, and it re quires a large force. I expect to apply to Congress this year for $250,000 to organize a force through which this investigation may go on andethe results be recorded for the use of the executive and Congress when they desire to avail themselves of the record. Data Will Aid Revision. In this way. any subsequent revision may be carried on with the aid of data secured officially and without regard to its argu mentative effect upon the question of rais ing or lowering duties. Taken as a whole, therefore. I do not hesitate to repeat that the Republican party has substantially com plied with its promise in respect to the tax iff. and that it has set itself stroncly In the right direction toward lower tariffs and I tariffs can properly and safely be fixed. An investl gation by tne tariff board of the sort proposed will certainly take a full two years or more. Meantime, the operation of the present tariff promises to be con sistent with the prosperity of the country and with the furnishing of sufficient funds with which to meet the very heavy but necessary expenditures of carrying on our great Government. 1 he Repubilran National platform, con tains tha following: ' We favor the establishment of a postal savings bank system for the convenience of the people and the encouragement of thrift." a feUl kajfc bscA i&txodu.cjea o ssUIilUh T . " -J :T-- , I mkmmmmmm mmmmmMQ:m 1 1 s ' ' V.." , -I ? : 4 - c'"" . : - - . :., - .A?.-'.J. v V 1 7 w.jr. -sz&zr, J gov: yyygyy, 1 fSp III. ! I . J ) 1 i 1 . ( ';v A J? i,' X " " - i t iikii iasMSMSMMSsissisnSBaisswn yrti isJ - YORK C OUTER ON IMPORTANT PARTY POLICY. a postal savings bank. The great diffi- culty in the bill seems to have been to ob tain a proper provision for the management and investment of the money deposited. The great advantage of a postal savings bank is the encouragement to thrift of those whose fears of the solvency of fny de pository except a Government depository tempts them away from saving. A Govern ment promise to repay seems to be specially effective in leading people to save and de posit their savings. The machinery of the Postoffice Department, with Its 6O.O00 post offices and 40,000 money order offices, of fers an economic and far-reaching ma chinery In places remote from banks, and among people who fear banks, who, but for this opportunity, would not save, but spend. The low Interest offered, that of 2 per cent, prevents such postal savings banks from Interfering with regular savings banks. ose rate of interest always is in excess of 2 per cent. Amendment Means Defeat. In the present stage of the Senate bill, there have been Inserted amendments drawn apparently for the purpose of having money deposited as savings in Government post offices distributed through the locality where it has been deposited, in the state and Na tional banks, and so deposited as to make it impossible, for the trustees of the fund appropriated under the law to withdraw money for investment In any other form. I regard such an amendment aa likely to defeat the law. First, because it takes away a feature which ought to be present In the law to assure Its constitutionality. If the law provided that the trustees to be ap pointed uuaer the law for the funds thus deposited, could meet the financial exigen cies of the Government by the purchase of redemption of the Government 2 per cent and other bonda, the measure- would - cer tainly be within the Federal power, because the postal banks would then clearly be an Instrument of National Government in bor rowing money. We have now about ?X0, 000,000 of 2 per cent bonda with respect to which we owe duty to the owners to see that those bonds may be taken care of without reduction below the par value there of, because they' were forced upon National banks at this low rate in order that the banks might have a basis of circulation. This Implied obligation of the Government the pcatal saving bank funds would easily enable It to meet. Secondly, if Uie funds are to be arbi trarily deposited in all banks, state and Na tional, without National supervision over the state banks and a panic were to come, it is difficult to see how the Government could meet its obligations to Its postal sav ings bank depositors, because with every lank suspending payment the funds of the postal savings banks would be beyond the control of the Government and we should have a financial disaster greater than any panic we have heretofore met. A pro vision that when the money is not needed to invest in Government bonds or to redeem the same, it may be deposited In National banks In the neighborhood of the place of deposit, will avoid the great danger of a panic end will .strengthen a banking system which is an arm of the Federal Govern ment. I sincerely hope that befone the measure Is hammered Into its final shape., it may take on these characteristics, which shall give It a constitutional validity and sound financial strength and usefulness. Those who insist upon th elimination of these two necessary characteristic features of the bill will put the party in the position where it cannot hope to escape the charge that It is not in good faith In seeking the passage of a postal savings bank act, and is not seeking, therefore, to comply with the promise of the Republican platform in that regard. Kallroad Bills Under Way. On the subject of railroads the Republi can platform said : "We approve the enactment of 'the rail road rate law, and the vigorous enforce ment by the present Administration of the statute against rebates and discriminations aa a result of which , the advantages form erly possessed by the large shipper over the smaller shipper have subsequently dis appeared, and in this connection we com mend the appropriation by the present Con gness to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission thoroughly to investigate and give publicity to the- accounts of interstate railroads. We believe, however, that the Interstate commerce law should be further amenuea so as to give railroads the right to make and publish traffic agreements subject to the approval of the Commis sion, but maintaining always the principle of competition between naturally compet ing lines and avoiding the common control of such lines by any means whatsoever. We favor such National legislation and super vision as will prewnt the future over issue of stocks and bonds by interstate car riera A bill to carry out these declarations has been Introduced in both House and Senate and is now being considered before the ap propriations committee of these two bodies, and there is every hope that the bills thus introduced. In substantially the same shape as introduced, will be enacted Into Law. , Promise Is Exceeded. Indeed, this railroad measure goes further than the promise of the platform, for, while it subjects the issue of stock and bonds to the restrictive supervision of the Commis sion and prevents further watering of se curities and forbids the acquisition by a railroad company of stock in a competing line, it also puts very much more power Into the hands of the commission for the regulation of rates and It facilitates in every way the ease of supervision by the Com mission of the railroads to secure a com pliance by the railroad with the rights of ths public and of the shipper. The bill was prepared by the Attorney General, after a full conference with the Interstate Commerce Commission, with rep resentatives of the shippers and represen tatives of the railroads, and while It was not the result of an agreement between all parties in Interest It was drafted with a view to meet all the fair objections and suggestions made by every one of them. The platform further says: The Republica party will uphold at all times the authority and Integrity of the courts, state and federal, and will ever Insist that their powers to enforce their processes and to protect life, liberty and property shall be preserved hrviolate. We believe, however, that the rules of pro cedure In the Federal Courts with respect to the issuance of the writ of injunction should be more accurately denned by statute, and that no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice except where Irreparable injury would result from delay. In which case a speedy hearing thereafter should be granted." Injunction Bill Discussed. A bill to carry out exactly this promise has been Introduced Into both the Senate and House and will doubtless come up for consideration and passage. The b!Il dees ot w a Xr u Xx, iioiujera. a&& oh 3t&& Over -Eating Worse Than Starvation Seven Deaths Arise From This Cause to One of Lack of Food. A Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia 'lab lets Sent Free. An English medical observer claims that for one death to starvation there are seven from over-eating. His Investigation is appalling and leads one to believe that among- the Anglo-Saxon race over-eating" is a na tional crime. This investigation proves over-eating to be the cause -In ten cases out of twelve of dyspepsia, indigestion and stomach trouble. These diseases bring on decay and decline of the other organs and death ensues because of inability of the sys tem to furnish proper nourishment to the" dying and afflicted parts. When one over-eats, one exhausts the gastric fluids, throws undigested food into the intestines where it creates poison and germ life and is finally ab sorbed in a putrid state oV thrown from the system in a decaying form. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will over come the . ill effects . of gluttony and Irregular eating. They will digest an abnormal amount of food and will not leave the stomach until everything has been digested. A single one - grain ingredient of these tablets will digest 3000 grains of food and In this proportion is seen how even gluttony can fee overcome or at least its most harmful effects removed. Make up your mind to try Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for one week. Take a tablet after each meal and upon re tiring at night. Every druggist car ries them in stock; price 60c If you have a druggist friend ask his opinion. Send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package free by mall. Address P. A .Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bldg., Marshall. Mich. eratlon of Labor demand, but It goes as far as the Republican convention was will ing to let It go, and It Is so drawn as to ?hake an abuse of the Issuance of injunction without nqtio very improbable. It re quires that no Injunction shall be Issued without full notice and hearing, unless to prevent irreparable injury, and that in such cases the court shall make a finding from the evidence adduced, pointing out what the injury anticipated is. and why Irreparable and why there is not time to give notice, and after the Injunction shall be Issued without notice It is provided that such in junction shall lotwa its force at the ex piration of five days, unless a hearing is had. The platform also promised statehood to Arizona and New Mexico, and the bill pro viding such statehood has passed the Houao and has been favorably considered by the committee of the Senate, so that there seems to be no reasonable doubt that this promise will be fully kept. Conservation Policy to Be Carried Out, The Republicans In their platform spoke fur ther aa follows: "We indorse the movement inaugurated by the Administration for the conservation " of natural resources; -we approve all measures to prevent the faste of timber; we commend the work now going on for the reclamation of arid lands, and reaffirm the Republican policy of the free distribution of the available areas of the public domain to the landless settler. No obligation of the future la more insistent and none will result in greater blessings to posterity. In line with this splendid under taking is the further duty, equally impera tive, to enter upon a systematic improvement, upon a large and comprehensive plan. Just to all portione of the country, of the waterways, harbors and Great Lakes, whose natural adap lability to the increasing traffic of the land is one of the greatest gifts of a benign , provi dence." In accordance with this plank, measures' for the conservation of the public domain, for the reclassification of lands according to their greatest utility and the vesting of power in the exeuctive to dispose of coal, phosphate, oil and mineral lands, and of waterpower sites In eaich way as to prevent their monopoly and union of ownership In syndicate -or -combination, have already been introduced end will doubtless. In a form approved by Congress, be made Into law. The subject has attracted the widest interest and ite importance 1st be coming more and more Impressed upon, the American people. Rivers to Be Improved by System. The river and harbor bill, which has just been reported by the rivers and harbors com mittee of the House, has been framed with, a view to complying with the plank of the plat form which I have above quoted. It has taken the plan for the improvement of the Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo as a project to be carried out in a certain number of years and it has treated similar projects for im provement of the Missouri from Kansas City to St. Louis; for the improvement of the Mis sissippi from 9t. Paul to St. Louis and of the same river from St. Louts to Cairo, and, by continuing contracts aad regular appropria iioup, mtae projects will go on Until they are completed. This is a change from the pre vious plans, and is the result of an extended popular agitation in favor of such a system. Expense Kept Within income. Following the panlo of 1907, the Government revenues fell off and the expenditures con tinued ao before, leaving a deficit for the years 190T. lttOS and 190&. There was, however, no deficit in the whole Administration of Mr. Roosevelt, when the expensea are compared with the revenues. Indeed it will be found that under the operation of the Dlngley bill, which covers most of his Administration and the first six months of the present Adminis tration, the surplus on the whole was about J250.O0O.0OO. At the beginning of this Ad ministration, however, it was perfectly evi dent that, with expenses increasing and reve nues decreasing, there would be a continuous deficit, and this the Republican party, with its majority in Congress and the responsibility placed upon it, has proposed to meet by re ducing expenditures and increasing revenues. I have already shown what the increase In revenues has been. The present Adminis tration, in estimates for the year ending June 80, 1911, cut them some forty odd million dollars below the actual appropriations of the year before, and now It is proposed to ap point a Joint commission consisting of Con gressmen, Senators and members appointed by the executive, who shall examine the or ganization of the various departments and bureaus, and, by the elimination of duplica tion, the construction of bureaus and the in crease la efficiency of the individual civil servant, shall decrease the regular permanent cost of sTovernmental operation. An tl-Trust Law Enforced. With respect to trusts the Republican party spoke as follows in lis platform; '"The Republican party passed the Sherman an tl-trust law over the Democratic opposition and enforced It after Democratio dereliction. It has been a wholesome Instrument for good In the bands bf a wise and fearless Administra tion. But experience has shown that its ef fectiveness can be strengthened and Its real objects better attained by such amendments as will give to the Federal Government greater supervision and control ever, and secure greater publicity - in the management of, that class of corporations engaged In Interstate commerce having power and opportunity to effect monopolies." Since this plank was adopted ' prose cut lorn of the tobacco trust and the Standard Oil trust, begun In the last Administration, have gone on and have resulted in decrees in the Court of Appeals of the Second and Eighth circuits which are now pending on appeal In the Supreme Court. The decrease in eacb case tear apart the congeries of subordinate corporations, which,, united by holding com panies, make up the trust in each case, and enjoin individuals from a further mainten ance of the illegal combination of such cor porations to carry on the business for which it was organized. J Law MOU Kot Be Relaxed. It has been said that the Republican party made a promise so to amend the law as to ameliorate and soften the application of the trust law In its interdiction upon business as conducted by the greater corporations, but I find nothing In the programme to justify such a construction. The principle of the anti trust law that those engaged in modern busi ness, . especially of manufacture and trans portatloni shall pursue the policy with respect to their competitors of "live and let live," and that they shall not use the business of their concerns to frighten exclusive patronage from customers and the elimination of smaller concerns rfom competition, and thus control outpnt and fix prices. The Attorney-General has prepared a bill which he thinks, and I think, will offer the means of easily doing so to those who wish to pursue a lawful interstate business under the protection of a Federal charter, which while it will subject the business of the con cern to ' the closest scrutiny of Government officers, will save the business from- harass ment by nate authorities and will give it that protection which its peaceful pursuit of its business as a Federal corporation will neces sarily secure It. This meaisura aa fit wefc tha .acovai-af CLE Jpil &hgWoohnMiUs!Qtlimoo' Grant Phegley, Mgr. those who fear too great concentratloa of pow er In the Federal Government, of those who deny the right of the Federal Government in such cases to grant Incorporation. I believe the act to be constitutional and. I believe that, if enforced, it would furnish a solution of our present facilities, but as It was not specifically declared for in the Republican platform, I do not feel justified In asking the adoption of such an act as a party matter. I have brought it forward, however as a suggestion for meeting the difficulties which are likely to be presented in the prosecution of suspected illegal trusts, as a means by which they can put their houses in order and take their places among those engaged in legitimate business. 11 vision Is Only on Rules. If the other measures to which I have re ferred are enacted in to law an d the party pledges of the Republican party performed, there would tem to be no good reason why the party should not receive renewed approval by the electors of the country In the coming Co n gres sional campaign. But there are sins which many construe as an indication that the Republican majority In the present Congress will change to a Democratic majority in the next. This is based chiefly on the dissensions in the Re publican party and upon the severe attacks made by a great many newspapers having Republican tendencies upon the party and its leaders In Congress and In the Nation. I am glad to say that, so far as the legislation which I have Indicated above Is concerned, there seems to be a clear party majority in both houses In favor of Its passage and the redemption of the party pledges. There La, however, a decided difference as to the proper rules to prevail in the House and as to the Senate personnel of the leadership. It would teem as if these questions were questions that might well be solved within the party lines, but they have been so acute as to produce what has been called an insur rection and to awaken the country- over a controversy between the insurgents and the regulars, so-called. I am hopeful that as we approach the lines of battle for the next year the settlement of these Internal questions can be effected without such a breach of the party as to prevent our presenting aa un broken front to the enemy. Democrats Also Divided. y "We among the Republicans may be discoor aged when we consider our own dissensions, but when "we look to the possibility of any united action on the part of the Democrats for any policy or any line of policies, we must take courage. It was General Grant who said that when he firs went into battle he had a great deal of fear, but he overcame that fear by maintaining In his mind the constant thought of how much more afraid his opponent was. And so we, who find ourselves at times given over to the thought that Republican control Is at an end, should not forget to consider, not only our own fac tional strife, but also that of our ancient enemy. Tf the Democratic party were a solid, cohesive opposition, guided by one prin ciple and following the same economic views, the situation would be far more discouraging than It is. The Republican party is the party respon sible for the Government for the last 17 years. The troubles growing out of the Spanish War and those which have come from the - rapid accumulators of fortune. It has fallen to the party to meet, and while they have not yet all had a' perfect solution, the record Is one of which, we have no reason to be ashamed. Hyst-erla Attacks Parties. Mr. Roosevelt aroused ths country and the people to the danger we were in of having all our politics and all our places of Govern ment authority controlled In corporate inter ests and to serve the greed of selfish but powerful men. During his two terms of of fice, by what almost may be compared to a religious crusade, he aroused the people to the point of protecting themselves and the public Interest againts the aggressions of corporate greed, and has left public opinion in an apt condition to bring about the reforms 'needed to clinch his policies and to make them per manent in the form of enacted law. But as an Inevitable, aftermath of such agi tation we find a condition of hysteria on the part of certain Individuals and on the patr of others a condition of hypocrisy manifesting itself in the blind denunciation of all wealth and in the impeachment -of the motives of men of the highest character, and by dema gogic appeals to the imagination of a people greatly aroused upon the subject of party and honesty in the administration of government. 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No party which has achieved such power as it has achieved for the laat 17 years could be expected to consist in its entirety, either in its rank and file or In its management, men of the purest and highest motives,, and I am the last one to advocate any halt in the prosecution and condemnation of Republicans, however prom inent and powerful, whose conduct requires criminal or other prosecution and condem nation. . - It should bo well understood that, with the Republican party in its present con dition, with the various divisions subject to the cross-fire of Its own newBpajers and its own factions, any halt or failure on the part of those in authority to punish - 'and condemn corruption or corrupt methods will properly be visited upon the party itself, however many good men It may contain. Tariff Did. Not Raise Prices. . . We shall be called upon to respond to the charge. In the next campaign, that tho tariff, for which we are responsible, has raised prices. If the people listen to reas onable arguments, it will be easy to demon strate that high prices proceed from an entirely different cause, and tRo-t the present tariff, being largely a revision downward, except with respect to silks and liquors, which are luxuries, cannot be charged with having lncreasedsany prices. But this will not prevent our Democratic friends from arguing, on the principle of "post hoc propter" hoc." that because high prices followed the tariff, therefore, they are the result of it. And we must not be bblind to the weight of such an argument In an electoral campaign. The reason for the rise In the cost of necessities can easily be traced to the In crease in our measure of values the precious metal, gold and possibly in some cases to the combinations in restraint of trade. The question of the tariff must be argued out. The prejudice created by the early attacks upon the bill and the gross misrep resentations of its character must be met by careful presentation of the facts as to the contents of the bill and also as to its ac tual operation and statistics shown thereby. I believe we have a strong case tf wo can only get It Into the minds of the people. Defeat Will Test Democracy. Should disaster ' follow us and the Re publican majority in the House become a minority in the next House, it may be pos sible that in the Democratic exercise of Its powers the people of this country will see which is the party of accomplishment, which Is the .party of arduous deeds done and which is the party of words and Irre sponsible opposition. I only want one more word. From time to time attacks are made upon the Admln istrntlcn, on the ground that its party pre tends to create a panic in Wall street and to disturb business. All I have to say upon that subject is this: That certainly no one responsible for a Government like ours would foolishly run amuck In business and destroy values and confidence just for the pleasure of doing so. No one ras a motive as strong as the Administration in power to cultivate and strengthen business confidence and busi ness prosperity. Business Most Conform to Law. But it does rest with the National Gov ernment to enforce the law mid. If the en forcement of the law Is not consistent with the present methods of carrying on busi ness, then it does not speak well for the present methods of eonducting business, and they must be changed to conform to the law. There was no promise on the part of the Republican party to change the anti-trust law except to strengthen it, or to authorize monopoly and a suppression of competition and the control of prices, and those who look forward to such a change cannot now visit the responsibility for their mistake on Innocent persona. Of course, the Government at Washington can be counted on to enforce the law in the way best calculated to prevent a destruction of public confidence in business, but that It must enforce the law. goes without saying. Hughes Good Farty Asset. I am glad to be present and meet your distinguished Governor, whose name is such a power before the people of this state and of the country that to lose him as a candidate for Governor by his voluntary "withdrawal is to lose the strongest aset that the Kepubllcan party has in the state to enable it to win at the next election. TAFT WANTS BRIBERY PROBED Executive Confers .TVitli New York Leaders on Scandal. NEW YOPK, Feb. 12. President Taft, sitting for an hour and a half today in conference with Republican state leaders, said little, but heard much concerning' the latest 'scandal the Allds-Conger bribery case at Al bany and, departing-, 'confided to in timates that "the situation looked very bad." The President thus, passively, at least, waded into the troublous whirl pool of New York State Republican politics, brought to an acute stage of late by charges of bribery by one State Senator against another. The conference was held at the New Xorkc residence of Lloyd C. Griscom, ex-TJnlted State Ambassador to Italy, but recently elected president of the New York Republican county commit tee, succeeding Herbert Parsons. Be sides the President and Mr. Griscom there were present Timothy L. Wood ruff, chairman of the Republican state committee; Senator Depew. Governor Hughes, James V, Wadsworth, Speaker SALE Seventh and Stark Sts. of the State Assembly, and Otto Ban nard. Discussion centered almost solely on the Allds-Conger case, involving the following leading proposals: Whether the party should investigate to the limit, or If possible, smother It.. The consensus of opinion appeared to be to probe to the bottom regardless of results. There had been a rumor that a de mand had been made for the resigna tion of State Chairman Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff, asked about this, said: "We talked about nothing but the Allds case. No call was made upon me to resign and you can quote me as saying so. 1 will not say that X shall conduct the next campaign, but I shall be chairman until the next state convention." Train Crew Blamed for Wreck- ROSE! BURG, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The board of inquiry as to the cause of the wreck of the Shasta Limited. No. 11, near here Friday morning blames the night yard crew for the accident. In cutting the helper engine Off from No. 221, the through freight switchman forgot to set the brakes, therefore two cars ran away down the track, causing, the wreck. Roseburg Revival Opens Today. ROSE BURG, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Roseburg tabernacle is completed. Two evangelists, C. Fenwick Reed and Clay Grant, arrived here today and will begin services tomorrow. 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