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Show I WHAT PRESIDENT , TAFT HAS DONE B II A Concise Summary of the Achieve- H i'i merits of His Administration Hj ;' Avoids Seeking Glory and Hj j Followed the Constitution. M Ii H Washington, Aug. 15. What 'has Tnft done? H ) Why should Taft bo given another B term in tlio White Ilouso? M What haB ho dono to hedp tho He- H publican party? M Theso questions wero often hearo H during a canvass of Mlddlo We.Ucrn M states made last fall, while President ij i Taft was on his tour across the con- BH i tlncnt. Uusally tho question was u ' asked by sotno ono with a grouch - BHJ ' most often by a local political loader j ' who had been disappointed either In Ti not receiving a political appointment Brj , for himself or for his friends, or be- Tl cause tho appoint iientc tho president HBb 3 had seen fit to mio In his best judg- e 1 inent did not suit him politically. Of- J ten also It was a farmer who wm still K nursing n soro spot because of J'rt-sl- V dent Taft's advocacy of reciprocity n for Canada. HBV' It was difficult for onj who had been In moro or Iocs clous touch with W tho Taft admlnlstra'oa to undcrstnnd P (his npparcnt opposition to tlio pros- T) cnt occupant of the Whlto House. Tho unpopularity of tho Canadian rec- Br iprocity lssuo among tho fanners a3 n ' .well as among ttojuhltcanB .r all class cs, could bo unders'or.d, but It seemed 1' to have grown fashlonablo to throw a brick at tho admlstratlon, if for no B, other reason than that there was np- H parently nothing doing to attract at- Bn . tentlon to what was being acompUsh- M ed In a quiet, orJerly wny by the nd- HBT ministration. T j - Taft Avoid Seeklnj Glory. HBV Tho absenco of agitation or tho f blowing of trumpets ovcry tlmo any- T thing happened at tho Whlto House or was about to happen or might hap- h pen at some futuro tlmo from tho reg- I ular dally program or report of Whlto HBb Houso hows- accounts perhaps In a m I largo measuro for this mental attl- H 1 tudo of tho people, who had been ac- B customed through seven, long years kf to a dally thrill, when they read tho morning newspaper, furnished from tho Whlto House. It did not dawn upon them, and manifestly has not j yet, that n multltudo of things wero j started which wero never finished dur j Ing tho seven years of Itoosovelt In. 1 J tho Whlto Houso . Tho mind of tho Hftg I public, was constantly kept on tho B jump to keep up with tho thrills, the ! whims and tho ncrobatlc evolutions J of the occupant of tho Whlto House. " Onco a thing was started and proved H at first blush to bo unpopular somo- H i thing elso was thrust out of a moro M j scnsntlonal nature to tako tho pub- H lie mind off tho first thing. B This is nil preliminary and cxplan- B, ntory, In tho hopo that tho reader's PH' mind may bo prepared to grasp tho PH answers to tho questions which nro PBj propounded abovo. PPJ 8 Followed Constitution. PB ' What has Taft dono? PPjij First of all, when, ho ohtorcd tho PH' Whlto House ho supplied tho library PB with a copy of tho constitution of the PPJj United States, which appears' to havo PB been missing therefrom for sovon PH years beforo ho arrived. His ovcry PPjI official act slnco that tlmo has boon PPJi in accordance with tho limitations of PPU that sacred volumo. PPP Tho achievements of President Taft PPf" ' during tho thrco und ono-halt years PHi of his Incumbency mako a record not PPK equaled by any other prcsldont In tho PPH carrying out of party plodgcs, as woll PpK I as In constructive statesmanship and amt i -- -- in.tlative legislation. Here nie some of his achievements'. ' Arbitration treaties with Great Britain Brit-ain and France popular with tho people peo-ple throughout tho country, bb evidenced evi-denced by demonstrations of approval approv-al wherever ho has Bpokcn on tho subject defeated In congress through Jealousy of prerogatives senators of both parties. Veto of Arizona statehood bill 'jo-causo 'jo-causo of recall of Judges provision. Enforcement of Sherman nntl-trust law without fear or favor, bringing to a close prosecutions of a number cl trusts which bail been threatened, but never instituted by his predecessor, nnd bringing to bear certain trr which had been exempted by his predecessor, pre-decessor, for various reasons. Vetoed Wool Bill. Veto of Democratic wool, cotton and frco list bills as unfair, unscientific unscien-tific nnd destructive of tho nepubllc-an nepubllc-an principle of protection of American Industries. Abrogation of discriminating passport pass-port treaty 'with Russia. Postal savings banks established nnd nourishing .throughout tho United Uni-ted States. Railroads provented from putting rnto IncreaBo Into effect without approval ap-proval of Interstate Commerco Com-mission. Com-mission. ' Pnnnma Canal rushed toward early completion without hint of scandal. Whlto slave traffic practically destroyed. de-stroyed. Admission of Arizona and Now Mox lco to statehood. Oureau of Mines established to safeguard safe-guard tho lives of miners. Amorlcan capital and labor benefitted benefit-ted by extension of foreign markets. Abolition of peonage through sue-cesful sue-cesful prosecutions. Incomo tax amendment to tho constitution con-stitution submitted to stnto legislatures legisla-tures for ratification, tho approval of only two moro states bolng necessary to mako It effective Doller Inspection law passed by con gress. liond .lssuo to complete Irrigation projects In tho Far West. . Malntennnco and extension of open door policy In China. Peaco maintained In Cuba. South and Central America by friendly warn Ings nnd Intervention. Saved Millions by Reforms. Millions of dollars saved annually through tho modernization of govern inent business methods and reforms recommended by economy and efficiency efficien-cy commission, which ho appointed nl tor securing authority from congress to do so. Nonpolltlcni methods used In taking tak-ing tho thirteenth census. Bucket shops nnd get-rich-quick con corns destroyed. Parcels post recommonded, and In fair way of establishment. Now treaty with Japan, ending racial ra-cial controversies on Pacific const. Further extension of safety appll-aiico appll-aiico net on railroads. Post office department mado self-sustaining self-sustaining instead of showing a big deficit of many millions. Canadian reciprocity rojected by Canadian Parliament, and opposed by ninny Republicans, and which tho pres Idont now is ready to havo ropealed It tho Democratic Houso would only do it. Tho president apparently recognizes rec-ognizes this ns n mistake and Is ready to rectify It. Publication of campaign funds and expenditures, requiring publicity both boforo nnd nfter election, as woll as primaries, thus oxtondlng It boyond tho limit fixed by tho Democrats. Indorsement of commission roport and proposed bill concerning employers', employ-ers', liability. Reorganization of customs scrvlco, corruption ollmlnntcd, frnuds exposed expos-ed and punished and millions of dollars dol-lars recovorcu. Court of Commerco to rovlow findings find-ings of Interstate Commerco Commission. Commis-sion. Nonpartisan Tariff Board to roport on tho dlfforonco In tho cost of production pro-duction nt homo and abroad. Corporation tax, which yields 30,-000,000 30,-000,000 annually; government examination examin-ation of corporations' methods provided. provid-ed. A deficit of $58,000,000 left ovor from tho provlous administration converted con-verted Into a J30.000.000 surplus. Nonpartisan Judicial appointments, Involving a reorganization of tho United States Supremo "Court. Furthor control of railroads through extension of powers of the Intorstato Commerco Commission. Workingmnn's compensation act brought to successful lssuo In the ! supromo court, I Stock and bond commission valuable valu-able and oxhnustlvo report submitted j as basis for legislation. Extension of civil service by oxec I utlvo order. ii Practical and sane conservation i nets. Court of Customs appeals; under-j under-j yaluatlon stopped. Ii In addition, tho president caused 3 the inauguration of n now policy ns j to river and harbor appropriations, J which abolished tho old "pork barrel" appropriation system nhd adopted tho business policy of continuing contracts con-tracts to the speedy completion of projects. A bureau of mines und n children's bureau havo been established and authorized, au-thorized, respectively. Tho former Is In full operation nnd has accomplish, cd much good In saving lives of miners. min-ers. Tho children's bureau is in process pro-cess of organization. Avoided Clash With Mexico. Tho difficult situation arising from tho revolution in Mexico was diplomatically diplo-matically handled and tho United States aided In the establishment of law and order In tho neighboring republic re-public through preserving It in our own. President Taft has substituted scientific sci-entific tnrlff revision for political giving giv-ing nnd taking In such legislation and has stood steadfastly by that method whllo vetoing tariff bills enacted by tho Democratic House, which Ignored his Tar.ff Boards, created for tho scientific sci-entific handling of thlB subject. Many moro achievements could be added to this, list, but this certainly should bo convincing to tho unprejudiced unpre-judiced render that PresldcntToft has accomplished a great deal and attain ed many worthy ends. Tho president has been handlcnp-ped handlcnp-ped from tho start by the Insurgent movement In his own party In tho Houso and later In the Senate as well as by tho Democratic Houso elected in 1910. The scientific revision of, tho tariff has been prevented by Democratic opposition op-position tho Houso leaders declining to utilize tho valuable Information ob-tnlned ob-tnlned by tho board and passing tnrlff bills which met with a prompt veto because of that fact. Dixon Blocked Peace Treaties Tho defeat of tho arbitration, 01 peaco treaties, ob they wero commonly common-ly referred to, which had been successfully suc-cessfully negotlnted with Great Britain Brit-ain nnd France, Is duo to tho adverso vote of Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, manager of tho Bull Moose candidate's, campaign. Dixon enmo directly di-rectly from Oyster. Bay to tho Sen-nto Sen-nto chamber to vote ngalnst the treaties. treat-ies. Tho vote was so close that he was enabled to cast tho deciding ono. From tho tlmo tho Democrats gained gain-ed control In tho lower Houso thoy, with aid from tho Insurgent Republicans Repub-licans havo persistently nnd continuously contin-uously sought to cmbarass tho administration. admin-istration. A score or moro of so-called so-called Investigations havo been conducted con-ducted which havo dovoloped nothing In many instnnces, and Httlo of anything any-thing in nny case to reflect upon tho administration. When tho final cost of theso investigations, which havo given opportunity for Junkets nil ovor ov-or tho United States to tho committees commit-tees conducting them Is finally sum. med up it will bo found to run Into tho millions instead of a few thou sand or oven hundred thousands of dollars ,and tho people's money will havo been found to havo been expended expen-ded In fruitless political muckraking. Tho slightest pretext has been sufficient suffi-cient to start ono of theso so called Investigations, and tho has been politician po-litician with a grouch has been in clover. Policies for which President Taft standB, and which ho has advocated In messages to tho congress, Includes: Asks World Peace. Peace with tho world through Just dealing nnd preparedness for war. Neither raco nor creed a bar to appointment ap-pointment to office. Tho upholding of a rlghtoous Ju-dlciary. Ju-dlciary. Economy and efficiency in government govern-ment service, Including enro of supernatural sup-ernatural employes. His recommendations recommen-dations In favor of betterments among tho government omployes would havo gone through congress but for tho Houso bolng tied up. In his nnnunl messages and In special messages ho has suggested n pension and retirement retire-ment system for supernuated employes employ-es toward which thoy would themselves them-selves contribute Penny postage through postal ccon- qmles. States rights when not in conflict with federal authority. Extension of practical and Bnno conservation acts. Parcels post. Federal incorporation net. Revision of currency laws and prevention pre-vention of panics. Protection of Amorlcan citizens at homo and abroad. High standard sot In federal appoint ments. Scientific study of industrial conditions. condi-tions. International investigation of causes caus-es of high cost of living defeated through Democratic House declining to appropriate funds for tho work. Sclontlflc revision of tho tariff on n protectlvo basis through a non partisan par-tisan Tariff Board, which tho Democratic Demo-cratic Houso refuses to continue in exlstenco, but may be forced to mako provision for. |