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Show fJ DECLARES THE fCL PRESIDENT IS J J PROGRESSIVE K Secretary. Fisher in Interview If' Points Out What' Has Been E Accomplished by Mr. Taft 91 Since He Became Chief. A " ATTITUDE ON THE B . TARIFF REVIEWED If Progress Made Toward Scien- ) clt i he;: tific Revision of Schedules If hj! Due in Great Part to Oc- i cupant of White House. Il tU T A TASHINGTON. April 6. Secretary HI' of the Interior Fisher. In an ln- mM' hi lw tervlew today, tirged the ro- $ c W nomination of President Taft. jjjgjl H!s Btatement, -which was ls- il sued from the Taft national headquarters -V said: i "It would ho false modenty for me to I ignore, or to expect othora to Ignore, the I faot that the Judgment thxiB expressed If the opinion of a member of tho cabinet, cubjeot to such conscious or unconscious uncon-scious Influences as arise from that association, asso-ciation, but I hope the personal note will be excused when I say that the appointment ap-pointment was not sought, but was of-I of-I fered under circumstances that com pelled acceptance and that Imposed no political obligations of any kind; that no lruoh obligations were then or have ever been ru invested, and that the personal per-sonal and official aasoolatlon has at, least afforded tho opportunity to form an I aocurate opinion of the character and I the capacity of the president and of hln J Ideals and methods. Secretary Fisher said G10 people .of Chicago "do not need to bo told that he la, and has been, an earnest advocate advo-cate of progressive policies. In fact, I "enough of a progressive to have heen j denounced as a radical." I "No department boad." said Secretary Fisher, "could ask from the chief execu tive a more Intelligent appreciation, a ! more helpful oo-operatlon or a more unl- j form and unswervinc support" than he had received from tho president. Problems of the Day. Taking: up tho argument in favor of President Taft, Mr. Fisher said that the nation faced problems of tho greatest difficulties and "that the people are determined de-termined that old abuses shall no longer be endured. "Whether the remedies will be wise or unwlso, constructive or destructive depends de-pends largely on the cholco of the now chief executive of the nation," said Secretary Sec-retary Fisher. "Most of all, I think it depends on tho choice of the Republican "I believo that the nomineo should bo President Taft. "First, bocauso ho believes In popular popu-lar government, to be nchlovcd through the principles of representative democracy, democ-racy, only by moans of which genuine and enduring popular government can be secured for the people, "Second, because ho has demonstrated constructive ability at a time when constructive con-structive statesmanship is noeded as never before since the republic was "Third, becauso principles which he has advocated and on the progress he has achieved the Republican party must stand at tho election. Taft's Fine Record. "His whole ambition Is and has been to render disinterested and effective public pub-lic Bervlcc. His Ideal of public service Is tho promotion of the welfare of tho whole- people. Under the most adverse conditions, In splto of misunderstanding, misunderstand-ing, misrepresentation and abuse he has demonstrated courage, patience and ability abil-ity and has made real and definite progress prog-ress both in legislation and administrate administra-te has shown that he is more interested in-terested In curing evils than in denouncing denounc-ing them, In movlnjr Bteadlly and surely forward than In talking about the de-6lrablllt1 de-6lrablllt1 of moving forward. These, It seemB to me. are the qualities peculiarly pe-culiarly needed now In tho presidential Secretary Fisher said Taft "had not contented himself with reserving coal fields and timber lands and water power sites, but had followed such withdrawals with efforts to secure effective conserva-"He conserva-"He is a conservationist who appreciates appre-ciates that conservation will be a useful use-ful and enduring policy only to the extent ex-tent that wo make It a practical and constructive policy," sal the sccre-Secretary sccre-Secretary Fisher reviewed tho attitude of Taft on the tariff "to show that he had done more than any other mun" to establish a sclontlflo revision of schedules, sched-ules, and he cited his ndvocacy of tho amendment of the railroad laws and his enforcement of the anti-trust laws as indicative of his thorough administration of corporation laws. |