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Show LET US 1 HAVE FREE :LiL 4tRAD& ays taft - NEW.HAV,ENonn., May5 "IC vejare qe free, Jrao, let's have it," said former President Presi-dent William Howard Taft, Kent professor of ,law at Aale. in "the second of his IttttAsep .oh ques- the u n i versity S :iiararnoon . "Let the partfythWfcaorstvpte for it. Let's tryjt.j" "The three objects "of the now school of- politicaUthinkers who style themselvesyProgressives,; said Prof essor Taf t? fare to prevent pre-vent corruption of government by corporation interests, to create cre-ate an equality df opportunity for all men, and to equalize property pro-perty holdings tojrsome extent. Persons who do not concur with this school in the exact method of arriving at the true purpose of popular government, which is to make for the happiness of all the people, are called reactionaries. reaction-aries. , "Those of us who fall in this category mnst be content, but we must never cease fighting." Professor Taft expressed the belief that the sentiment for radical ra-dical changes in the method of government would recede and the result would be a happy medium between the old method and the new. Emphasizing the necessity for political parties, the former resident resi-dent said : "Popular government is impossible imposs-ible without parties. A group of men who are willing to sacrfiice minor details for the sake of a consistent course for the accomplishment accom-plishment of a few main things is necessary for efficacy in government." It was in this connection he made the reference to free trade. |