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War Veterans And Pension Legislation. Republican Party Wholly Responsible For Caring For Old Soldiers. Dencnts Oppose ill Friend!) iid-i Damning Record. Taft liirot Friend of & i. R.

lYif Hepublloao party hu Joat cause to be proud of Its pension record With the aid of patriotic men from other parties It waiwd t» a successful cooclusWc the createst war of modem It has never ceased to honor the officers and men who composed the victorious srmy. Every Republican president elected since the close of that war bad been a eouaplcuous officer of the Federal army with the exception of President Roosevelt, whose brU Rant record in tbs Bpanlab war Is s matter of )nst pride to the

Republican Pension Legislation. Republican legislation for th* old soldier, bis widow and his mlyfc>i children has been generous and bountiful. Ttw invsiid pension law of July 1*. ISC2. and the dependent law S>f June 87. 1S80. are monuments of Republican achievement and bear witness to tbe country’s tender care of Its soldiers and Urn sailors and tbelr families. Tbe act of June 27. JR90. U a fitting Illustration of tbe generosity of tbe Republican party toward the veterans of the civil war. This law was passed by a Republican congress, was signed by a RepaNiean president, and through its administration there was expended during tbe next fiscal year a total amount of $88,788^00.71- Tbe number of soldiers receiving the benefit of this act was *43.721. while the num bar of the dependents relieved by this act was 17L259- The gains In tbe number of pensioner* under this act over the previous year was P.W3, and the gala from June SO, 1860. to Jan. B.

1904. was 4.963.

The Repot*llean party passed the act of April 19. 1908. Increasing pensions of all widow* from $8 to $12 per month and granting pensions without refer •nee to tbe value of property or Income The Republican party also passed tbe act of Feb. 6, 1897. granting pensions to soldiers by reason of age alone, without regard to disability, pawitcratie Opposition Rocord. The Democratic party, M suclj, b*» opposed every measure voting appre praatiotas for pensions. Its record for the past forty year* is one of oppoai Uoo to those men who bore tbe hardship* of war and yeopardlxed their Bvss that the Union might be preserved. Here la a brief list of their official adverse acts In congreos wand the veterans of the civil war; In 1878 a Nil passed tbe bouse pttUng all tlmitatlacs of time la which appHrations for arreaj* of pensions Should be mad*. This was fppoied by a majority of tbe Demoerata. The btU Increasing the pensions for widow* from $8 to $12 per month was opposed

by the Decoocr

bin passed Aug. A 1898, was opposed by the peotocrafi and voted for solid ly by tbe feepwbllcan* In tbe house Tbe widows' arrears blH and the disability pension bill were both foogh’ bitterly by the Demoerata In tbe Forty-third congress a fiepwniieat pension bill was voted on In tbe senate, thp pepubltcans supporting it solidly and the Pnawewts opposing ft by a two-third vote. In tbe house bfll was voted for soUdly by 8epwbilcaas and apposed by a majority of tbe Dwmocrata After ft bad passed the bowse and senate It ftas vetoed b* Fnsttem Cleveland.

was made In t

;t over Clevrjapdh rejo^t* pnblicaas vddas US for TY and the Democrats voring US against IC This vote, showed that twenty-nine

Democrats who

fbr tbe bar hastened to avail tbem

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of being rea^y hostile ai they have thrown'ovi bits of political bait from trine to tl In r*--bopo of cajoling tbe veterans Into i tng tbe I»emocnitlc ticket. During these year* tbe Republican platform has rung as cjpar as a bell on tbe pen sion question, as par this plank in the 1008 platform: "Another Republican policy which must ever be maintained Is that of generous provision for those who have fought the country's bottles and for the widows stid orphan* of those who bar* fallen. We commend tbe Increase In the widows' pensions made by tbe present congress and declare for a liberal administration of all pension laws, to the end that the people'* gratitude may grow dee|<*r as the memories of the heroic sacrifice grow more ■acred with the passing years." The Democratic platform favors pensioning "the surviving veterans and tbelr dependents because It relieve* tbe country of the necessity of maintaining a large standing army." Tbe patriotism of the veterans Is ignored This platform does not favor pensioning widows and dependents of deceased veterans, only "surviving era ns and tbelr dependents."

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dodged the first vote c |y sad supported the veto The de patent pension bill WAS bitterly op [——« by the Democrats, tbs Repwt Deans putting ft through despite tbr o^ewtetoo. This MR. ~ -* —

AGAINST CORPORATIONS. Jsdgs Taft's Decision In ths Nsrrs- « Personal Injury Cass, who labor come to know Mr. Taft and study what he has done for tbelr Interests they will wonder bow there could be any sincerity in the attempt by the Democratic party to prejudice labor against him. Take the Narva more personal Injury sse in Ohio, which when considered shonld forever set at rest all this manufactured- talk for political effect charging Mr. Taft with being the "father of government by Injunction." Judge Taft's decision In tbe Narra- > when he was on the bench of tremendous benefit to employee as against employer In Ohio In personal Injury case*. The facts of the Nana mure rase are these: Early In 1890 Narramore was a brakeman on tbe Big Four road. One day while at work bis foot caught In an unlocked frog. A train came along, and be was maimed for lift The railroad refused to do anything for him and his wife and children dependent n for support. Narramore sought tbe aid of the courts. Ohio law held that the frog should not have been left open sjid courts generally held that an employee, knowing that bis employer was In the habit of disobeying a taw intended for the employee’s protection, by continuing at work assumed the risks of tbe employment. The Judge before wl the case was tried promptly dismissed

the complaint

On appeal the rase reached the I’l ed 8tales court of appeals and ra before Judge Taft. Judson Harmon argued very masterfully for tbe i road, but the Republican candidate president went squarely against Ohio court precedents and of courts In many other parts of the country In re talering a decision In favor of Narramore. In hi* decision Judge Taft said: “The Intention of the Ohio legislature was to protect tbw employee* of railways from injury from a frequent source of danger by compelling the railway company to adopt known safety device- And. although an employee Impliedly waives s compliance with the statute and agrees to assume the risk from uob-locked frogs and rwjtche* by con tinning tn the agrvKe without complaint, this court wfU not recognise or enforce such agreement The Imposition of a penalty for the’ violation of a statute dues not exclude other means of enforcement. and to permit the company to avail Itself of such an aaeumpd of risk by Its. employees is tn effect epable It to nffiyfy a penal statute fi-d I* against putdlc Judge Taft's dec Lieu stCl stands the law In federal courts. When the common ptras court In Cleveland took an opposite stand In 1903 tbe Ohio legislature In the spring of 1804 pea*; law which made Judge Taft's decision cue of the Saw* of Who shall estimate the service that Judge Taft performed for all who labor in dangerous eopjoyroent by Ms jleciaion in the Narramore which b» tarda the law on the aide of

those who wockt

The decDkm In tbe Narramore as against gigantic corporate inter- _ its and In the fare of Ohio peart decisions, but Judge Taft found way to Jnstfcre through ti» taeabes . 1 the law aklttfiUty drawn to do laralcwiabl* aerrtm for all rime to thaae who labor. His record M not one requiring explanaftoo. bat ■naerstandlag. to’.' Justness aad fain talk for the purpose of creating misguided prejudice there la not a Demoesat la the land who has sold any of Me dectataos were wrou*. In all his career Judge Tsjt by &

Tram cia He Rehabilitated Our National Reputation. CHECKED COURT ABUSES.

Cleared the United fitalss Banner From the Dishonor That American Criminals Had Brought Upon IL Readjusted Consular Borvloo. It waa chiefly through the Influence and at the Instigation of Ur. Taft that the recent rehabilitation of our national reputation In China waa accomplished by the establishment of tbe Culled States court in China. Ontll Mr. Taft became a paramount figure In the far east scandalous conditions bad prevailed in Shanghai and other cities of China where the Cnlted States exercised extra territorial rights. Undesirable subjects of tbe United States, men and women, had degraded the American flag by using it as a cloak nnder which to conduct numerous nefarious enterprises. American sharpen, gambler* and promoter* of questionable schemes bad long worked In conjunction wltb discredited lawyers to tbelr mnrual and Illegal gain. In various Instances these criminal endeavors were aided and abetted by American consular officer*, who were dismissed from the *ervlc$ The former practice of adjudicating all causes In which Americans were parties in consular courts gave rise to abuses. The American flag. In Shanghai particularly, stood for national dishonor In the eyes of other nations who by legislation and the creating of proper courts bad spared their flags the dlsgrare that descended upon tbe United States ban-

•r.

When be was at the bead of the Philippine government in Manila Mr. Taft by his proximity to China soon appreciated tbe serioosocas of the conditions there snd foresaw the loss of Standing in the eyes of the Ch lures to which we were indifferently exposing ooraelves by our failure to keep In He brought

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the matter to the attention of the state deportment and Joined with Secretary Boot Reprreentatlre Edwin Den by of Michigan, s son of the former United States minister tq China; Charles Denby. another son. who is now consul ra! at Shanghai: Senator Spooner and some others In an endeavor to remedy conditions. He exerted his tnfluto obtain (he passage by congress blit creating the United States Court for China. Lebbeos Redmond Wllfley of Missouri, who bad been Mr. Taft's attorney general la the Philippines. was named as Judge. Mr. Taft from tbe first took * deep personal interest In the work of Judge ViUBey and bis court. In a way be supervised Its work and waa frequently appealed to by Judge WUfley for adas to procedure and other detaQa. The lack of adequate laws hampered Judge WUfley, but by proceeding to accordance wltb the common law be quickly made the court effective. With few months after thp eoort was organised Shanghai and other cl ties to China where conditions were such %* to require It were thoroughly and draatlcally cleaned up. Shyster American lawyers were disbarred, so that the gamblers, disreputable women and otboffenders against the law were deprived of legal -support. The reputable American Lawyers In good standing aided Judge WUfley. Beery fines and terms of Imprisonment exercised a deterrent effect upon the lawbreakers, many of whom summarily Bed from China before the court could bring {hem to account for their mlsdeeda. When Mr Taft was to Shanghai last fail be was heartily thanked sad congratulated by tbe law abiding Americans there for the part he had taken In removing the stigma from the American flag and restoring the good fame of tbe national name to the orient, in Ida speech before the American sssociattoQ to China be paid ■ high tribute to Judge WUfley. saying

to part:

"Our government was fonrnats tn the selection as tbe first Judge of the court, of a gentleman who bad bad four year*- experience to th* orient as attotney general of the Philippines and who went to Shanghai with an tntt mate knowledge of the method of unfttog In one adm inRstrattou the priadPtos of tbe pommou law of the United States wtfb the tradKloc* gad condt ttoca of a foreign country. HJs policy to ratotqs high the standard'of admission to the bar and to prompting the rigoreas proseeutloa of American ytoittori of law. which

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March 10. 1808, exposed the flagrant theft of the people’s money through the unfair weighing of malls when official tests were made to determine what compensation tbe railroads shonld receive. He said! "Mr. Chairman, tn delivering my address a few days atoce on poets! conditions. to discussing the interpretation of the law as to the weighing of the null. I failed to state the law on the subject, sod I wish to do so now: * The average weight to be ascertained. to every fas* by the actual Weighing of the mails for noch a number of saccesslve working days, not lea* than thirty, at such time* after Jane 90. 1873. and not leas frequently than once to every four ream.' fDater th* time was changed to ptoety day* Otherwise die. law ha* pot been changed to this date. "Until March A 1967. ths department required tbe mail to be weighed for ninety days. Sunday sidered, so a period of Instead of ninety ooccesrive day* In other words, wucktog days were cow led to mean week days, rostmasOeneral Oorteiyou changed this Interpretation which had been accepted meet fur over thirty yean and

THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT. As Easmplifled by William Howard Taft and Bishop Brent. Another American has shown th# «ame noble spirit that movgj WDUam H. Taft to request President Roosevelt to withhold his appointment as Justice Of the United States supreme court that would bare brought him hack from his arduous work to tbe Philippines to the lighter tabors and »ore congenial aceoes of bla ns tire land- \ Missionary Bla hop Brent of tbe Epl* ’ upal church to the Philippine*, offered the btehopri- of’Washington, with Its social advantage* and agreeable surSiags and Its opportunities for toone with many of the ablest men of this and otBfF countries preferred his life of aeif sacrifice to the farad oriental Islands and declined to leave bis week among (he Filipinos for a lion to Hi.. eeptFsi Nvf tKe United Stataa.tn the motive* that actuated Mr Taft and that led Bishop Brent to refuse to desert tbe FBiptDas these is no

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"It has always bean my dream to be la the supreme court" said Mr Taft to reply to President Roosevelt when Mr. Taft had com* to Waahtag- » state the ease of tbe Philippines to a committee of congress, "but If you should offer me s Justiceship and if at the same time coot Id deprive me of my entire salary as governor. I should go straight back

parts of ths earth, that baa taught the brows man and the black mas to feel that thdre are tho« of the whites who do not regard the* merely as prey for tbe greed aad am Utioa of' -toe stronger race. The ai trulaan at work men a# Taft and Bren: Is a revelation to the people of oar ori ' ""'liRrtt'Bn txr

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