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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
2
Taft's record against trusts exceeds that of predecessors with bold civil and criminal actions. The Taft administration breaks all prior legal records across five presidents, highlighting its aggressive trust busting achievements.
An analysis compares Taft's Sherman act prosecutions to Harrison Cleveland McKinley and Roosevelt. It notes Taft's higher totals in civil and criminal actions, claims stronger enforcement and a pledge fulfilled to uphold Roosevelt policies against illegal combinations. It cites platform language and ongoing cases as of early 1911.
A review of Taft era reforms highlights tariff revision, postal banks, and anti trust enforcement. It notes debts, labor laws, arbitration, and civil service, plus currency, rail, and public health measures, ending with ongoing prosecutions of the beef and lumber trusts and pending measures.
Representative J Hampton Moore argues Taft should be renominated and elected for a second term. He praises Taft for stability, constitutional loyalty, and a broad gauge approach, while denying that Taft played party politics to please factions.
The piece lauds President Taft for honesty and stable purpose rooted in Lincoln Grant and McKinley principles. It credits him with striving for worldwide peace through international agreement and notes war’s horrors and costs as reasons for his pursuit. It argues that any lack of success cannot be charged to Taft.
On March 23 1912 delegates pledged to President Taft were listed by state including Alabama District of Columbia Florida Georgia Indiana Michigan Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Philippines South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia with totals shown. The fragment indicates several states and the district contributed delegates.
A Columbus speech by Colonel Roosevelt on recalling court decisions stimulates a national clash with Big Business. The March 11 US Supreme Court ruling in Sidney Henry v. A. B. Dick Co. is cited by Chief Justice White in dissent as overreach, prompting administration moves to recall the decision and prepare patent law revisions.
Supporters say Taft’s major accomplishments were achieved without noise or bluster and that voters demonstrated faith in his policies in 1908, preparing to renominate and re elect him.
Washington reports a wave of outrages in Kansas and Oklahoma as Taft supporters use machine power and proxies to block direct primary voting for presidential delegates. In Kansas the state committee met without quorum to push Taft renomination, while Roosevelt delegates contested the move. Oklahoma’s third district saw Taft men seize control as delegates clashed with Roosevelt supporters.
The piece reports that Roosevelt loyalists mount opposition to Taft delegates in multiple districts, portraying Taft control as corrupt and undemocratic. It cites Indiana and Missouri episodes where Taft-backed officials seat Taft delegates, while Roosevelt supporters protest, withdraw, and form separate conventions.
A fragment from Geibel papers includes a Lübeck schoolboy letter begging the poet to stop writing beautiful verses. The note laments learning Herr Geibel’s Hope of Spring and the biography of each author, noting two flogged boys for not learning the poem.
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