AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
MR TAR’S PLATFORM
POPULAR UNREST CALLING FOB ACTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August 2, 9.55 p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 2. From now onwards tho Presidential campaign will bo in full blast. Mr Taft, in a speech officially accepting tSe Republican nomination, said he frankly recognised the existence of popular unrest, and promised to try to satisfy some of the expressed desires. Ho urged the. necessity of legislation to secure for the poor 1 equality of opportunity with tho rich, and announced that his chief planks would be: To maintain tie integrity of tho Con. stitution, , Alaintenanoe of business prosperity, and >; Aloderate scientific protection as against the Democrats’ proposed rty vtnu© tariff. The President added: “Republicans, unlike the Democrats! have s' normal constructive programme, which they) are ready and able to carry out.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19120803.2.24
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 1
Word Count
133AMERICAN PRESIDENCY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.