New-York tribune., 1905-05-25
NR. T4FT'S SPEECH.
Policy of the administration Out
lined Before Convention.

Columbus. May 2i-Tha Keynote speech
the opening OF the convention made by Sec
retary Taft. who said in par::
Fellow Republicans cf Ohio: congratulate you
on the prosperous political calm in which you
stunned our ahGlent 2nemy the Democracy that
as party it is hardly even now showing any sign
welcomed With bursts Of enthusiasm and adnira.
tiOn IN Texas and in the Democratic IroquOis
Club of Chicago We may well hken the present
vailed early in the last century.
The Secretary rapidly sketched the attitude Of
the Republican party the currency question
since 1896 referred to the Spanish war and its
results and then said:
In the campaign of 1904 the Democratic man
ayers ignored the fact that it ever had been in
favor Of free silver. and sought make tho chief
Against him they Charged imperialism. miiitarsm
@usurpatl9n @ on Of power violations Of The constitu-
and an attempt to introduce personal govern
ment
This, the Secretary said. brought in review the
action of the President in various matters, which
he pointed out. notably the recognition of the
Republic of Panama. the settlement of the anthra-
cite coal strike, the bringing of the Northern
Securities suit. and his Philippine policy, 1T
made manifest" the Secretary continued 1.-The
consistent attitude of Mr.. Roosevelt, in that he
neither a plutocrat nor a 'mobocrat.'
The managers of the Democratic party, he said
in the last campaign had begun, as friends of
certain Wall Street interests but as the campaign
put their money on a beaten horse and
withdrew from the contest leaving the poor Dem
ocratc leaders waowing in the slough Of de-
spond into which their pUsills nimOus had
led them Secretary Taft then referred 10 the
Democrats charges OF corruption against the
President and the chairman of the Republican
national committee and to the "outburst of r-
dignant denial" from the President, which the
Secretary said should serve lesson to those
tempted to calumny at campaign end
ia 10 hat va Pam
licans merely by rast success can escape the
responsibility Of working out other great ques-
tons as to the solution of which all Republicans
do not yet to be in full accord"
The Secretary said that the Interstate Commerce
law had accomplished much, but that inequality
and injustice remained. Discussing the proposed
remedial bill it passed the House Of Represen-
tatives the Secretary SAID:
It attempts to give more power to the Railroad
be effective until set aside by judicial hearing It
does not as yet provide for general fixing of a
for fixing OF maximum rate upon complaint
with respect to specific instance Of injustice. 1t
seems moderate measure. calculated 70 give the
added power to the commission necessary TO efec-
out creating an aii-powerful tribunal which shall
in advance take away from railways the power of
ort nv IN oeetin the cbanrin Gamands Of trade
we can certainly trust our lawgvers to respond to
the popular demand and TO regulate the railways
fering with that control over their own property
and with that motive for efficient and economic
cessfu the enormous business Of railway trans
This question must be settled by the Republicans.
The Republican party by its enemies is falsely
party Of the wealthy The history Of its sacrinccs
IN favor Of human rights ard Of its contest Tor
refutation OF the charge. Mr.. Bryan represents an
as ranidiy as possible toward doctrine in which
vested interests are little regarded He is now
ownership Of commercial EsilTosds mt to whieh he
feel confident the Rcpublican party win also set
its face like flint only refer to IT as Mr. Bryan
road SomPP8hpif encb gb1ses " exist as In some
reasonable steps TO remedy them in the direction
3f d an sPeTTsion an regulation in order the
argument that government ownership Is the only
cure.
secro+orv Taft discussed the deficit in the reve-
rres and said the Republicans must provide suit
able means of avoiding real and permanent short
age of cash If next year witnesses repetition OF
the deficit. In this coI necticn ne said:
II NAV be that Congress will succeed in cutting
down l'' here and there as to the deficit,
but the experience of this last session; in which the
mop nope en last YEAR the appropriations may be cut
9oEn 70 a pont where no deucit would exist. Are
the people in favor of cutting down the naval or
sn6 any Of the co1ntr! to the other Certainly
Democratic party heard that Mo- in no uncer-
''s Shall 1--we we cut down the pensions? No party has
Tbare remain two alternatives. either to impose
odditional internal 10 Teadjust and revise
tho tariff We have repealed the war taxes, which
afforded large revenue. and the eight years of the
Tresent DinClev tariff have in this country
prosperty never before witnessed in the civilized
world If the deficit continues in serious amount.
| then in ono way the other either our taxation
on n,ngrts or our internal revenue system must be
Cbanead 10 meet the shortage with every effort TO
Cause the minimum Of business disturbance.
a CONGRESS OF the United States has been elected
u,bjcb uii meet regularly December l. possibly
earlier bv the call OF the President before which
,ba issue of regulation of railroad rates and the
| method Of meeting the deficit must come for de-
ciston In the solution OF these questions We can
~ Cnrtafn that Ohio represented by Senator For
! aker one of the two ablest debaters and Repub-
ican champions in the Senate and by Senator
nick who though a warhorse in Ohio politics. has
sin Iis spurs win in that body and by an ex-
rerienced and anle delegation in the House. led by
/ thosc veteran and accomplished statesmen Cen
eraj C;rosvenor OF Athens. and Congressman Bur
ton OF Cleveland Will support her part In hrnSlhs
about a wise result a.. 49,