The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-07-11

waterway to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans across the isthmus OF
Panama as the south. 1t was indis-
pensable to this enterprise that the
treaty made with Panama by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
should be promptly confirmed, and yet
! the majority of the representatives of
the south in the senate attempted to
defeat the treaty"
He added that there was "enough of
independence even among those repre-
sentatives to give the vote which made
that merely to accomplish some sup
posed advantage to the democratic
party, a majority of the senator's from
the south were willing to sacrifice her
material interests and delay the great
project Of such capital Importance to
her indicates the disadvantage that she
labor under in having it thought that
she is tied irretrievably to the demo-
i, cratic party
The secretary said the peace and
prosperity of the islands of the Carib-
bean sea and of the countries of South
and Central America are of the ut
merely for the purpose of making a
partisan point and for embarrassing
/, the administration, a party caucus of
the senators of the United States was
called to bind every member of the
party to vote against the ratification
of the Dominican treaty"
Mr.. Taft advised the North Carolina
republicans that they must show by
their nominees that they fully recog-
nize the obligation they are under to
give to the people of the state an op-
portunity to choose able, honest and
worthy men for public offices and they
must convince the voters that they are
not merely an office seeking party. but
are laboring to furnish a safe refuge
for the democratic voter who has be-
come tired of the incompetency and
the abuses arising from the permanent
control for many decades of one poll
teal party
The republican party Of North Caro-
line, he declared, would be much
stronger as voting party If all the
federal offices were filled by democrats.
GAS long, he added, 'as the republic
can party in the southern states shall
represent little save a factional chase
for federal offices, business men and
men of substance in the community
have no desire to enter and in the
| result of which they have no interest.
we may expect the present political
conditions of the south to continue"
Turning to the issues involved in the
coming congressional campaign, the
secretary pointed out that in Novem-
Der, 1904, the republican party was con-
tinued in power. Theodore Roosevelt,
he said, for more than three years and
half had discharged the duties of
president. During that period Mr..
Roosevelt had again and again, by
word and by act, manifested to the
people his determination to pursue the
middle, just and impartial course by
which the rich and poor should enjoy
the equal protection and suffer the
equal and Just enforcement of the
laws" He recognized this as the plat
form of the republican party. He in
Cured the hostility of important finan-
cial interests by his action in direct
| ing the prosecution to a successful is
sue OF the so-called Northern Securi-
ties suit, which prevented a merger
for the purpose Of suppressing COM
petition of two great lines Of railway
in violation of the antitrust laws"
The secretary then said the republic
can platform and Mr.. Roosecelt pledg-
ed their enforcement OF the antitrust
law and the interstate commerce law
to prevent discrimination against the
shipping public and to prevent op-
pressive combination and monopoly.
| Continuing, he said that only a year
and four months have elapsed since Mr..
Roosevelt took the oath of office after