Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

I.
The Evening Trip.


ried out.
The Evening Trip.
When the Manchester went down at $50
o'clock there another large crowd
on board. Promptly at S:15 o'clock Mr..
Henry NJ. Camp president of the league,
arose before the large gathering upon the
| lawn, and after a few Introductory re-
| marks announced that John G. Capers of
South Carolina. commissioner of internal
revenue, was called to his home state yes
terday on account of serious illness In his
family and would therefore not address
the gathering. He then introduced William
E. Andrews. auditor for the Treasury De-
partment
Indicative of Countrys Progress
In opening his address Mr.. Andrews said
the speakers named upon the program rep
| resented three important states South
Carolina, Nebraska and Utah, and declared
that the geogra phioal reference is sugges-
tive to the onward movements of the coun-
try for nearly half a century under republi-
can rule. He cited the fact that last year
the golden anniversary of the founding of
the republican party was celebrated. Re-
ferring particularly to the first national
campaign waged under the leadership of
Gen. John c. Fremont, he said that though
unsuccessful. it had caused reaff1rmation Of
the doctrine of nin-extens!on of human
slavery in the platform of the republican
party in 1860 and expanded into the emanci-
patton proclamation in 1863.
Mr.. Andrews declared that great contest
revealed radical differences between repub-
licanism and democracy-that is centrali-
cation versus decentralization of fed
eral power; national sovereignty versus
state rights; perpetual union versus
secession. and peace versus war. He
rescribed Lincoln standing with the re-
publican party behind him and the
federal army in front of him, and he de-
clared that every note of war which sounded
along the federal lines from Sumter to Ap-
pomatox was an argument in support of
the Hamiltonian-r republican doctrine of cen
tralization, national sovereignty, perpetual
forth with renewed strength to improve the
monetary policies Of the country after the
election of 1896 and accomplished 1t.
1.-THE subjects of trusts" said Mr. An
drews, has assumed an important bearing
with respect to the fundamental principles
that nave divided the republican and demo-
cratic parties and their respective prede-
cessors through the entire history OF our
country. The constitutional relationship
existing between the federal authority on
the one hand and the state authority on
the other has been and always will be a
question of vital Importance.
Influence Of Wealth.
"At times" he said, at has disappeared
from sight completely that the people
Of the country well-nigh forgot It, At
llIltS, uOWeVeT IL mas assumed SuCh
Importance as to array section against sec
ton in hostile camps Behind that princi-
pie Of national sovereignty or state sover-
eighty, however, there has usually lurked
the influence of wealth. both individual and
collective.
People, as a rule, can discuss abstract
academic theories with comparative COM
posture, but whenever financial loss or gain
stands behind the debate or hangs upon
the result of the contest greater vigor and
hac ITO Dlya1v 70 ha RI icr1la Q6 Tho
agement of state or interstate commerce
under state or federal legislation is now de-
manding most careful consideration on the
part of the American people.
In the discussion of such questions we
should remember with calm composure that
constitutional and statutory provisions
guarantee protection to citizens with re-
spect to the rights Of property and place
before them equal opportunities for the
ercse of their talents and skill in acquiring
the legitimate rewards of honorable toll.
Evidence Of Fidelity.
AS evidence of our party fidelity he cited
the Sherman antitrust law of 1890, the
Elkins act of 1903, the act of 1903 creating
the Department of Commerce and Labor
and the acts of 1906 relating to railroad
rates and the powers of the interstate COM
merce commission. the immunity of wit
nesses in criminal cases and pure food.
"In fact he declared, "events have late
ly followed one another in such rapid sue
cesson that even Mr.. Tillman found his
pitchfork in the rear when he thought he
was leading the procession. He still Won
ders how 1t happened
In conclusion Mr.. Andrews said: Then
let the loyalty and craftsmanship of Wash
ington and Hamilton, the eloquence of Clay
and Webster lead on, and still on with
the doctrine of national sovereignty and
perpetual union. Let the loyalty, patriot
ism and craftsmanship of Abraham Lincoln
and the valor of the boys in blue" lead
-tI tod T,x
the briliancy of James G. Blaine and the
wisdom and exalted manhood of William
Mckinley lead on and still under the
banner OF protection to American labor,
American capital and American interests
on land and sea. Let the dauntless cour-
age and brilliant craftsmanship of Theo-
dore Roosevelt lead and still on in the
cause of peace, progress and civic right
eousness. Thus republicansm will go
marching onward and still onward to vic
tory from year to year, and ultimately, even
from Atlanta to the sea"
AT the close of Mr.. Andrews address
President Camp presented Arthur B. Hayes
of the Department of Justice who delivered
the closing address of the evening He
said, in part:
Fifty Years of History.
For fifty years the republican party has
been a national political organization The
republican party sprang into existence at
time when above all other times since
the beginning the nation needed strong
minds brave hearts and determined, we'll
considered action.
Under the legislative and administra-
tive guidance of that party the country
has grown by leaps and bounds in area,
individual and collective wealth, in
population and in power. Step by step
through all these years of republican as
tendency the march has been onward.
| There has been no retrogression.
Time is too short to follow the tri-
| umphal course of the party from its in
ception No man who has mentality enough
to cast an intelligent ballot but knows
its achievements. Every great legislative
A., enactment which has tended toward the
| upbuildng of the nation or the prosperity
| of the people has been passed by republi-
| can Congress. signed by a republican exec
| utive and put in operation by a republican
| administration.
| Political Parties Valuable.
Political parties, the same as men, are
| valuable in public life only for the ideas
| they represent. and the power they have
| to put those ideas into practical, beneficial
| operation.
| when that deformed child of democratic
! legislative incompetency and compromise.
| the Wison-Gorman tariff bill, was brought
into the world in 1884, the disastrous re-
suits to- the country showed the incapacity