The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

PhiIadelphia. April Sin a speech AZ
the annual banquet Of the Young Repub-
iicans at the Belleyue-stratford, ex-Sena-
tor John NJ ThuEston, Of Nebraska. q
friend of Senator Foraker. MADE an at
tack on the Roosevelt forces He was
Joined by Mayor Reyburn, Of PhiIadeI-
phia, former Congressman and personal
friend Of Senator Penrose.
Thurston appealed for the elimination
of Roosevelt or the choice Of Roosevelt
from the Presidency. He declared that
this country had no policy. There is an
unsettled. unsteady sentiment in the Re-
publican party" he said. that is seeking
to out-io even the sOcialistic programme
Of the opposition. the policy Of Roose-
yelt. Then. a moment later, the former
Senator cried: There should be 30 one
man policy in this country"
Toward the close of his speech. after
averring that he was not a member OF
the s5.000000 anti-Roosevelt conspiracy
club. he launched his boom for Foraker.
He described all the candidates. he
called Senator Knox, Of Pet gania
.'The Little Giant He wen 81 down
the list until ne reached Foraker. In
him. he loudly proclaimed, the country
had "a fearless leader, a man free from
corporation influences.
Not Member of Conspiracy.
7 want to say" Senator Thurston be-
gan. that ! am not "A member of the
s.. .G00000 conspiracy club and that If I
had made a statement Of that kind I
might have made il 100000. It would
have been just as easy.
'-Since 1887. when the Republican party
came back into power. the United States
has been doing tolerably well The
American pople have been doing very
well. American finance has become safe
and sound, and America sits at the head
Of the table in all councils of ths nations.
The American dollar has come 20 be re-
gaTded as the best of ali money the
world over. The United States arbitrated
the war between two great nations. She
had preserved the interest Of weaker ma
! tons The Republican party has given
the country great laws.
Tho Republican party viii live in
power as long as il represents the inteiii-
gent and conservative community. Ii
cannot live If it caters 10 the nillionaires.
and it cannot live if IL caters 20 the mob.
/ Those who are too great 10 obey the law
should be dealt with no less than those
with the can OF dynamite who want 10
reform the country with revolution
No One-man Power.
This country can nave no king and it
can have no one-man policy. It's policy
can only be the policy Of the dominant
party, the party in power. Tie govern
ment does not depend upon any one man.
/ There is the sword Of an unsettled ami
/ unsteady sentiment in the Republican
party which is seeking to outdo even the
/ sociaIstie programme Of the opposition.
II the sword falls it viii be fatal to the
party. Our only safety is in abiding by
the law. the law which gives equality 20
the rich and poor alike Let there be no
one man government
/ We're face 70 face with another sitia-
ton. another contest Our problem to-
day is, Who shall be our leader? 1 have
/ the greatest respect for President RoOse-
welt He has undoubted courage ana
! fearlessness. He has reflected honor
upon this country at home and abroad
"Of course, a third term is a bugaboo.
1 but the President has pledged himself not
! TO accent a third term. 7 know Of no
more worthy man TO lead. but he has ssr
pledged himself So, in selecting a sue
eessor for him. we should keep in mind
the fact that no one living man is neces-
sary 10 the welfare Of the nation or the
Republican party. From the beginning
we have had great men. yet have not a
doubt that had any OF these not been
available there would have been d hun
dred others to take their places
a glowing panegyric for Foraker fol-
| lowed.
Mayor ReybuFn, Too.
The mayor of Philadelphia also pleaded
| against any one-man rule. He declared
his belief that Roosevelt should not med
die with the States and that the men
who framed the Constitution of the
United States never intended that there
should not be free and untrammeled
trade between the States. The sum Of
! his argument was tlat the rates between
States should not be fixed al Washington.
Senator Weldon G. Hepburn OF Idaho
was TO have been one of the principal
orators at the banquet but was prevented
by Illness from attending.