The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-30

Cleveland Ohio, Jan 29.-Announee
ment Of his conversion to a belief i
the right of imperialism. so-called. an
the erediting 10 William Mckinley O
the position Of the United States i
world affairs which, he said. gave Theo
dore Roosevelt opportunity to max
himself so great a factor for interna
tional peace, marked the address o
William Howard Taft, Secretary O
War and candidate for the Republi
can Presidential nomination, before tn,
Tippecanoe Club and its guests to tn,
number Of 525, tonight
The occasion was the banouet ir
celebration Of Carnation Day. the ami.
versary of the martyr President.
birthday. Secretary Taft was the
feature OF the banquet
Busy Day for Taft.
The address before the TippeeaDoe
Club on The Republic" followed a dav
OF multiple engagements. beginning
with the arrival Of the War Secretary
and his party at 1905 o'clock.
He was met at the Baltimore and
Ohio station by a delegation headed bv
former Gov. Myron T. Herrick. Of Ohio
defeated for reelection by Secretary
Tafts famous anti-Cox bosstsm sneacb
IN Akron, but now leader Of tba
Cuyahoga County Taft forces. The
Secretary was Gov Herrlck's guest at
The Union Club for luncheon.
Thence Taft went to the Houenda,
where he spoke briefly before the local
Red Cross Society. urging increased mem
beFship and enlarged scope of the Poo
CfoSs. Of which he Is national president
AZ $3.50 O'Clock he greeted a throng ~
hundreds Of Republicans in the Tfnnno-
canoe Club rooms in an hours nubIic
reception. At o'clock he took his stand
IN line AZ the Chamber of Commerce
AUDITORIUM. There for an hour before
the assembling Of the diners. he greeted
q 'ppeeanoe Club members and their
guests.
toHfers with LIeutenants.
incidentally, Secretary Taft met Ar
thur /. Vorys, his political manager and
Walter Brown. Republican state chair
man. who reported TO him the politiosl
In Ohio, stress being laid on
the Cuyahoga county situation, where the
Foraker opposition to the Secretarv's |
Presidential Endorsement IS. evincIne po-s
than in any other Dortio,
Jf the State.
In response TO queries as TO his noei
non regarding the assertion that Ohio
convict labor is producing nuts and bolts
lsed on the Panama Canal work. early in
ne afternoon the Secretary declared no
would give heed TO protests of Iabor If
made formally. He said the law pro-
'iolted the War Departments usa NJ
.onVict goods. but that contractors might
asiiy buy such goods and conceal it from
he department
I shall investigate, however" he said
! usually laugh of as too common crftf-
lsIils OF the canal work, but this is an
.ther matter, and serious If borne ont
responds to Toast, "The RenubIfc -
Secretary Taft was greeted by cheers
'hen he rose 70 respond to the toast
The Republic"
Il shall venture to speak TO vou on ,bor
which think viii ever be remembered %
ne great and distinguishing characrer.
site Of McKinIey's Administrations q
Spansioh Of the United States into a il
-orld power. I
Al another place and in another pres v
nee have described in detail the er- d
ibition of national altruism to be found | !,
the history Of the United States I'm the {
-st nine years; the freeing of Cuba. the
3heI'ts conferred on the Philippines and o
q Porto Rico, and the beginning Of the h
anama Canal, which latter is a part Of Y
he general policy Of expansion inaugu- s.
TED under President Mckinley f.
We are expending hundreds of mil >,
ons there for the benefit of the world
hich, 1t is unlikely. will be returned 70 y
IN money form or in trade benefit for
any decades. But this is something :,
ore than an experiment in altruism-tbis >,
-pansion movement
bhgations Made by Spanish War. m
When we entered the Spanish war We
rtainly had no intention adding IN our 6,
rritory. It was not until the war ear tr
I'll US into another part Of the world sr
ID We tried to settle the issues at the le
d of the war that we began 10 realize
e responsibilities we had assumed with
p sword
Then it was that Mckinley was IL
liged TO pioneer In the treaty Of Paris
was forced TO assume responsibilities
ely 70 remain with the American gov at
lment for several generations, possibly -
century. e'
There were many who hoped it might
possible in the treaty to avoid taking Ut
Philippines or taking Porto Rico, and
u under the Teller resolution we should pr
-t with Cuba and avoid adding to our ex
ritorial jurisdiction. But it was im- ca
'cticable. The conditions Of the islands les
took from Spain forced US to hold Do
IN. NJ;
Indeed, il soon became apparent that
Teller resolution was of doubtful
-ity to Cuba, herself. and that it might
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