The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-17
ASKS SUPPORT
Of DIXIE LAND
William Howard Taft Makes a
Fervent Appeal to the
Southerners.
SHOULD DESERT DEMOCRAT
OUGHT NOT VOTE ONE WAY ALL
THE WHILE PRAYING FOR RE.
PUBLICAN VICTORY, SAYS RE-
PUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

Bristol, Tenn, Oct. 17-William H.
Taft's keynote for Tennessee and the
south was struck by the candidate at
Chattanooga. Throughout he has fol-
lowed the same line of argument, and
met with the same hearty response.
With verbal ampliications, Mr.. Taft
emphasizing this argument:
with the material interests of the
south dependent upon continuance of
Republican policies, with nothing but
historic tradition demanding it's people
to vote the Democratic ticket-praying
meanwhile for the success of Republic
canism-with southern Democracy
nothing but a tail to northern Demo-
cracy's kite, then why not now take the
first political cold plunge, go politically
where the material interests of the
country demand, and vote the Republi-
can ticket?''
''One of the things that brought the
north and the south closely together
was the Spanish war;" said Mr.. Taft in
his Chattanooga speech. There, for
the first time after the civil war, we
were able to demonstrate how close our
hearts were across the Ohio river and
the Mason and Dixon line by rush to
uphold the flag Of our country in free
ing Cuba and in maintaining the au-
thority of the flag the country over.
MY feeling always has been that
the sympathies and the interests of the
south were largely with the Republ-
can policy in regard to Cuba, Porto
Rico, and the Philippines. My personal
experience in the Philippines makes
me think there was as great an inter
est In the success of that experiment
In the south as there was in the north.
South Helped to Fight Battles.
ut is true there was good deal of
of the senate and house as to the awful
things we. were doing in the Philip
pines and the liberty we were sarif1c-
ing. but when we called upon the south
tosfurniah her quota of men who we're
~. 6kht the country's battles over
there, who were to make part OF the
efficient government over there. we did
not find the south wanting. And I am
glad TO be able to see that in the serv-
ice Of the Philippines and in the selec-
tion of men to represent America there
in that government we never paid the
slightest heed to state lines
I'VE have as many democrats in the
Philippine service today as we have
republicans, and we have as many
southern men as we have northern
men. Your own Gen. Wright of Ten
nessee was governor and made a fine
governor there. The present govern
OF, Smith, is a democrat from Califor-
mia. Gov. Ide and l are republicans,
but we did not know any difference
there and the pleasure of dealing with
a government in which there was no
difference and in which no sectional
lines were recognized is what makes
me long for similar condition in this
country.
Vote One Way and Pray the Other.
.'Are you going to vote the same way
you have heretofore and pray for re-
publican success, or are you going to
assume some sort of responsibility,
with reference to the national govern
ment? Voice: Vote for Taft.] That
is an interruption that somehow does
not ruffle me.
1.-THE south has been the tail to the
northern democratic kite. When you
are carried in the pocket of a man and
make no uncomfortable disturbance in
that pocket you are not going to exer-
else much influence with the gentle
man that carries you; when you fur
nish no electoral votes and substan
TALLY but little congressional support
to republican administration is not
human nature that your leading men
should have influence with republican
administrations.
Hopes South Will Enter Fold.
What l am hopeful of is that these
gentlemen who really sympathize with
us will come over, will swell the pres
ent republican party to a size that
shall give us the electoral vote, and