The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-17

ABtoMklOn OL tuG QtucG tbE N Nt@~ l Taffs" at the President-elect's table were four Roekefellers-John D. Johp I D. Jr., William Rockefeller and F. A Rockefeller. With them sat John D. Archboid, the active head of the stand. ard Oil Company, and John G. Milbufn I the special counsel of the company. Frank B. Kellogg. who has been prosecuting the Standard Oil Company and William Nelson Cromwell. so prom. inently brought to the front in the re- cent canal discussion, were near neigh- bcrs to the Rockefellers.
 Thomas F. Ryan sat at table with ! B. F. Yoakum. James Speyer. Lord | Revelstok ana others Paul D. cra- vath, Melville D. IngaiIs. Wade H. Ellis, Leslie M. Shaw, Myron Herrick, Jus tice Day, Robert c clowry, Charles H. Treat and Delavan Smith were others among the more than soc diners. The galleries of the grand bali room where the speeches were made were I filsd with assemblage of splendidiy gowned women who joined with the | men below in the snthusiastic tributes | of cheers ani applause paid to Mir. Taft and in but slightly less dsgrss to Governor Hughes.
 l. Hughes For President. The finterstate commefcs" In ths exchange of prominent men between ohio and New York and "the conapira- cy' by which only New York or ohte men. are entitled to the Presidency of l the United States were constantly re- forred to by the speakers and were I the cause of much nserrfnaeflt. Gov. | ernor Hughes was hailed by Toast master Henry Taft and by Senator Spooner as the successor of Mr. Taft when it should again come New York's turn to name the occupant of tne 1 White House"
 : In assuming his duties as toassmas- ter. Henry Taft declared 1t was the custom for presiding ofieers to eules gize the guest of honor. For obvious reasons" he contin~ ued, you will pardon me if do not say much on that subject tonight However, I feel it is within tine bound of delicacy for me to say that have been observing his career for Che past forty years and I have formed quite favorable opinion of his character. But will not go further fof what the other speakers have to say of him will probably be about all that 1t Is good for him to i1ear.'s
 Toastmaater Taft called attentien to the fact that during the last forty years New York and Onto has furntan- cd all the occupants of the White E10H8@.sg kA30 &fEG4tG&A1M Ns&N0@e4 @h& Mckinley. Alled the terms to wnfcn had the distinction of having furnish. cd Presidents for twenty-eisht ef the last forty years.
 .'verfly.~ he concluded. ''Ohio has won her title Of the mother Of Presf- dents. And if I may venture the pre-" diction suggested by the presence here tonight Of the distinguished Governor of this State. the game Of Prcsidsntias seesaw between New York and Ohio promises to so on indefinitely"
 Judge Taft Speaks.
 The Presfdent-elect was the last speaker of the evening.
 rive had a very peculiar experience this evening" said Judge Tart, sbat l went through it with less su1erinW than had expected It was the task of listening to my brother tell what he might of me with due regard to deii- eacy and propriety. From the patron- fzing manner with which he Spoke, you might think that he is older than am. or at least that he fna1ees such a claim. but as a matter og fact ne IS two years younger than am. and fn the past when my discipline was moro strict think have several times nao the best of him"
 00AE0 A4Ak ASAGANC bV LAD A1EL tAGb the first time he had ever had the honor co attend an Ohio Society din. ner in New York was shortly after iils first return from the Philippines when then as now he was making plea snat America should do all that lies in it's power to make the people of those ias lands grateful and proud of the ai' truism which the United States had displayed as trustee of an unfortunate people.
 ''T am going to talk a little poIi- ties tonight" said Mir. Taft, and I want to invite your serious attention to some. of the pseuiiarittes with which we have to deal In our form of gov \ ernment as compared with the gov- arnments of other nations.
 Ours is essentially government of parties. England also has parties. but there they fix the responsibility of the party on one man. They do not divide the responsibility as we do here under several different heals. The division of authority in our parties sometimes make it extremely difficult tc, carry out the promises so freely made in the course of a campaign.
 "rhe President is the executive of the Nnatio" and while in tho White House Is rightly regarded as the head of his party, for in the campaign which
 follows his term Of office he is in q sense made responsible for that has happened during the party's adminis- tration. Yet when we come to the selection of 6 candidate and the adop- tion of . platform declaring the prin- cipleG of the party, this work Is left to a convention of men gathered from all of the States Of the Union.
 Executive Party Policies.
 "once the party has adopted it's plat. form in convention and has success fully gone before the people on that platform 1t becomes the sacred duty of the executive. a sacred duty of the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives to carry out the policies thus declared Hence it Is that in respect to the. blanks in the Chicago platform. are strongest obii- cations rest upon the many heads Of the party as 1t soon will come iuSe power and they should respond ana see to 1t that the mandate of the peO- nle ia carried out.
 "I am a protectionist.~ said Mir. Taft, amid an Outburst Of cheering. 'sBue." he went on, T Rm not one of those who believe that the policy or protec" ton does not in & large degree make trusts and monopolies easier of exist ance. But the way to stamp trusts and monopolies out is not by destroying the whole protective system. We should not have excessive tariR rates so as to tempt monopolles and give the trusts an opportunity to take ad. vantage of those excezsivS rates
 "There have been those in our par ty who did not care how htsh the ratea were dxAd huk fha Chfeaaen ,Aiafs