Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

hausted ourselves In the Indictment and
then, with no attempt at PROOF, nave
abandoned 1t for new sensations. we
should have done far better for the well
fare of our people and the fame of the
country If we had framed true accusa-
lions and pursued them to the end. Cap
plause.)
Firing Into the Crowd.
Il believe in Furnishing the guilty. but
l do not believe in pursuing the cuiprit
by firing into the crowd. (Applause.) He
is always on his guard and gets behind
some other man. while all the rest are
unawares and likely to be hit. In all this
turmoil We have not delivered one single
culprit over to the warden. but have sent
thousands of innocent bystanders to the
hospitals.
We have belabored wealth until there
is no phrase known to monument speech
we have not applied to it. Reaction has
become a hardly less ferocious word than
treason. But our reforms have all been
oral: we have punished no one. And dur
ing this protracted carnival the price OF
many of the necessities of our daily life
has mounted higher and higher. Meat.
grain. clothes, have all gone steadily up.
We have set our traps and covered them
with vituperation and been caught IN
them ourselves. (Applause.) We have
danced long and boisterously, but no man
can truly say that we have not pald the
fiddler. tApplause.)
Our conditions ought 20 be changed.
The sentiment of the country is unit at
least on that. political election 1s not
a cure-all. but is nevertheless substan-
tial influence. That makes it important
to dispose of 1t right.
Likeness of the Parties.
>'"rhere are only two parties. Mr. Presi-
dent, to be considered. and the standing
of each must be determined by its his
tory. its platform and its candidates.
Neither platform is in all respects such
as great party ought to draw. / claim
the right to say this because this is a
year when platforms count for less than
ever and even candidates make their own.
The line of division between the two old
parties is nearly erased. Their claims are
too similar to permit any bitter discussion.
To tie discredt of both parties. they are
in the field partly as bidders for votes in
stead of solely as advocates of great prin-
ciples. The declaration by each upon the
subject of injunctions is shifty and insin-
cere and unworthy of a great political
body. tApplause.l
Taft Solid as the Rocks.
The speaker then paid glowing tribute
to MIR. Taft. saying that he was not ''er-
ratio or unstable. neither vainglorious nor
SNOWY. not QuaTielSoHie anu podstAul, puS
solid as the rocks.
The doctrine of fair play will not
struggle for new or peculiar meanings.
but will go back to it's old one, which is
by far the best continued the speaker.
with him at TIE helm the ship of state
will not go scudding from the shoals to
the rocks and back again. He will put It
in calm water and steer it himself.
.'They tell us he believes in the present
policies of the republican party.
Here the audience could hold in no
longer. 1t yelled and stamped and Missed
for several minutes. The college delega-
lions ran ROosevelt's name In their songs.
The men on the stage looked meaningly
at one another. Mr.. Black waited.
Policies Not New.
LET no one be alarmed at that he
said. Every republican In the country
SO believes. Those policies are not new.
my young and overzealous friends (re-
ferring to the students.) They are older
than the party is.
81 as one self-respecting citizen OF
this great country. resent the imputa-
ton that / did not understand years and
years ago the meaning and the value of
virtue. courage and integrity.
1.-The policies themselves should not be
even temper a balanced mind, a level
sense of Justice. and a continuing cour-
age can be trusted not to reach conclu-
sions distorted or grotesque.
a square deal will not be trade
mark. but principle. applause. }
Wealth will not be favored nor labor
fed on fiattery."