The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-07
Tat Makes Address.

al makeS AddrcSS.
 Hot Springs, Va. August 6.-There was no reservation in the southern hospitality accorded William H. Taft by the Virginia State Bar association here today on the occasion of the address of the republican candidate on 'ffhe Laws Delay" His presence and introductory pleasantries were applauded by an audience represen- tative of the social life of the Old Do- minion. The burden of his speech met the expected approval of the lawyers present. At his conclusion MT. Taft was surrounded by members of the audience. who presented themselves for personal acquaintance. At the banquet tonight MT. Taft responded to the toast, "The Pres ident." MT. Taft prefaced his 4O-minutes' speech today by expressing the embar- rassment he felt in appearing before a. Virginia audience. This he made clear by this anecdote.
 As I was entering the hall here to- day I was introduced to a very charming daughter of Virginia, a married lady, of whom I asked on hearing her name, which was Virginia name whether she was a relative of a friend of mine from vir- ginia who bore the same name. "Oh, no.' she replied, my poor husband is a Yam kee"
 The story seemed to remove the judges embarrassment.
 Tomorrow Judge Taft. with Mrs. Taft, Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the insular bureau of the war department, and w. Cameron Forbes, vice governor of the Philippines, will be driven by Tate Sterritt, proprietor of the famous Fassi- fern farm, to White Sulphur Springs. w. Va, to attend the Greenbrier County Horse, show. The 4O-mile drive will be made with three relays of four horses each, the last team to be entered in the show upon arrival there in the after noon.
 Tafts Address.
 Judge Taft presented his subject by stating that the end sought in the ad-' ministration of justice was to promote tranquility and contentment among the people It had. he said, long been es- tablished that the supreme court of the United States was the ultimate arbiter of the great political and legislative questions, deciding upon the limitations of both the legislative and executive branches of government which had car- ried the usefulness of the courts beyond anything attempted in other countries. Notwithstanding this desirable situation, MT. Taft expressed a doubt that our present administration of justice insured general popular satisfaction with its re- suits.
 There are," he said. abundant evil dences that the prosecution of criminals has not been certain and thorough to the point of preventing popular protest. The existence of lynching in all parts of the country Is directly traceable to this lack of conformity and thoroughness in the enforcement of our criminal laws.
 Changes Necessary.
 "The present is a time when all our in- stitutions are being subjected to a close scrutiny with view to the determina- tion whether we have now tried the in- stitutions upon which modern society rests to the point of proving that some of them should be radically changed. The chief attack is on the institution of private property and is based upon the inequalities in the distribution of wealth and of human happiness that are appar- ent in our present system. I believe in the institution of private property which next to personal liberty, has had most to do with the uplifting and physical and moral improvement or the whole human race; but that it is not inconsistent with the rights of private property to impose limitations upon it's uses for unlawful purposes, and that this Is the day for reform rather than for the abolition of the institution itself. But this scrutiny of our institutions; this increasing dis position to try experiments, to see whether there is not some method by which human happiness may be mora equally distributed than 1t is, ought to make those of us who really believe in our institutions as essential to further {