The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
A. GREAT Speech MADE
BY A GREAT SENATOR

years that I have lived among you,
know hat l am not in h habit of
shooting hot air. daughter and APP
plause.)
Secretary Taft is in every wa,
worthy to take up and continue the
work that President Roosevelt volun-
tarily seeks relief from "A year from
March, and Of carrying on the poll
cieS hat President Roosevelt
gurated and has carried thus far SO
successfully; IN continuing those poll
cies until dishonesty i'll high places
shall cease, until dishonesty in corpo-
ration greed shall be a thing of the
past, until trusts and monopoIies
shall be no more.
Secretary Taft is a man of splendid
ability, Of unquestioned integrity, He
has made good in every public place
with which he Ia been honored.
CApplausc.) In h Philippines,
charged by President Mckinley with
the great duty of bringing peace to
those islands, of establishing a civil
government, he brought order out of
chaos establishing a government
among those people that is bringing
them happiness and prosperity. and
contcntment When Elihu Root, sec
rotary Of war first under Mckinley
and again under President Roosevelt,
desired to retire from the cabinet,
William II. Taft was selected by the
president to succeed him: and when
he obtained that great office, in ad-
uitiun to the burdens incident and
properly connected with it. he was
charged with the duty of supervision
of the great affairs of the Philippine
islands, he was charged with the duty
nf administrative supervision of the
great canal now building, and when
trouble arose in Cuba a year g last
september. Secretary Taft was the Of
iic"r OF President R~oosevelt's cabinet
selected to determine whether there
shall be Intervention under the treaty
with cuba under tn" resolution de-
cIaring that the government sought
not the acquisition of territory in de-
claring war with Spain but sought to
preserve, to continue, to procure
peace for the islands in the interests
of humanity. and to preserve life and
property, as.w"ll as to establish a re-
publican form of government. He is
a man among men. and he is a true
man every inch Of him and there are
many inChe of him. daughter and
~hpplaUSc.)
Has known Taft 30 Years.
1t is charged that I am not sincere
in my support of Secretary Taft. Pres
id"nt Roosevelt is satisfied with my
attitude. Secretary Taft is satisfied
with my position regarding that mat
ter. And l d"clar" to YOU here that
since last March. when | ascertained
to an absolute certainty that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would not and could
not b" induced to be a candidate
again. | stated that | would support
Secretary Taft. | repeated it on
every possible occasion tina | could do
SO with propriety from that time on.
l state it here tonight. and j urge you,
cant H. NAV fr l1I, q tl1-- fhn
question to the people of the state of
South Dakota whether they mean
fairly and SquarclE to support Sec
rotary Taft by sending delegates for
him to tn" national convention. Let
there be no mistake about this propo-
Sition; let there be no mistake made
by the people when they are asked to
send an "uninstructed delegation"
Instructed DELEGATIONS.
Beginning with 1892, which was
the first presidential election year
after our state was admitted into the
union, the delegates to the national
convention were instructed by the re-
publicans Of the state of South Da-
kota regarding their choice for the re-
publican candidacy in hat year. and
that WAS benjamin Harrison, to
whom more than to any other senator
or public a South Dakota was in
debted for statehood, which she began
to enjoy In 1889. In 1896, the repub-
leans of this state in convention as
sembled instructed for William Nc
kinley for president. In 1900 the re-
publicans of South Dakota, in dele
gate convention again instructed for
Mckinley. In 1904 the republicans
instructed their delegates to vote for
Theodore Roosevelt for president Of
the United States, and today, or in
the coming contest. let the slogan be.
We will instruct our delegates to do
the bidding of the republicans of this
state Applausc.)
The only men outside of South Da-
kota who are declaring for 'unin-
delegations" are the enemies
of President Roosevelt. are the
enemies OF his policy and are in favor
Of the trusts II monoDolieS which
they hope will bring them a man of
their type to the nomination and the
presidency.