The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-27
TAFT TO +. +. VS.


/
ra~a Aay o<hrx o.z~@...ssy D.
ths Coansry--The tliae asd shs
GRAY Unis.a-
Hot sprtnra. Va. Aug. Ala =
speech delivered by kls fri@aam "a
one Of the beet be ever made. VII
liam Howard Tatt. Republican, Hosal-
nee for the presidency. to-day aa
dressed a mass nesting ot Virginia
Republicans 5000 stFoHE. AakIns
them aud the entire south to adopt
the principles aud tensts Of the dom-
lnant party of thls country.
when the candidate told his r~z-
sons for beIieyelng the ladepeadsaG
Democrats OF the South would s~s
II an their duty TO vote the h~pnbil-
caa ticket, banners and umbrellas
were thrown high into the air and
In the grandstAnd. which boundsa
the fourth side OF the amphitseAtTa.
women In their bright hued gowns
stood UP and waved their haadksr-
chiefs and fans.
Tafts speech in large part. VAS
an appeal TO the solid south To
break away from the Democratic col
umn. After discussing general h.
sues. be said:
Everyone having the interest OF
the country at heart would rejoice
10 have the solid South m n Demo
cratic asset In every national cam
paign broken up. II would he bet
ter for the states themselves. IL
would be better for the country.
The Republican party Is not the sec
tionai party. which the fact that the
South always supports the Demo
cratic party would Indicate.
The Republican party has Inn
proved the waterways. Is building
the Panama Canal and has started
1.-The movement for the redemption
of swamp lands. the entire eonseTva-
ton OF forests and water resources.
and is taking many other steps that
are for the development Of the south.
The growth and success Of the
mining and iron industries of the
south are directly due To laws enact
ed by the Republican party. In our
dependencies, when Offices were To be
filled In the Philippines. Porto Rico
and Cuba, no attention has been
paid TO the partisan procli.ities OF
the appointees. and there are today
in the Philippines as many Demo
Gratis as Republicans among the
Americans serving the government
there.
Leading Democrats Of the South
| hare complained. and with much
ground, that men OF the South have
but little influence in the executive
ington. The reason IL that the
south has always been considered by
the Democracy, and especially the
Northern Democracy. AZ a part OF
the country certain TO support the
Democratic ticket.
Therefore, when the Republican
party Is in power, IL IN not either
natural or TO be expected that IL
should summon TO Its executive Of
fees the leading men from the op-
posing party In the South. The only
way by which the South can cure
this matter is by Independence Of
action and the support Of the Re-
publican ticket.
81 know the South is q conserva-
tive portion OF the country. BY ira
dition, its attachment to the Demo-
cratic party 10 firm; but a party
represents principles, and when the
principles change. though the name
of the party remains the same. it
would seem that, after q while. the
traditional attachment to the party
would rest lightly on an intelligent
community. Still. there IL a politi-
Ical habit. a political association
which conservative people hesitate
to throw OF.
Many Independent Democrats In
1.-THE South agree with the Republican
: party in all its main economic doc
/ trines. Since 1890. the manufact-
inASIcobS VI TIC ooutA nave GA
ceeded her agricultural interests. the
: industrial expansion OF the South ex-
: ceeds that OF any other part Of the
: country. and is really the marvel OF
. the world.
Its cotton manufactures. Its iron
manufactures have grown enormous
ly, and the South today. In Its cot
ton factories, In, its iron factories.
E and in the sugar culture or Louis
i lana, Is more dependent for Its busi-
D ness prosperity on the maintenance
3 of a reasonable protective tariff than
any other community In the country.
I. is vitality interested that the CON-
ling revision Of the tariff shall be
made upon protective principles and
: not with view to the adoption of a
revenue tariff.
'sThe Spanish war led TO the en-
Itering of the flower Of the young
men Of the Southern States into the
army of the United States, I'm order
to uphold the country's cause. This
did much to remove sectional feel
> ling lingering after the Civil War
v and served to unite In O common
brotherhood the blue and the gray