The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-18

lecting her strongest men as delegates to the National Republican convention.
 After Governor Woodruff had fin ished speaking and his endorsement of Mir. Taft had been vigorously ap- plauded, Mr, Judd introduced the sec retary of war and he was given a hearty ovation Mir. Taft said:
 Your club has met tonight in this brate the birthday of the real founder of the republican party. So l am go- ing to make republican speech. Your organization suggests the thought that you believe in parties, and this is the only possible way of running government. In order to form a party the members must give up their minor differences. The more united party is the more efficient it is for government I do not say inde- pendence of thought is had. It Is necessary when the party has gone astray so that it may besled back to virtue. That was the opinion of Lin- coln Parties are like individuals, They are able under new leaders to meet new issues.
 The republican part has been sue cessful in maintaining it's solidarity and in educating its ranks to the new issues. In the civil war 1t did not as sume the burden of the freedom Of slavery Lincoln, the greatest politi- elan of the age, preferred to make the
 issue The union must be preserved. Since then the influence of Lincoln has eyer been saved Later he Is sued the proclamation of emancipa- tion, although there was a strong mi nority opposed to it. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery. The fourteenth amendment secured to the negroes protection and economic in dependence. Forty years since has seen a wonderful improvement in the negro in weath, education and indus | trial advance. The negroes had to prove themselves useful and necessary and they have The fifteenth amend | ment has not been so successful as the 
 vote came to count as nothing. The i laws passed in the southern states against uneducated people were meant | to act just against the negroes, not | the whites But as the negroes be- | come indispensable, the people of the south will see that the fifteenth amendment has justified itself in | being the third bulwark of that down trodden race.
 Another great issue which followed the republicans from tha war is the monetary issue. There crept into our ranks the idea that we could continue to issue irredeemsble sreenhacks But we later determined to make them as good as gold, Later we got onto the gold standard and our friends, the enemy got onto the sliver standard You remember the great struggle in 1896, and the victory.
 Another issue was tho tariff issue tc which the republicans have ever ad- hered; our industries have so been di- yersiied and increased. Once our | democratic friends thought they had chance to make change. but the re- | suit was disastrous. The Dingley law in a7 started a great increase in indus | try. But now many believe that some tariffs are too low and some too high aand we must have reform. One req son is that monopolies may not make excessive profits.
 Expansion is another issue. Hav- 1 ing assumed sponsibilities, the dues- l ton is shall we dodge them? We found ourselves in the Philippines. We | found we must give the islands to spain or to Agulnaldo Should we withdraw? We had to enter upon the enthusiastic policy of teaching the 1 Filininos how to govern themselves To-day in the schools 5o000O children are speaking English. They have a national assembly. We have built rail roads and wagon roads. Disease has decreased We are doing everything a good neighbor should do. Our work is to prepare them to become self govern | ins.
 | lle Diliy GbllSlSAElll liltll& the nElf1D- crats have in their platform Is the Monroe doctrine. If a European nation wanted to go into South America could we stop 1t without an army ant a navy? We have become d world power, and if we wish to make our in. l fluence good, we must have the force behind it. Our opinion on morality i stronger backed up by ships and men.
 "The issues of the present admins tration. In the course of our indraria expansion, certain uniawfulness ant dishonesty has crept in and the peopl
 have given the danger close attention r. was believed the wellthy corporation. | might disobey the law because the, were powerful. And the administration
 has said. There is nothing above tn
 law" Abuse of right of property mus
 not he allowed to produce an immun
 class.
 There is the middle course; that tn
 laws he enforced against the rich an,
 poor alike. But it is harder to success fully prosecute the rich. The publi