The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-18
SPOKE AT NEW HAVEN.
Growing Danger Of Wealthy Corpora
tions Escaping Justice.

New Haven, Conn. Feb. is. Secretary
William H. Taft was the chief guest and
speaker at the Lincoln day banquet Of
the Young Mems Republican club last
night, and he received an enthusiastic
reception from the gathering, which
made up one Of the largest public ban
quets ever given in this city.
The secretary Of war gave a review
of the work and continuously growing
strength and solidarity Of the RepabIi
can party since the time of Abraham
Lincoln, whom Mr Taft styled al the
real founder and constructor OF the
party. He said that the success Of the
Republican party lay in its ability to
hold together and to educate the divided
ranks. 50 that they might lie brought
within the proper view Of new issues
that arise. He spoke Of the firm beliefs
Of the party held BY Lincoln and the
disagreement caused IN its ranks as the
result of the issuing OF the emancipa
tion proclamation.
The fourteenth amendment to the
constitution was touched upon, as was
the fifteenth, and IN speaking of the eff
feet of this amendment which gives the
colored man the right to vote, he re-
ferred in an enthusiastic manner to the
improvement Of the negro during the
last forty years. He said when a study
Of the conditions was made. the advance
ment Of the negro in education, wealth
and industry was wonderful. The ne
groes, the speaker declared. had to seize
education when they had the chance
s,s4 hg,. Al 4 af
remaining as chattels The difficulties
that the negro was called upon to sur
mount were referred to and the speaker
declared that he believed that ultimately
the whole land would unite in the opin.
ion that the passage of the fifteenth
amendment 10 the constitution was
fully justifabIe
The money question and the taria
were touched upon BY the speaker. As
to the latter. Secretary Taft urged a
slight revision. re-examiHation, as he
called it, which might establish Il on =
firmer basis After speaking several mo-
ments on the purpose and value Of the
Monroe doctrine he discussed the situa
tion in the financial and industrial world
that which has came to the notice of
.AHt 3uhtft INilbiA lAN INST ANuI NfttAHs
There is a growing danger" he said.
of the powerful and wealthy corpora
tions uniting TO escape the operation ef
the laws passed to Keep them in bounds
and the principle that this administra
tion sought to carry out was that there
was no one above the law. We shall
not create an immense clash, which II
we do would make tyrannous plutoera.
cy. The laws Of the statute books must
be enforced against the wealthy and
powerful even Ii ii is more difficult than
against the humble. The revelations Of
the last four years have awakened the
public and the results show that the
core and heart Of the American people
are right. The great Office Of the Repnb-
lican party, / believe, is guaranteed in
the future and no one shall abuse the
guarantee Of life, liberty and property,
BY standing out against the law"
Mr.. TAFT concluded with few re-
marks on the Democratic party troubles,
saving that they were not united on a
single thing.
Take all their beliefs, he said "and
you have a crazy quilt that would indi
cate no progress, should they be put in
power"