The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-02-06
A GREAT SPEECH MADE
BY A GREAT SENATOR

wears that I have lived among you.
know that I am not in the habit of
shooting hot air. daughter and ap~
plause.)
Secretary Taft is in every way
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 that President Roosevelt inauz
gurated and has carried thus far SO
successfully; in continuing those poll
cies until dishonesty in high places
shall cease, until dishonesty in corpo-
ration greed shall be a thing or the
past, until trusts and monopolies
shall be no more.
Secretary Taft Is a man OF splendld
ability, Of unquestioned integrity. He
has made good in every public place
with which he has been honored.
lApplause) In the Philippines,
charged by President Mckinley with
the great duty of bringing peace to
those islands. of establishing civil
government he brought order out or
chaos establishing government
among those people that is bringing
them happiness and prosperity, ana
contentment. When Elihn Root, sec
retary of war first under Mckinley
and again under President Roosevelt,
desired to retire from the cabinet,
William III. Taft was selected by the
president to succeed him; and when
he obtained that great office, in ad-
dition to the burdens incident and
properly connected with 1t, he was
charged with the duty of supervision
of the great affairs of the Philippine
islands, he was charged with the duty
CT administrative supervision of the
great canal now building, and when
fro hi In, fNo Won q erD
September, Secretary Taft was the Of
ficer of President Roosevelts cabinet
selected to determine whether there
shall be Intervention under the treaty
with Cuba under the resolution de-
claring 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 well 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 inches of him. daughter and
applause)
Has Known Taft 80 Years.
1t is charged that L am not sincere
In my support of Secretary Taft Pres
ident Roosevelt is satisfied with my
attitude. Secretary Taft is satisfied
with my position regarding that mat
ter. And / declare TO you here that
since last March, when / ascertained
TO an absolute certainty that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would not and could
not be induced to be candidate
again, l stated that l would support
Secretary Taft. / repeated it on
every possible occasion tha l could do
SO with propriety from that time on.
1 hero /
gentlemen, to present squarely the
question to the people of the state of
South Dakota whether they mean
fairly and squarely to support Sec
retary Taft by sending delegates for
him to the 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 that year, and
that was Benjamin Harrison, to
whom more than to any other senator
or public man, South Dakota was in
debted for statehood, which she began
to enjoy In 1889. In 1896, the repub-
licans of this state in convention as
sembled instructed for William Me-
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,
I'VE will instruct our delegates to do
the bidding Of the republicans of this
state" (Applause.)
The only men outside of South Da-
kota who are declaring for "unin-
structed delegations" are the enemies
of President Roosevelt, are the
enemies of his policy and are in favor
of the trusts and monopolies which
they hope will bring them a man Of
their type to the nomination and the
presidency.