New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
MR.. TAFT ON EXPANSION
EULOGT or MKINLEl.
Speaks of 1mericd as a World Po7cer
at CIcreland Dinner.

note of several addresses at the Tippecanoe
Clubs annual Mckinley Day dinner here to-
night lat which Secretary Taft was the guest of
honor. The Secretary spoke on THE Republic"
All of the speakers confined their remarks 10
the life and deeds Of Mckinley who was euo-
gized as an ilustrious of Ohio, and a dis
cussion of the problems engendered by the Span
ish-American War and the acquisition of the
Philippines and the islands of the Caribbean
Secretary Taft accompanied by General Clar-
ence R Edwards. chief of the bureau OF IN
sular affairs. and Congressman Duncan r. NC
Kinlay. of California. arrived here at noon lie
was met by reception committee, headed ny
Ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick, and taken 10
the Union Club. where an Informal luncheoh
was served Late in the afternoon the Secfe-
tarv was taken to the Tippecanoe Club rooms.
where public reception was held. rms con-
tinued until 40 o'clock. when Mr. Taft was
hurried away to address the local chapter of the
Red Cross Mr.. Taft is president of the ma
tiona1 board of the Red Cross. This meeting
was held under the auspices Of Miss Manel
Boardman. Of Cleveland. the national organizer
Jacob Riis of New York, also addressed the
meeting. Secretary Taft urged the local CHAP
ter to do it's utmost to assist in creating large
national emergency fund,
TROUBLE WITH AMERICANs.'
..-rb +ro,,,Ia with us Americans" Mr. Taft
said "is that we require some great calamity
or big sensation TO arouse our generosity. We
do not give from day to day to guard against
sudden needs. European countries lead US in
Red Cross work
ohio roIitits VAS not overlooked by >Mr- Taft
For an hour he conferred with Arthur l. Norys.
his state manager; Walter c. Brown chairman
of the Republican State Committee, and local
leaders The local fight left IN the hands
Of Vorys and Brown.
Mr. Taft will leave here tomorrow morning.
going direct TO Washington.
There were some expectations that the dinner
would develop political air, owing to the pres
ence of Mr. Taft in his state, the hotbed
of his spirited contest with his fellow towns
man Senator Foraker, in the race for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination Not only dld
the Secretary and the other speakers connne
themselves to Mckinley eulogies, however, but
Mr. Taft at no time during his stay here made
anv Dublic references to political matters. On
several occasions during the day and at the din
ner the Secretary was humorously referred TO
as the next President, but Mr. TAFT made no
reply to these sallies to which any meaning
could be attached.
SPEAKERS OF THE EVENING.
At the dinner F. F. Prentiss, former president
of the Tippecanoe Club, acted as toastmaster
The speakers of the evening were the Rev Dr.
Paul f. Sutphen. of the Second Presbyterian
Church; Congressman Duncan T. Mckiniay' or
California, and Secretary Taft
The dinner was preceded by public recep-
tion at the Chamber Of Commerce Hall. Men
prominent in politics from Cleveland and all
parts of the state and few prominent in ma
tfonal affairs were in attendance
letters of regret from United States Senators
Foraker and Dick of Ohio: eX-Attorney General
J. w. Cirggs of New Jersey; Governor Harris
and Representative Theodore E Burton, OF
ohio were read. The Rev. DR.. Sutphen spoke
first His topic The Place Of Mckinley in
History He said Mckinley was man of
neace but in war he did not falter. He wan
calm and determined His real greatness will
be seen by posterity in the perspective Of his
tory Like Washington and Lincoln, Mckinley
stood at the parting of the ways and guided US
in the right direction"
Congressman McKinlay told of the part Ohio
mon have taken in the upbudng of the Pacific
coast in his address on ohio and the Pacific
SIone He said the Inauguration of William
Mckinney as President of the United States was
a landmark which indicated the boundary line
between two distinct phases Of industrial. COM
rnercal economic and political experience
through which the Republic was destined to
pass between March 4, 1897 and to-day,
Mr. McKinlay urged q ship subsidy, and said
that president Mckinley appreciated the neces-
sitv of a greater American merchant marine IN
his day The Pacific Ocean is the great theatre
of the worlds commerce of tomorrow
SECRETARY TAFT'S ADDRESS.
SECRETARY Taft was introduced by President
1,readvav as the next President of the United
States The cheering that followed was long
Mr. Taft confined himself to an
eulogy of Mckinley and a solution OF the prob
Iems brought about by the war with Spain dur
ing the Mckinley administration. He spoke in
part as follows:
shall venture TO speak TO you tonight on mat
yyhI | think Will ever be remembered as the great
and DISTINGUISHING characteristic OF Mckinney $
admins straton-the expansion OF the United states
into a world power. II.
Those of us who look back to Mckinley's admin
istration difficult to separate from ms al
the battle for honest money anu Iof
the integrity OF the nations plghted falth win
which his administration was ushered in. Inc con-
ditfons surrounding that controversy make II one
of the remarkable victories for popular gov
ernment that achieved.
With an undoubted majority of the electorate,
embracing many of both parties lured TO support