New-York tribune., 1908-08-22


,at,on makes the party and its distinguished
leader utterly obvious of the necessity Tor care
and caution in the enactment of statutes winch
are to accomplish changes In our Social anu
business relations. They seem to have an I'M
,,ress;ou that an evil which is very insdious ana
which is elusive IN Its character when definile
LEGAL descriptiou is to be given of it and heavy
penalty is to be prescribed Tor IL may DE
safely met by statutory denunciation hastily
prepared in a day week or short period
we have seen within the short four years OF
sbe nresent administration such measures as
government ownership of railways, election OF
federal Judges and national initiative and reIer-
enf5ur, proposed as remedies for our existing
evils and now withdrawn under assurances lhat
they win not be again suggested
F5e declared that the Republican party "a9
not responsible for the abuses ne hao oe
scribed and that ''the evils were due 10 the fal-
nhiIity of human nature and the "ithsie's =
ambitious and unscrupulous men to turn an
tr+r,,nentalitv necessary In human progress
Ia vicious purpose
THE DISCREDITEp DEMOCRACY
Of all possible agencies for reform the Deliio-
cratic party under its present ieaoefsliip' ~
asserted. is the one least entitled TO credit on
this point he said;
1z-,;,e tbe resolutions of its platform in 1898
,asn ana 1904 denounced the abuses of corporate
wealth they never proposed feasiple plaas -, ~
made the prominent and chleI lssus - % ,oots,
ca,9naign the CARRYING out or what nave NV
boco,Te known and properly known, dS eas
Rooseveir policies. On the contrary, In .o,s -@ov'
tha nartv made the chief issue disasFees s
sn.,ripl erneriment which would have retaroeu
4be progress Of this country a quarter oa ooa q
century end sullied its financial hohoi IN ~ 80
sba T,srfy reiterated its adherence 10 'his sIi
ri6al nolicv Of Reputation of natlonal anu pr
ra+e Sebts and obligations, and then a~dNahceu ~
sc fhe paramount issue of the campaign, noI
q
~ather inc reputation Of all our internati%ollaI %
responsibilities growing out OF the SpahiSLL c m1
and the destruction of what they caIi the sToM ,.
So csTcer of imperialism in the policy OF TINS
country Again In 1904, instead or seleclIe 'tte ne
abuses and evil for which they nov, nov ser &c +be he
make the Republican party respohsicle &c "a. T.
main issue of the campaign. the puroei ol tneIt
contentious was the usurpat.on OF ttle poEri
Of the executive office by Preslden! hoosefet; n;
incIn6ins the settlement of the anthracite coal
strike and the violation OF the feoerd coLs. .
tutional limitations by the Repup!lca.. an. ,;i Pc. -
,-riia rbA extent OF the trust evil was mniInlzea
IN, the statement .of the then party c~anoloate ~
that the common law furnished sulncleii' I'll. .
a6v 10 suppress It. and by the general party
soS,.-a-ior thar nothing but safe and sane pol
fries were TO be adopted under the admlnlstIa-
1ion which should follow its success III 'ii0
election
This he said, is the record Of the party "hose
,,olicies it is alleged President Roosevelt and the
Republican party have stolen. He declared that
the people do rule, and that their VIII mas peeh
expressed in the Roosevelt policy
Sneaking of the House OF Representatives
being charged with having procedure allowing
the Speaker TO suppress the popular Will, he said
that while he would not discuss the wisdom OF
1hst procedure IL was sufficient to say that the
Senate has no rule for the previous question: ana
in that body the ability of the minority 10 de-
feat or delay legislation favored by the majority
has been criticised on the ground that 1t oe-
feated the will of the people. A Republican Con-
\ he5 Ta6f m
the principles involved in this campaign
AN APPEAL TO THE SOUTH.
He spoke of the Republican and Democratic
parties in the South. and declared that great
number of Democrats opposed to the Demo-
cratic party under its present leadership. ana
none of them viii be disappointed if the Demo
cratic ticket is defeated. Every one having the
interest of the country at heart as an abstract
proposition would rejoice to have the solid
South as a Democratic asset in every national
campaign broken up.
The Republican party in its national legisla-
ton ha5 favored the building of the Panama
Canal the reclamation Of swamp lands the con-
servation of forests and water resources, and
taken many other steps for the development of
the SOUTH The growth and success of the
mining and iron industries in the South were
directly due 10 laws enacted by the Republican
party. In making appointments IN the tnlnp-
pines, Porto Rico and Cuba no attention had
been paid to partisanship, and there are
many Democrats as Republicans serving the
government in the Philippines. As to the
plaint that the leading of the South have
little influence in the executive branch of the
government at Washington. he said the only
way by which the South could this
by independence Of action and support OF the
Republican ticket Many Independent Demo-
Gratis in the South agree with the Republican
party in all its chief economic doctrines. Re-
viewing The industrial progress OF the South, he
said its business prosperity in many respects
depended on reasonable protective tariff more
than any ether community in the country. If
jefferson were to return TO life he would not
recognize his reputed political descendants.
The Denver platform had a good deal to say
against Capitalization Of power, he added, but
the propositions contained in it were even more
federalistic in their tendency than those in the
Republican platform. 1t the duty of
Southern Republicans to take advantage Of this
mental attitude the part of many indepen-
dent Democrats, and this could be done by a
thorough organization Of their party. They
should put good men to the front The fight
should be one of principle. He knew the cour-
age it has taken for Southern Republicans to
remain Republicans when their cause seemed
hopeless but he beexed the change was COM
ing. He congratulated the Republicans of Eir-
ginia because in that state so many Democrats
hoping they would succeed.
CHEERS GREET THE SPEECH
At the close of Mr. Taft's speech the cheering
was long and vociferous. The candidate then
stepped TO a lower platform. accompanied
by Mrs. Taft. and they shook hands with prac-
ticslly the entire audience as it passed before
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