The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-19
Cause of the NsgIo Is En- phasizsd h the Address
BIG CLAIMS f0R TIE PARTY
Taft Speaks of Acquisition of Philip. pines and Explains the Methods of Governing the People With
 Educational Advantages.

Concord, N. H., February 1s.-Secretary of War Taft had few spare moments from the time of his arrival in New Hampshire this morning until late hour tonight He delivered two addresses, one at Concord, the other at Manchester, and attended several receptions, luncheon and dinner given in his honor MT. Taft was met at Boston early in the morning by a committee of the Taft club of Concord, headed by former Governor Frank w, Rollins and Winston Churchill The secretary was driven to the state house, where he was received by Gov ernor Floyd.
 A reception at the Eagle hotel followed. This lasted an hour, and at 1230 o'clock the secretary was entertained at luncheon by the Taft association of New Hamp- shire, at which 100 members were pres ent. At 2 o'clock he addressed mass meeting in Phoenix hall. The hall seats 1000 persons and was filled.
 Following the mass meeting, the secre- tary, accompanied by Chairman c. Bick- ford, of the republican city committee of Manchester, and delegation from that city, went to Manchester, where he was the guest of honor at a reception given by the Derryfield club from 4:S0 p. m. to 5:30 D. m, and shortly afterward was en- tertained at a dinner. Following this driven to the Calumet club, where a re- ception was held.
 The secretary then went to the state building, where he was received with honor by the national guard and veterans. 1 The secretary made brief address to the soldiers and then left the armory for l Mechanics hall where public meeting was held. Here MT. Taft delivered his second extended address of the day. At the close of the meeting he became a guest of Governor Floyd. who took him to his residence for the night. Tomorrow the secretary will leave for Nashua
 Next President" A good crowd greeted Secretary Taft when he appeared at Phoenix hall. As MT Taft arose to begin his ad- dress, some one in the gallery cried: Three cheers for our next President, :" and the hall rang with the response.
 MT. Tafts address was what he termed a short history of the republican party" He reviewed the connection of the re- publican party with the slavery question and described Abraham Lincoln as the greatest of republicans
 'sThe war over" continued the speaker, "the republican party took up the cause of the negro and by the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the constitu- ton gave him a chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
 "The fifteenth amendment to secure the right of the ballot to the negro was not so successful. In time this right was practically nullified But the leaders of the south found that this was demoralz- ing. Seeking a remedy they passed ex- clusion laws legal on their face but so administered, it is said, as to be wrong.
 This is deplorable, yet the step for ward has been taken from open violence. The time is coming when the negro, ln- dispensable to the south as an economic factor, will establish himself fully as a citizen"
 After referring to the republican party as being the party of "honest money : MT. Taft discussed protection. He sketched the history of various tariffs
 
 Dingley tariff should be re-examined with view of it's revision on a purely pro- tective basis
 Claiming All Credit.
 "The republican party is the party of expansion and world inhuence,' declared the speaker.
 we got into the business without the intention of increasing our territory at all. Public opinion forced on us the Spanish war. We began in the West In- dies but soon found ourselves ten thou sand miles away. It was necessary for the protection of the Pacific coast that the Spanish fleet in that ocean should be hurled down. Dewey destroyed it-and the Philippines were left on our hands. To save the people of those islands from chaos and safeguard it was necessary that we should take them over. We did and we have governed them on an altru- istic basis. They are willing to accept our ideals, civil and religious and that gives us a hope that we can work out their salvation on the lines we have laid down there.'
 The speaker gave an account of pres ent conditions in the islands and ex- plained the purposes and methods Of the government, saying there are oOO,OO0 chii- dren today reading and writing English in Philippine schools self government has been introduced ana Sdnltdfy cohui- tions have been improved.
 "For the time we are an Asiatic pow er," Mr. Taft declared
 ''We cannot remain isolated and it Is our business to see that our world infu- ence Is for good.
 At this point for the first time in his speech, MT. Taft mentioned the name of President Roosevelt
 '.No man ever has made so much for righteousness and peace among the na tions as has Theodore Roosevelt" he said. and a storm of applause broke forth.
 Voyage of the Fleet.
 Further applause greeted his state ment of the belief that the nation was behind the President and his foreign policy With reference to the Pacific voyage of the fleet, MT. Taft said
 with the orentals 1t is necessary to fill the measure of the eye in order to be convincing. It is no one's business where that fleet is going
 This sentiment pleased the audience greatly.
 Finally" said MT. Taft, "the republic an party is the party of equal protection and enforcement of the laws. In the great industrial expansion which we have