The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-22

vote as you think. TO vots for the ad.
ministration that you believe viii
give the country such prosperity"
After leaving Salisbury the nexl
stop was at Lexington where the dis.
tinguished speaker was introduced
by Hon. Zeb. Vance waiser
At High Point Main street was full
OF people eager to hear Mr.. Taft
The factories and most of the bust.
ness houses suspended business
while he was In the town. Hon. ]
Elwood Cox spoke of him to his home
people. Secretary Taft spoke In
highest terms OF Mr.. Cox. the Re.
publican nominee for Governor. He
said:
1T is a great pleasure to be here
and especially is 1t a great pleasure
to be presented by the next Governor
OF North Carolina, your friend, your
neighbor, and one of your leading
men. The Republican party of North
Carolina has honored itself by select
Ing Mr.. Cox as its leader here, and
believe 1t is an augury OF coming
success" 4"
The special reached Greensboro a
few minutes ahead of schedule time,
and the reception committee was no
where in sight. Judge Adams went
out to look for his reception commit
tee. After waiting some time Secre-
tary Taft left the train and was max
ing his way out through the crowd
when the committee arrived. The
arrival of the train bearing Secretary
Taft and Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury, and Sem
ator Smith, of Michigan, was herald
ed by the firing of salute of twenty
one guns by the Pain Fireworks
Company.
procession of twenty gaily-dec-
Grated automobiles headed by mount
ed marshals and a band, conveyed
the party up the street, Mr.. Taft
going direct to the Grand Opera
House and Mr.. Shaw to the Audito-
rum.
Mr.. Taft's Speech.
It was announced to the crowd at
the station that Mr.. Taft's principal
speech would be delivered in the
Grand Opera House, and the house
was well filled when the candidate
and his party arrived. Mr.. Taft was
given great ovation when he enter
ed the building, the people rising
to their feet and cheering Justify.
After being presented to the audi
ence by Chairman Adams, Mr.. Taft
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 must
apologize to you for breaking into
the plans of the committee and ask
ing that l be given hearing in this
opera house. There are two reasons
why want to be heard. The first is,
1 would like to be heard here, and the
second is that have a very pleasant
and fond association with this opera
house. Here it was that 1 delivered
the first political speech that I ever
delivered south of Mason and Dixon's
line. What said in that speech has
been sometimes misrepresented, but
I am prepared to stand by every
thing that | said In that speech
today. There are some things that
I would like to recall. I said that it
was important for the Republicans
of North Carolina and of the South
generally to get together and make
strong unit party for the purpose
of carrying elections at the polls.
That they must give up factional
strife with reference to Federal Of
fees, and go in and work for success
at the polls, and then the Offices
would come. Now the Republican
party of North Carolina has followed
that advice and they are standing to-
day shoulder to shoulder to
carry this old North State into the
Republican column. Second, said,
my friends, that If the Republicans
of North Carolina wished success
that they would deserve it, and the
way they would deserve it was by
nominating men who would command
the support Of every good citizen of
their high standing and integrity
and they have nominated just such a
ticket. You see our Democratic
friends in North Carolina have to
have everything made easy for them
to get into the Republican party.
Now you have done that, and I am
looking forward with great hopeful
ness to the result. I admire and
have a deep sympathy with the
Southern people. No one can read
their history, going back to the civil
war, without having an intense ad-
miration for their courage, their per-
sistence, their warlike character and
their patriotism as they understand
their duty to their country. No one
can be an American without longing
to have their support and their SYM
pathy and their interest in our COM
mon government The Spanish war
wiped out much of the past and the
common sharing Of losses of life and
limb and the fighting under the
same flag against Spain brought US
together there are some political diff
ferences, and / have an ambition to
be an humble instrument in wiping
out those differences, so that Repub.
licans all have the same chance
south of Mason and Dixon's line as
they do north OF that. I don't want
a certainty. Politics would not be
fun If every State voted the Re
publican ticket always, but what
| would like to have is fair show
tho xroucfor nf the contest over fh<