Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-19
SEC. TAFT THE GUEST
OF new HAMPSHIRE,
Rousing Speeches In Afternoon at Con.
cord and In Evening at Manches-
ter---At Nashua Today.

Concord, N. H., Feb. 1S-Secretary
of War Taft had few spare moments
from the time Of his arrival in New
Hampshire this afternoon until lat
hour tonight. He delivered two ad.
dresses, one at Concord, the other a,
Manchester. and attended several re-
| ceptionS and a dinner given in his
honor. Mr.. Taft was met at Dostor
early in the morning by commit {
of the Taft Club, Concord, -. H, head
by former Governor Frank w. Rollil:
and Winston Churchill. About 100 per-
| soas were at the Concord station. but
the crowd refrained from cheering and
| the secetary was at once driven tC
the State House, where he was re-
ceived by Gov. Floyd and introduce
to the members of the Executive Coun-
Gil, the Governors staff and members
of the Grand Army. A reception was
held at the Eagle hotel. followed by =
luncheon by the Taft Association of
New Hampshire.
| At 2 o'clock the secretary addressed
a mass meeting in Phoenix hail. The
hall seats 1000 persons and
was completely filled sometime
before the meeting was called
to order by General George H.
Adams. Three cheers for "Our next
President" was given in response to a
call from the gallery.
Mr.. Taft acknowledged his cordia!
| welcome ito a state Of distinguished
history but entered almost imme-
diately upon that he termed "a short
history of the Republican party
political parties are necessary, "he
said, particularly in county gov
| e7ned as is ours, where they are nee
| essary for the prompt expression of the
public opinion.
For political party to have the
| solidity that gives force, those COM
| posing it must abandon minor differ
| eilces and unite upon great principles
Parties differ as individuals differ,
| in character.
1.-THE Republican party was organic
| ed in 1865 to meet the aggressions OF
| slavery. 1t came into power in 1866
| in the person of that greatest of Re-
| pUblicans. Abraham Lincoln, to pre-
serve the Union. 1t became national
| party then and So it always has
stayed.
1.-The abolition of slavery divided the
| party. but the party showed then the
| characteristic it always has shown,
| that of cohesiveness of reforming and
rcuniting itself.
1.-THE war over, the Republican party
took up the cause of the Negro and
by the 18th and 14th amendments to
the constitution, gave him a chance
| 1tharfxy nd ho nf ho
| piness.
1.-The 18th amendment to secure the
right of the ballot to the negro was
not 50 successful. In time this right
was practically nullified. But the
leaders Of the South found that this
was Democratizing. seeking a remedy
that passed exclusion laws legal on
| their face. but so administered, it said
| to do wrong.
| This Is deplorable, yet. the ste!
forward has been taken, from opec.
| violence.
1.-THE time is coming when the Ne
gro, Indispensable to the South as a.:
| economic factor, will establish himself
| fully as a citizen.
1.-The fight for the negro entities the
Republican party to be known as the
party of freedom.
1T is too, the party of honest money,
| the party which made every obliga-
ton of the United States government
| as good as gold; good for 100 cents on
every dollar of every mans debts
'"The Republican party by a cam
| paign of education maintained the in
tegrity of the nation when it was
sorely threatened. 1t had help from
Democrats who left their own party
to do it, but the organization was that
of the Republicans.
The Republican party is the party
| of diversified interests, the party of
| protection. Mr.. Taft sketched the his
| tory of various tariffs and said that
| the time has come when the Dingley
| tariff should be re-examined with a
| view to it's revision on purely pro-
tective basis.
| 1.-The Republican party is the party
of expansion and world influence
I'VE got into the business without
| intending to increase our territory at
| all. Public opinion forced on the Span
| ish War We began in the West Indies,
but soon found ourselves 10000 miles
away. 1t was necessary for the protec-
! ton of the Pacific coast that the Span
| ish flee. in that ocean should be hurled
| down. Dewey destroyed it-and the
| Philippine Islands were in our hands.
ITO save the people of those islands
| from chaos and suffering 1t was neces-
sary that we should take them over.
I'VE did and we have governed them
on an altruistic basis. They are willing
to accept our ideals, civil and religious.
and that gives US hope that we can
work out their salvation on the lines
we have laid down there"
| The speaker gave an account of
present conditions in the islands and
explained the purposes and methods
of the government.
Five hundred Thousand children to-
day are reading and writing English
in Philippine schools. Self government
has been introduced and sanitary con-
ditions have been improved.