The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-29

you. But you arp reasonable men
and women. When you are engaged
In business, when you are selecting
an agent to carry on great affairs, you
look to the record of things done by
the agent, and not to the promise
made by man who Is seeking to take
his place. The Republican party has
been responsible for this government
for forty years out of forty-eight. Now
the record or achievement of that
party is so long that 1t would be ted
ious for me to attempt to go over
the whole forty years. Even the last
twelve years will take a good deal
longer than five minutes for me to
state, but what did we do? First and
foremost we established the monetary
system of this country on an honest
basis and prevented reputation and
dishonor In our financial affairs. Sec
ond: We substituted for the tariff
bill that had disturbed industries and
that had sent farmers into mortgages
and overturned debt; we substituted
for the Wilson bill the Dingley tariff
bill, under which we have had pros
perity. Third: We fought the Span
ish war and won it. Fourth: We
freed Cuba and set her on her feet,
and when she fell again we are set
ting her on her feet, and she will be
on her feet in February. Fifth: We
made Porto Rico q happy country of
one million souls: Then we introauc-
ed into the Philippines tranquility,
good government, administration and
justice, and we are teaching the Fill
|pinos, 100000 OF thenN every. year to
read. write, recite iii English, and are
putting them on self governing ba-,
sis. Then we have put Uncle Sam,
by virtue of our army and navy at
the head of the international table, so
that when he speaks, he can speak
and bring about peace. There never
In the history Of this world has been
a chief executive who has accomplish
ed so much as Theodore Roosevelt.
But In the course of this prosperity,
evils crept In. Abuses crept in. Men
forgot the rules Of honesty. Men for
got the law who were in the manage
ment of great corporations and rail-
roads, and Theodore Roosevelt, with
congress behind him, look those evils
by the throat, and they have made
such progress in the last three years
that 1t is marvellous to contemplate
the change that has come about. Now
the Republican party is pledged to the
continuance Of those Roosevelt poll
ctes, and I am glad, in the presence
of this immense audience here, to
plight my faith that no energy of mine
will be lacking, and that every resolu-
ton in my nature will be for you to
carry out this policy and clinch the
progress Theodore Roosevelt has
made"
The Rink Address
After the close of the Y. NJ, c. A.
address, Judge Taft and his party
were escorted to the Jack auditorium
in autos where another immense
crowd was in waiting. Dean A. A.
Bruce, president OF the Taft-Sherman
club, introduced the speaker in few
words, the appearance Of the candi
date again calling forth wild enthus-
iasm which was not quieted for sew
eral minutes. In this address, Judge
Taft discussed the tariff, speaking as
follows:
Judging from the number of times
have heard my first name ] have a
good many relatives and intimate
friends here. l do not know how this
speaking by chunks, five minutes
here, twenty minutes there and fifteen
minutes at another place will effect
the audience. Whether 1 dare repeat
myself is question that l cannot
answer. I am going to invite your
attention this time however, to the
attitude to the farmers, the treatment
of the farmers by the Republican par
ty and the tariff as it effects them.
In 1892, the people OF the United
States voted to put in power Demo-
cratic president, Democratic SEN
ate and Democratic house of rep
resentatives; and in that house of
representatives, one OF the most
prominent, able and enthusiastic
Democrats, a member Of tho great
ways and means committee, was Will
liam Jennings Bryan. The ways and
means committee, of which he was
member, devised bill for the pur-
pose of changing the customs taxes