The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-07
TAFT TALKS IN
BRYAN'S STATE
SECRETARY ROUNDS OUT BUSY
SIXTEEN HOURS AT
OMAHA.
BRYAN NOT CONSISTENT
Taft RepIys to Utterances CrtcisIn9
Mckinley and Roosevelt Ad-
ministratons For Philip
pine Policy

Omaha, April Secretary Taf
rounded out the first day of his tril
to Nebraska with speech at the
Auditorium tonight whore he was th'
honcred guest at a banquet Of tho
| Mckinley club 1t was n strenuous
sixteen hours, which began at eigh
O'Clock in the morning and ended al
midnight
The secretary took occasion tonight
| TO place before the people the rea
! issues of the coming campaign, as
he views them. and incidentally tt
reply to the recent utterances of Wm.
| j T.yan, when the Democratic leader
criticised the action of the Mckinley
and Roosevelt administrations for
their policy in the Philippines.
The secretary stated that Bryan
was not consistent in his utterances,
because he had been the means, in a
large degree. of bringing about the
signing of the treay of Paris, where
by the Philippines came under the
control of the United States, and he
Is now criticising the action of the
administration to teach the Philip
pines the art of self government.
Taft also took up and dwelt at
length with the question of railroad
legislation and individual combina.
tions which he considered one of the
principal issues of the campaign.
The day was full of functions for
Taft. II began at Council Bluffs,
where he was met at Union station
| by reception committee from
Omaha. which accompanied him
laeross the river and acted es an es-
cort to the hotel where he hal
breakfast He was occupied for near
" three hours during the forenoon
with Secretary MichelOr, preparing
lis evening address. ami al 1890 was
the guest of honor at a luncheon
given by Victor Rosewater at the
Omaha club.
There were also present Governor
Sheldon and members or the Nebras-
ka delegation to the national Republi
can convention. After the luncheon
the secretary was hurried to the first
Congregational church, where he ad-
dressed the Woman's club for an
hour. Returning to the hotel, Taft de-
voted some time to the revision of
his night address, and was whiried
ovyov tn tho Au1itorium
The secretary entered. the banquet
hall arm in arm with Governor Shel
don to the strains of hail Columbia
the banqueters rising and sending up
salvo of cheers.
At the close of the banquet
speeches were made by Governor
Sheldon. William A. White and
others. Secretary Taft had the last
address on the program and was
greeted with cheers which lasted
fully five minutes, when he rose to
speak.
The issues of the next campaign
are to turn on the achievements of
the Mckinley and Roosevelt admins
trations. which still remain that sub
iect for discussion between us and
our Democratic friends. or rather be
tween us and the gentleman who still
seems to have the power of leading
the Democratic party against its Will.
We are to accept not what the Demo
cratic party, as it used to be, thinks
ON aoy issue. but what Bryan thinks
or every issue. as a real basis for the
national campaign to be ended by
the election in November next. Be
cause Bryan still keeps alive the con
troversies which many Democrats are
content to regard as settled, we have
to 90 back and discuss matters which
the verdict of history, properly In
terpreted, ought long ago to have
ended
With this opening Taft entered upon
the discussion of various topics
treated by Bryan in the past. He
devoted a large portion of his address
to the Spanish war AMI its result, .es
pocially with reference to the Philip
rines He appIauded and defended
the course pursued by the Republicans
in these fatters. He pointed out the
impossibility of avoiding our responsi-
b'lities in the Philippines which came.
To us as one of the results of the war
and which passed into our control by
the provision of the treaty of Paris.
which Bryan assisted in having ap-
proved
Taft cited many new laws passed
by the Republican congress and ap
proved by the Republican administra-
tion, which have been of great benefit
to the people.