The sun., 1908-08-22

wrong. a neighbor without reproach, a
Christian without hypocrisy. man without
guile. Such man I present to you the
next President OF the United States.'
The cheering whom Mr.. Taft rose TO speak
went for fully FIVE minutes. The candidate
called for quiet repeatedly. but only to find
himself submerged IN a fresh outbreak.
Right In front Of Mr.. Taft was white
headed negro, and the first sentence was
hardly out Of the speakers mouth when
tho old fellow shouted: Amen to that,
brother Taftl Amen." After that when
ever the crowd oheered the "anen' foated
up TO the speakers stand over the din;
punotuated the speech every little while
With Fright. Bill; right. Once Mr.: TAFT
Democrats and then there was a howl
from the independent voters Of that faith.
cries Of aGive IL to him; soak him.
Mr.. Taft started to tell the Virginians
that he had come up into these mountains
In search Of only health and strength. but
he had eoareely got the words out when 2
The candidate saw the point all right and
joined tho laughter.
The most Interesting part Of the affair
wss ct the conclusion Of the speech. when
Mr. End MS TAFT nd doTn Invited m fr9Hs fbe
crowd 10 shake hands. For an hour both
were kept busy.
while the handshaking was going on
the great coon dog issue was sprung in
the closing Of the local bar jnterfere with
his personal pleasure bobbed up four times
In the row OF handshakers, and each time
he made this appeal: IF you are elected
President. sab, want you to send me a q
@e an s @ sood 0 one doss rs
are scarce. but the farmer was certain
that the candidate could at least declare
himself for the free and unlimited dis
tribution Of coon dogs. In the line that
Democrats, who assured him that he would
get their votes.
Mr.. Taft In Ids speech fter reviewing
the recent record Of Republican admin
istration In much the same terms as In his
address Of acceptance spoke in part as
follows:
"A great step has been taken. and despite
the opposition OF corporate interests the
moral awakening Of the people has found
expression IN the adoption OF great iegis-
tion OF thern by Republican Congress and
o Republican President, The people have
ruled through the Republican. party.
1T is true that additional legislation is
forcing the principles laid down by Mr..
Roosevelt and declared In the remedial
stint utes already passed 80 as to olinch
the progress already made and to insure
further progress. 1t is also true that Mr..
Roosevelt has made recommendations for
some Of such needed legislation which has
not been enacted by the present Congress
into law. II has not amended the inter-
state commerce law so as to prevent over
issue Of stocks and bonds on interstate
railroads and 1t has not amended the anti
trust law as suggested by Mr.. Roos evelt.
The failure Of Congress at once tc adopt
Executive Recommendations on such
subject is not justifable ground for sup
posing that either the same Congress or
succeeding one under the same party con-
troll will not In due course adopt some
proper legislative remedies for the defects
In existing legislation.
sThe fact that the Democratic party had
but little recent experience In the RESPONSE
bilities of power and but little training
In actual Legislation makes ...o party
and its distinguished leader oblivious of
the necessity for care and caution In the
enactment Of statutes which are to accom-
relations.a We have seen within the short
four years of the present Administration
such measures as Government ownership
Of railways, election Of Federal Judges and
national initiative and referendum pro-
posed as remedies for our existing evils.
and now withdrawn under assurances that
they will not be again suggested. May we
therefore not regard the inaction OF one
session Of Congress 40 dehberatton In O
matter requiring It rather than as q basis
for the claim that the Legislature wishes
TO defeat the will Of the people? The truth
Is we are dealing with an Incident Of hui
man progress and with some unfavorable
conditions produced by the operation OF
tndividualisrn and the institution OF private
property which It will require all the prao-
teal common sense Of the American people.
exercised IN the passage Of statute after
statute. properly TO meet without placing
obstacles in the way Of true progress.
at Is said that the people do not rule In
been that tho election Of Mr.. Mckinley and
q Republican Congress in 1895 was one OF
the most Intelligent and effective express
sions Of popular will ever manifested to the
world, and that the maintenance of
the gold standard and a protective tariff
by his administration was a correct inter-
probation of the peoples will. This was
concfusively shown to he 80 by even
greater majority for Mr. Mckinley. in 1900.
When Theodore Roosevelt was chosen In
1904 a still greater majority WIS returned,
and the Inference that he and the Republ-
can Congress under him had again car ried
out the. peoples will was inaisputable.
1T ia suggested thai the popular viii Is
TO be suppressed because the Speaker OF
the House Of Representatives will be given
certain bowers In the procedure OF the
House il Republican. 1t suffioes 10 meet
this criticism OF our Democratic friends TO
6av tTat tpo IuftfS CDHipthlucl VI.
were originally adopted under Speaker
Reed for. the purpose of doing business In
the House, were subsequently adopted by
q Democratic House for the same purpose.
IL wish to speak for a little while upon the
Republican and Democratic parties in the
South. II is not too much TO affirm that
great number OF Democrats are opposed TO
the Democratic party under it's present
leadership. None OF them will be disap-
pointed IL the Democratic ticket is defeated.
Every one having the interest Of the country
at heart as an abstract proposition would
rejoice to have the solid South as O Demo-
cratic asset in every national campaign
broken up The Republican party is not
the sectional party which the fact that the
South always supports the Democratic
party would indicate. Leading Democrats
from the South have complained. and with
much ground, that the leading men Of the
South have but little influence In the execu-
tive branch OF the Government at Washing
ton, and as the executive branch Is always
in action, is always on guard. and has much
to do with framing the foreign and domestic
policies of the country this makes the South
feel that, it Is not exercising its share OF
national governmental control. The rea-
son il that the South has always been oon-
sidered by the Democracy. and especially