New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
BLACK TALKS AT BOSTON
HITS ADMINISTRATION.
Bannon also Speaks Before the
Home Market Club.

New York and Congressman Henry T.. Bannon, OF |
Portsmouth, Ohio the principal speakers a'
the annual dinner of the Home Market tiuo.
leading high tariff Republican organization heia al
the Hotel Somerset tonight. MIR. Black reVe"eo |
the business situation of the country and aithoush
he did not mention President Roosevelt ny hame
much of his address criticism OF the aonii'-
istration which Mr. Black held partly RESPONSE
BILE for the depression The former Governor re- |
ferred to William j. Bryan indirectly. saying that
he and the President engaged IN rivalry 10
seeSwho can say the most and worst the speaker
said that the two great political parties. once so
proud and militant, playthings in the hahas OK
two men whom the intelligence Of the country re-
jects."
The attendance at the dinner large. The
speakers introduced by C. Henry Hutchinson.
! OF Worcester. and in the absence OF Governor
Curtis Guild the greetings of the commonwealth
were extended by Lieutenant Governor Eben s.
Draper. Ex-Governor D. Russell Brown, Of Rhode
| Island and j. F. Maynard, of Utica, N. Y, were
among the guests.
| EX-GOVERNOR BLACKS SPEECH.
The first speaker former Governor Black,
| who said:
War, finance, success. disaser-in all these the
"a s party s ae ea So ahd II
right to the partisan itepuoncan who remembers
nauonaiity, freedom and even the country itsei,
party That partV nI mas not Changed the laws Of
nature No one claims that: But nature works bes:
the youngest here knows that during every Demo-
asleep. She resumed her industrious career at the
beginning beginning of Mekinleys administration and fol, fol,
October Of those dangerops socialis'c s r un. u
and started her upon course of wandering ana
These doctrines have been promqlsated under
| the cloak Of Republican name, But they are
not for that people PIE whose every Impulse teaches
that liberty to be must 1n ae BE E
The gradual obliteration OF the Republican idea
| of American citizenship the Independence of the
eogr5s the fixed and ssuary % & sa OF io
scqpno
spirit of the Republican party, staggering un-
der blows inflicted IN the party Ses nams me friend Of
| every honest man and honest purpose II has been
carry carr ets on It has embTaesd within sympashy
efs been great @ o enough T o defy it or weak enough
be despised And throushout ITS history I or , hsy
| human tendencies
and repudate the Wild and sociastic incoherences
| But, Mr. President If there are those whose full
| sympathy do not command when appeAal A IN t tne
SPIRIT e thai fhes splnss Il from the ove Of
| and the intense desire for its grandeur and per
Moved by either sentiment the present ss,s of Of
! men a feeling of disquetude. The occurrences OF
the last few years point too plainly toward hs
0ef IS e1iGg Way te feSertsh a for and
eowed or run down by the loud and vangloTious
The decisions Of highest courts are crcissa
Sbe never tried ease Policies consist now of
sep seIles Pubc SI ocas are excused from perfornee
if they are gifted IN explanation Crime asSays
now because the new method f.,dton OF
by b few ei are If no crime
has been committed it IS Immoral TO charge II
# those accused arc innoceHf the oft repeated &C
ss SsaGn ny is Sifsed IS daons sEraee
the truth may be thr present a.nee aene The
credit of our people has sse oeeee IN ana fe
tion have U'a achieved 1he1 only natural results
| Confidence. the basis on which all friendly inter
a5 aboFer depriTed Of work is demanding govern:
and aid a. Tenaed fhs nedf ana but
Yesterday at the food has leaked away and nd. there ere
and idle railroad trains with workmen sleeping IN
The An9 nd ys5 st s eens
the cry Of the stricken is nlnE the and hsre
is the end and what?
PEOPLE MUST TAKE COUNSEL.
The people of this country. if they retain their
tons must take counsel of their common sense
and return to the place Of safety from WHICH en- 9ney
ernment are important, but their range ls small
jeet spring from raizconception. Government at
the highest IS gqarahey OF per persenst
of industry and education and the reseiute pro-
more It is not to limit the boundaries of human
industry or supply the Idle with employment or
tanned this mistake should be excused because
flows
Gus perversen Of the original idea 1t is neither
necessary nor wise TO embrace under governmental
race. Americans do need to be managed or
advised in their business. their habits and their
win be their civilization and the more complete
their freedom. This country does not need any one
TO run It or to feed it; 1t sadly needs some one
Mr. President great as -he danger has become
from corporate abuses, that danger is invisible
compared with that which will arise If you enlarge
ment and place all the stock in single name
J he most O-da
the trust In poliics There never has been in the
history of this country a bossism despotic and
unserupous as that which controls you now It
IS sought to MI the highest elective Office in the
world by executive appointment without even the
The two great political parties. once so proud
and militant. are playthings in the hands of two
The is not of craftsmanship of poll
and worst No matter which man wins the coun-
try loses for II is at best only a case OF com
petitive unfitness.
We are drifting away. from our. ancient moor
ings and losing sight of he qualities that have
bT excitement beyond bounds which ten years ago
would have filed US with d.smay. We have SEEM
| institutions Of the land, A deadly weapon should
TO IT. The thoughtful and law abiding among
pover e TO be- astonished thy are not convinced:
they are only numb. Speaking is the order Of the
hear have lost the power of speech.
FoREFATHERs' METHODS SLOW.
BY methods sometimes thought too slow our
forefathers carved out results which stand land
always swift. but they intended always be right.
aao Should dams That the De
spicuous is not always great; that high places 90
doe does not always mean the ocean, and the land
scape may be pa painted ted on sf hush ,ss tbs r,bsrs
which dishearten US will be decided right Po-
bur tna prrS