The Washington herald., 1908-02-12
PRAISE FOR LINCOLN
Prominent Men Honor Mem
Ory of the EmancipatOr.
BANQUET IN PHILADELPHIA
Representative j. Hampton Moore,
Charles b. LnHdis. and John W
Langley are Chief SpeakeTs-hcn-
tucAian Takes "Southern Repub-
Iicans" as HIS Theme.

Philadelphia. Feb. u.-Three Congress
men were the chief speakers at the Lin
coin Day banquet given at the Union
League Club rooms tonight.
Men Of national and State importance
to the number Of several hundred gath
cred and applauded the sentiments ex-
pressed
Prominent among those who responded
TO toasts was J. Hampton Moore. of
Philadelphia. who is chairman Of the At
lantic Inland Waterways Commission. He
spoke on the topic with which his name
lis now so conspicuogsly connected before
the public.
The other Congressman who delivered
addresses were Charles B. Lands, of In
diana. who responded TO the toast "Abra-
ham Lincoln" and John w Langley, Of
Kentucky, who discussed "The Repub-
lican Party in the South"
Speeches were also heard from former
Mayor John Weaver former Judge VIII
lam ". Porter, State Senator William c.
Sproul, Judge Won Moschzisker, Judge
Barratt, Joseph Fl, Taulane, Murdoch
Kendrick. and Howard b Lewis
Mr.. LaHEIey's Address.
Representative Langley said, in part.
Speaking for Southern Republicans in
general but more especially for those of
the border States Ito one Of which be
long,. I feel that we are legatees of the
unfulflled purposes Of Abraham Lincoln
believe that if he had lived he would
have counseled US 10 do just as we are
doing; TO pursue the policies we are pur-.
suing. We still cherish Southern ideals
so fa- as these are compatible with pres
ent conditions; but we live for the pres
ent and the future. rather than in the
past
Many of us are native sons Of the
South; many others are sons bv adon-
ton. We are all united. in the broader
sense working for the advancement Of
the communities with which we are iden-
titled. and seeking to promote the pros
perity of every village. every city, every
county, every State so that the greatness
of each and all of these may be reflected
in the greatness Of the republic
One needs not the gift of prophesv to
toresee the profound effect upon the South
that will be wrought by the impending
Nft''i it1No iil COMMERCIAL f0DlUlDNS. IN
the coming contest between the great
nations for supremacy in the worlds
commerce.
The Pacific is to be the storm center
OF the seas The great markets of the
Orient are just opening their doors. With
the completion of the Panama Canal.
these markets will be within easy reach
of the ports of New Orleans. Galveston.
Mobile Pensacola, Brunswick. Charles
ton, and Savannah. and this will make
the Southern planter and manufacturer
the master Of those markets.
Industrial Activity Seen.
Already the industrial activity that
must inevitably come to the South in
the near future has set in. It has pop-
ulation of 26.000OC0, and a property valu-
alton Of $4,000 100000 The annual value
of the products of its farms is $1,000. .OoO zoe.
and Of its factories, S2.2 250,0o0.00O Tan in
crease Of $50 per cent since 1890. and the
value of its annual exports is $3.50 000 600.
Already it is becoming the commercial
rival Of the great West, and if not
'Southward instead of Westward. then
certainly 'SouthWard as we'll as West
ward the course of empire takes its way.
viii soon be our slogan.
THE day may come when factional
fights in some Of yoGU States. generally
Proper Observation-Disclosures ua.