The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-11

ly at his back in the work which he
and the representatives of the party
in congress are doing
Secretary Taft spoke of the recent
panic and of President Roosevelt's
special message to congress. 1.-The
message contains an answer to the
charges made that the administration
is responsible for the industrial de-
preston which has followed" said the
secretary, and the sharpness and en-
phasis with which this unfounded at
tack is met, have heartened the great
body of the people as by a bugle call
to renewed support of the policies of
the administration.
From beginning to end the message
shows his earnest desire to protect the
honest business man and the honest
laborer. and to secure to them the pos
sibility of living under the equal adj
ministration of the law"
In concluding Secretary Taft said:
Vigorous action and measures to
stamp out existing abuses and effect
reforms are necessary to vindicate So
ctety as at present constituted. 9th
erwise we must yield to those who seek
to introduce a new order of things on
a sOcialistic basis.
The Republican party follows the
administration on this social and moral
refOrm-apprOves its attitude i'm favor
of vested rights of maintaining the
power of the courts, of rendering more
equal by legislation the basis of deal
ing between employer and employee,
of strengthening the regulative power
over railroads and other interstate
corporations and of prosecuting those
law-breakers who continue to defy
public opinion Roosevelt leads his
party as Lincoln led his-as Mckinley
led his-to meet the new issues pre-
scented. to arm our present civilization
and fit it with a bold front to resist
the attacks of socialism, and to trans
init to the coming generations I'M
harmed the great institution of civil
liberty Inherited from our fathers"
Address of Hadley.
Herbert S. Hadley. attorney general
OF Missouri, responded to the toast
We Have Put Our Hand to the
Plow."
Mr.. Hadley said that in any great
crisis of American history there had
been found man equal to the demand
OF the occasion and the necessities of
the work
William Mckinley" he said, gave
us a return of prosperity, an era of
good feeling and the successful prose-
cution of two wars But when in the
mad rush for wealth and gain wrong
standards OF success were established in
our commercial life, when men reckoned
only with the end and not with tho
means; when illegality, cunning. fraud
and force were regarded as justifiable
measures to succeed; when, in short, we
were IN danger of becoming people of
barter ana of sale. then it was that
there came Theodore Roosevelt Never
before in the history of the world has
one man so impressed the force of his
personality and the force of his prin-
ciples upon the life and thought of
great people as has this modern apostle
and prophet of righteousness.
Taft the Leader.
And now that he has blazed the
pathway along which we must travel.
we need leader who will continue his
work because his heart is in the work:
who viii have the courage to do right
when IT is popular to be wrong: who is
brave enough and strong enough TO re-
fuse to make terms with politicians.
even to be president: who thinks be-
fore he makes a decision and who knows
the difference between a principle and a
precedent, leader who knows the
rights of labor and capital and the
wrongs of each. who viii add the con-
servatiSm and experience of the Judge
to the experience and aggressiveness of
the executive; who realizes that our
trade and commerce should be large
but who also realizes that our trade and
commerce must be honest and lawful;
who has shown that he can successfully
direct the prosecution of the greatest
public work of the country and nego-
tiatc with fairness and satisfaction
treaties affecting the lives and happi-
ness of millions of people; who knows.
as no other man knows. the conditions
and necessities of our dependent races
and who has a heart that feels for their
deficiencies and their hopes. One, in
short, who is able and willing to sue
cessfully carry forward the great work
and destiny of the Republican party.
Faith of Missourians.
Such a man and such d leader the
Republicans of Missouri believe. and.
believing, they should not hesitate to
so say, the American people will find i'm
the trusted friend of William Mckinley
and Theodore RoOsevelt-the secretary
of war and also the secretary of peace,
cur honored guest tonight. William H.
Taft of Ohio"
Mr.. Hadley declared that with the ex-
ception of 1864 never before had there
been greater need that the Republican
party should stand firm and true to its
principles and its policies than the pres
ent.
For the present and the future" said
he. "a continuation of the principles
and policies of the Roosevelt admins
tratiOn is necessary. not only for party
success, but also for the maintenance
of our institutions and the protection of
the liberties of the American people"
He concluded:
we must not falter. We have started
down the road and we must not stop.
We have put our hands to the plow
and we must not turn back. for unto US
it is declared i'm holy writ. no man. hav--
ing put his hand TO the pillow and look
ing back, is fit for the kingdom of