Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-19
THE GUEST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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our pOpulettOn anu Will tiic CAUGHT -
our Jurisdiction. And therefore whel
Theodore Roosevelt is in favor Of in
creasing the navy. I venture to say yo'
will find people back Of him in carry
ing out that policy.
HE sent 16 battleships to the Pacific
that was said to mean something ant
that was going to carry US Into wal
with Japan at once. Now / remember
something of the fact-I was in the
Philippines when the report was tina
we were going to war with Japan ane
there was a great unsettled feeling
among the Philippines. When they
heard that the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81
them-were going out into the Pacific
that unsettled feeling ceased to be
The truth Is that in the Orient 1t is
necessary to fill the measure of the eyt
in order to be convincing. While al
Orientals have that trait, Occidentals
are also Influenced in the same way
! though to a less extent.
"A trip to the Pacific is necessary
You all remember the trip of the Ore
gon through the Strait of Magellan at
the time of the Spanish war. Do you
remember how closely we watched to
hear how she was getting on with her
engines as she went away down the
west coast of South America and up
the east until she joined her sisters
near Cuba, and there then entered into
the soul of the American people a de-
| terminate that when they had an
other war it should not be necessary
TO have the armored battleships go
around so far but that they should so
across lots at the isthmus. If we have
got a navy at all we ought to know
that we have one and there is nothing
that tests the eff1ency of navy as
much as long trip like that which
these is battlcships are taking. 1t is
nobody'S business where these battle
ships are going, provided they keep to
the ocean and don't invade anybody's
land. They are only on a practice
trip; they are going to the Pacific
side of this country. where we have a
coast line nearly as long as that of the
Atlantic side and it is a proper meas
ure of training for our navy"
Discussing the prosecution Of cor
norations by the government, Sec.
Taft said:
1T did not come easy to enforce the
laws against the wealthy because the
chara cter Of the violations of the law
that they are guilty Of are not done
in the light. The men who are poor
ard humble who violate the law, it is
easy by the process Of the court to
seize and commit to prison but the
weather. men who have influence, who
occupy positions of high responsibility
Al.
thority 10 bring to the bar"
Il am not here to denounce rail-
road men but am here to say this. Of
the railroads generally many Of them,
had gotten into condition with refer
ence to discrimination in rates that
tie old interstate commerce law had be-
come in fact dead letter and the
result Of the movement which led to
the new interstate commerce law and
rate bill was that the railroad Of the
country were brought again within
the lines of the law.
1.-THE people are awakening; they are
determined to see what is going on
and that is the effect of tho inter-
state commerce law-To give publicity
to everything that is done on the rail-
roads that are conducting such an
enormous function carrying on this
country. 1t is not necessary not for
railroads to busy themselves The
people will see that they are fairly
treated. I am not denouncing railroad
men for what has occurred in the past.
They have often been visited by black
mail strikes to use the technical ex-
preston, and they have gone into legis-
lature to proven. that blackmail and
then they found that getting there
they have had TO do something on
their part they are ashamed to tell
OF. They are more Sinned against in
many respects than SHINING. They
build up a system in this country of
Wiiich We may well be proud, but they
nave mad a lessen in the last two
years that / have no doubt has gone
nome To the hearts of all Of them
and shows progress due to the move
ment carried on by this administra-
ton that entities it 10 the gratitude
Of the people whom that administration
represents.
1t Is the business Of the Republican
party to avail itself of this moral ,uak-
enins of the people so as to give it rea-
0''N>''' A.'ONIiutC liitdSUlPS TO prevent
futur9 violations of law without DESTROY
ing or iniuring those sacred guarantees
OF life, liberty and property that have
been handed down to us by our fathers.
In remedial legislation to keep the use Of
private property within legal bounds. We
must have moderation and we must haya
party in power with a sense OF respon.
sibility to see that these pillars of our
government shall not fall through an ex-
cess and extremity of denunciation which
does not look at Things with a proper
sense of appreciation.
Sec. Taft closed his speech at 2t5 and
was very heartily applauded as he bow
ed his farewell to the audience
Following the mass meeting the Sec
retary. accompanied by Chairman John
c. Rickford of the Republican city COM
mittee of Manchester and a delegation
from that city, sent to Manchester. where
he was the guest of honor at a recep-
ton given by the Derryfield Club from
40 TO $50. At $50 AIr. Taft was enter
tanned at dinner at theDerryfiel6 Club
house by members of the Taft Club and
others. Thirty persons attended the din
ner Following this function the secretary