New-York tribune., 1908-06-23
HUGHES BO0MS TICKET
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Howard Taft He has been trained and has
won distinction in two difficult fields OF effort
Years ago upright. able and impartial
judge he commended himself to the entire bar
of the country. Long before had any idea
that / should hold public office l held in the
highest regard Judge Taft, and l esteemed him
an honor to the federal bench, and one of the
great minds among the judiciary of the country
Later, in the field of diplomacy, beset with en-
barrassments. troubled by the complexities of
novel situations, he showed that rare tact ana
adaptabiity which made his fame as a paciH-
Gator almost eclipse the honorable renown he
had won jurist. And, again, trained as an
executive, he showed in every department of
the work which the nation devoved upon MIN.
heavy and exacting it was that ability not
only to analyze, not only TO meet difficult s1tu-
ations with courtesy and skill, but that admin
istrative ability which has entitled him to just
recognition of great executives in
charge of one of our most important depart
ments.
PRAISES SECRETARY TAFT.
The Republican party has been fortunate in
its leaders, and the memory of the great men
that it has called to the service of the nation
is the most priceless of American treasures.
The Republican party is never in want of a
man able and equipped for his task. for the
great task of governing a free people in con-
stttutlonal method. But there never has been
man called TO that task with the equipment OF
William Howard Taft That is the plain fact
His record may he examined with microscope.
His long career in public office. from early
manhood. in varied spheres of activity. may be
subjected 10 the most rigid scrutiny, and out of
all of II will come only an enhancement or re-
spect for the who nobly typif1es what
We regard as capacity for craftsmanship
He leads us at a time when such wise leader
ship is necessary; and may follow him with
the approval of the Judgment: and the support
that the mind commands may have brought to
1t the enthusiasm of emotion We thank God
for such leader at this hour
New York was honored by the convention
Here again it is the case Of the man of long
experience The national ticket emphaticaliy
presents men of training and proved ability.
In the nominee for the Vice Presidency is
found Of nearly twenty years service in
Congress-. Dnlicias
iican party. who has won the regard Of
all his associates, a rare pariamentaran.
who is familiar with all the details of federal
business, and the friendly regard of his fellow
citizens unquestionably brings to him great
and loyal support.
New York may be congratulated upon the
action Of the convention in nominating the Hon,
James :. Sherman
Now. l regard the Republican party as in
strument for good sensible administration;
a tremendous power for preserving and making
effective institutions and it is not too much
to say that in the keeping of the Republican
party is very largely the future of the nation.
The party has power. 1t has opportunity. It
is the trustee of the good judgment of the
try And at a time like this we may look for
ward under such leadership with confidence to
the verdict which will be pronounced in Noven1-
her on the action taken by the Republican con-
VentioR.
l have no scruples in saving that he serves
the party best who constantly realizes its OBJ
legation TO the country, and the fact that it
not exist for itself. but As an instrument of a
wider and more noble service
DUTY OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
The Republican party preserved the Union
and maintained invioate the Constitution of
indestructibe Union of indestructible states
It must preserve the spirit of that Union
and carry from form into substance those great
guarantees Of liberty and of individual rights
which the Union was intended to perpetuate.
It may truthfully he said that we have hardly
ever been menaced by a vagary when the
try did not turn to the Republican party for
safety. There has rarely been national emer-
he
the loyalty of those who voted with the Repub-
lfcan party could not be depended rnon 10 nre-
serve us from disorder and from i'll considered
measures. But it is because 1 love the Re-
publican party, it is because I believe that its
supremacy is essential to national pros
perlty, that am most anxious that at all times
and in all seasons it should be kept true to it's
noblest traditions and it should never fail to
support what Abraham Lincoln taught and that
for which the founders of the Republican party
gave their blood
The Republican party must stand against
folly It must stand against the foolish iii con
sidered notions of a knight. 1t must stand
firmly for constitutional government for nuritv
OF administration It must stand against every
variety of corruption and every effort to con-
vert the administration of government to selfish
principles That is the great lesson of the hour
The people organize in party for the sake of
rinCiple-Ineaning thereby the preservation in
violate Of the Union, the preservation of sound
currency. the preservation of the policy Of pro-
lection 10 industry. and at the same time
against every effort to pollute administration
and to dishOnor under the name Of political
management the American name.
SEES VICTORY FOR THE PARTY.
/ come before you tonight not Executive
of the state, but q plain Republican glad of
the choice of the convention rejoicing IN the
prospect of another victory for the party and
anxious that in complete harmony and with for
getfulness of all differences all should work
earnestly and honoraby for the success of the
national ticket
We should not minimize the difficulties that
confront US: There are those on both sides
who by tradition are allied to one party or the
other and who without much thought will vote
regularly the party ticket There are others
who may he held by careful organization and
persistent effort But it must not be forgotten
that the success Of the Republican party will
inevitably depend upon its power call to its
support, in years past those independent
voters who desire naught Of government but
honest administration, who desire stability and
security for business enterprises, who OPP
posed TO every form of perversiOn either of law
administration. for the sake of selfish profit.
and who will invariably support the man in
whom they believe and in whom they think they
trust
We are governed by laws and not by men
We believe I'm principle, and not in the rule of
caprice. But laws naught save as they
bring to the aid Of their execution faithful and
impartial administrators. Remedial schemes
amount 10 nothing save as they are vitaIized bv
the genuine spirit Of progress and by sincere
devotion to our institutions And il is because
believe that in the leadep selected by the con
vention not only have notably
equipped. but we have true and sympathetic
friend of the people, a who will be a leader
in all honorable progress. man who will de-
vote his great abilities to the solution of the
problems which confront us a who will he
unreservedly a true American, yielding to none
in his desire to preserve pure and uncorrupted
the Constitution Of the United States. and the
stream of authority undefled. that I yield sup
mort and every earnest endeavor on nv mart to
secure the election of William Howard Taft.
GOVERNOR CHEERED WITH TAFT
AS the Governor finished his tribute 70 Taft
the club members sprang to their feet and min
elad cheers for Taft and the Governor