Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-11
TAFTPLEDGES
PARTYTOWAR
ON ALL EVILS
THOUSANDS CHEER CANDIDATE
IN KANSAS CITY
UPHoLDs RoosEVELTs BROAD
POLICIES
Secretary Asserts Era of irresponsible
PIutocracy Has Given Way
20 One of Moral
Reform
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 1O.-Wil-
liam Taft, secretary of war, was given
a memorable ovation by $4,000 people
in Convention hall tonight when ne
was the guest of honor and principal
speaker at the most elaborate banquet
ever attempted in this city, given by
the Association of Young Republicans
of Missouri, and attended by LOO per
sons, many of whom came from Ne
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and distant
Missouri cities.
The demonstration accorded Secre-
tary Taft when he entered the
great banquet hall, and again when ne
rose to speak, has never been sur
passed by the welcome given any pup
lie man in the history of this city.
Each of the 1900 banqueters paid
$3.50 for the privilege of attending, put
the blaconies of the nan were lree ~
the public, and long before the SPEAK
ing began standing room IN tne nan
was at a premium.
Secretary Tafts speech was gem
eral defense of the Repupllcan palIy,
and especially of the policies prouSns
to the fore by the administration OIL
Theodore Roosevelt. In euloglzhis
Lincoln, the speaker sald tnal Laleo,a LIN ,,a
was a party man, as all men must pe
who expect to leave their indlVldual
impress upon the political character OIL
the nation.
Upholds Roosevelt
Sneaking of the recent panic and the
presidents late special message TO con-
gress, the secretary said: Tine mes
sage contains an answer 70 s tis
charges made that the Administrations
is responsible for the Industrial uepres
sion and the sharpness ana enlpiaeis 70
tf,;- tnfn attack
met have heartened the great body OIL
the people as a bugle call to the sup
mort of the policies of the admlnlslrd-
tion. s,,,,o of
"We were passing into regime OIL
irresponsible plutocracy, sald ne.
''During the last four years there mas mas
been a great moral awakening to TINS
SANGER among the people and popu-
lar demand that the law breakerS-lo
matter how wealthy or how hlgh OF
nowerful their position--shall be mace
10 suffer, Under the leadership Oh
rheodore Roosevelt the Republican
Marty has not faltered in its determi-
nation to meet the requirements OF tiiis
situation and 20 enact such legislation
as may be necessary to bring TO
close this period of illegitimate corpo'
rate immunity mr.. ;d
"Vigorous action and measures 10
s+amn out existing abuses and erect
reforn,s are necessary to vind1cate so
cietv as at present constituted: Otn-
ervise we mus yield to those VINO seek
10 introduce a new order of things on
a soclalstic basis.
PIedoes Party to Administration
"The Republican party follows TN;
administration on this social and moral
reform-approves it's attitude in taVor
of vested rights, of maintaining the
nover of the courts, of rendering more
eoual by legislation the basis OF deal-
ing between employer and employe, ol
strengthening the reguiatlVe power
over railroads and other interstate cor
,,ora+ions and of prosecuting those
law breakers VINO continue ~ WY
public opinion.
"Roosevelt leads his party as LIN
coln did his-as Mckinley led hlsTto
meet the new issues presented, TO arm
'our present civilization and III WIN
hold front to resist the attacks of So
,ialism. and to transmit to the com
ing generations unharmed the grea.
institution of civil liberty inherlteo
from our fathers. ,,
Herbert S. Hadley. attorney general
of Missouri. responded to the toast
1--WE Have Put Our Hand to the PloW,
Mr. Hadley said in the great crisis
of American history there has Deen
found a man equal to the demand OF
the occasion and the necessities OF thS
work.
"William Mckinley" he said, gave
us a return of prosperity, an era Oh
good feeling and the successful prose
cutioni of two wars. But when i'll the
mad rush for wealth and gain wrong
standards of success were established
in orr commercial life. when men recK-
oned only with the end and not WIN
the means; when illegality, cunning
fraud and force were regarded as JUS
tifiable measures to succeed. When, III
short, we were in danger OF pecolilliis 3
n people of barter and of sale, theh IL
was that there came to light that never
before i'm the history of the world mas
one man so impressed the force OF ms
personality and the force of his prin-
ciples upon the life and the thought OF
great people as has this modern
apostle and prophet of righteousness
"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 will 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 prin-
ciple and precedent leader who
knows the rights of labor and capital
and the wrongs of each; who will add
the conservatism and experience of the
judge, to the experience and aggressive
ness of the executive, who realizes that
our trade and commerce should be
large. but who also realizes that our
tttaGe and -onmerce must be honest
sra laUttjI who has shown that he can
4ucressfully colduct the prosecution of
tho eraatest public work of the country
au6 negotiate with fairness and salts
4 f9etion treaties affecting the lives and
happiness of millions of people, who
ltnows as no other man knows, the con-
atti0ns and necessities of our dependent
races and who has e heart that feels
for deficiencies and their hopes