Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-15
TAFT is GUEST AT
TWO BIG FEASTS

AUGUSTA. Ca, Jan. 12-President
TAFT attended q barbecue yesterday af-
ternoon and . banquet last night.
The barbecae Nas given by Charles 5
Boiler on his extensive cotton planta-
ton. about 10 miles from Augusta
The barbecue party consisted OF ,about
thirty distinguished guests from Augusta.
including c. P. Taft, bis wife and daugh-
ter. Mrs. W. II. Taft Mr. and Mrs
John Hays Hammond. Frank II. Hitch
cock and others. There were barbecued
chickens. lambs and pigs, stuffed pota.
toes tomatoes and peppers. al served IN
the open. with the weather like June days
OF the north. ~ fs .St
The president-elect, after leaving the
barbecue, said he felt sleepy, but PROVED
equal 10 the occasion. AZ the banquet.
The banquet was given BY The Angus
"a Bar association and The president
elect Who delivered an able speech spoke
on the supreme court OF the United
states During the course OF his speech.
he paid q feeling tribute tosthe south.
O@her speakers at the banquet were
Judge Emofy speer, OF the feslefal judi
cIary: JudEe %. H. Hill Of the state
Fjudiciary, ana Judge Henry c. Hammond.
of tire local state judiciary. $50
Among the distinguished guests in at
tendance were Messrs Frnnk Il Hitch
cock. Timothy l. Woodruff. john Hayes
Hananoud. Charles p. Taft. Senator
Jonathan Bourne. Justices hin. Russell
and Powell: Goxsznor-elect Joe Brown.
Justice BiddeIi. OF the Kings court. at
Quebeck. and others.
In his speech Mr.. Taft asserted thai the
supreme test OF our present civilization 70
come in the present -ad the two succeed
ing decades In the form OF the survival or
destruction OF the right Of private prop
erty He regarded this right as essen
tial 10 civilization as the right OF the
liberty and said the tests Of the LAWYER
and courts would come on this question.
I'VE have reached the time when we
must recognize certain limitation" Mr..
Taft continued, (which previous condi
tons did not require assertion OF IN the
for OF statutory law. upon the use of
private property wherever it Is represent
ed IN eomhlnRtions Of capital. We must
recognize today that those combinations
may be hurtful. and a. must fall 70 our
profession with Arguments IN courts by
the judges themselves. by the arguments
OF lawyers IN the legislatures 10 lay down
the line OF limitation which shall inter-
fere as little as possible with. the indi-
vidual freedom OF property on the one
hand. and shall stay the progress toward
injurious combination and Injurious mo
nopoiy on the other .
IL 0eAAGNN THIS 10 DC AAMErE4 Q091-
ton. and a problem that must be work
ed not through contentious. not through
mere rhetoric OF elOQuence. but by the
careful consideration OF the limitations h
shall be settled in the statute and In
terpreted by the court
This problem Is now on and therefore
/ state II with considerable solemnity and
seriousness We have got TO work Il out
more or less BY experiment. but In that
workink out We have got 70 depend upon
the seiean-headed lawyer both AZ the bars
or. me bench ana in the Legislature. to
reach a successful soIution. And have
no doubt Il viii be done
Mr. Taft spoke az some length regard
ing his complete happiness his legal work
and expressed regret that he had to give
Il al ITO became a mere executive" He
mentioned the responsibility he should
feel as the incumbent Of the white house
in the appointment Of federal judges. In
this connection he gave. what-he con-
sidered the qualifications required of men
for the bench, mentioning the quality 70
hear both sides OF a case impartialIy and
70 make this desire apparent for" he
added. 1.-THE appearance Of Justice IL al
most as necessary I'm these days when
courts are attacked / don't know wheth-
er these days differ from other days in
that respect; but the appearanes OF jus
tice IS only less important than the do
ing OF actual Justice