Evening star., 1909-06-06
TO STAND BY PRINCIPLES
Franklin MacVeagh Speaks at Ban.
quet in Chicago.
C0NCILIAT0RY, THE ATTITUDE
Determined Tendency Is Toward
Regularity of Decision and
OF Procedure.

Nedgn, secretary Oh tHe treasury, dHo
Jacob NJ Dickinson, Secretary ofs sWar,
were the guests OF honor at the banquet
Of the Chicago Commercial Club tonight.
Secretary MacVeagh outlined the char
acteristics Of the Taft administration.
and said 1t would be as distinguishable
from the Roosevelt administration as
Roosevelt's was from Mckinley's. De-
cision and regularity of procedure, he
said, would be the keynote of the new
administration.
Secretary Dickinson talked about the
Panama canal optimistically. and said
he was certain 1t would be finished on
scheduled time.
This administration will be conciliatory
IL you do not ask 1t to give up a princi-
pie or to go back on its promises. Neither
OF these things will 1t do. 1t will stand
by its principles and will stand by its
policies"
So said the Secretary of the Treasury.
The administration OF President Taft, he
declared. will. as matter of course. be
a Taft administration pure and simple,
and as distinguishable from the Roose-
welt administration as Roosevelt's was
distinguishable from McKinley's.
Regularity Of Decision.
In the mind of Secretary MacVeagh the
leading and controlling note of the present
administration was a determined tend
ency toward regularity Of decision and OF
procedure. President Taft. he said. would
administer his Office within constituted
boundaries. The effect Of this. he de-
clared, would be to keep the President
the leader of the party organization.
President Taft, he said. was the man
that no great leader OF an American
party. in this day and generation, can
fail to understand the value OF independ-
ent thought and action in the party itself.
in Congress or at large, II only this In
dependence aims at the party's progress
and liberalization and If it seeks In and
through the party to answer more per
fectly the deliberate and wise demands
Of the nation. And you and I must agree
for We cannot escape the conclusion
that it might become at any time the
duty of any great party leader TO create
for his party a new majority ard con-
troll
Furtherance Of Higher Ideals.
Mr. MacVeagh in this connection said
that he saw for himself very clearly that
while President Taft would be greatly
and temperamentally inclined toward
party regularities and to the encourage
ment of party unity, he would not wish
nor be able to lose sight Of the fact that
the republican party has wished to ded1-
cate itself In the present time-even as It
did in its earliest days-to the furtherance
of the higher ideals OF the people, to the
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ress Of the nation and to the nations S
helpful work and influence IN the world
at large"
He referred to the Presidents defer
ence and respect for the formal privileges
of the Congress. land what Is more sig
niffcant and interesting at present Is not
the actual non-interference, but rather
the fine disposition the President shows
to respect all rights and to meet every
body half way in the hope and interest
of homogeneous party OF progress-a
disposition which can only be interpreted
as statesmanlike conciliation and which
it would be a fatal mistake to consider
as a change Of actual policy or purpose. >
As to Roosevelt Policies.
AS to the Roosevelt policies, Mr.. Mac
veagh said that they were as safe in the
hands of the present administration as
they were In the hands OF the last.
1--WE are not hearing much about them"
he said, "but that is. partly because the
President has his own way of arriving
at results, and because other issues are
now associated with them in the activities
at Washington-issues that before LETT 10
the Roosevelt policies the whole stage"
He mentioned the tariff. Currency and
banking reform would have to be wrought
out in the present years. The deeper
reunion of the south with the north
would interest people and administration
Improvement Of practical. everyday ad-
ministration would become an important
federal interest. The issue Of more de-
liberate government appropriations and Of
a corresponding scientific development OF
taxation he declared would occupy
part of the stage. But" he asserted. ut
would be a radical error to think that
the distinctive policies OF the last ad-
less devotion than is now needed for their
complete and permanent establishment.
Banking and Currency.
Maintaining that the time had gone by
for weak or superficial legislation on the
subject OF banking and currency. Mr.. Mac
veagh said that the President and cabinet
were approa ching the consideration OF that
great reform. an indispensable reform.
with a keen and vivid interest and with
a wholesome open mind. He believed that
much help was TO be expected from tne
monetary commission ''of which Senator
Aldrich is the hand and the Inspiration :
Upon the question of the tariff Mr.. Mac
Veagh predicted that the revision would
be such that the people would accept. The
main point was to satisfy those OF the
middle west.
What the People Expect.
But II they are not made satisfied
he said then the tariff question will un-
fortunately. not be out Of the way. and
We will not have rest, and We will not
have clear field for currency reform -
The demand for tarif revision. he in
sisted. was not for radical and not for
an impracticable reduction. because
everybody understood that the republican
party stood for and would continue to
stand for protection.
What the people expect" he contend
ed. is what the protectionist republican
party promised in Its last years platform,
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