The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-02
Republican Party Must Live
Up to Its Promises.
OTHERWISE 1T WILL FALL BACK
If It Does Not Come Up to What
People Expect It Will Be Rel
egated to Position Like His
Majesty's Opposition.

New HaNen, Conn, july l.-lVeSl-
h dent Taft paused in the course of his
..sVVeh to 1900 graduates of Yale gath
at the annual alumni feast to is
4 a serious note of warning to con-
kss and to the leaders of the Repub-
Jan party.
FThe president declared that If the
Iarty which placed him in power and
control Of the government for so many
Years failed now to live up to its prom
Uses and the expectations Of the people
1T would be relegated to the position
of a minority opposition.
The president made this reference in
speaking of the difficulty of defining
latter day Democrat and declaring that
the trouble was not altogether on that
side of the house.
He made no effort to explain his
warnings: The Yale men caught his
meaning and the significance of the
remarks coming at this time of the
tariff debate, however, and they stood
upon their feet and cheered for sew
eral minutes.
Mr.. Taft had been speaking of Sec
retary Of War Dickinson, Democrat,
upon whom Yale conferred an honor
airy degree. He taunted the pemoc-
racy with the best of good hi lmor as
to its present day condition, 1nd this
fled him into the declaration as to his
own party.
After paying tribute to others upon
I whom the university conferred honor
AIRY degrees the president said:
4 you went south of the Mason and
Dixon line to get secretary of war
to give a degree to. Well. it,iy well
that you did, because he is gping to
u build the Panama canal, and other
universities will follow where yoW got
in early.
"One of the difficulties that has con-
fronted Brother Dickinson out in Chi
cagO, where he has Il temporary resi-
dence. was discussion as to what
constituted an orthodox Democrat and
J whether really he ought to be counted
/ as a Democrat if he allowed himself
to go into Republican cabinet.i
''Well, when you come to discuss
what is Democrat these days you
are presented with very much the
same difficulty that / have before me
now in giving certain rules for the
construction of the pure food law as
to what whisky is. They say there is
straight whisky, and then tl,rge is
'rectified' whisky, and then there is
Imitation whisky.
'Now, speak with good deal of
hesitation in saying whether my friend
Dickinson is straight Democrat or a
'rectified' Democrat. l would not dare
to say in his presence that he was an
'imita tion' Democrat.
'The truth is, and speaking serious.
ly, l consider myself most fortunate
that was able to obtain for that i'm.
portant place in my cabinet q man
who represented the highest ideals of
lie south, who knew no section in his
'stH triotism and whose coming into the
binet was significant of the friend
nhess of large element in that south
ern section that it is in my heart to
bring close to the north.
"In suggesting differences among
: Democrats I am far from ignoring
some difficulties that there are OH oul
side. 1 remember in 1904 that Charles
Francis Adams gave what 1 may cal
perfectly good Adams reason for the
election of the Democratic candidate
sRpver the Republican candidate.
"He said that one Of the essentials
a successful free government was
able, patriotic and efficient opposi
pm and that as the Democratic Ihrty
I'D utterly failed in reaching JHAa
cal he was in favor of putting thu
Republican party in that place.
VI venture to say that, while tina
may not be the reason which shal
move the American people, it is tru,
that If the Republican party does no
live up to its promises and what, tn,
people expect Of 1t 1t will be relegaeet
to a position like that of his majesty
opposition, and therefore 1 may say b!
way of caveat that we have trouble
of our own"