The Washington herald., 1909-01-20

Augusta Ga, Jan. 1s.-President-elect
Taft speaking before the coIored stu
dents Of the HaInes Industrial School
here this afternoon, administered a re
bUke 10 Senator Tillman.
The Senator only a few DAYS ago said
that he was opposed TO compulsory edu-
cation in the South because It would
mean the education Of all the negroes.
Mr. Taft was speaking OF his sympathy
with the efforts Of the negro race.
4 do not feel it Inappropriate" said he.
10 refer TO some Of the expressions that
fan from the lips OF men prominent IN
political life that are utterly lacking IN
any sympathy OF that kind, and that are
cruel and abrupt In their meaning. If they
really are 10 be given The meaning that
the words naturally bear.
Il refer, for instance, 70 those great
men who deem II necessary 10 affirm
that IN the interests OF this country the
negro race should have no education. I
am glad TO know and believe that sven
those men in their hearts don't believe
l. L Genes rather from a striking desire
70 say something that shall have a sensa-
tionsl effect than it does from q zeal
spirit OF. I had almost said, cruelty
toward a race that deserves from those OF
rs that are white all the aid and assist
snce and all the sympathy that We can
possibly give them-
Education for Everybody.
Mr. Taft declared that what the South
as well as the North needed is thorough
primary and industrial education for
everybody
The President-elect came TO the defense
OF the bachelor girl again to-day in a
speech delivered before the girls Of the
Tubmsn High school 1ir TAT. visited
the hish school before going 70 the negro
Industrial school To tha high school
girls he said
AS had occasion 20 say the other dav
in addressing a normal school at Athens.
/ am not advocating that matrimony. Is
the future % which young ladies should
look forward On the contrary. I think
you ought 10 regard it as a matter Of
conjecture and doubt whether the man
you ought 10 take as a husband VIII pre-
sent himself or not, or il he does not
come. you ought 70 think there Is an op-
pOrtunity for the living Of q life OF use
fuiness. Of influence and sweetness in the
community in which those who are not
married ought TO seize upon rather than
10 marry someone who IS not worthy in
order to escape being what has been
Characterized as an old maid q"
Finds Inspiration for Speech.
Sir. Taft admitted 10 the young women
that he had come 10 their school trust
ing 70 find inspiration for a speech in
their pretty faces and charming pres
ence
II trust" said he. ''that I an not too
old OF too cold 20 yield 10 the charm OF
beauty. It Is said We are all cold in the
North. I assure you that II IS not true.
! remember being in Nashville and max
ing inquiries as to many Of the families
there, and found that even Immediately
after the war, when emotional feeling was
high, there were a good many Federal
officers who exercised admirable taste
and who found young ladies' Of beauty
and charm and family On the other side.
whom they induced 10 become the wives
OF Northern men. warn you that should
Mason and Dixon line to look out. for
We know q good thing when we see IT.
Women Oppose Suffrage.
Mr. Taft said that the idea Of women
voting is 50 repUlsive 10 many dis
tinsuished and influential members OF
the sex that IN extending the franchise
that there would probably be 4 distinct
lowering OF the average intelligence. now
available in exercising the suffrage. ATr
Taft managed TO sandwich a talk on Mis-
soUri politics IN between his golf game
and his public speeches Walter c
Dickey. the Republican state chairman.
urged National Committeeman NageTs
nsme for q place on the Taft cabinet
Mr. Taft IS scheduled 10 deliver two
p speeches here tomorrow, one in the city
square ard another at q dinner to be
given IN his honor by the Augusta Cham
Der CT Commerce. John D. Rockefeller
viii attend the dinner, and Il is possible
that z. II. Hartman also may be there.