New-York tribune., 1909-05-21

have continued in such way as To seem 70
perpetuate the lines which were mace uuI,Iis -
the war hut even those lines are disappearing
and il is the duty Of all Of US with respect 10
political partsanshp TO wipe out those lhes a
lar as we can and To see SO far as we may Ind'
in each state the tolerance Of opinion Sldii Tn
tinue until there shall be respectable partles 'li
both sides Of the line. It is essential TO nave 4
good opposition 10 have good GOV an ~.
Eo1y If there Is anything that I can 90 III my
administration 10 make that feeling = uliioi
more close / shall do II. -,
tisan standpoint that the Republican party 3l
North Carolina should be strengthened mereIs
to have d good fight every election. ana, oI
course in so far as I may legitimately do so,
should ne glad to build Up the Republcall par y
Now understand that some oI my. my at a.,
lican friends think thar / have lost sighI OF III
Republican party in putting into office in Nor'h
Carolina a gentleman now upon the supreme
bench Of the state. a lawyer of the hlghest
er7inenCe and learning and integrity, but a Dem
ocrat.
- ATr Taft explained that he had promised the
South after he was President elect that ne
would do the best he could to wipe out the feel
ing that the central government was govern
r6ent alien TO the Southland. He continued:
7 rointed ont that the only way by which the
Executive could cure that feeling was 10 Pu'
into Office men in whom the community at Iarge'
without regard TO party would have the hlgHtst
confidence. Now l am trying TO DO thaI anu
am eoing TO anpoint Republicans and am going
TO appoint Democrats, striving IN eacn CdSe -, ~
get man who viii commend hiinSeil ~ ''0
community in which he lives.
II is suggested that il is an Insult 10 the Re
pllhlicans of a district TO appoint a DeInocrdl
as Judge because il is 10 be inferred thal IileIe
is no Republican worthy or the appoi1llmhti,I m ~, =
and I understand that there are some men IN tiie
Democratic party who are wiling 70 l1aht tI,@ t
inference as strong as possible. Bu1 Etht1I " Z
10 say that when the whole account IS added up
that spirit will have disappeared ana the Dem
ocrats who seek to utter II VIII ma llat 81 -
moi sucb . 5,o19,llar method Of attacking the Ike
publican administration after all
Nr Taft cited as a justification for his course
the r51licv Of 'as orthodox Republican as ever
filed the Executive chair and man than Whom
there never was a President who dld SO much
10 maintain the standard Of the federal Judlcl-
ary-Beniamin Harrison. who put one Demo-
crat on the Supreme bench and two on circuit
Courts Of Appeal" He went on:
The federal judiciary TO my mind is the
strongest biIlwark that have to protect ul-
tinaatelv our institutions of civil liberty ana
those Of the things in the federal Constltullo ION
that we must love and must hug TO our bosom
# We are TO continue this civilization Ana
therefore there is more sacred duty that the
Executive has than in the selection OF men
zs-hose aunointnnent- and service on the bench
will strengthen il with all the people at large.
I think not that are AT point where there
is 70 be political revision in the South never
had such a dream. But I believe we are on the
evesof such a condition that there shall he com
plete tolerance Of opinion. and that there shail
grow into respectable power an opposition in
each state which shall tend TO the betterment
Of the government as il exists in the state
in 4 crowd Of Democrats. in order that We may
have represented in Congress your views with
out regard 70 the ghost of an issue that rea lly
ought not TO influence you in enforcing these
particular economic views that you really enter
tain.
To the negro students at Riddle University the
President said in-part:
There Is growing over the entire South feel
ing due to economic conditions. that you viii
he 4 necessity for the prosperity of the South
If YOU will only do what you ought to do to MAKE
vollr race happy You demonstrate to th6
white men Of the South by making yourselves
members of the community that il is much
TO their interest to treat you well as il is 10
your interest TO have them treat YOU well
one Of the most satisfactory developments Of
the last ten years is the interest that your
Southern white neigfbor is taking in your vel
fare your education and your profit Things
are moving We catching up No. l am
not going 10 give YOU to understand that
don't know the burden of a race feeling and
that oftentimes there is agonized moment
when the negro feels that the whole world is
against him. The way to meet it is to face II;
IS 10 recognize il. GO and do your duty, live
and labor and be prosperous in spite Of IT.
The President ridiculed the idea that the two
races cannot live arnicably in the same country
He concluded
The time is coming. in my judgment when
=he business men OF the South are going TO rec
ognize much more fully than they do to-day the
great advantage the South has in your presence
on the soil. Your race is adapted to be a race
= Of farmers first last and all the time You
e. are going do more than YOU have ever done
IN that direction a result OF the education
E which the industrial schools are giving you.