Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-09-23
Demo unc es NJ O b
Rule in the South
ern States
HIGH TRIBUTE TO TAFT
Secretary of War Gives Good
Council in Address at
Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 23.-secre-
tary of War Dickinson addressed a
crowd at the state fair today on topics
affecting the interests of the north and
south, General Frederick D. Grant re.
viewed uniformed regiment for Con
federate soldiers.
In High Praise of Taft.
! Secretary Dickinson began his ad-
dress by highly praising the men of
7 the south who, he said, had taken
prominent parts in ruling the nation
/ Tennessee was especially noted in
this respect, having given Andrew
Jackson to the country. The same
standard of unimpeachabe honor set
by these men is, he said, being lived
, up to by President Taft.
The south is doubly blessed" he
/ declared, for her sectional attitude
was such that a successful man of
/ narrow views, personal vanity, resent
full mind and pseudo-patriotism that
! did not embrace the entire country
might have been out of sympathy with
her and repellant if not actively an
tagonistic
Began Training Early.
President Taft has attained to his
high office through a noyitiate unsur-
passed by any of his predecessors. AS
| Samuel, even as child, began the
training of the high place which he
was to fill, so while a youth the fu-
| ture president, under his distinguished
| father, breathed the atmosphere of
large affairs, came into familiar con-
! tact with the great men of that day
and received the inspiration which
! urged him on to cultivate his talents
and broaden his faculties for future
craftsmanship His education at
one of the most democratic of our
universities, was liberal In the Of
flee of solicitor general he got
broad knowledge of governmental af-
fairs, national and International and
before the supreme court the great
crucible ,of final analysis, he received
the forensic discipline that sharpens
the discriminatiye faculty and trains
the mind to find incontrovertible basic
principles. His long experience as
! presiding judge in the courts of APP
p"als of the sixth circuit necessarily
gave him a vast fund of information,
not only of the law but as to the
practical affairs which constitute the
life of the people.
Made Good in Philippines.
His jurisdiction extending over
Kentucky and Tennessee gave him
al intimate knowledge of our econom-
i" social and political conditions and,
what is of especial Importance. of
those race conditions which peculiarly
affect the other southern states in
common with Tennessee. His COVER
norship of the Philippines carried with
it administration affecting the lives
and property of eight million people
and the relations of our government
with them under conditions of the
moss complicated and delicate charac-
ter, demanding wisdom, firmness and
justice of the highest order. His
work was one of the greatest achieve
ments .n American craftsmanship. AS
secretary of war he continued to SUI
rervise the Philippine government, in
hEgurated some of the most effective
:. measures in the prosecution of the
wcrk of building the Panama canal
and became familiar with all of the
diversified duties of that office, which
embraces such large part of our
national affairs. | said that he was
sympathetic with the south and the
unfortunate conditions peculiar to it.
While this is true, it must not be ex-
pected that he will see things just as
we see them and exactly from our
point of view, He is a northern and
not southern man. He is a Repub-
lica n and not Democrat. 1t is not
probable that northern Democrats
would in all respects take our view.
1t is quite certain that northern Re-
publicans would not.
The Race Question.
at is not probable that any states
. man from the outside, though SYM
, pathetic would entirely agree with us.
We cannot alone make our view per-
manently effective. Under these con-
ditions it is fortunate that the lead
er of the party which is in control of
our national affairs is earnestly and
warmly sympathetic with us. He APP
preciates the extent of the irritation
that has come from appointing ne
groes to Offices in the south. which
brings them into unpleasant relations
, with the white people and injurious
effects upon both races. He under