Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-19
HE TAFT COVENANT WITH THE SOUTH

Tha. was great speech historic speech
night hall The tact which
displayed disarng characteristic of
his fame harmonzer of diff
ferenes pacheator of factions He said at the capitol
again last night that he wanted the
people them
unbounded hospitality which has been
reception expression OF
political his mind is not that of wpng out
political lines put with the canoor ana @ na
Taft the knowledge OF political government
which he spoke distinctly of the great to the
country in sufficiently powerful sometimes
presidential the Republican party
probable defeat He simply
opinions of the minority party at
the south in
having doubtful states and two opposing
parties racial sectional lines but
on those Of political principle But the
address to the people of the SOUTH through
venured to call his covenant with the
SOUTH quote his own language;
administration in the
to
effort to find out the facts In respect TO the
lies select those whose character and
reputation community commend them to their fell
low citizens persons qualified
presence important positions such
ensm in the government which they repre-
sent The work Of the next administration is 70 De WORK OIL
machinery with which the great pn
forward successful establishment by
The legislation
railway and industrial corporations needs amend
its violation less and advisable OF course
immediate of the administration must the re
In interested
should the honest genuine revision such as has
been promised by the party in power"
The other side Of the treaty
Georgaand of the greatest
of the
south today Of party n
President Roose
them support in every
bring equality
advance the of our nation The
administration full of rich
without regard to party and without regard to section
the SOUTH ably represented by Pres
dent Gambler of the Atlanta chamber OF commerce echoed the same
sentiment he said:
you Godsped TOO patriotic to desire
party advantage at the of national She knows you 70
will find her holding hands In
al things she believes to be right
NY, e, 80 th Fact thar untn recently the federal
administration the south has been too much like the inter
of alien government The best thought OF the south mas
share in the direction of the d
of this republic which the south did much establish in the
of the revolution and to maintain during the OF the
of Washington and Patrick Henry and
Richard Henry Lee of Morgan and sumper and Pcken
of Lewis and Clarke OF the seven captains OF Kings
Tafs forehers which de-
fed the expressions OF an allen seas Esh
stock The south
apology Taft doubtless knows
for the unhappy division of the country in the sixties She believed
had been violated and by her
in this historic
meeting The SOUTH through her distinguished representatives mas
federal government though
administration all that makes for the of
this great nation and for the peace and happiness OF he people Inc
pledged all the of his
his heart toward the effort to
remove any ucn thing exsts the sense OF IN
which federal officials represented That the highest possible
ability in those representatives from the
south the discourage
appetite Republican hunger for Of
Repubcnism that their
ability consideration
their for
public which tend
ing the interest of
without At the
time given
their viola
within the bounds of and Of right
gain viii be kept by H.
dent the whole country and that the south will be solid in It's support
n carrying successful completion
LEST WE FORGET