The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-02
Significance Of His Re-
marks are Made Plain
and the President is
Cheered to the Echo
ISSUES NOTE OF WARNING TO
CONGRESS AND REMINDS DE-
MOCRACY OF THE PRESENT
DAY CONDITIONS.

NEW HAVEN, July President
Taft paused in the course of an after
dinner speech to 1,S00 graduates of
Yale, gathered at the annual alumni
dinner today, to issue serious note
of warning to congress and to the
leaders of the Republican party. The
president declared that if the party
wanted to live up to its promises and
the expectations of the people It
would be relegated to the position of
minority opposition.
The. president spoke extemporane-
ously and his utterances as to the
Republican duty seemed the result of
sudden impulse rather than of stud
led preparation.
Mr.. Taft made no effort to explain
his warnings. The Yale men caught
his meaning and the significance of
the remarks coming while the tariff
debate is in progress, however and
they cheered for several minutes. He
had been speaking of Secretary Of
War Dickinson, a Democrat, upon
whom Yale today conferred an honor
ary degree. He taunted the Democ-
racy~with.theab best grade of humor as
to,its present day condition, and this
led him into the declaration as to his
own party.
You went south of the Mason and
Divon line," he said, to get secre-
tary of war to give degree to. 1t is
we'll that you did, because he is going
to build the Panama canal, and other
universities will follow where you get
in early. One of the difficulties that
has confronted Brother Dickinson out
in Chicago, where he has temporary
residence, was discussion as to what
constituted an orthorodox Democrat,
and whether he really ought to be
counted Democrat if he allowed him
self to go into a Republican cabinet.
Well when you come to discuss what
is a Democrat these days you are
presented with very much the same
difficulty that l have now in giving
certain rules for the construction of
the pure food law as to what whiskey
is. They say there is straight"
whiskey, and then there is rectified
whiskey, and then there is imitation
whiskey. Now / speak with a good
deal of hesitancy in saying whether
my friend Dickinson is straight
Democrat or .rectified' Democrat
I would not dare to say in his pres
ence whether he was an imitation
"In suggesting differences among
Democrats | am far from ignoring
difficulties on our side. 1 remember
in 1904 that Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams gave what I may call a per-
fectly good Adams reason for the
election of the Democratic candidate
over the Republican candidate. He
said that one of the essentials OF a
successful free government was ap
able, patriotic and efficient opposi-
ton, and that as the Democratic
party had utterly failed in reaching
that ideal he was in favor of putting
the Republican party in that place.
Now, l venture to say that while that
may not be the reason which shall
move the American people, it Is true
: hat if the Republican party does not
I've up to its promises and to what
Che people expect of it, 1t will be
lsblegated to a position like that of
Is majesty's opposition. And there
rore, may say by way of caveat
that we have troubles of our, own. :"
The president attended meeting
of the Yale corporation, spoke at the
midday dinner of the alumi, presided
over a meeting held for arranging a
memorial for Yale men who died on
both sides in the Civil War, stood for
nearly two hours with President Had
ley at the commencement reception,
Continued on pale three.)