Evening star., 1909-05-21

showed wisdom, self-reliance and a will
ingness to accept the responsibility Of
maintaining a government OF law and
order.
Mr.. Taft turned from a discussion Of
revolutionary days to more modern times.
He spoke Of the war between the states
and said:
"You in the southland had the troubles.
into your hearts with much more empha-
sis than we in the northland. because
here was the center Of the war. 1t is
entirely natural that in that forty years
which have succeeded the war there
should continue a bitterness OF feeling
that time and long time only could erase.
but when we look back I think we must
congratulate ourselves that the feeling
has so largely disappeared, and that we
are now a more united country than
ever since a decade before the war.
Lines Rapidly Disappearing.
'It is true that political divisions have
continued in such a way as at soro"
times to seem to perpetuate the lin;
which were made at the time Of the war,
but even these lines are rapidly disap-
pearing. And 1t is Die duty Of all of
US. with respect to political PARTISAN
ship, to wipe out those lines as far as
we can, and to seek as far as we may
that in each state the tolerance of opin-
ion shall continue until there shall be
respectable parties on both sides of the
line. because 1t is essential to have a
good opposition to have a good govern
ment. Now. If there is anything that
l can do in my administration to make
that feeling Of union more close l shall
do 1t.
Il am anxious, Of course, speaking from
a partisan standpoint and leaving my Of
publican party Of North Carolina should
be strengthened merely to have a good
fight every election. And, of course, in so
so far as I may legitimately do so.
should be glad to build up the republican
party.
Nov, I understand that some of my
republican friends think that have lost
sight of the republican party in putting
into ONCE in North Carolina gentleman
now upon the supreme bench of the state
a lawyer Of the highest eminence and
learning and integrity. but a democrat.
L promised-after l was President-elect,
not before the election-to the south that
would do the best could to wipe out
at Washington was a government alien
to the southland I pointed out that the
only way by which the executive could
cure that feeling was, in so far as in him
community at large, without regard to
party. would have the highest confidence.
Seeks Approval Of Community.
"Now. am trying to do that. And 1
am going to appoint republicans, and
am going to appoint democrats, striving
in each case to get man who will COM
mend himself to the community in which
he lives.
1T is suggested that it is an insult to
the republicans Of a district to appoint a
democrat judge because that is to be
inferred that there Is no republican
worthy of the appointment. I understand
that there are some men in the demo-
cratic party who are willing to make that
inference as strong as possible.
But l venture to say that when the
whole account is added up that spirit will
have disappeared and the democrats who
seek to utter it will find that 1t Is not
such a popular method Of attacking the
republican administration after ALL
u plead to my republican friends as
vindication and justification for my
course the course or as orthodox re-
and a man than whom there never was a
President who did so much to maintain
the standard OF the federal judiciary, as
BENJAMIN Harrison. for he deemed 1t his
duty to put one democrat on the supreme
bench and two on circuit courts Of ap-
peal.
1.-THE federal judiciary, my dear friends.
to my mind Is the strongest bulwark that
we have in all this country to protect ui-
timately our institutions Of civil liberty
and those Of the things in the federal
Constitution that we must love and must
hug to our bosom II we are to continue
this civilization.
No Judicial Politics.
"And, therefore. there is no more sacred
duty that the executive has than in the
selection of men whose appointment and
service on the bench will strengthen 1t
with all the people at large. Ordinary
considerations Of political partisanship
have much less application to the appoint
ment Of judges than they do to other and
temporary Offices.
II think not that we are at point
where there is to be political revolution