The sun., 1910-06-09
MEET JUST TO PRAISE TAFT
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS AGREE
on NOTHING ELSE.
Vbce-Presldent sherman PLEADS Mildly Tor
CSmm0n Sentiment and United Action
Former Ia FOlletts Follower ne.
nounees senator From Platform

President Taft and oritiCising Republican
once holders not in sympathy with his
policies is to he the result Of the con-
servative Republican convention. a. far ~
the Official record Is concerned
There will be no Endorsement of a
slate Of candidates 10 he voted for in thu
Republican primary election, and State
candidates and state issues will not figure
in this convention. The final settlement
Of the question was not reached until this
afternoon and even yet Me delegates on
the floor tomorrow may oyerturn the d.
cision II the leaders
There is a clash of interests. there is q
clash Of candidates, there Is a clash Il
leadership. there II a clash over the proper
course TO pursue. there u a clash at almost
every point except the Endorsement ol
the Taft Administration.
The programme today was marked ~
the address Of Vice President sherman
The other speeches were marked by siren
uous appeals to the Republicans of the
State TO stand bv the national party or-
ganiyation. and though la Toilette vas
hardly referred 10 by name every address
bore the marks of the conventions deter
mination 70 eliminate him II possible from
Wisconsin politics.
Vice President sherman reyieSed tho
history Of the Republican party. placing
especial emphasis upon tho insurgent
movements Of 1855. 1880. 1884. IsT2 issa
and 1893, and added.
We are nov confronted aRain by in-
I surgency In the party. though it is by no
I means a united movement a. II may bs
said that there are nearly a. many kinds q
insurgency a. there are insurgents. I
believe, however. that the strength Of the
I regular Republican party will Ia NO way bs
weakened, but that II will 60 TO the polls
neHt November and record victory and
again be successful when n votes for its
candidate for President IN 1912
have briefly -ltlined the growing
strength of the Republican party during
Oh these fifty vear-. u has not heen
chance growth IL has been founded upon
an indorsemsni II principle and policy
which appealed 10 me hest Intelligence and
/ iudgmsnt of The majority of American
| voters
The Republican party vas first built
upon the foundation Of liberty after
establishing freedom for our own peopls
| u was consistent that it should carry free.
dom 60 other peoples With the establish
} ment Of liberty a. a cardinal principle H
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/ financial debts sere pad no moral obli.
/ cations were hquidated a. far a. possible
every dollar of ~ currency was made equal
10 o dollar la gold and its integrity and
| financial credit ~ home and abroad are to-
day unparalleled among the nations Of the
earth With liberty and honor there natu-
! rally came q policy Of progress This was
10 he obtained through protection TO M
labor and industries. 20 which principle IL
has been steadiast during the whole Of its
eAistenoe
The hrst important o., put upon our
statute books by me Republican party
vas a protective tarh law az was also one
0f he important Laws enacted last year.
and under which We arr now operating -
successfully and Nirh such prosperity aud
progress
believe have trithfully. though briefly.
outlinsd shat may he called regular Re-.
publioanism and the reasons why the ma
lOrity Of American voters have been Re-
puhlioanz Tor tho past half century
N is not "A matter ~ surprise. however.
that ln a country of such vast domain. such
W de territorial boundary and With such
diversified interests - can NJ found from
rhs Atlantic TO tho Pacific and from the
Lakes 10 The Gulf the men bers Of q great
and dominant party should not always Ls
IN perfect accord regarding every act of
legislation lr has heen he strength ~
the Republican party that leaders IN thoucht
sud judgment and wisdom should have reen
among IN members. lt ~ ~ TO-DAY, a. H
has been Sincr issG and iss' There mua
be In the framing 0f lrgi-lH, ,on both R,,tng
and taking and compromising Of conflicting
views With de-ife 10 90 he end euart such
l6Ns ~ will no TO fhe best Interests n the
greatest number Of our people Sons
sacrifices must he made some retreat must
he taken .n order that harmony shall pre-
vail. thAt party solidarity -hAll always hs
the greatest test and that progress may
always he attained 20 ~ least some degrees
n not alway- in The direction that each IN
di,idual himself mav desire We have had
no better illustration of his than during
the passage Of he so-callsd Payne tariH
Law ~ the extra session NJ Congress !s-t
wear New England cannot alwaya Ac-
quiesce IN the wishes Of the states on the
Pacific. nor can The people Of the interior
always feel N full accord with the demands
made hy those Of ne seacOast seine two
ffihs Of our population are farmers They
wish the highest rewards possible for their
toll and wish ars' 20 10 buy what they must
consume IN the cheapest markets. 4 great
army OF lsborsrs IN manufacturing incus-
tries want the highest possible wages and
their employers want an equitable Drohg
TO accrue from their investments In the
material and labor which 20 10 make up
their products Together with these tWo
greet bodies Of our citizens are millions
engaged in transportation. In meFchandis-
ing, IN mining. in fishing and forestry. 50
We md a great mass Of ninety millions u
people scattered over an area Of s.O0n.0 .0O1
square miles engaged In many and diver-i-
ned pursuits. and Il would seem = well nigh
Impossible task 10 harmonic these msny
and great Connicting Interests, and yea N
has been done in the past and is being done
In the present and will continue 10 be d0ra
IN the future.
We are q govtrnment BY parties. govern
msnt by maiOrities and 70 an extent at
least q government by COMPROMISE and
20 believe, my fellow citizens Of Wisconsin,
that however We may difer In our views
40 70 some measures Of legislation for the
sake Of cont tinued prosperity and constant
progress a. We study the history Of tho
past and the experiences OF our fafheu
We shall be liberal In or opinions and ind
some common gr0und upon which we a.