The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31

immense output of the Japanese fac
tories and the desire for free trade
with America.
He told the story of the building
up of American industries and their
present power and prosperity and
how the prosperity of the country de-
pended upon their further protection.
He defended Mr.. Taft as wise and
able leader and lauded the courage
and craftsmanship of all the stand pat
members of the Kansas delegation at
Washington.
He stated in defense of the Repub-
lican tariff policies that there were
more laboring men employed now IN
this country than ever before and
that they were receiving higher wages
for their work than had been dream
ed of by our fathers. Speaking of
his campaign in Missouri Mr.. McKin-
lay said he found it hard work meet
ing the arguments of the Democrats
when they read from the congression-
al records Democratic doctrines
preached by Republican senators and
representatives who are not in accord
with the administration.
He declared that congress, in it's
passage of the Payne tariff law had
given a substantial compliance with
every pledge made by the Republican
platform. He gave it as his opinion
that there was never time when
the principles of protection should be
more carefully protected than right
now. He said that the time would
soon come when. almost prohibitive
duties would have to be placed on all
articles of commerce in order to COM
pete with the cheap Workmen of
Asiatic countries. The tariff should
be adjusted by commission instead
of by congress, he thought.
In defending Speaker Cannon, he
said: ultimate power must be placed
somewhere. If the house appointed
its own committees it would spend
the time at the task from December
until the next November. There must
be. a place where there is an end of
things. In the national congress much
of this power is placed in the hands
of the speaker. Occasionally it is
abused, but not often. But Speaker
Cannon did not create the rules which
give him power. Speaker Reed was
charged with practically the same
things now charged against Speaker
Cannon. Crisp, the Democrat who
succeeded Reed used the Reed rules,
and if Champ Clark, Democrat,should
gress he would use the same rules
now used by Mr.. Cannon. He would
have to do so in order to conduct the
business of the house,
The followin; letter from Congress
man Charles Scott was read and re-
ceived with applause:
Il am greatly obliged for the courtesy
of the invitation to attend the 18th
meeting of the Kansas Day club, and
regret exceedingly that it seems I'M
possible for me to accept.
las one of the charter members of
the club, and regular attendant upon
its annual meetings whenever such at
tendance was possible, have taken the
greatest pride in the remarkab bic sue
cess of the organization. It's meetings
have been uniformly well attended, its
and often brilliant. and its influence
upon the public life of the state has
been marked and salutary It has never
nominated a candidate or written a
resolution, and yet no other organiza-
ton in the state has welded so great
and framing of platforms. 1t is the
men who have made a favorable inn
preston at the meetings of this club,
who have found the way for prefer
expressed about its dinner table that
have been most potent when party
declarations were to be determined.
And the glory of the club, the one
| thing which has given it the vitality
which is the pride of all it's members
| is its unwavering loyalty to the Re-
! publican party. No matter what winds
were blowing it has stood four square.
In defeat it has borne the banner dis
proudly as in victory. And above al
it has never needed any word to de-
| scribe its political faith but the one
word without prefix or suffix. the sim
pie, stalwart word Republican,
And if 1 could attend your coming
meeting and could be given the very
| great privilege of submitting a few re-
marks think I should take that WORD
| as text. II is the sign under which
| We have fought, and by which we have
| conquered; and it is the sign under
which we must fight if we are to con-
tinue to conquer OF all the poisoni
| which the enemies of the Republican
party, and L add deliberately the enc
| mics of good government, have sown
| the subt1eSt and most dangerous is the
doctrine that party loyalty is badge O.
servitude, and that the Independent il
politics is the only good citizen.
How can Republic be governed ex-
cept through pol.t parties? And how
| can a party perform its function a:
| governor unless it can first determine {
program and then carry 1t out? AND
| now can it determine a program and
carry it out unless the will of the ma
joritv is accepted as the decree of thu
whole? President Taft has been revil
ed by the Democratic and near Demo
cratic press for referring to the neceS
sity of party solidarity A less candle
and more cunning man might hav'
phrased his thought more diplomat
cally; but could any man have spokel
a palmer truth? The president was ar
gu1ng that party pledSeS could not o
performed unless the party could unit
upon the measures needed to carr.
them out. And isn't that true? To ar
que differently is to insist that Gettys
/ burg could have been won with ever
: man in Meade's army fighting on hi
own hook! The word Independent i
fine word in the right place, but n
man who wore it as political badg
ever made a large place for himself il
: the public life Of America. made tn
| Republic his debtor for services rem
/ dered. In standing then for organiZa
ton. for discipline and loyalty. 70
party solidarity to use the president
I blunt phrase, the Kansas Day club ha
' the example of all our great leader
5 from Lincoln to Roosevelt and Taft