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mote the power of the executive In pre-
venting questions of embarrassment ana
dificulty between this country and other
co,,nArfAs with which VA would be at

mote the power of the executive In pre-
venting questions Of embarrassment and
diniculty between this country and other
countries with which We would be al
peace.
"I am not sure how this will strike the
Kentucky mind, because when we reach
the Constitution and division OF power
between the states and the United States
unless it involves an appropriation to
the general welfare in the neighborhooo
Of Kentucky daughter), we on dinerent
sides of the Ohio river-b0cause tho SEN
ator and look at each other across tne
river-have differing views But believe
the senator. with his profound knowledge
of constitutional law. will nevertheless
agree with me that 1t Is within the power
of Congress to put in the hands OF the
executive and In the courts Of the United
states the power, on the one hand. to
prosecute, and on the other hand to hear
crimes denounced by the federal law
which consist in q violation OF the rights
of aliens secured by treaties made by the
United States with other countries. Gap
plause)
1--WE. with all the solemnity that goes
with the making of our treaties signed
by the President, confirmed by Two.
thirds of the Senate. say to people OF
other countries who come to this land
You shall be protected In certain rights;
YOU shall enjoy them under the protec-
ton, of the United States
And then they come over here with
that hope. with that security, ana q
our people to deprive them OF these
rights and crimes are committed against
them, and their representative at wash
ington comes to the state .Departmeht
and says: Here are our. citizens ana
our subjects who have come here under
the protection OF the treaty which you
made. saving that they should enjoy all
these rights. and they have been dee
prived by violence Of these rights. Now
we ask you to fulfill that promise, to
prosecute the men who have been en-
9aged in this violation Of the rights OF
the people whom we represent, as you
promised to do
Reply to State Control.
"And we say: Well we are very sor-
rr. 1t is true we entered into that
promise and we, intend to have it kept.
and therefore we will write a note to
the governor Of the state and express
the hope that his district attorneys will
institute prosecutions before the grand
juries of the state and see that justice
is done
when It usually occurs through pref
udice existing in that very community
where you expect to have justice done,
now. 1 say, that puts US in pusilianl-
nous position! (Applauseo l say that
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International promise that We cannot use
the right arm Of the federal government
to maintain and keep. Appiauseo
II dwelt upon this subject in my In:
augural address and ! hope 10 press ~
again upon the attention of Congress,
but l thought in view OF the fact that
we are all agreed about arbitration ahd
peace and the adjustment OF war, IL we
can bring il about, that l would Suggest
one practical means by which you car
Of avoiding difficulty with foreign coun-
tries and with means Of avoiding put
ting your chief executive and yourselves
i'm a humiliating position with reference
to your pledged promise. Appaanse) ~,
done. I did not expect to talk quite &c
| long. l have baen talking all the week
clear, from Chicago here, and II what
| have said seems to lack preparation you
may understand that you cannot prepare
ayerv speech, however dignined and how
ever attractive the audience" (Appiause
and cheers)
Armament 1nsures Peace.
In introducing President Taft Mr.. Nc
Creary reviewed the progress Of arbitra-
ton from the time the Monroe doctrine
was promulgated.
Mayor Gaynor spoke on what he termed
the false attitude OF superiority on the
part of America and Europe toward the
nations of the east
Universal peace can never be brought
about" he said. until the civilization
Of the west recognizes that the east has
civilization also. II has civilization
a thousand years older than ours. The
east was learned in the sciences, sch0oled
in philosophy and the precepts of virtue,
and had the elegancies Of life when our
ancestors still ran naked In the woods
and lived In holes In the ground.
her place among the civilized nations OF
the west; not because she has adopted
Christianity. but because she has re-
sorted to the use Of gunpowder and can
| non like our own. Let us hope that the