The record., 1911-06-01

the world hat we mean what we say,
and then we shall get men and money
from everywhere. Money and meI
Joined together make business. and
when re shall have hen oid Ken.
t,f,,t-., -fAinleSff,-, fes..-,.--.- "a 1
think q necessary tof oar PLATFORM at
this time IN sreak OUt IN no GHCeEtain |
terms for Law and Order. A count
or n State or satlon that VIII not /
protect its citizens. from the highest !
TO the humblest. and all alike. Is not |
worthy Of ifs name and place and the
right to govern should be taken
from H.
Gentlemen. ii Is needless for me to
say 10 you that 7 an a Republican.
holding fast TO all the fundamental
principles Of the party. and thai
means that I am not on Insurgent
Republican do not allow Senate
LaFollette and Senator Bourne 10 do
nv thinking. and do not propose to-
follow where they lead noticed an
article in a Louisville naper OF May
II. with a Washington date line. say
! ing that I.aFollette and Hearst are
likely 10 head a new national ticket.
MY friend. Judge O'Rear. IN apollo
gizing for some Of the things In his
platform. said that such well-known
Republicans as Senator LaFollette
and Senator Bourne had been advO-
eating them for years. Judge O'Rear
NAV follow where they lead II h
wishes. but I say to you that ] Will
not.
asked q friend a few days ago II
he believed in a progressive Repuh-
/ lican. THAT depends" he said.
There are three ways a man can
| progress aud be a progressive Repuh-
lican. One way is toward the Repub
lican party. another way is toward the
Democratic PARTY. and the third
Is toward what was once known
as the Populist party. II derends or
which way a man progresses whether
| | believe In him As a progressive Re
publican or not"
That reminds me Of an inscription
! once read on a tombstone: Take
UT thy cross and follow me-" A wag
wrote beneath:
ITO follow you I'm not intent
TIL find out which way you went
The socalled progressive or insur-
gent Republicans of the House and
Senate have been very kind to Presi'
dent Taft In the past fifteen months.
and he ought TO feel very kindly to-
ward them. They have succeeded in
giving him a Democratic House by
J sixty-seven majority and counting La
: Toilette. Bourne Clapp. PoindeXter
Cummins and Bristow with the Dem
ocrats Gas they won't vote with tha
Republicansl. they have also given
Mr. Taft a Democratic Senate ] an
r not a new-fangled Republican am
one Of those who believe In the plat
c fern adopted at Chicago 10 1908. and
propose to stand by that platform
I and contend for the faith expressed In
I II until the party shall speak again
{ with the same authority Progressive
D Why the Republican party Is the mos
: progressive party that has had an eZ
istence under this government in th'
?. last hundred years Il broke tn
n shackles from four mii1top slaves anC
n made them freemen ft Fought th'
L greatest war OF mcdern times and pre-
Q served the Union Of states making !
n the greatest naticn IN the history o
d man II resumed specie payments an
a made every dollar in the land as goo'
n as every other dollar II set the sea
\. of condemnation On the Democrat
4. nightmare of rag money II Tough
free silver to the death and there ar
now none % mourn It's departure
,r I am rooted and grounded In tn
=. faith that We must have protection TO
:. American industry and American labo
,s In order TO have and maintain pros
- perity in this country.
n. ! think il proper that ! should max