The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12
In Interest OF Protection.

| try by thus increasing our self-sun.
| porting capacity.
| In Interest OF Protection.
! The President asserted that mo ster
f! could De taken more in the Interest OF
! q reasonable policy OF protection tban
/ the approval of the treaty" and thaI
lnsistence on TOO much protection
(. would In the end arouse an onposi.
/ ton in the country that will kno,v
no moderation
He suggested that the tariff board
might re-examine or modify other
scheou!es II necessary, but that a
| reciprocity agreement with Canada "a
not a revision Of the tariff. ana N tns
nature or things cannot present thc
balance. and the adjustment Of ali th.
duties against foreign countries which
q consid erat ton Of the tariff as a who'll,
would invoive' -
IN conclusion the President said. .
we nave taken up those things that
are involved in Canadian reciprocitv
treaty because opportunity osTorali
( Now is the accepted timo. She e =,
+; the parting of the ways. Shall she 10
an isolated country. much separated
from us as Z she were across the oca,n
OF shall her people and our peonla
| proht by the proximity that our geo
sraphy furnishes and stimulate the
trace across the border that nothjnr
but useless, Illogical and unnecessarS
tariff wall create
Tnft's Tribute.
president TaIt's speech at the bsn.
quet was confined to Lincoln as Uns
that OF Mr.. Littleton. Tho President
said: is
"contemporary Judgment Of men
conspicuous III public life. or in ~
or In literature, necessari,v 1ac1,s
sense of proportion, and il is no, mil
the Wlnnowing effect of time has 70.
moved the commonplace figures OF the
drama IN which the great man plaved
me Leading part and until distance
mas opscured tho unesscntial and
superhcial details of his personality
mat tho remarkable features of his
character stand OUT and across N.
centuries raise him in history aboyo
the dead level OF his contempnrarics
Lincoln came up from the soil.
Lincoln had been a farmer He had
lived III the hulnblest home on a farm.
Iad visited New Orleans on a ilatboat;
had conducted country store and
educated himself; he had studied INV
and rracticed It; had been in the I.egis-
lature; had been once in Congress-.
and had lived all the time the life Of
the plain people; he had taken mart
In the greatest debate OF the last or
any other century on the slavery uues-
! ton; had been defeated for the S,n
!
or the contest. and then. without any
executive or administrative experiences.
was thrust into an Office recurring in
the successful discharge OF its duties
the highest ability in selecting sub.
ofuinates the keenest political sense
ana shrowdness in order to secure
unity of support in the loyal States,
a familiarity with military strategy
and with the organization OF military
resources. and n patience OF long SUI
ferinS kindness that has no slperlor
that | know OF save In the life Of
Jesus OF Nazareth.
''Lincoln's intellectual honesty and
his great sympathetic. human heart
were his two great and highest at
tributes because from them flowed all
his other qualities. From boyhood he
had tie ined his reasoning faculty: from
bes-hood he had practiced simplicity
OF style and direct statement. No one
could he more severe with another
than he was with himself in rcaspn1ne
10 a conclusion. Hc made no argu-
ment and stated no proposition until
ne had worked It out pro and con in
his own mind. and what he wrote or
spone had most convincing quality
he was introspective. and was severe
III his sef-judgment. His readers or
hearers saw In his treatment OF his
subjects 40 disposition to keep out or
sight any formidable obstruction IN
the how Of reasoning to his conclu-
sion. Fte hunted for opposing argu-
ments and stated them with even more
force than did his opponents before
he demolished them. He captivatcu
his audience witt, his fairness and
with simple words led them along the
path he had led himself In finding tho
truth.
Great Chief Justice.
II cannot pass this distinguished
and most remarkab bic trait in his; char
acter without saying that in my opin-
ton Lincoln would have made as great
n Chief Justice as he made a president.
But in the crisis in the nations his
tory through which he lived. the quail
ity was more necessary even In the
executive than In the judicial branch
or the governments
Ellis style was not only suited to
tho clearnesB OF his thought, but It
was biblical IN it's forge, and when his
whole nature was reused rs ty Me