New-York tribune., 1911-09-23

! ernmen. I'm the maintenance ~ an un-
trammeled judiciary, i rs me function ot
| voked 10 say that he disapprOves that
feature and that so far as he Is concerned
ho will allow no state to come iIto tho
Union with any such radical heresy et-
pressed I'm its constitution and with the
| sanction OF the federal govetnment upon II.
Time for Sober Second Thought.
Nv friends. I did not expect to make 4
/ political speech this afternoon : WSnt %
thank the gentlemen ITcscn for their cor.
I dial expressions What the future is
know not I only lnow this. that ! am
going ahead to do the best J can ana
am going through this countr. on th's
trip and try TO explain some Of the issues
which have arisen and make them clear -
those people whom ] can reach with my
voice or through the kindly press. lt thfF
report what | say. because I believe th.t
the time has come for sooer second tlougit
I have confidence that the Amcrl an pe0-
pie can always he trusted. rot only 10 eh-
ercise their sober second thought. nut als)
a discriminating sense as 10 What lb !Sc.
and what is fIstiaa. after time. " won
happen at once ard sometimes 90 nave =
/ U.oIt for In until after We die. and inst i
not quite 50 satisfactory. but, IN any event.
we middle-of- -the-road PEOPLE VINO 3re not
extremists are, We believe the real prosle
sives because you do not make IroErss
by great strides; you make pr sress STEP
/ by step.
we can depend upon the people 70 reeoz-
/ that which Is represented by proposed legs
J latlon and platform declarations that ae
/ for the purpose, not Of being p"t INTO force
! and into law IN accomplish Itai lelp'.H' p'I
/ for campaign uses only.
Preferred the Supreme Court.
! Senator Cullom gave an account ~ his
association with and love FOR President
Taft. He said that with the Chicago
convention not six weeks away, In 1908
Mr.. Taft had told him that If Chief Jus
! tice Fuller should resign he would prefer
! that honor to all others.
This evening at the dinner given IN
| his honor ny the Knights of Columbus
Mr. Taft explained in the clearest terms
the sale Of certain lands in the Philip
pines which have been made the occa-
sion Of slander and misrepresentation BY
| certain overzealous Democrats. He said
he might be accused Of reviving dead
issue. but It could hardly be regarded
as dead so long as the Democratic party
continued 10 write In It's platform
declaration for the relinquirhment N the
islands and so long az resolutions for
! that purpose continue 70 be introduced
4, In Congress.
The President delighted the knights
by the tribute to Columbus, with which
he began his address. and by his tes-
timonv to the work Of ,the Catholic
Church in the Philippines. He said that
of the six million people IN the Philip
pine archipelago all but about half a
million had been converted 10 Christian
ity through the work OF the Catholic
orders which had carried the Christian
faith 10 the islands.
The Presidents day began with an in
formal breakfast as the guest Of Bishop
Dunne. after which he visited the Brad
lev Institute and offered an anticipatory
word of consolation 20 the girls who
might have 70 remain old maids, saying.
"Opportunities for women are broaden
ing, and l hope you won't think life
without matrimony is failure
A Word on Reciprocity.
The President also spoke briefly to the
workmen of the Avery Manufacturing
| Company, makers OF agricultural inple-
ments, telling them Of his regret that
| Canada had rejected reciprocity, as he
was convinced the operation Of the
agreement would have extended the mar
ket for agricultural implements Of
American make.
The crowds in the streets ~ Peoria
were not so large as those which well
coined the President I'm Michigan cities.
although there was much enthusiasm.
This was due in large part to the bad
management of the committee on ar
rangements, which bungled affairs all
most as seriously as it did a year ago
when ex-President Roosevelt visited this
city. From a political point Of view
however, this has been the most I'M
portant day of Mr. Taft's trip, and local
politicians predict that 1t will produce
the utmost good in uniting Republican
support behind President Taft
Shortly before midnight the President
retired to his train, preparatory to de-
parting later for ST. Louis.