New-York tribune., 1911-02-14

Taft, both IN nls e1ril 10 secure 1922 80
with Canada and n MS etlort 10 secure NV
fortiiCauon OF the Panama lanai aid
And in addition 10 what has Id peeh ill.,
about reciprocity with Cahdud | WSs WoS bS "a
70 make thls point: IL snoHl;H ocs;sn S'ii poiicy TO
estaUuSh me closest ana iiloss ~ asa with
lstions OF equal respect and adVsh'"s M
oor great helshoor on tne tnenn, nv, hscause IL
represents an effort 10 BRING aoUu' r@siation. q
a more intimate. more friendly diy,at as'1 teTn,s
ssp ss,nsen Of s6sSi rsnsaa AND tSe United
=, Tas n pIeasvre to hear the able Secre,
taiy OF the Navy. who nSs uOvs &c Of the
ior the navy. allude TO the voyaset a ethronsh vt
b.t,IaShin fleet When was golng I'M ousa
Europe last spring IL tnterestSu lIlS W w an
that the two things done by aineI ailt Ita ,;,,id
ie ,monreSsed nm not only the imagination ot
the people but the minds VI Ine SI.s~e
statesmen and sovereigns OF sn. huiopT pend the
The voyage of the batueship meet ,sa anu .m'
h,,,ldins OF the Panama Canal 6scauseii
mind You, gentlemen, foreigners 40 o,.n mv,
care a rap what we say soOuS .sn ,S,s,sd 80, Inv
snv Fourth OF July oraion; out tney cs.o
p great deal for manltestations that ,rorSs Te
are able by deed TO make sood ou. ou.,.hSos
around the world foreign nations fell sure
we could not do It. because they dld hOt
think. we could, and It opSeneta enc Soe Sne eyes "
Now, the Judge has told YOU OF tnS ~
test made by those very worthy iaulsS
both sexes-I am using the most fespec'iS. fesp'.'s
terms that are compatible with truthiuil&1ess &
AGAINST the fortifcauon Of the canal, AHe ~.
Judge also read 70 you the oniy IeCeLtlS
published documents contalnlnS INC SteS
nents Of the British official
their Cabinet Minister ana tneir ainOsiS an,oai
dor as TO our right TO toruiy tne SdHalc SdHi-i
can add 10 that my own personal eNPe-i
ence. =, .os,,;or
IN ,bs treatv when drawn up in 1900, sta,-
ing that / trusted II would not ne adopleut,
because Il invited other powers 70 Join Wiz W.
US in guaranteeing the neutaIlty .oL.,tt, oL ~
ransI and because it prohibited our fortuy.
ING tbe canal 7 became PresiSent Jus'
prior TO the signing OF the ssconc uedts'
the treaty under Wnich we a. a,e 49, ~" aIrnost
and Mr.. Hay came 10 me az once, ain.OS1 ao,
as soon as l had reached Washlnston-SeI
tairllv within few weeks-and ta!heu ~
me about the proposed Panama tes'{i tta istters Tr
from the British represenlatives-.Eor
Iansdowne and Sir Julian Pauneelo,.esr--
eypIcitly recognizing our right TO foruly
sro,Jencc which tNe fudge has read,
Immediately afterward l received l.ord
Pauncefote and tod him how glad l was -
that the treaty had been arranged as y
was, and he SAID they had explicitly sta,eo
that me treaty in no way debarred the
United states from for.ifyinS the caldl il
Fortunately for us as a nation. the fool
isb DeoYle who protest against the tortincS-
ton Of the Panama Canal Will ian M tneif
effort and the canal Will be toruhed, Ior ~
II were not and this country We're eNCr eo,, a. "a,
war our childrens children would nan ln
execration and as infamous forever VIC VIC
memory Of those men. and espeetLaiiE Err,ited Mid
public men who prevented the Uniteu
States from guaranteeing its honor anu ns
interest by fortifyng the Panama CaIai, in.
7 trust that ! have spoken so PLAINLY, .Ia'
my meaning will be grasped hy eVef9pooS'
Mr.. Roosevelt then took UP the theme
of the evening and spoke as follows:
The founders OF our government, the men
who MADE the CONSTITUTION ana VITO slen.a ~
fhe Declaration of independence ieIidyu tr,n ~
divide into two groups, those under 1ai nan
fiton who believed in strong anu, en-.
cient government but who dlstrusteu tnS I1S
people: and those under JeneIson, Mno ou,- urN
NOT believe in a strong or en1cleht, sOFein,
ment but who trusted the people. Ahu
therefore for decades we oscillateo pc
tween tire two tendencies and coulu Ho'
develop the genuine strength tnat
,nocracy should have until Abraham LIN
coin arose and until ne and the men Win Win
him founded Republican pEi,,rg paIEi on ef,io ~
Ynjon Of the two ideas OF comolnlng en-
cIent governmental force with genuine anu
whole-hearted trust in the people
Abraham Lincoln and his associates a'.os
founded the Republican party as pr pn0t
s party of states. II was not tormed ~
keen unchanged the old methods when NAG
serVed so well two generations oeIore II,
eSa lace OF new conditions which those old
methods were unfit TO meet. mat dIItuu. Itri
was the attitude taken by the cotton MH,e'
excellent gentlemen; good I,t ,r,st
high minded gentlemen. who did not uust
+be neople and were afraid OF meeting the
new issues, and DR.. Gunsaulus nus SIatS' -
now that brilliant althougn n9pSelennSS nnSiS,,ns
ratio friend Of freedom. WenGel fniilPs'
followed Mr. Everett around when Mr.. hV-
eTett was engaged in the vain effort 10
show that Lincoln was nrepi,ame nS,eIp. %efors
the American people did not need any new new
methods TO solve them we mere io-uSy ioiy
and his fellows-to show that that loyalty
ts not merely a loyalty or the Ups, pIt a
LOYALTY Of the heartily applying i tneir
prtnciDles 10 the living issues or the pres
ent and not confning ourselves 70 PraIsiins
them for the way they applied those prHh-
cinles to issues that are dead. , a..
Now another thing: i nave useI ~ ~.
.Vord nroeressiVe ! regard Il as apsoiuteiy
essential that tho Republian party snouIu
be the party Of progress, should De t,le
progressive party, but DO not DeLeEHe: ,ay, a,yy
Ion do not believe, in making terminoiogy
into a fetish. Abraham Lincoln was IPpnI PrPI'
gIessive compared to Buchanen ana ~,
more Compared TO Wendell Pniiiips 1,,d anu ha
John Brown he was conserVatlye, aIiu We
was right in beth positions. In other words.
Abraham Lincoln recognized the Iact 'llaV
in working out a great and iastnS
form there Is need OF trace work and OF
breet hing work, too. You have got 20 dras
The wagon along when 1t needs dTasgihs,
and If II starts TO, 90 down mn 700 iaS'
Let me illustrate what / mean by speak
ing OF a matter IN Congress as 10 which
fhere seems 70 have been VIDE dlVerFehce
.nons Rerublicans-the proposed constitu-
tional amendment providing for the eiec-
zion Of Senators by popular vote. ! am
one Of those who emphaucally beneVe IN
The election of Senators by popular vote
At present they are trying the other sVs-
ten with singularlv ill success at Albany.
BY popular vote. al least. we Woulo hno"
whether we could or could not elect any
one.
vote is nothing whatever but proposal
70 continue the same movement as REGARDS
-he Senators that the country has put
through as regards the President. and 10
me n seems idle absurdity to talk of Us
being 3 danger 10 give 10 the people tne
same chance 10 vote directly for one house
Of the Legislature that they had from the
beginning in voting for the other mouse OF
the legislature, and that they have In
sisted upon assuming in voting for Presl-
dent ,< A.
progressive movement became movement
fe1 bv violent men who hoped personally
To profit by IT. end ask YOU here and me
mon like you 20 take the lead In that
movement Just because ! wish TO see IL Ied
rs the great anti-Slavery movement was
,ef as the great movement for the union
Of The country was led by mon who hope
for 20 gain from the success OF their pr!n-
rip'es but act as those acted only because
thev feel Il IN them burning in. their souls
tiisnce with the immutable laws Of right
eousness
The Tev. Dr. Gursaulus paid an elo-
ouent tribute 70 Lincoln. dealing partic-
rlarly with his educational example TO
The country and comparing his oratory
with that Of Gladstone. He said that
Lincoln surpassed Gladstone as an ora