The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-12
MEN IN CALIFORNIA
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their club
In opening the meeting Colonel
Hammond said:
Colonel Hammond's Address.
"It is indeed an honor for an up
country man to come down to your
city and have bestowed upon him the
honor which has come to me. l
pledge to you my hearty support un-
til the last gun is fired and we shall
have renominated our good President
over all other candidates and once
more returned him to the position in
the White House which he has so
ably filled.
81 have recently returned from a
trip through the East and the New
/ England States and | am pleased to
be able to report at this time that
/ the citizens of that section are rap.
idly coming to a thorough realization
of the worth of Mr.. Taft and are
equally as rapidly flocking around his
standard.
1T is an old saying, but neverthe-
less a true one, that God makes your
relations but you make your own
friends Apropos of this I might
state that while in Washington some
time since, Mr.. Taft asked, viii it
embarass YOU if Roosevelt comes out
for the nomination.? To which I re-
piled, Not a bit; a few months ago
yourself and La Toilette were the
only prospective candidates and at
that time I determined to support
you. There are some Of the policies
at least of Colonel Roosevelt of which
/ do not approve and no matter what
may happen I shall be heart asd soul
with you during the campaign"
Colonel Hammond was then made
temporary president and Robert A.
Roos temporary secretary of the or
ganization, both positions being made
permanent by the report of the com
mittee on organization, whcin changed
the name from Taft Republicans to
Taft Republicans of California.
Colonel Hammond appointed COM
mittees on organization and on reso-
lutions.
All Pledge Themselves.
Grove L. Johnson father of Gov
ernor Hiram w. Johnson, said:
Il was 10000 miles away from Cali
fornia when / heard Of the adoption
of a law which gave this state a pres
idential primary and that an effort
was being made to give the Califor-
MIA delegation to other than the man
I believed entitled to 1t, President
possible, and am here to do anything
and everything that lies in my power,
either in this state or any other, in
order to deliver the solid delegation
of any and every state to President
Taft at the national convention
Mrs. Abbie E. Krebs said in part:
IT bring you greetings from all the
women who are working with me un-
der our banner and that, I believe, is
a large majority of the women of
California.
81 am reminded that today is March
a. That is a most eventful day in the
history of our Nation, particularly so
each four years, and one year from
today a President will again be seated
in the White House. I hope and
firmly believe, with your efforts and
ours, that we will all see our candi,
date, William Howard Taft, seated for
a second term"
The "Two-Term Limit"
Samuel NJ. Shortidge said in part;
1--WE are here today to espouse the
cause of a great man, a great Repub
lican, a great resident-William
Howard Taft. We stand today where
Washington stood in the early history
of our country, saying, Two terms are
enough We stand where the great
apostle of Democracy, Thomas Jeffer-
son, stood when he stated that it was
the duty of a President to retire al
the end of his second term as much
so as it was his duty to serve the
people to the best of his ability dur
ing those two terms. We stand where
William Mckinley stood when he ad,
vocated that wise, safe and sane rule
for the American people, "A two-tern
limit
Also, we stand where another stooC
four years ago, but who, unfortunate
ly, has been led away by a foolisl
. ambition. We stand, l repeat, where
he stood four years ago, and him w
will permit to open oysters at Oyste
Bay for the next four years.
"A fight similar to the one that i
S being made against President TAT
8 was also made against the secon'
r nomination of Abraham Lincoln. Tn
p men opposed to Taft are actuated b
r the same selfish motives as wer