Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-14
TELLS why PARTY WILL Win
President Closes Lincoln Celebration
with Powerful Speech.
SCORES NEEDLESS DEMOCRATS
Chief Executive Awaits Verdict of
the People with Confidence
Bora of knowledge of
Duty Well Done.

Bora of knowledge of
Duty Well Done.
NEW YORK, Feb. lS-President Taft
brought his celebration Of Lineeln's
birthday 10 a close last night with a
political speech TO the Republican club In
which he breathsd defiance to the demo-
cratic party. declared 1t was his BELIEF
that the republicans would triumph next
November and made IT plain that he had
little sympathy with those Of his own
political faith who call themselves pro-
gressives but who ARE political emo
tioualists or neurotics.'
His speech came almost at the end
Of a strenuous day that took him to
Newark and Orange. n. j., and gave
him six hours in New York, in which
to attend the political dinner and drop
in at banquets of the Dry Goods assccia-
ton and the Graduates club. Leaving
for Washington late tonight, the presi-
dent is due back In Washington early
tomorrow, 4
Delegates Pledged tor Taft.
While at the banquet of the Republican
club the president received telegrams as
surfing him that two delegates TO the
republican national convention from the
Eighth Virginia congressional district
and two more from Alaska, all pledged
10 support him. had been elected today.
Another telegram assured the president
that the Colorado republican state CEN
trail committee had declared for Taft by
vote OF 100 to 10.
Most Of the prominent leaders OF the
party in the state were present at to-
nights banquet. Republican National
Committeeman William l.. Ward who
refused to attend the presidents White
House dinner TO members of the national
committee last summer. was present,
Attacks Reduction of Army.
The president attacked the democrats
especially for their proposition TO reduce
the United States army by eliminating
one-third OF its cavalry and by depart
ing from the time honored policy Of
adding each year two new battleships
to the navy"
In considering our many responsible.
ties in all parts OF the world he said,
Il think this a great mistake. Certainly
the diminution in the additions to our
fleet ought not to be considered until the
Panama canal is completed
In other words. our democratic friends
are doing the very thing that they are
always reputed to do. they are doing the
wrong thing at the right time"
Achievements of Party.
For nine reasons. the president said the
republican party could be regarded as the
party Of progress. That party. he said.
had provided for the close regulation
OF corporation-given privileges by the
state, had passed and amended the inter-
state commerce act: the employers La
biIity law and law for a mining bu-
reau; had provided for workmen's COM
pensation and mediation between railroads
and their employees. II was willing, he
added, TO perfect the judicial procedure
OF the federal courts, would revise the
tariff In accordance with sound principles
OF economies; had advanced policy Of
conservation and stood for world peace.
| In his address before the Republican
club, President Taft said In part:
I
the republican party. altogether forgetful
OF the fact that in Lncoln's life the man
and the party were SO closely united In
aim and accomplishment that the his
tory OF the one is the history OF the
other. The truth is that the history of
the last fifty years, with one or two ex-
eeptions, has been the history OF the re-
publican party. The progress that has
been made has been made by the repub-
lican party in the legislative and exeeu-
tive power entrusted to II BY the people
at large.
Ektremists Have Wrong idea.
with the effort 10 make the selection
of candidates, the enactment OF legisla-
lion and the decision of courts depend
upon the momentary passion OF a people
necessarily indifferently informed as TO
the issues presented and without the
opportunity for time and study and that
elaboration that gives security and COM
mon sense TO the government Of the
people, such extremists would hurry us
into a condition which would find no
parallel except in the French revolution,
or in that bubbllng anarchy that once
characterized the South American re-
publics. .4
such extremists are not progressives
they are political emotionalists or neu-
rotics who have lost the sense of proper
ton, that clear and candid eonsidera-
ton Of their own weakness as whole
and that clear perception-of the necessity
for checks upon hasty popular action
which made our people who fought the
| revolution and who drafted the federal
constitution the greatest self-goyerning
people that the world ever knew.
"The constitution was framed to give
10 all men equality OF right before the
law, and the equality Of opportunity that
such equality OF right before the law was
intended to secure.
Property Rights Beneficial.
1T has been said and is a common
/ platform expression that II is well TO
prefer the man above the dollar as II
the preservation Of property rights had
some other purpose than the assistance
1 20 and the uplifting OF human rights.
Private property was not established in
order 10 crafty love Of some material
wealth or capital. IL was established
as an instrumentalIty In the progress Of
civilization and the uplifting OF man.
and 1t is equality OF opportunity that
private property promotes by assuring
the man the results OF bis own labor,
thrift and sell-restraint.
we have permitted the establishment
Of corporations and the acquisition Of
| power through the corrupting use OF
I rnnnas- in nnIftfcS 80 as al times IN give
to a few dangerous control In legislation
and government: but during the last ten
years much progress against such abuses
| has been made in this regard.
"The republican party has come to rec
ognize that high tariff duties encourage
combinations Of eapttal by suppressing