Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-18

The address of President Taft to the
Beverly Republican Club, Beverly.
Mass, Sept 8. was as follows;
Gentlemen Of the Beverly Republl-
can club and. am glad to say, my fel-
low citizens of Beverly, thank you
for this cordial greeting. This club
suggests one or two thoughts of po-
litieal character that | did not touch
upon in the remarks / addressed to
you on Saturday. 1t suggests the ne
cessity for renewed organization of the
Republican party under present condi-
tons The Republican party has been
successful for many years. | think
the last national defeat we suffered
was in 1892. and that is twenty years
ago. We have reached a point where
it was natural that there should be
some gentlemen who we're convinced
that their position in the party was
not all that they thought they
were entitled to and therefore they
were in favor of sloughing of into
third party. Now, the danger in the
continuance In power for long time
to the party itself is the jealousies.
the factions, the quarrels within the
party that long life and success are
apt to generate. and. while. Of course,
a third party is a misfortune to the
Republican party In the loss of some
votes, we must be philosophical and
look at this result on its good side as
well as on its bad side.
l conceive in respect OF the life Of
the Republican party that secession Of
a third party is going to give us new
vitality in the very feeling of fight
that the injustice Of the claims Of the
third party will arouse in US as real
Republicans. We know that we are
better set Of men than we are now
called by those who were very glad at
one time to be known as leading Re-
publicans We know that we stand
in the nation as the guardian of those
institutions of civil liberty under cur
constitution. the preservation of which
has made this nation permanent and
great. and that nothing could come to
this country of greater political In
jury than such split in the Republi-
can party as would destroy II.
The Importance of this campaign in
its immediate result is great. | could
hardly state with more emphasis than
/ really believe the crisis that we now
face with reference to the continuance
Of prosperity.in this country by reason
of the vote that we are to have in No
vember, but there is something be-
yond November with respect to the
Republican party. 1t is essential that
we should continue and revitalize It as
a permanent party and permanent
force in this nation for the continu-
ance of the progress that has made 1t
great No student OF history can deny
that the grandeur of this nation and
the height that 1t has reached among
nations during the last sixty years has
been due to the guidance and the force
and the energy and enterprise Of the
Republican party. We propose to have
that continue. We propose that the
force represented by the Republican
party shall continue useful in the his
tory of this nation. With that in mind,
would urge upon you the necessity
for closing up the ranks, finding out
who is Republican, and who is not
and when you find a man who is not,
do not count him for the party. One
who is not loyal never helps.
There is no use. gentlemen, temper
izing about this matter. A man is q
Republican or he is not Is he going
to support the national ticket and Is
he going to support the State ticketf
If he is he is Republican, and If he IL
not he is not Republican. Now, such
a policy may cost us some votes. but
In the not distant future these gentle
men who have deserted us in the hope
Of enjoying office, on the one hand, or
a millennium. on the other, will find
themselves without office, millennium
or party. They will feel bit lonely,
and then when they come back to the
Republican party, as they will come
back, let them come back as Republi-
cans, but bringing forth works meet
for repentance.