New-York tribune., 1912-02-13
Ridicules Democratic Preten-
sions and Declares Opponent
Can Always Be Expected
to Do Wrong Thing.
REPORTS PLEASE PRESIDENT
Telegrams Received Before He Starts
to Speak Tell of the Endorsement
of Colorado and Alaska and
Delegates from Virginia.
District
District.

"Old Republican party as the most pro-
gressive party in the history of the coun-
try. and confidently predicting its sue
cess in the coming campaign, President
Taft brought an audience that filled
the grand ballroom of ths Waldorf 10
its feet last night for a remarkable dem
onstration i'm his favor.
The occasion was the twenty-siXth an
nual Lincoln Day dinner Of the Repub-
lican Club, and the President marked e
by proving the claim that what he
termed the "old Republican party could
point to definite accomplishments and a
definite programme, and by way of con-
trast he made passing mention OF the
recent mistakes of the Democrats in
Congress in seeking to cut necessary I'M
pr0vements in the army and navy.
President Taft spoke swiftly and ve-
hemently. He seemed impatient OF Gp-
plause even. and innumerabe times dur
ing the course OF his address he began
speaking again while the applause was
at it's height. His audience realized MS
desire for haste, but even at that they
interrupted time and again with entnu-
siastic clapping and cheering.
Teearams Rcport Endorsement
Charles d. Hnles secretary 10 the
President. received three kilograms dur
ing the course of the dinner which no
was able to show to Mr.. Taft before ne
rose 10 speak. The first was from Den
yer. and related that the Colorado state
committee at a meeting yesterday
voted 105 10 10 to indorse Taft; the
second was from the Alaska territorial
committee, which sent word from Nome
that IL had indorsed Taft for renomina-
ton. and the third was from Aexandria'
Va. the Sth Virginia Congress District.
whore tho two delegates 70 the Chicago
|, convention were selected yesterday both
| for Taft.
The President arrived at the Pennsyl-
vania Station shortly after o'clock last
night. went direct TO a room at the
waldorf where he rested until 4 In
room adjoining the banquet room he
hold a small reception for about fifteen
minutes after that. Contrary 70 the
usual custom, the President was the
first speaker at the dinner, on account
~ = long schedule Of dinners and gatn-
oripps on which he had promised 70
drop i'm during the night
otto T. Barnard, president of the he-
nubIIcan Club, acted as toastmaster In
nresenting Mr.. Taft Mr.. Barnard drew
first a word picture of Abraham Lincoln
the man rather than the President.
Toward the end of his first term as
President" said MIR. Barnard, his po-
Iitical fortunes seemed TO hang NJ 'he
balance. There was said TO be wave
of discomfort, and doubts were freely eN-
nressed as TO whether he could be elect
od Noisy demands were made that his
candidacy be withdrawn. But long be-
fore election the plain people realNeu
that power was safe in his hands ana
that. above all, he was honest we a1e
grateful tonight for the presence OF the
head of our party, the highest officer ot
these United states and | propose the
toast of Honest Bill Taft.
Presidents Tribute 20 Lincoln.
Tho President began his address with
a tribute to Lincoln. who, he said was
roo great a man TO be claimed eNclu-
siyelv by the Republican party.
But men who to-day praise Lincoln
and attack. at the same time. the Re-
nublican party, he said. seem to be Tor
retful of the fact that Lincoln stood
always for the principles of the RepuD-
ucan party. The man and the party
were so closely united that the history
Of one is the history Of the other.
.oThe truth is that the history OF me
last fifty years, with one or two eXcep-
tionsv said President Taft, has been
the history Of the Republican party.
Those extremists who sought to make
the selection of candidates, the enact
ment of legislation and the decisions OF
courts depend upon the momentary
passions of people necessarily in
differently informed as to the issues
presented. the President said, were not
DrOSreSSlNeS, bul ptAitNH' 'HANN'N'''
lists, who would hurry MS into condi-
ton which would find no parallel except
I'm the French Revolution or the
"bubblng anarchy that once character
lied the South American republics.
His ipeech in full follows:
Gentlemen of the Republican Club OF
the City of New York;
This Is t.incoln's Birthday, We are
met to celebrate il. we cannot claim
Lincoln as belonging exclusively To us
Republicans or treat his name as a mere
party symbol He belongs TO the coun-
try and to the world, as one OF Its great
characters But the fact is that during
his whole career, and especially during
that part of il In which he disclosed
those traits that made him great and
that have rendered his memory sacred,
the principles that he followed and that
he was able to vindicate and put FAR
an the way of becoming the foundation
stones of the Republic were the prin-
ciples of the Republican party. and the
reason why the Republican party may
not now claim him exclusively as one ot
their great leaders and their great saint
is not because the party stands for
something different from what IL stood
for when Lincoln was at It's head, put
.saut ADDS VANILLA CHOCOLATE