The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-13
BREATHING
AIR OF DEFIANCE
Assails Democrats and
Predicts Republican
Success.
NOLONGER DOUBTS
ELECTION RESULT
Says Democracy, as Usual, Is
Doing Wrong Thing at Right
Time by Cutting Off Battle
ships and Reducing Army.
Speaks at Lincoln
Dinner.

New York. February la.-Prcsident
Taft brought his celebration of Lin
coins birthday 10 close here to-
night with speech TO the Rcpu ollcan
Cub. In which ne hreathed uenance
TO the Democratic party, ur,iareu that
IL Was mas Dciicl tnui the N.pupiic-ins
would triumph next NoveiuUer. ana
inauc II piain that ne MAD i!ItIe SYM
pa tbs win those OF mis- own political
latin VINO ca.il themselves pros es-
Eives. but VINO are poilticai emotion
aiiSts or ncurotIcB.
tis speech cune almost at the end
of a STRENUOUS DAY mat took aim 10
Newark ana range. y. D.. ana gave
MN siN hours IN new ork, III wnIcn
10 attend the pVIlticaI oinuer ana drop
in at tue panquetg OF the RcIaII Dry
Goods ASSOCIATION ana the Graduates
Cluo. Leaving tor Washington iate
to-n4gnl. Tue president a. Que BACK in
Washington early to-morro".
ne.s Assuring ie.esrhmb.
While ut tne banquet vi the Re-
putuchn Ciuo the President received
kilograms assuring nlnl That two
ueicgutes TO the kepupIIcan National
Con.eDtion from the l1.6utn Virginia
CuIs ressiunai D!str.ct ara t"o more
from AlasaKg. All p.c4svd TO support
mIui. mao ureu ci.Ct,. .o-uuy. -A.o.nvr
t.!s!anI nssuI,u s..e .-.e scent tiut Iuu
coioraoo R.puu..c-n state centraI
>uiiIil.,,ee nau -.v..~Gcd .or Iait ~
vote OF lO3 TO 10.
Otto 7. Barnard. former Republican
-a.u.uate iVr mayor OF We" iorn. "aS
toasInastcr. ana at the guest table
were former Iu:tcd states senator
Cuauncvy Va Depew, safe Cnairiian
iii, H. f.s,Tn
y, oodrun, ). :. hosnGe, pges.uent o.
the New YORK county committee. a,su
merry ". Tit, the :.es!uGuts brother.
Republican National committeeman
W imam l. Waru, VINO reused TO at
tenu the PresIu-nts White mouse DIM
ner to munpeis OF the national COM
mIttce last DECEMBER. aIsu aUenoeu-
Iae fIeslGtEL attacked tue DeIno-
Gratis ESPECIALLY tor their proposition
TO reduce the United states army by
eliminating ne-third OF It's cavalry
ana oy departing from the. time hon
ored poIcy OF ADDING eucn year two
new oatlIesaips 10 the navy"
In constutr!ng our many RESPONSE
bilities IN al! parts OF the world." he
SAID, Il THINK this a great mistake.
Certainly tnc dimInut!on in the addl-
TONS 10 our Iieet ought not 10 he CON
sioered until the Fanania Cana. is COM
pleted
Wrong Thing at Right Time.
I'm otner words. our Democratic
friends are doing the very ihiag that
they are always reputed to do, they
are doing the wrong thing al tho righ,
time"
For many 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 corporations
given privileges by the State" had
passed and amended the interstate
commerce act, the employers liability
law and law for mining bureau.
mad provided workmen's 20 rnrnsatlun
ana mediation between railroads ami
ticir employees. Ii Va, willing, he
adaeo, 10 perfect the jud',i., d.
dure OF the Federal! courts, would re-
wise the hFiH IN accordance with
SOUND principies o. economies, had ad-
VU"ced Il puucy OF conservation ana
stoua tor Wcrld peace.
'Men praise Lincoln to-day ANA AT,
tack tne RepuoiIcun party" he satd
aitoSctncr IuI SetIul OF the fact tnor
III L!hcoIns lille tne man and the parry
were 80 c.oseiy u"ited IN aim ana
achieveiaent tina; the history OF the one
Is TIC nistofy oil the otncr.
There arc those who look upon tho
f'eHS''' S'iU"'!oi Us KUN OF evil and
corruption and as 4 tyranny OF wealth.
and who iii apparen, despair at any
orainaTy remedy are seeking to pull
aown tnose things when nave been
REGARDED as the pillars OF the temple
ot freedom and representative gov
ernmt"i ana 10 reconstruct our whole
Society on some new principl:, not
definitely formulated, ana with tde
Intelligent OF inte!Lgihlc forecas, OF
the exact constitutional and statutory
results to be attained
Tine Constitution was framed TO
give to all man equality of r!gnt he,
fore the law and the equality OF on
portnnity that such equality OF right
before the law was intended to Sc
cure y review o. the history of This
country. with the mutations in the
personnel of the individuals that have
gone TO make up the people, will snow
that never III the history OF the world
has there been such equality OF OBJ
portunity rs in theSe United States.
and it has been secured by uphoid!ng
as sacred the rigAts of individual lib
erty and the rights of private prop
er,y in the guarantees of the Federal
and State Constitutions.
Progress Against Abuses.
I'VE have permitted the establish
ment OF corporations and the acquisi-
ton OF power through the corrup;ing
use OF money In politics. so as at times
to give Il few dangerous control In
legislation and government. but dur
Ing the last ten years much progress
against such abuses has baen made
The Republican party has come to
recognize that high tariff duties cn
courage combinations OF capital by
supprcssing competition. to take adj
vantage in the domestic prices charged
OF the excessive rates Of duty, and that
that Is a much safer system which limf
It's the duties to the measure OF the dir
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