New-York tribune., 1912-02-12
TAFT'S CAUSE THR|VES
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which gives cordial support to the au-
ministration. The Bluff County Repunh-
can Club. of Memphis, two nunu'eu
strong. also has indorsed Tatt
| More positive assurances Of Taf'
delegation are coming In from New
York The most recent declaration oi
record is that of the executive comnl't-
| tee of the eth Assembly District Which
| indorsed the President.
At q meeting of the Republican Ter
ritorIal Central Committee, Hawaii voted
instructions for the President,
In Iowa the 1st District Republican
Central Committee adopted strong pro-
Taft resolutions.
Among the personal declarations that
attracted attention was that Of eN-GoN-
ernor W. J. Bailey Of Kansas. who SAID
that the Kansas delegation will he FOR
Taft
Taft and Boot Sound the Call
Although the sounding of the keynote
Of the campaign Is left for Lincoln Day
| both the President and Senator Root an
ticipated It in their speeches delivered
long past midnight at the dinner Of the
League Of Republican state Clubs on
Saturday night. Roth speakers tairN
summed up the political situation AS "
| appeared 10 them. and both SOUNDED the
call 10 the political fray.
| II want only 10 add one word said
the President. which will be In unison
with all the emphatic speeches OF hoPe
and confidence in the Republican cause.
| He added:
think the misundersta nding has been
gradually clearing itself away, At the narty
has been giving evidence Of tho good taltn
with which IL Was attempting 10 execute
and carry out the promises II mauo III i'N
and think We have reason TO congratuIste
ourselves IL we may do so, upon the mis-
! fortunes Of our good friends. the enemy. on
| the evidences that are coming from DAY ~
| dsv OF the fact that they have got beyond
the point Of their real strength and eAecu'
| ton In the race.
They hegsn with the utmost harmony
| and with an exact knowledge Of wnet they
| were going 10 do but with that unerring
! accuracy 10 which General Grant referred
! ia his description Of the Democratic party
methods thcy have selected exactly The
wrong time to do tho right thing and the
! right time 10 do the wrong thing.
| When We need an army and = navy as
much as we over needed them for tho lag,
| ten or twenty years, they took that par
| Cular time 10 reduce both. When the
! business hopes Of the country arc OF the
| utmost importance, and have Impressed
! themselves upon thu business community
! of this country beyond anything else, they
selected that time 10 break up tho indus
tries of the country by radical changes IN
the tariff. which will not permit those IN
, dustries to live II carried into execution
The Republican party SIN Is the Repub-
lican party. rcactionary party II never
was In it's construction Of the COnStitu'
tlon to which II adheres with all the ferVoI
that the believers adhere 10 their crecds
We hold to the fundamental principles. but
We treat the Constitution as capable oi
elastic construction. To meet tho issues as
they come for governmental solution.
agree that We have reached a time In thu
history Of the country when we have do
paricd from that which was known rs
well that policy Of as little government a'
possible That was the Jeffersonian doc
trine.
We have departed from that Wow, and
we arc looking 10 the government 10 rem
ody that which in times past. was sup
posed 10 be releEateG to tho individual ef
| fort But the party that can do that i
tion Of the Constitution. and not one thai
| IS hidehound by the strict construction o
the Democratic Tarty. We can elaborate
and go on with national Incorporation act'
and other acts. completely WITHIN our view
of the constitution
| Therefore We have the right 10 say thai
the Republican party IS the progresSlvf
party Of the nation, while, on III" other
hand. II adheres to the fundamental prin
ciples Of the Constitution and will not sur
render them to any Iopular clamOr.
| We are going into the campaign. We
ought 10 welcome II because IL Is the cam.
hot 10 HtTpOEDIeTP
There are four months In which To get rid
of all the lies and hypocrisy, and when we
can do that with the record that the Re
! publican party has made and with its op'
| nortunity for usefulness and concrete
promises for the future, we can count or
victory
Root Decres the Timid.
I'VE are not here for the aggrandize-
ment of ourselves" said Senator Root
shut to form the battle array for con-
Gict which, in dignity. importance ant
momentous consequences to the happi-
ness Of the people and the prosperity OF
our beloved country; In its consequences
TO the advance of civilization, the de-
yelopment Of a free and orderly govern
ment. IS second to no array that was
ever drawn upon the field Of battle, IL
any period OF our history" Mr.. Roof
continued:
| | am not going 10 read anybody out o
| the party but N there be any umid and
faint hearted. let him go home and hide
Those who are In the Republican party fol
what they can get ont OF II should go home
and stay out Of II, but the real men. Repub
licans of the old type. let them stay ant
prepare for the fight
| have no fear FOR the result. for | be
llieye I'm the sound judgment, patriotic pur
can people. The tariff will be shaped alonl
lines that will be supported by those who
voted for McKinley-not capital alone, not
labor alone, but the whole American reo
pie. who beleys in the protective theory. as
illustrated in the policies OF the Republican
party. Suppose the spotlight shifts over
TO the trusts; where can we find a more
faithful sincere. effective enforcement OF
the law than under the present administTa.
tion? is any one going TO vote TO over
throw a party which guarantees the future
through its performances I'm the past?
Suppose the issue Is the initiative. refer
endum, and woman suffrage and the dc
structon OF the independence Of the Judi
Cial branch OF the government upon which
we alone depend for the guarantees OF free
dom our fathers imbedded .n the Constitu
ton? Need we fear vote of confidence foi
the party that stands for progress on th'
hasis OF A pregerved Constitution, OF con
tinued reign ot the rule of law, Of principles
imposed by the people themselves 10 con
tFol their own wayward and temporary I'm
nuseFf ne Republican party. true 20 M,
f.