The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
HURLS DEFIANCE AT THE DEMOCRATS Taft Speaks to New York
 Republicans SCORES DEMOCRATS
Places Wreath on Lincoln Statue Attends Banquet of Republican
 Club in New York Where He Makes Principal Address

New York. February 12.-President Taft brought his celebration of Lincoln birthday to a close here tonight with a nolitical speech to the republican club in which he hurled defiance at the dem- ocratic party, declared that It was ms 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 them selves progressves but who are political emotionalists or neurotics."
 His speech came almost at the end of a strenuous day that took him to New ark and Orange, N. J., and gave him six hours in New York in which to attend the political. dinner and drop in at ban quets for the Retail Dry Goods asso- citation and the Graduates club. Leay- ing for Washington late tonight the Pres ident is due back in Washington early tomorrow.
 Prominent Leaders Present
 Most of the prominent leaders of the party in the state were present at to- nights banquet. Otto T. Bannock, for mer republican candidate for mayor of New York. was toastmaster and at the guest table were former United tSates Senator Chauncey M Depew, State Chair man William Barnes, Jr, and Timothy L. Woodruff, $. s. Koenig president of the New York county committee, and Henry W. Taft, the President brother Repub- lican National Committeeman William L. Ward, who refused to attend the Pres ident's White House dinner to members of the national committee last Decem- Der, also attended.
 The President attacked the democrats especially for their proposition to reduce the United States army by eliminating one-thrd its cavalry and by departing iron the time honored policy of adding each year two new Dattleships to the navy"
 Tn considering our smany responsible ities in all parts of the world,' he said "I think this is a great mistake. Ger tainly the dminution in the additions to our fleet ought not to be considered until the Panama canal is completed.
 Tn 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.'
 Taft's Nine Reasons
 For nine reasons the President said the republican party could be regarded as
 
 said, had provided for the ''close regu- lation of corporations given privileges by the state; had passed and amended the interstate commerce act; the employers liability law, and a law for a mining bureau had provided for workmen's com pensation and mediation between rail- roads and their employers. It was will ing, he added, to perfect the judicial pro- cedure of the federal courts, would re- wise the tariff in accordance with sound principles of economies, had advanced 6 policy of conservation and stood for world wide peace.
 President Taft came to- New York iron Newark, where he was the guest al luncheon of former Gov. Franklin Mur- phy, saw most of New Jerseys repub- lican leaders and placed a wreath or the Gutzon Borglum statue of Lincoln in front of the county courthouse. From Newark the President motored to Orange to place another wreath at the base ot another Lincoln statue.
 In Newark and during most of the trip to Orange the President was greet ed by large crowds From Newark to New York he travelled by special train and went directly to the Waldorf-Astora for the republican club banquet at which he was the first speaker