The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-13
TAFT DEFIES
DEMOCRATS
IN LINCOLN DAY
SPEECH IN GOTHAM.
Declares His Confidence in Belief
That Republicans Will Triumph
at Polls.
Scores Progressives of His Own
Party As He Critises Their
Doctrines

laft brought his celebration OF Lin
coins birthday TO close here to-
night with a political speech to the
Republican club, in which he breathed
defiance TO the Democratic party, de-
clared that il was his belief that the
Republicans would triumph next No
vember and made IL plain that he had
little sympathy with those of his own
political faith who call themselves
progressives. 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. y. j.. and gave him
six hours in New York. in which TO
attend the political dinner and drop
IN at banquets of the Retail Dry
Goods Association and the Graduates
club. Leaving for Washington late
tonight, the President is due back in
Washington early tomorrow.
Delegates Pledged to Taft.
While at the banquet OF the Repub-
hcan club. the president received tel
egrams assuring him that two dele
gates to the Republican national con-
vention from the eighth Virginia con-
gressional district and two more
from Alaska, all pledged to support
him. had been elected today. An
other telegram assured the president
that the Colorado Republican state
central committee had declared for
Taft by vote of 103 to 10 Most of
the prominent leaders of the party in
the state were present at to-night's
banquet. Otto T. Eannard, former
Republican candidate for mayor of
New York. was POSTMASTER and at the
guest table were former United States
Senator Chauncey VI. Depew. state
chairman William Barnes, Jr.. and
Timothy l.. Woodruff. ). 5. Koenig.
president of the New York county com
mittee. and Henry W. Taft. the pres
ident's brother. Republican national
Committeeman William l.. Ward. who
refused TO attend the presidents
White House dinner to members OF
the national committee last December
also attended.
In his address before the Repub-
lican club here tonight President
Taft said:
Men praise Lincoln today and at
tack the Republican party. altogether
forgetful OF the fact that in Lincoln =
life the man and the party were so
closely united in aim and accomplish
ment that the history OF the one is
the history OF the other.
There are those who look upon the
present situation as one full OF evil
and corruption and as tyranny OF
concentrated wealth. and who in ap-
parent despair at any ordinary rem.
edy are seeking TO pull down those
things which have been regarded as
the pillars OF the temple OF freedom
tnd representative government and
TO reconstruct our whole society on
some new principle. not definitely for.
mulated. and with no intelligent or
intelligible forecast OF the exact con.
stiiutional and statutory results TO be
obtained.
Dangers OF Mob Rule.
With the effort TO make the cleo
tion Of candidates. the enactment of
the legislation and the decision Of the
courts 10 depend upon tho momentary
passions OF people necessarily In
differently informed as 10 the issues
presented. and without the opportun-
ity TO them for time and study and
that deliberation that gives security
and commonsense 10 the government
- tho people. such extremists would
hurry us INTO a condition which could
fnd no parallel except In the French
revolution or in thar huhhiiug
anarchy that once characterized the
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