The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-02-13
DECLARES THAT REPUBLICANS
WILL CARRY THE CAMPAIGN
SOON TO COME.
STAND ON THE RECORD
President Says the Grand Old Party
viii Abide by What IL Has Accom-
piished-Progressive Republicans Are
Dubbed "Political Enotionalists or
rotjcs'--Lincoln Is Honored.

New York, Feb. 12.-President Tart
brought his celebration of Lincoln's
birthday to a close here tonight with
q political speech to the Republican
club. in which he breathed defiance to
the democratic party, declared II was
his belief that the republicans would
triumph next November and made It
plain that he had little sympathy with
those of his own party who call them
selves "progressives," but who are
political emotionists or nuerotics.'
His speech came almost at the end
OF q strenuous day that took him to
Newark nnd Orange, n. j. and gave
him six hours In New York In which
to attend the political dinner and drop
I'm at banquets OF the Retail Drygoods
association and the Graduates club
The president Is due In the capital
early tomorrow.
While at the banquet OF the Repub-
lican club the president received Il
telegram assuring him that two dele
gates to the republican national con-
vention from Alaska pledged to sup
port him hai been elected today.
Most OF the prominent leaders of the
party In the state were present at to-
nights banquet. National Commit
teeman Ward, who refused to attend
the presidents White House dinner to
members of the national committee
last December, attended tonight.
History of the Party.
In his address before the Republican
club President Taft said in part:
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 s'
closely united In aim and accomplish
ment that the history of the one y
the history of the other. The trutf
is that the history of the last so years
with one or two exceptions. has beer
the history of the republican party.
with the effort to- make the selec
ton of candidates, the enactment %
legislation and the decisions of court
depend upon the momentary passion
of people, necessarily indifferentl
informed as to the issues presented
and without the opportunity ana tlh
for study and that deliberation tina
gives security and common sense I
the government of the people, sue
extremists would hurry us into con
dition which could find no parallel ex
cept in the French revolution, or ]
that bubbiing anarchy that once char
acterized the South American republics
"Politicai Emotionalists."
Such extremists are not proGres
sives-they are political emotionalis'
or neurotics who have lost the sense {
proportion, that clear and candid con
slderation OF their own weakness .
whole, and that clear perception I
the necessity for checks upon hast
popular action which made our peop
who fought the revolution and draftt
the federal constitution the create
self governing people the world ev'
knew.
1T has been said and 1t is commc
platform expression, that 1t Is well
prefer the man above the dollar, as
the preservation of property right hi
some other purpose than the assistant
and the uplifting of humanity and
rights. Private property was esta
lished as an instrumentality In I