The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

W No Q3ffeEu. Il Any SNSNSAaeht
y - any method which shall be fair.
There Is not reason fer Joining OF
u3vzng UP the party. 1t Is the prin-
nipie that the partF advocates that
u Ahouid control one in it's Support ~
n. ~ net that the Republican parry
~ DESTROYS of holding once, or power,
4 though neither is to be despised, DuI
Il In that la this crisis we feel that
ne have the means OF preventing the
ceuntry from taking step which IL
taken will preciPitate us Into gov
ornamental chaos, Will set the com
nsrnity on a chimerical chase for an
Ideal that In impossible To realize, ana
that In that chase the community viii
lace the inestimable benefits az a
permanent, popular government that
we have developed after a thousant
Ysars OF struggle. and nave created,
maintained, and preserved. inviolaie
! far las years Of national liberty.
ssnsutshed Not Neneetu.
I'VE are not bitter; we are not cast
Down. we are not vengeful. IL tho
people Of the United States can stand
! d Democratic administration for one
or two, or even more terms. Wa shat
certainly not object to their capacity
for endurance in this regard, hut what
we wish to assure ourselves Of is thAt
neither through Democratic radical r.
Ism. nor Through Progressive radical
Ism shall the pillars Of our nohie
state he pulled down, and the real
cause of the people be sacrificed TO
dreams OF demasogues ana theorists
ssLes us then buckle on cur aTtnHr
again FOR the battle fer humanity, And
the common people that must be
fought.
-I.et US inAie these Republicans
who left as under an Impulse mat
scalHner consideration shows TO nave
been unwise. to return and stand
again shoulder to shoulder with US IN
this critical time in our country ms
tory.
Jet as invite from the ranks 90 our
Opgonenvs the Democrats. the many
who love the constitutions, ana iAe
blessings II Ia conferred on out 9e0-
pie, to unite wlth us IN It's deIehae-
IT must ne a campaign of education
h among the comm. people fer the
benefit of tho common people against
tihe poison Of GLARS hatred, the tanat1-
caEna Of unealAncea enthusiasts. {Ae
sophiatrg OF demaEoCtc promise an1
the miies u 1alse friends Cf hsn4F %
fly
Bryan Nearly Right.
Mr.. Bryan ~~~~l in TIA course OF
tne campaign tAat "aH
4 elected 10 the pres Gent uv r. saF ~
majority, and would re fe.egated 20
private life tty q Gua uimous Vote.
#F when | read what M said ] thought
NJ was as poetic, and as unreliable an
I his prophecies as usual, bat IN fso' n
nothing but Vermont and Utah pre-
vented literal fulhlment of his fore
<Mss. He was nearer the truth then
than ever before In his life
~What was 1t that impeded my
nr0gress as s. candidate. and what wAs
the political disease OF which died2
Il am hopeful that when historians
j ennduct their post mortems, IL may
Y ~ found that my demise was due tC
circumstances over which I had nt
X great control. and TO q political catR-
clysm to which / could hardly have
i Anfscipated or averted."
In his speech at the luncheon Of
n the International Peace Forum, Pres
4 t0eut Taft made the statement that It
the dispute in the matter OF the Pan
anna canal tolls WAS not settled by
diplomacy. he would, In order that his
own position be made clear, submit
the treaty TO arbitration provided the
opportunity came.
The president said that unless the
senate gives the executive power 10
ofassr Into arbitration Of questions VI
this kind, II will prove great OBJ
II xtacie I'm the task Of Keeping the
peace OF the world.
w hen the time comes, said the
y president, .'there will De no doubt
4 about what / will do about submit
ting this question to al ifnpartla!
tribunal for decision. | am willing 20
ArDilraSe with Great Britain, AS soon
aS we get down TO the point nj Is
Sue.
This liz Just the time when / am
Ia favor of arbitration. Ii is the time
when we are afraid we might not win
that tesu our faith In arbitration.
I am hopeful he added, that We
may get the canal question either L
settlement, or to suomi sAion. before
the administration, in which 1 have
/ the honor 10 be dissoIyIng view
shall cease. but Ii may not be, be
4 cause these negotiations Snove slowly
But I am glad to take this opportun,
tfy IN tlais presence 10 say that II the
time comes. there Will be no doub
about what will do
Thrust AT Colonel.
President Taft hook q thrust at Col
Il onel Roosevelt in his speech tonight
II was the first tina since the eiec,
tlcn that the president had alIudee
30 his adversary by name.
- 4 ls,,zl- s-e-++t4A
Mr. Taft. Ike End that probs bly, ].
ee0,000 voters, notninaily Republican
cast their ballots for Mr.. Wilson Ia
order TO avert the danger of Mr.
RoosegeIt's election.
Many kotahlss Present.
Among the Republicans present a.
the banquet tonight were members oi
the party from almost all sections o.
the country. but particularly the At.
tantic coast The presidents cabinet
was represented by secretary Knox
and Postmaster General Hitchcock
Samuel L. Elder, president OF the Bos-
ton Republican club, was POSTMASTER
and the only other speaker Of the
evening. He introduced President
Taft in brief speech.
The president spent a very busy day
L In New York. arriving here early In
the morning, breakfesting with his
brother. Henry W Taft, attending the
funeral Of Ambassador Whltelaw Reid
at the Cathedral Of st John, the d.
vine. lunchng with the International
peace forum. at the Waldorf Astoria.
4 WHERE hta'' ie37verrF short sff}fre,.s in
3. sssss "a advantages IL ysrtstra5san. saRi-ts
n two-hour motor trip and attending
the Republican banquet
President Taft viii spend the night
at his f5rothAF.& ht.s4ss leaving tcfneF-
row morning for Washington He is
due to reach there about noon.