Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-01
MR. Taft CHvRTLES
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fulhllment of his policies after The DECISION
had been made TO enter the war, that the
fourteen points of his peace views were
vague and unsatisfactory and not nat
footed, that they were susceptible oi 100
many interpretations, that they gave
Germany too much of a chance to start
an argument, that they made Tor ne
gotiated peace, that what the country
insisted upon was a dictated peace upon
the basis of unconditional surrender, that
MIR. Wilson had not consulted the nations
associated with the United States III the
war regarding these same terms ana Ia
the earlier of the recent notes 10 Germany,
that II was only after the voice oi inc
country had spoken that the matter was
left to the military chiefs that Nlr. llsoh
appeal To the country Tor Democratic
Senate and House was straning ms
constitutional prcrogatlvcs, and that the
Republicans of Their Just right must have
their say in peace and III attVr-the-War
reconstruction
And after he had laughed his inlmit-
table laugh and said these things, he
wound up bv saving that the campaign
was one of principles lor principle more
certain to be rightfully carried out by a
Rcpublican Con9rcSs than hV Democrat
ic one giving the President unlimited
spokesmanshlp To which he added
stentorian Good night aS hIs final word
and hurried To watch u tfain for Boston
orENINn THINGS rr.
There's no galnsaying the fact that Mr..
Taft had large and willing audience.
iii the ,,rSt place he Is one OF the nation
two living cN-PrtSidcnts and as such Is
always he rahlc, whatever the shade OF
pOlitical faith held tV the hcarcr in the
second pl:tcc. hls worst enemies always
have granted that hc WAS a good, tag,
whole-soulcd fellow andc Republicans
cant say the ncmocratCs haven't given
such public men their ears and attention
So thcrcforc. the audioucc wasn't without
its mayonnaiSc dressing Of Democrats,
there 10 listen to what the other side ui
the argument had to say and helping 10
till the house
The meeting being personally con-
Quoted" iv the newly formed Republican
Citizens League Charles Warner olld duty
rs the temporary chairman 81 affairs and
introduced Governor .luw send. Neither
OF them consumed much tItc for the reason
that folks we're til r. To bear MIR TAFT
not them ana Mr. aft te.i a. SAY his Siv
and beat il for l} ton tram. Nhcrctore,
the meeting got doAu to TI~S tacNs with
commcndablc promptnteS.
While the audience v:.~ waiting Il W;'S
checred with such noa-paitlci things a.
Over There and .'kccp The Home
Fires Rurnug a. 81 forth y thu tlaran
Band. which. upon tile entrance 81 tn"
heavy artillery oi the occasion p!aycd The
Star Spanglcd Banner. respectful attention
to which WAS moro cir lcS@ marTrd tN
cheers for the chi,f guys and ll>
,oi tI,Ss c4cll.t.d tle initiate tao
thrilling ny 81 G.clt sans cs.Yii 10 s.
l,2t succeeding only bv way If nvidIous
comparison Mr. Taft himself looked
lttlc surprised III cheers tor Erm hrcahIng
INTO the national anthem hat Snih giy
let il goat that on the ground III cnt huSIaS,n
Getting INTO action tho speaker divided
his discourse INTO three sections what
the Republicans have done since tho war
in Europe started and since the United
states got into ii. Mr. Wilson fourteen
points OF peace possibilities ana after
the-war reconstruction.
GREETINGS.
Tne initial greeting, handShakc ae4
jocular renlark-WIthOut which no points
cal speech strategy Is strategy at 3il
consisted of smiling remark thar thl-
was the first occasion the speaker hai
had OF talking 10 " ilInin gtnn audience
since he had addressed Hi audience 81
25.000 people in the Square "Waen ! WI,
engaged i politics The present oce.-
8 sion only being politics ~ th' cNteut y
the election OF Il Senator ana j oHgrc>>-
man the audience grsancd and vas ap-
preciative Of the tumor
Mr.. Taft continued lie had hean
lccturing and teaching students what
he could Of constitutional law 4Id other
wise conducting himself like respect
able citizen 50 long that he dlIn quite
know what it would feel like - plunge
INTO political waters again. But there
come times, he sad when one must
speak right out In me ting ami give n
To ones Indignation. tins beng one OF
such times He wanted 70 10 thus aS a
RepubIcan-not A. a partisan Repuhncan
accepting All tina 4 Republ can mig !
saw and rejecting n! that q Democrat
might utter, bat with some judicial polee,
which he hoped le had
The next Congress Mir Taft went on,
comes in for the two wears beginning
1919 and ending 1921 Il would prob
ably be in session most cf the time and
would have many and important things
to do--the first Of which would DC 10 WIN
the war, although rs Job III tins respect
wouldn't be heavy because the war is
nearly vo already. and all the nation >
foreign enemies doubtless would be under
contr0 bv the beginning 0t the new Cong
ress first regular session III December
1919 BY that time there would probably
be an armistice and then wc would have
what we ought TO have unconditional!
surrender OF Germany, Austria Turkey
and Bulgaria. This sentiment met with
large applause.
PEACE, CONGRESS FIRST BIG Jot.
Really, the first Ing job Congress
would have would be considering the
terms of permanent peace but consider
ing the matter from the left over JUU Of
winning the war which would DO the
most towaId this, Ii, Republicans OF the
Democrats? And sand the speaker.
You can only tell what a Republican
majority will do BY what d Republican
majority has done
This brought Mr.. Taft into the thick
of things and he went on TO state what
that Republican minority IN C9ngre-s
had done In the first place, lie insisted
the war couldn't have been won without
it. Particularizlng, he said that success
had been achieved by the fact that two
million American soldiers had been scut
over the ocean. France and England aud
Belgium had borne their stare of the
burden nobly, had fought and blcd and
held the fort until we could got our army
raised and trained and transported and
ON the Job TO deal the finishing blow when
the battle was hottest
1t was the selectiye draft that put