REMARKABLE SPEECH MADE DV BY Wa H. H TAfT HE CALLS GALLS IT II HIS SWAN SONG AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE L Laughs at Outcome of Election Election Election Elec Elec- tion Smiles as He Speaks o of f Wilsons Wilson's Plans and Touches Bryan With Ge Gentle tle Sarcasm V MEW YORK Nov Ko Kol l 10 ll President I 4 Taft Daft sang sang ills his swan II s an as chief executive c of f the J nation tonight Jis As s tho the guest g the oC Lotus Lulus club the Pre to 10 the toast The liThe nt in ina a sie Which speech oh which h mal many Y Yf of lf f his bis is hearers considered cr d I 1 lit most host remarkable r he hc has lias- I ln ever r ll H He I l from fn gi grave o ne t to gayr tind from I he the philosophy lie Ire he sail said four foul years in the h it e. e had taught aught ht him to a n discussion of of 1 the ho hp problems which face the nation smiled when lies ll he spoke tike of or some solute of the plans plank of President Kitson J and 1111 touched wit with h gentle sn 1 dennin Br Br Ills His chief t. the V sum said was ions that he Jn haiT d b lJ en n unable to to- once jilt Status States to thc arbitration treaties with l France Continued on Ott Page Pa o 2 9 I. I l L MR TAFT SINGS HIS SWAN SONG I I Delivers Remarkable Address f. f as Guest of Lotus Club li In ill New York BLENDS GRAVE AND GAY Leaves Office With Deepest Gratitude to People for fori i Honor Given Him Hinl av JJ r rt t J f n- n Continued from froni Page Pago 1 I. I n Great Britain In pIto of oC that fact tact 11 Ize le asked his Ills audience to believe belle that thit he would leave Jea office with t the deepest t gratitude to the American people for forthe forthe forthe the honor the they had given him hUn and with i the tho belief balle that enough progress been accomplished In hI his administration tion on to warrant his feeling that ho had done real good for tor hIs country po Power por r of oZ Pr PreSIdent Il nt President Taft Tart said Mid In hi part I r saw In the name of your our club tho the impossibility that you ou were organized to furnish an opportunity for or a swan wan song to those about to disappear I concluded con con- eluded that It was as well to cast an an anchor anchor anthor an- an chor thor to the windward and accept as much r raI al condolence as I could gather f In such A no hospitable presence sence as ag this thin and nd therefore m my friends I accepted your our Invitation and tUti am here You have hao given I cn mo me tho the toast of or The President I It Is said mId that the tho office of or President 1 Is tho most powerful In the world because be- be I cause under tho the constitution lt Its occupant i 0 pant really can exercise more I Uon tion than an emperor or king exercises In In an any of or tho the governments go of oC modern J Europe I am not disposed to question ques- ques tion this as a matter of or reasoning from the thc actual pO given the President In the constitutional division of or governmental gay gov functions but I am bound to say a. a that the consciousness of or such uch power Is rare rarely 1 If it ever er pr present sent In the mind of or the ordinary Individual acting V h as 88 President because e what chiefly chien stares bres him In tho the face In carr carrying out an any plan of or his Is tho limitation on the b power and not Its extent Of or course there are arc happy Individuals als ala who are arc able entirely to Ignore these limitations both In mind and practice and a as to them tho the result ma may maybe be 10 different But flut to one ono whose train train- jn ng and profession Is subordinate to law la the Intoxication of power rapidly s of off In the knowledge of oC Its re restrictions re- re and under the prompt re reminder To 10 minder of oC an er ever present and a not always alwa's considerate te pr press as aR well as as b by the l t suggestions that not u come comp from that hall of oC Congre Congress Congress Con Con- gre gress 8 In which Imp Impeachment ntA are le In InitIated Initiated initiated In- In and that smaller chamber In which the they ore are tried t Fn ori or ori Single In Ie SIx 1 Six Term In tn these days of progress reform uplift and Improvement a man does not show himself abreast or of the age unless h he ho lias has some somo changes to suggest S It It is the recommended change chango that tha t i marl s' s being up to date It Il nay be e a a- change only for fot the sake of change but It is responsive to 1 I demand and therefore lets let's propose It It j I js contrary to LO m my own Jove t for forI r tilt d dear ar old constitution to LO sug suggest est any n I 1 I 4 Alteration In its terms Lerms Jest lest It be re- re J as a rene reflection upon or a crill I clam of that which has hag been put to 4 tIle the sacred tJ u use e for tor 15 years of maln- maln j I taming liberty regulated by hr law Jaw and an the guarantees of or the rights rIght of or the mi minority ml- ml norH and the Individual under r the rule i o of the majority But BuL coming 16 tO the modern habits and Just to show that thata i a though I am a conservative c I r am not notS nota S a a. reactionary I venture the suggestion j i lion tion that It would aid the efficiency of ot the executive and center his energy and andI I attention and that of or his subordinates In In tho the latter part of his administration j tipon apon what hat is a pure purely purel disinterested I public service ser If Ir he were made matJe Ineligible ble hlo after atter serving one term of or six years S J either to a succeeding or or- ora a non-con- non I term torn I I 1 am a little specific In this matter because It H t seems e necessary ar- ar arto to be so 80 in order to be ue understood I r dont don't care caret I t how or modest a S dent la Is I tJ nl care how determined ho he hoI I 4 I is is that he himself will not secure hl hiI his hist t and there ther are cr very ory few tew indeed who go to that extent still till his I. I subordinates equally equal Inter Interred sted with 4 him In his election re-election will whenever 4 they have ha the opportunity exert th their lr t fr Influence and divide their time be bea between between be- be a tween the public service and anti the effort I to secure 3 their chiefs chief's and anti andI I re ic Four years ears Is rather a short hort tim time In Int inI t I which to work out great governmental 4 f policies six IX years ears is hotter better t SU J t Co Another suggestion I would make 1 Is 18 f that legislative c steps be taken for there thera Is nothing In the constitution to forbid t I It bringing more closely I to together ether the operation of oC the executive and le legisla- legisla tivo branche branches The studied d effort to tot t maintain these branches rl rigidly sepa- sepa c 4 rate rata Is la I think a mistake I would not f 1 add dd any more actual power to the ox- ox J I over Je legislative e matters nor norS norI S I would I give II the le legislature an any more I actual executive power The veto veto- on onS S the one hand and tho the confirmation of or i Appointments and the ratification of or on the other I 1 would change N The rules of or tho tim two houses as an I Iam Iam am advised forbid the tho use of or abusive language b by ono member against another another another an an- other and by 11 the tho member of or one house houe against the other othor house pr its mom mem hors bets A somewhat t close cIoc examination of tho the rules rubs s. s however of both houses does not show how that there Is any limitation limita tion tIo on the Ute parliamentary character of ot Ilan language ua c which may be directed Mi tain s t the President As S to him th the tho pursue their own sweet will wilt pd nd that sometimes l leads them Ir Into to language and description of oC jho tho the chief executive that could hard hardly I bo be called complimentary If nen of the cabinet al 1 al- al tOWed the floor their very presence I would In the possibility of or re reply re- re 1 ply moderation In discussing th the administration administration ad ad- ministration which does doeR not now at times Umes prevail alJ The strongest cst reason at 01 present for fOI advocating this chan chango o Is that the tho influence that the thu executive shaU Khall haVe In shaping legislation may be Ue more In harmony harmon with the responsibility that tho the people hold him to In respect to It Ho Ito Is head of ot the party I 1 that hat elected him an and as ns such I If Congress Con Con- gross gress IB is controlled b by the same ume political cat cal al party part as it generally is ho lie I Is looked to shape the congressional pol- pol Ic icy cy anti and to secure the tho passage O of ot tho thin statutes which the party part platform ha has haa promised In Presidency Ono One of or the results of oC m my observation o lon tion in the presidency Is that the tho positIon position tIon lon Is Js not a n place to be enjo enjoyed cd b by bya a n sensitive man Experience In ip the presidency toughens tough tough- ens ns tho the hl hide e ot of tho the occupant so as to him to resist the tho stings filings of criticism cl clam cism m directed a against him from the time limo ho tie takes office orrIce until ho lie lays It down A A. query arises In respect to criticisms m and attacks that arc are made without the slightest reference to facts and anti merely for tor tho the purpose of or Invoking invoking ok In In ing popular opposition apposition anti and distrust and with the hope that b by constant repetition repetition repetition tion tho they can escape an any possible refu tation I 1 don dont don't t know that this evil e has has' been an any greater In this administration than in a previous administration All AllI I II I know Is that it was my first exp experience rl- rl once ence and It seemed to me ns fiR if I 1 nod had been more greatly tried than titan most Presidents b by such methods The Tho result In some respects is lt un- un In that after one or two t efforts ef efforts ef- ef forts to meet tho the unfounded acc accusation accusation sa- sa tion despair in tho the matter leads lends difference and perhaps to an on Indifference ence nce toward both j lust jUst t and unjust J c helps to c fort ort the thc patient but I doubt If It It makes him hint a 11 better hetter President Of or course tho the reassuring formula that history will right one and find will give o I ono one his just need of oC praise Is consolatory but It Is Ie not altogether because the thought SU suggests Itself Itself that the time for remedy rem rem- edy etly of the injustice ma may he bo postponed until one OriO is h gathered to his fathers anti and h he 10 i is not then particularly Interested In earthly history Period Cloning I think tho period for fol successful muckraking I is gradually drawing to a close cio I r hope soWe soWe so We must consider er that the lon tiOn in muckraking literature Is only one of or the t temporary excesses of the tho times Imes which Is curing Itself Itsel b by tiring tho those hoi o whose patronage formed the motive for fol its beginning anti and rise Of Ot course coure the great and really thin the only lasting satisfaction that one can have havo In the administration o of the great office of or President IH is the thought that one ono has done dono something permanently permanent useful to his fellow ellow countrymen The mere enjoyment of the tinsel of office Is s ephemeral and unless one can fix ones one's memory on rea 1 progress made through the air of political power there thero theres Is 15 s little tittle real s in the tho contemplation contemplation of or the tho holding of ItI itI It I 1 beg you rou to regard rd In spite of oC the thc very en emphatic verdict on which which- I leave thin the office I cherish only the deepest gratitude to tho the American people for Having ha given Ilven me the tho honor of having held office and I sincerely hope In looking back over what has been done that thero there Is enough of pro progress made to warrant mo me In the thin belief beller that real roal good l hai been accomplished oven tm thou though h I regret that It has haa not been greater reater I IMy My chief rc regret Is my failure to se secure sc- sc cure from ruin the Senate the ratification of ot m my general arbitration treaties with Franco France and Great Grea t Britain I am suro sure they would have been great t steps toward general world peace What has haR actually been done dono 1 I hope has hns helped he thin causo cause o of peace I do not despair of oC ultimate success Wo We must hope and work on White hUe I I o observe erve that tho tim question of or how receptions are to bo be accorded to tho those o who have business at ut the White Is s now under cont consideration and antI I 1 have b been n amused at the suggestion sug stig- ge that it would bo be possible to do dothe tho the public business S In the tho presence of or everybody so that all who ire are Interested Interested Inter Inter- ested might drawl draw near to tho the ive tI office and und stand and see sec nn and hear tho the communications from front tho c who enjoy appointed d consultations with tho the head of ot the nation This always settles set set- ties tiel down to an un arrangement which satisfies few people but which allows those who have havo the most Important bu business generally to have IJ tho easiest and long longest nt lil access to th tho President A ft president has Just no so much time to toce see ce people No So matter what whal Is don dono it will b be certain that somebody's toes am arr on What Vhal are wo we to do with our ex- ex presidents I am not sure Or Dr Osler's method of oC dealing with elderly men would not properly usefully apply appl to the treatment of ex The proper and scientific administration oJ of ofa a n dose doso of oC chloroform or of or the tho fruit of or tho lotus tree might make a C fitting end to tile the life or of one ono who had held hold tho the highest office and at the same lame time would R secure cure tho tim country from tho the troublesome omo fear tear that the occupant could over come back It would re ro- ro lieve tho the country from the burden bunten of oC thinking how he Is to to support himself himself him him- self and his family would fix hi hla hll place In history and enable the public to pass on new flew men and new meas- meas urea I commend this method for tor co con con- to I 1 observe that my friend Mr Ir Bryan proposes another method of or disposing or of nL our pr ex-pr ex Mr Mr- Bryan had haa not exactly tho experience of oC being a n PIe president dent He lie has been a a. ne near r pr pros pros- sN ll deit qualities qualifies m mM three M times and pOH possibly that him as an expert to speak p ak of what we ought to do with our our ox dents He has been very vcr vl vigorous oro lS in his hll campaign I in helping to make mako me mc an an president ex-president an and If ii I 1 have hav followed vod with accuracy hi his public rl declarations and his hla private opinions opinIon he is anxious t I 1 I 4 to perform to-perform perform tho the office m of making l Jn my successor an ex cx after ono out t rm iii As a Warwick and a maker malor of ex presidents I think wo tC should give o I groat reut and respectful consideration to his suggestion S Instead ad of oC ending the tho presidential lifo life by chloroform or lotus eating lit Jus proposes that It should ex expire expire ex- ex pire under th tho anesthetic f effect of tho debates of oC the senate lie proposes that ex ox should he be confined to th business sg of sitting In tho the Senate listening to the thin difficulties In that bed bod Mr Ir body Why nun should think It necessary to add to tho the In iii tho the Senate tho the of r 3 x sl tJ dents I am uni at a loss to sn say If It I go and disappear Into oblivion I prefer to go by the chloroform or lotus method meth meth- od Its It's and antI It Its It's less drawn 0 out Ut