Show TAFT TAlKS IN NEVY YORK YORKI I 1 I President the Chief Speaker at atthe atthe atthe V the Annual Lincoln Day Dayi j i Dinner of the Republican Club at the CHEERING AUDIENCE GREETS EXECUTIVE Tariff Law Passed at Special Session of Congress a Ful Fulfillment Fulfillment of Pledge Made in inthe inI inthe I the Platform of the Party I I II II ANSWER IANSWER I i TO WALL STREET I New York YOlk Feb 12 If the en enforcement enforcement enforcement of the law is not consistent with the present method of carrying on business then it does not speak well for the present methods of con conducting conducting I ducting business and they must be changed to conform to the law This was President Tafts answer to Wall street and its cry of panic It was made to a cheering audience composed of hundreds of Republicans gathered tonight at the annual Lin dinner of the Republican club of this city at a the toria Mr Hr Taft adhered to his purpose of dis cu ing platform pledges and how they the theS S be kept It was at the conclusion of ot detailed argument as to how the Republican party part is redeeming its pledges that hp he came to a discussion of the anti anU antitrust trust trist trl t law and Wall wan street treet on which his utterances had been waited alted with greatest interest Till The President declared that the admin administration administration would not foolishly run amuck in ill business and lestroy alu values s and con confidence confidence confidence I just for the pleasure of doing so soNo soNo No 10 one ha h continued has haa the motive I as strong as the t mh in power to cultivate a n business con mentle skid and prosperity pl But Bat there was iio po promise on Oh the part of the Republican party to change th the antitrust law except to lo strengthen it Of course the govern government government ment at Washington a can be counted on to enforce the aw In the bet best way wa calculated calculated calculated to prevent a destruction of f public confidence m in business but that It must enforce the law goes without saying Dismissed Insurgents t I President Taft did not hesitate to dis discuss cuss the attacks that have been made ma e 1 upon the administration and the party part or Ii I danger to future success in the Insurgent movement and other dissensions i Republicans who feared defeat at the polls In November he be declared however should take courage from the tte demoralized I condition of their opponents the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats It was Grant said the President who banished his own fear in battle by thinking how much more afraid the en enemy enemy enemy emy was ss V V Mr Taft again came to the defense e of the tariff bill lIe He did not hesitate he he lIe said to repeat that it sub substantially complied with the party pledge ge for tariff regulation and that through this bill the party had set itself strong ly 1 in the right direction dl tion toward lower loer tariffs tar I Reviewing the party platform the Pres Prel President PresIdent ident spoke of postal savings banks amendments to the interstate commerce law lav the plank statehood for Arizona and New Mexico and the conservation of natural resources bills to 10 carry all of which promises into effect were pending in Congress and he believed would be passed President Tafts Address President Taft said Mr 11 President Gentlemen of the Re Republican Republican Republican publican duo and ellow guests The birthday of the man whose memory we celebrate tonight is an appropriate occa ocea occasion occasion sion slon for renewing our expressions ions of re I I speet and affection for the Republican I party and our pledges to keep the part which it plays plas in the history of this coun country count country try t as all high and as useful as it was dur during durin during ing in the an of Abraham Lin Lincoln Lincoln coln coin The trials which he had to undergo o as President the political storms which the party had to weather during the civil war ar the divisions in the party part itself be bt between between tween the radical antislavery element clement and those who were most conservative in observing ob the constitutional limitations are Ir most interesting reading and serve sere to dwarf and minimize the trials through h hI I v the Republican party part is now no pass passing It passing ing and restore a sense sene of proportion to those who allow themselves to be daunted and discouraged in the face of a loss of popular confidence thought to be indi indicated Indicated by th tone of the press In Jn what respect has the Republican party failed falle in its conduct of the govern government government ment mont and the enactment of laws to per perform perform perform form its duty It was returned to 10 rower power a year ago ao last November hv hy a very I Continued on Page Seven CANNON GANNON KNEW KNEM LINCOLN AND lOVED HIM Continued from Page One audience to the platform Some one cried out Abe did you spilt spit those tose rails ris risA A queer look passed over face and he replied John Hanks said we split those rails rais I do not know whether we did didor didor didor or not but I 1 have split many bettor b ones one Last Meeting With Lincoln I met Lincoln only once after ater his election electon to the presidency He was wason wa wason on hie his way to Charlestown Chariest own Ill IL to bid his stepmother goodbye before going to Washington He was travel traveling travelIng ing tag on a day train riding in a day coach and surrounded by other passengers gers some congratulating him others advising but most of at them thorn simply crowding around to shake his hand They The all aU seemed to know him him or felt fel that they knew him He made his last visit to his stepmother She was just a common homespun woman and to her he remained until the end just My Iy boy bO Abe Abe Through one term tem as President and the beginning of another the speaker sketched in a graphic way life war the inevitable the strife among his advisors advisorS the criticism and abuse hea heaped upon his head after the first battle batte of Bull Bul Run and the te almost superhuman task the President carried out to win sin his fight for the right as ashe ashe ashe he saw it I When ministers of a the gospel came with wih advice which they believed bel eyed to tobe tobe tobe be divine inspiration continued tho the speaker Lincoln replied that if i God intended to give divine advice to any anyone anyone anyone one he believed it i would come to him upon whom laid the responsibility for forlie he lie was as anxious as anyone to know the it i divine will wU and act in accord with wih Inspiration For All Al To me there is no more inspiring incident In our whole history nor one more pathetic than that of ot the tall tal gaunt form of Lincoln with that sad but serene face standing out against a darkening sky to assure the men in inthe inthe inthe the field and their supporters supporterS at home that there was still stil manhood and real leadership In the place of highest re responsibility responsibility The territories which Lincoln sought to save from slavery have sur stir surpassed surpassed passed the wildest widest speculation and prophecy in 1860 1360 and the homestead act passed in administration on oil his recommendation has converted the staked plains and the great Ameri Amen American can desert Into an agricultural a empire that has not a parallel anywhere The newer west has bas double the total wealth of the United States at the time Lin Lincoln Lincoln coln coin wa wal was elected But even more than that the poll poli policies pl cies of Lincoln have brought a new life to the south that rebelled against the Union In the last decade that section has had the most remarkable development seton until In its Is prosperity the south is almost willing to admit that the stone rejected by the builders shall become the chief cornerstone of the temple Party Lincoln Monument They have seen the light and this achievement of a united country with wih interests justify assertion the same juth my that the Republican party and what has haa been wrought under Its is policies in this half bal century make the most fitting monument to Lincoln under whose leadership the slave was made free and of far greater importance the white man was set st free tree The pioneers of the generation to which Lincoln belonged have passed d daway away With Wih the changed conditions it is absolutely necessary that we should grow more and more competent in our respective callings as the old i pass out and the new come in inI I inI i iI I do not know the genesis of any I of you oU but I will venture the state statement statement statement ment that you yon wil built buit castles castes In Spain I when were boy boys and your effort to live up t has never been fully realized yet that effort has ha helped to tomake tomake tomake make the civilization If you ot dAstre to know who fifty years vears from now will wil be the speaker of the House of Representatives Who ho homa homay may ma come to talk to your successors on birthday anniversary go goto goto goto to the machine shop to the farm to tote the public school and find the children of te the sons of toil tol who ho under Gods fiat Ire are eating bread in the sweat of their faces and are building their will be behold behold behold castles castle in Spain There you wl hold your successors |