Show TAFT ADDRESSES ADDRESSES' ADDRESSES'S S MEN OF Secretary of War Speaks on What Would Lincoln Do Today ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION Views on Philippines and Policy Policy Poli Poli- cy of Republican Ad Administration Ad- Ad ministration S Grand Rapids Feb 12 Secretary l Secretary Taft Tart wa was expected t to sound the keynote keynote keynote key key- note of at the campaign and deft deO state tate lila his own policies here to- to night Instead d he ho chops choss a as hl his hip subject sub sub- Jet What Would Lincoln Do Today To To- day dai and simply repeated his own views on the Philippines S Secretary Taft arrived hero this evening In a n special car from Chicano o. o A crowd of more moro than people gathered at tho the d depot pot In tho the rain to greet reet him A 4 public reception was wa tendered at atthe atthe atthe the Morton house and persons pa passed 1 In line Mr 11 Taft t made two tio brief speeches in the afternoon to the thc Taft club climb and antI the time State Loa League ue of Republican Republican Re Re- publican clubs which passed resolutions tiona Indorsing him Fully people hoard the secretary seem secre tar tary speak tonight before tho the Lincoln club S S Tomorrow v he lie will go to D Detroit stopping at Lansing the state capital for tor an hour Senator William Alden Smith was the thc toastmaster and the tho speakers aside from Secretary Tart Taft wore oro Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- of or France Con- Con Gorge George 12 32 Foss oss o of Illinois Governor Go Curtis Guild of or Massachusetts sotta and and- John Barrett director of ot the tho bureau of American republics Congressman Con Con- s-r s grossman gressman Foss on Lincoln Navy y a and the Navy nv of or Roosevelt I Smith Senator Smith announced that he I would not be lie n it candidate for or delegate at large to the national convention He was WaR opposed to John Blodgett national national na nit- committeeman from Crom Michigan and ind withdrew to stop top a fiSh fight t In the par party ty Secretary Taft Tnt began his speech by stating that Lincoln relied upon the postulate pet et forth Corth In tho the Declaration 0 of Independence Independence- that all men are created created cre cre- ateI free tree and equal The speaker pealer said that hat Lincoln InsIst Insisted that Insofar as the Constitution recognized lecog slavery and insofar as sla l slavery ry was WaR an en Institution tion of oC our government g It was a departure de dc- de- de from tho Declaration of ot Indo Indo- pen d e n e. e S But nut continued Mr 11 Taft lL it Is Is' possible pos- pos sible to quote from hla bin writings s an and sentences which taken from Crom their hair text and made applicable applicable- to the Republican policy In the tho Philippines would seem to bo boat nt variance with It When hon wo understand l what It was WaR that Jr Hr Lincoln was API attacking and compare comparet It t With what wo we han havo lone dono and anet are arc doing Jn tho the Philippines J It H. will ho he seem e n niaL iaL tho two things things- ma rent that thaS thatIs It it 15 Is u utterly unsafe la io assume that hs ida I toward the tho policy of or loo and nd our Philippine c p policy would be bo the tho same a nil as his attitude toward tho the of or human luman slavery S l l to Ho maintained that the words words' Allmen All AU Allmen men are created free and equa equal Included tha VIA color colored l n as v. v well Ml tI as the tho white man hut but n wh what hat t ho meant was that they were en- en tithed to the bread brend thc they earned carneil Lincoln was as a a. 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I man moan who allowed tho the application of or his principles to be controlled con con- trolled rolled by the tl-c fitness of or the thing Had Hado he to o been in the tho seat occupied d by McKiney MelOn McKin- Ie icy ey when whon the problem was presented to him after nete the tho Spanish war as a's to lo what should bo be dono with respect to the Phil Phil- there them Is nothing g In 10 hIs hla career career- nothing In an any of ot his speeches properly understood which would have havo prevented him ilm from taking exactly tho the same course which McKinley took In conclusion Mr Taft TaCt declared Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin if It he were alive today toda would approve ap tip- prove Roosevelt's policies with Ith reference to the struggle for tho elimination from Crom tho the business and political fabric of ot the corrupting Influence of ot unlawful unla business combinations and the demoralizing effect of oJ disobedience to law by our great railroad railroad rail ran road companies S nr S s. s Ft F. VOH P VoltS on l ft i on Po of Commerce Feb Feh 12 Senator Sanator Knox do- do ll erel an nn address on tho the governments government's lut duty lury In improving in-Improving natural resources here tonight before an enthusiastic gathering of or representative citizens lIe He- said sald In part The Tho future volume stability and expansion expansion ex ox- of or American commerce depend largely upon tho energy and courage of tho the people upon their confidence that their government will not disturb the tho normal laws Ints trade r upon p- p their belie belief In tho the tho governments government's effIciency effi efficiency effI- effI rn cleney to protect them In their rights I and nd upon Its willingness energetically and liberally to expand their helm opportunities s. s I Last evening in another arith r place I tool occasion to discuss thO the policies of the I government In respect to the railroads and nd their t relation elation to the people and the national authority This evening with your permission I will wiil speak to to you you of ot tho peoples people's legitimate claims upon the thel same sane authority for a a. broad systematic enlightened 1 and liberal policy pOlky in U develop clop log ing- tho tremendous possibilitIes of ot th the natural highways of oC the tho nation i No subject of national policy has been more marc dl distorted by partial views more mor dis- dis by misapprehension or more b by the conflict ci o or local Interests than tho the governmental won work worl of im Improving ing ng our our harbors harbors and and- wat waterways and antI yet et upon pon no tie other on one factor does oes the future ft oi oi commerce so largely de Il- de- de 1 pent pen The rhe true truo national policy Is to embark I on th the creation of or an ar al' al exclusive s system of or harbors and waterways which shall b bf developed to Its Us utmost eC ecOnomic P pos OH- OH HI- HI The rhe duty d of tho government sovern t to t.- Improve improve Im Im- im- im prove pro Its Its Its' waterways and anti harbors harbor Is 18 mud exigent by the great r nt expenditure In pr g 1 ress on the Isthmus of or Panama pr I Consider the tho situation as RI it present Itself toda today Wo We are expending a sum sum-of mont money to dl dig the Panama canal to a 0 dep depth h. h of ot thirty five r fooL feoL oL That Thai pt Is fixed by the thc well established fact t that thai hI I Ithe the cheapest ocean transportation I K is Inthe in tho the great grent vessels of about that draft In In order that the canal may mar give o th the om om- om mere mere-c between bet n the tho Atlantic and PacifIc I oceans Its full fult development nt this d depth Is hs I admittedly lI necessary But at th the same time only two or throe three o ports tf Or th the United d dSt St States tes' tes havo a depth depth- of oC w t r equal to lo that that tel for tho the Isthmian canal and antI applications applications applications ap ap- ap- ap of or cities to o ha harbor channels deepened to 10 that standard arc aro m tl with procrastination if It not not refusal It If this lis not amended d congress 5 JU self convicted 1 of ot spending spending- the nations nation's money money In digging a a canal canal and and co confining nnIng Its Us fullest benefits to the commerce of ot otther ther nations or at Giving 1 to the United States the privilege of or t u using ln the roll foil d depth ObI only a a. few ports al already already iii- iii ready notoriously congested Will the government of or this nation Its legislative e branches fix lix upon I the tho nm amazing Incongruity Incongruity- of spend spend- log Ins Insa a certain J COO and a n possible in digging the Panama canal and denying to the f CaCO seacoast harbors of ot the United States two or three score millions millions mil mil- lions s to enable them to enjoy tho full tun be be 1 n nt of oC the canal Do we wish while spending that sum toe United i States to withhold or even stint the probable 0 or possible that will at once secure to th the canal the I vast traffic of or the tho Mississippi basin lasin an and give to half halt our po population ul the tho due die re return return return re- re turn from their contribution to that work I cannot believe that with its Us true true- nature comprehended congress can pet per that logical Impossibility In conclusion Senator Knox no said In all tho range of or material benefits for this nation there arc are none of oC such magnificent possibilities more certainly at attainable at- at tamable than this The conception of or th thc I at-I fields fJ tit rif the Northwest linked by waterways waterways water water- ways with the thA coal of or Pennsylvania th otton Cotton fields of ot the Gulf Gult the ports of or tn tIle I Pacific and the cities of oC the coast the picture of or great groat t e tows tons and tre fleets tg of ot steamers steam steam- ers er hearing bearing grain coal cOllI Iron cotton on 00 tho the streams from the tho lakes to the Gulf Cult and from Nebraska to Ne Nei Kei York the fall enjoyment of or tho the Panama canal for forthe forthe forthe the productive Interests of ot tho the Mississippi l ba basin ln and the tho Atlantic coast alike the agriculture of ot that vast nt r region roslon Ion doubled In In Its Us production b by the the- rewards of ot Intensive In In- cut cultivation nn and the multiplication of ot near marl markets surpasses the tite ability of ot orthe the human mind to lo grasp p In Its entirety But nut that It can bo be realized l In fact Is be br beyond br yond ond dispute when v o o set about It with time the he full knowledge of or Its IL compelling Importance Im tm- im- im and wIt with the deep re resolution to attain it It by measures hold bold without rl B and earnest carnet only to achieve tho the utmost t national welfare ij F. F FAVORS T. Hm n N VY 1 III Bann Senator Says Tariff loll iou IH It Cryl of or Country Chicago Feb Fob l 12 That That the United States b bo be equipped forthwith with the worlds world's strongest esl na navy nas' that the fleet now ow sailing toward the Pacific remain In Western waters to guard S' against a possible emergency that the army arm of Am America be placed on an equal eQual footing with tho the armies of other othor nations nation of oP tb the world was urged before the I of or tho the Marquette club tonight by United I States Senator at the Auti- Auti Annex Senator Se in addition urged the tho modernization of tho the Sherman law that the control of ot the tho rotes rates of Interstate interstate Inter Inter- I state railroads be placed place In the keepInG keepIng keeping keep- keep Ing of ot the nation and LOll that a commission 1 commis- sion slon rif tf 1 experts experts- be be- appointed tJ to spend I all alJ of ot the time delving Into the facts I and establishing tho the necessary classifications catlone of Interstate railroad condi condi- A crying need of oC tho the hour S Senator Beveridge declared was was' tho the establishment establish establish- ment of oJ a n. tariff commission slon and In addition he demanded the tho country bo ho purged d of or child labor Other speakers speakers- at the Lincoln day commemoration exorcises exercises held following follow follow- log Ins tho the club banquet were W. W J J. J Calhoun Cal Cal- houn bonn Frank Frnnk 1 I Schmitt Charles Charlos S S. OsBorn Butler Ames m of 01 foster Boston J J. J I L. L l arid and S. S IT ir Piles In tho the afternoon Senator D was the tho guest of 01 tho the hamilton club chit nl at luncheon lie Ste paid n. n glowing tribute to PrA nt Roosevelt saying 1 L Hoo Roosevelt It- It the th Stand today tOllay that Andrew Androw Jackson mid nii Abraham Lincoln made the stand for rr nil all the tho people as something apart from tram froma j a R. stand for tor part of at tho the people I nl Jl IS D. D J mil CM H. H Says rou Wrought ht t I In n ti Fl none Ii I IVan Chicago Feb 12 James 1 James Ti R. Garfield pok tonight at nt tho to Hamilton club declaring President Roosevelt a n rebellion b by curbing and quelling predatory wealth we Ho He brought to Chicago the m message Outlining the tho platform for the tho coming coming com corn ing log campaign n. He ne declared for public control and control and regulation of or lands forests forests of or governmental checking of oi j i pre predatory wealth and ant In tho the name of oi i tho the administration he served warning j I Upon the corporate Intec interests ts that blat blame j Roosevelt for tor tho time recent financial troubles of at tho country countr that prosecutions prosecutions tons will wil continue regardless of or con con- n- n sequences Destruction of or special privileges cs pu punishment pun pun- n- n of all who try to sot set themselves themselves them them- thEm thEm- selves the law la was the themo of or ilie tie message of t f Garfield from tho the White House Ills Hs Startling declaration that hat Roosevelt revolution prevented a n was It I Is la not inconceivable that the so socialists socialists' socialists socialists' so- so dream of ot a revolution might t have have havo c come come me true If It there thore had been ben no check on tho the unbridled rapacity of or those who cla claiming special privileges set themselves above e tho the 10 law I grf grant n t you there might have havo havo b been en a revolution revolution tion ton in the tho United States scoring tho the big business In Interests In- In crests and their l leaders dor he said We sun still have lave men high in tho the Republican Re lie- le- le publican party who that business business business busi busi- ness interests ts should como coma first firt that business should rulo lUrO and special privileges be aside above obo c right But I believe that they aro arc in tho the minority and that when the to Republican national convention meets tho they will WIl be In the small minority I I |