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Show " ' rthe way of a complete division on party lines with a large adherence to Republican principles and that Is the race problem. Were the South free from tho fear of negro dominance, half of the old slave states would ''be sending Republicans Re-publicans to the Senate and House instead of rolling up Democratic majorities ma-jorities and voting for Ben Tillmans and Joe Baileys. WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT HOPES FOR. President Taft," in his address on General Grant, delivered before the Union League club in Philadelphia, rejoiced over the spirit of forgivenness which prevailed between Grant and Lee at Appomattox when tho Confederate- general In surrcndeTrng and the Federal commander In accepting tho surrender, shook hands. President Taft then explained that tho remaining bitterness of that ter-Tible ter-Tible Etruggle Is disappearing, and he hoped to eeo the day when the last harbored thought of strife would pass away. "It Is a matter that I have very much at heart," said President Taft. "I believe It Is possible to make the two sections even closer together. We aro all In the same boat in a more emphatic sense than, wq ever were before In tho history of tho country I mean business boat and they of the South, especially their business men, aro trembling In tho balance of Soiibt, as to Just where they aro politically. po-litically. I look forward into the next decade, not with the hop that the South shall become Republican, for staunch as I am In my support of the Republican party, I think & good opposition Is necessary to make the Republican party, if it Is to control con-trol tho government, useful to tho people, peo-ple, and a defeat at times would not hurt It.' "vThat l am looking forward to Is a division In the parties in the South so that there shall be tolerance of political opinion there; so that, in their state government and in their national affairs, there shall be more than one polltlcal creed to be supported." sup-ported." : . We are of the opinion that the South will subscribe to what William Taft has said on tho necessity of political po-litical freedom In the South. There is only one thing today that stands in |