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Show NONE TO BE READ OUT OF THE PARTY. President Taft proved himself a broad-gauged Republican when, in his speech before the League of Republican Clubs in Washington, Wash-ington, on Saturday night, h.e opened his address by emphatically declaring that, "We arc reading nobody out of the Republican party." The President displayed better judgment than the Utah editor who, after reading Sen. Beveridge'i speech on the tariff, which was cheered by the Indiana Republican state convention, lost no time in serving notice on the hosts of Indiana that they were beyond be-yond the pale of Republicanism. President Taft said: "We want all in the, ranks, and all have the opportunity to establish their claims of Republicanism by that which they shall do in both houses of congress in helping to enact the legislation before them. 'By their fruits ye shall know them.' "Those," he continued, "in the senate and house who stand for the legislation we seek in order to redeem the pledges of the party have the right to stand with the party as Republicans. If they don't, we won't quarrel with them. They have a right to their opinions. But we desire their aid as Republicans, and I do not wish to assume that they are not as sincere as I hope I am myself in Republicanism. "The Republican party is not rigid in its demands. It is so broad and liberal that it permits differences of opinion." The Republican party, to continue great and powerful must not only tolerate a difference of opinion, but must encourage a free expression ex-pression of views so that errors may be minimized and the party made thoroughly responsive to public opinion which, after all, should be the source of party wisdom. |