THE NEWS-HERALD
ESTANCIA
NEW MEXICO
TAFT DEFENDS
PUBLIC CAREER
"MAY HISTORIANS DEAL. KINDLY
WITH MY POLITICAL CORPSE,"
HE SAYS.
AT NEW YORK BANQUET
DECLARES 80CIALCHANGES MUST
BE MADE 8LOWLY AND WITH
- SURE STEPS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service..
New York. President Taft presided
at what ho styled his own "wako." Ha
made the funeral oration over his po
litical corpse; asked modest praise for
his deeds while he lived in tbo White
House; recited at length the causes
that led to bis "demise" and attacked
the enemies he held responsible for
his taking off.
The President did this in speaking
at the Republican "Reorganization
- dinner .given at the Waldorf-Astoria
to more than a thousand Republicans
from all over tbe country. He spoke
for more than an hour. His defense of
his administration was the legislative
results it had produced. His reply to
personal criticism was that he had
been more misunderstood than blame
worthy. His attack upon his political
opponents confined almost exclusive
ly to the Progressives was not bitter,
(but sorrowful.
In spite of all the misrepresentation,
the unrest, the present-day desire for
change, the President said he saw in
the future a return to the old Ideas of
government, the awakening of the peo
ple to an understanding that Bocial
changes must be made slowly and.
with sure steps. He closed with an
appeal to Republicans who left the
party to return and join hands with
the millions who remained faithful.
Mrs. Cleveland at White House.
