The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-27

of public faith, the Independence and au-
thoTigy Of the judiciary. and peace ard
benefcent government under Ameri an
sovereignty in the Philippines. American
credit remains unlmpalTed. the American
name unimpeached. the honor OF Ameri-
can arms unsullied. and the obligations
of a righteous war and treaty OF peace
unrepudisfed.
The Republican party has placed upon
Il tremendous responsibilities. No party
could ask for a higher expression OF con-
fdence II II great thing 10 have this
confidence: Il will be greater tning 10
deserve and hold II. To this party are
committed new and grave problems. They
are too exalted for partisanshlp. The task
Ct settlement Is for the whole American
people. Who viii say they are unequal
10 it?
Liberty has not lost but gained IN
strength. The structure OF the fathers
stands sec IRE upon the foundations On
which they raised &c. and Is to-day. as L
has been IN the years past, and as X g Il
be IN the years 20 come. the government
% The people By the people, and for the
peonle Be not disturbed: there Is 10
IaHger from empire there IL no iesr ioF
Gov. and Vice President-elect Roose-
welt followed President Mckinley. He
said, In part:
- Goy. Roosevelt Views It.
There was no doubt about our position
before the election. and there is no doubt
about IL now. We are going to carry on
the policy that has been pursued during
the past four years. IL has been the sig
nal good fortune Of this nation. on the
first occasion when Il mixed In world pol
itiCs. TO fix the standard TO which the
other nations Of the world will come In
dealing with the affairs OF the great ASH
attic nation. We have kept the currency
sound. We have kept the gold standard
for the past four years. and it will be
kent in the coming years. And the nation
has decided that the flag shall float over
the Philippine Islands. Peace shall come
IL them; a constantly increasing measure
OF self-government shall be given them;
but, first Of ali, order must be restored in
them.
Gentlemen, am sure that / state your
views when ] say that every rational ei-
fort for the betterment Of the condition
Of either the wage-worker or tiller OF the
soil viii have the heartiest support OF the
Republican party; that We realize that
the welfare OF the nation depends ultI-
mately, more than all else. upon the well
fare OF the wage-worker and OF the man
who tills the soil"
In conclusion, he said: 81 feel that we
are 10 be congratulated not merely as
Republicans, but as Americans, because
We approach the twentieth century in the
knowledge that this people has, with Sc
rlousness OF purpose. set its face TO a
proper solution Of all which a great na-
hae a Il ..
must solve, alike in it's home policy and
In doing its share Of the world work that
confronts all the great world powers"
senator LSd=e ON the Victory.
Senator Lodge was next introduced and
spoke in part as follows:
The victory won by the Republicans Is
much more than merely a party victory
and rightly considered is of profound sig
nIfcanCe. not only to ourselves. but to the
world. 1 think we can begin to see now
just what the meaning OF this election is
In the first place, it was a vote of con-
fidence, as great as 1t was deserved in the
President and his administration. Criti-
cism and attack are usually proportioned
20 the novelty and Importance of the
questions TO be decided and the gravity of
the responsibilities TO be borne. Both
NAAA4NisAh anu aAAeiNh AdNts NUttElOTt, DEEl
severe against an administration which in
the past four years has met more new
questions, confronted greater difficulties,
and carried heavier responsibility than
any administration since the DAYS of Lin
coin. But the assault has failed now, as
it failed in 1864. The American peopla
have passed judgment upon what has been
done and have rendered a great verdict in
favor of the President and the party
which he has led. The vote also means
that while the people are not blind to GER
tain dangers in the economic DEVELOPMENT
of the times, they have turned from the
men who sought for power by ferocious
appeals TO the forces of discomfort, and
have decided that they will trust the Re-
publican party to ward off these dangers
and guard against these evils. They have
recognized that the great question in
vOlved in what are called trusts is not 10
be settled by the mouJhings Of the dema-
6ogue, but by the best intelligence which
American craftsmanship can bring to
bear upon IL. IL there are economic ai-
yantages in these combinations OF capital
they wish them preserved. If there are
social, economic. and political evils to be
apprehended, they wish to have them
stopped and TO be protected against them,
This work they expect the Republican
party 10 perform, ana IL is task IN which
we must not fail
An EpOeh-making Election.
THE people have voted to maintain the
protective system, and to have that same
policy extended 10 the upbuiiding of our
merchant marine. They have voted again
for the unfiinching maintenance of the
gold standard, and if there is any way in
which that standard can be further
strengthened and the currency question
entirely removed from politics, they ex-
pect US TO do it, and do it now
But all these questions of domestic i'm
pOrtance have been present in elections
before, and undoubtedly, in different
phases. may appear in election again.
That which places this election above 9th
crs is, that in one direction, il was epoch
making and decisive as TO the future of
the country. In the process of the CEN
tUry the United States had grown TO be a
world-power. The people had conquered
their own continent, and had begun TO
follow the interests of the United Staes
beyond their own borders. Sooner or later
/; was To be determined whether being a
world power, we were tC play the part
rf ona amnnp Tho n1riOuS Of The aartb