New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

their mandate and recording their will Done
by the people in their own communities. in the
very precincts Of the home. under the super
vision Of their own fellow citizens and chosen
officials, and. 10 insure its freedom and inde-
pendence the ballot q secret one. God forbid
that any citizen selected for that sacred trust
should ever attempt 70 divert the Will OF the
sovereign people or tamper with the sanctity OF
their ballots.
Some dsappontments follow all elections. but
ell men rejoice when an election is SO decisive
as 70 admir- OF neither dispute nor contes.- The
value of National victory car only be rightly
measured and appreciated by what it ave:ts as
well by what il acconpllshes II is tortu.
nate for the party in power if il understands the
true meaning Of the result. Those charged by
the people with administration and legisia ton
are required 70 interpret we'll as 70 execute the
pubic WILL and It's rightful Interpretation is es-
sentiaI to its faithful execution.
We cannot overestimate the great Importance
and the far reaching consequences of the cleeto-
raj contest which ended on the 9th Of November
II has 70 me no personal phase II IS NOT the
triumph of an individual, nor altogether OF
party, but emphatic declaration by the peo-
PIE Of what they believe and would have main
tained in government. great variety OF sub"
jects was presented and discussed in the prog
fess Of the campaign
WHAT ELECTION SETTLED.
We may differ as to the extent Of the infu-
ence Of the severHl issues involved, but we are
all agreed to certain things which it settled
IT records the unquestioned Endorsement of the
golG standard, industrial Independence broader
markets, commercial! expansion, reciprocal traoe,
the open door In China. the inviolability of pub
lie faith, the independence and authority ol lno
judiciary. and peace and benehcent government
under American sovereignty in the Philippines.
american credit remains uninPaired the amer
ican name unimpeached. the honor of American
arms Unsullied, and the obligations Of right
eous war and treaty Of peace unrepudiated
The Republican party has placed upon IT tre-
rnendous responsibilities No party could ask
for higher expression Of confidence II is a
great thing TO have this confidence; it will be
greater thing to desr-ve and hold it. To this
party committed new and grave problems.
They are too exalted for partisanship. The task
for ooT.
Who will say they are unequal to it?
Liberty has not lost. but gained in strength
the foundations On which they raised it. and is
to-day, as it has been in the years past and as
IL viii be in the years to come, the government
OF the people. by the people and for the peo-
pie"
Be not disturbed: there is no danger from en-
pire; there is no fear for the Republic
WHAT GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT SAID.
Governor Roosevelt followed President McKin-
ley. He said in part:
There was 10 doubt about our position before |
the election. and there is no doubt about II now
We going to carry on the policy that has
been pursued during the last four years. 1t has |
been The signal good fortune Of this Nation on |
the first occasion when il mixed in the worlds |
politics TO fix the standard to which the other |
nations OF the world will come in dealing with |
the affairs OF the great Asiatic nation. We have |
kept the currency sound. We have kept the |
gold standard for the last four years and it will |
has decided tnat the flag shall float over the |
Philippine Islands Peace shall come in them;
a constantly increasing measure OF self-govern-
Enent shall given them; but, first of all, order
must be restored IN them
Gentlemen, am sure that state your views
when l say that every rational effort for the |
hetterment Of the condition Of either the wage |
worker or tiller of the soil will have the heartiest
support OF the Republican party; that we realize |
that the welfare OF the Nation depends uti- |
nately, more than all else, upon the welfare of |
the wage worker and OF the man who til!s the |
Soil.
merely as Republicans, but as Americans be- |
cause approach the twentieth century in the |
knowledge that this people have with serious |
ness of purpose set their faces 10 pp6p per solu-
ton OF all the many problems which great |
nation has to meet, and which this Nation must |
solve alike in its home policy and in doing It's |
share OF the worlds work that confronts ali the |
great world Powers