Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-27
TARIFF REVISION.
president in a Speech Mt LOgnnspOrt,
Ind, FavOrs 1t in
Mild Form.

LOganspOrt, Ind, Sept. 24.-Ibe
presidential train arrived here at z
a. M. Tuesday. The president, in
ten-minute speech, declared himself
for tariff revision. He proposed the
appointment of a commission to take
up the subject of tariff revision. Presl-
dent Roosevelt's determination to de-
clare himself on tariff revision was
made after he left Detroit. Even his
closest friends had no knowledge that
he intended making such a declaration
in Indiana. There has been well-de-
fined rumor that the presidents Mil
waukee speech was to deal largely with
tariff revision. No one, however, but
Secretary Cortelyou, knows what
caused him to change his mind in
night and open the subject at Logans-
port. 1t is quite probable, however,
that the determination was reached
after it was decided. to abandon the
western trip when Indianapolis had
been reached
President Roosevelt was introduced
by Mayor Sidney A. Vaughn and be-
gan his remarks by thanking the peo-
pie for coming out to hear him on such
a bad day, and especially the members
of the grand army. Touching on tariff
revision, he said that no nation can
stand radical readjustments of tariff
schedules at short intervals. Continual
sweeping changes can only be disas-
trous, but where the industrial needs
shift as rapidly as they do here, where
we often live in one year what Europe
does in ten, we need the reapplication
of established principles to changed
| conditions. We must readjust without
resorting to violent surgical opera
ton, the dread of which alone would
paralyze the business of the country.
We must solve this problem with parti-
sanship as secondary consideration.
We must persevere in the policy of
protective tariff, but we must remove
| the irregularities and incongruities We
want a system which assures stability
without fossilization. There are a
number of ways of bringing this
! about, said the president. "My own
personal preference would be an inves-
tigation of the entire subject by a pre-
1mlnary body of experts who would
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standpoint of the business world"
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 24.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was accorded a recep-
ton by the people of Indianapolis
Tuesday that was sincere, enthusiastic
and entirely lacking in partisan bias.
! Men of all political faiths united with
one accord in doing honor to the ma
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to him welcome such as only the
people of Indiana's capital city know
how to offer. For miles along the line
of march thousands of people massed
the sidewalks and cheered the passing
of the presidential party.
The president was escorted to Tom
linson hall, and found the vast audi
forum packed with cheering citizens.
When order had been restored Gov.
Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter. in brief
addresses welcomed the president to
the state and city. Senator Albert J.
Beverage formally introduced the
| president. The president was received
with deafening cheers, and during his
address was forced to pause repeated
ly because of enthusiastic applause.
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He drew from our experiences in Cuba
and the Philippines lessons on the need
of being prepared for war. He contin-
ued:
81 believe in the Monroe doctrine
with all my heart. / believe in as
sorting it because I believe the Ameri-
can people are willing to back it up.
But it never can be backed up by words
alone. If it became the interest of
| some great power to violate it, most
assuredly that great power would do
so, if it was thought that we would
only buster and threaten. or if it
was believed our force was too weak to
be formidable in fight. A good navy
| is absolutely essential if we intend to
treat the Monroe doctrine as we should
treat it, that is, as the cardinal fea-
ture of our foreign policy
When President Roosevelt had con-
| cluded his address the audience arose
! en- masse and cheered him time and
| again. the cheering being led by Gen.
/ Coryell, who waved a great bunch of
| American beauty roses in order to
mark time.