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lahurs Enormous Shart Ia Profits 0, In.
dustrlal Development.
Practical Republican Plan, Contrasted
With Fantastic and Injurious
Democratic Policies

E,ihu Root. Secretary Of War, deliv-
cred in the Cooper Union on Thursday
night last the following address upon all
the important economic issues now be-
fore the American people This great
and Illuminating speech is herewith
presented in full in the hope that it
may have the careful and thoughtful
perusal of every reader Of THE SUN.
speech Of Secretary Root.
FELLOW CITIZENS AND FELLOW Towns
MEN: II is a pleasure TO come home and
meet you here in this familiar and historic
place, and TO say that "a a citizen OF New
York I have been proud Of Coz. Odell's adj
ministration during the past two years.
Standing little aside from the daily events
and specific discussions Of State admins
tration, and looking from outside upon the
general course Of affairs, il has seemed 10
me that the people Of the State owe the Gov
ernor a debt Of gratitude for what he has
done In their interest. HI has shown him
self a strong man and an honest one in
the Governors chair as he has always been
In business and in politics. He Is familiar
with business affairs and with business men
and he knows all the men In politics and
can weigh and measure them. and cannot
easily be deceived He has had the courage
terest and has made some enemies by it
and the people OF the State for whose inter-
est he has acted ought to stand by him.
He has reduced taxes and made the public
State clean and efficient business ad-
minist ration.
HILLS HANDFUL OF MUD
He ought to be reelected for the good
work he has done "a Governor He ought
TO be reelected for the good he will be able
to do during another term. And he ought
10 be reelected az a rebuke TO the outrageous
and unfounded personal attack that has
been made upon him by opponents who are
trying to obscure and get away from the
real issues Of the campaign. We ought
20 make It known that long life Of probty
and distinguished public service cannot be
efYaced by a handful Of mud and that that
kind OF politics doesn't 60 in our State.
SHALL ROOSEVELT DE SUSTAINED?
The national issue Of this political cam
paign. In its most important and practical
aspect. is whether President Roosevelt shall
be sustained In his administration Of the
National Government.
viii the people of the United States elect a
House of Representatives with Repub-
lican ma jority to work in harmony with he
President and with the Republican ma
jority Of the Senate. so that he may 60 on
as he has begun, with an effective Govern
ment, working out practically the plans for
improving administ ration and for the rem
edy of evils along the lines upon which the
legislative and executive branches agree;
or will tho people elect House with q Demo-
cratic majority which will be hostile to he
President. will not agree with him upon any
course Of conduct and will hinder and
cnlbarrass him In all his efforts for the pub
lie good during the remainder Of his present
term OF Office?
There ought to be no indifference upon
this question among the people OF the State
of Now York There ought to be no uncer-
tain or faint answer TO the question. If
the people of he State feel toward the Presi-
dent as they did when they elected him
their Governor in 1903 and as they did when
they gave the electoral vote Of the
state TO him for Vice-President in 1900.
they will answer. Still more, II they think
better Of him now than they did then,
a. | believe they do. il they think he
las made a good President. as | be-
love they do; il they are proud Of him,
IL | think they are-proud of his ma ~ and
noble qualities, his courage, his frank
moss, his freedom from guile and double
dealing, the genuineness of his republican
simplicity. the sincerity Of his love of coun-
try and of HIS countrymen, the rugged
Creng'h of character, tho exceptional
power Of his trained intelligence, the wise
though,fulness and boldness with wht h
he Is graphing problems of government
whcG smaller and selfish!y polite men
would tempori8e hen the people of the
Presidents own State will do their du, v
by him as he is doing his duty by them,