New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-05


erous eonmendation and gratitude of the people
In Ohio. as in the nation. Republican achieFe-
msnts compel popular approval. Our State dent
IS cancelled, the cash surplus in our treasury -
at record figures. the State institutions were
never more efficiently or economically con-
Quoted, and yet the State rate has been re-
duced by half through Republican laws
whereby corporate interests required 70 bear
a more equitable share of the burden Of taxa
ton, SO far as is possible under the constiLu-
tional restriction of Ohios present organic law
We favor removing limitations which prevent i
more just system Of taxation, so that properly
can be adequately classified for taxation puf-
poses, and invite the most careful consideration
Of the amendment for that purpose to be voted
upon at the election next November.
Ohio ought not TO discriminate longer against
her own corporations. thus cutting off possible
revenues and other benefits, and we therefore
favor and indorse the amendment to remove the
present provision in our State Constitution or
the double liability OF stockholders.
We also favor the amendments TO vest the
Governor with the veto power and to provide for
county legislative districts. that each county
will have at least one member in the lower
house of each General Assembly, and we author
lie our Endorsement of these amendments upon
our Official ballots.
Ths home waterways. the Ohio public works,
can be modernized at a cost so moderate as not
to weigh against the vast benefits TO be derived.
They started our State on its prosperity, put
millions into its treasury and can do SO again
if, instead Of the perpetual threat OF abandon
r1ent. they are accorded a degree Of encour-
agement commensurate with their Importance,
and we favor their maintenance upon a BASIS
TO the trafhc necessities OF our growing COM
merce.
The question Of transportation is one of the
most important business problems now oeto9e
the American people for determination. The
fun utilization of our inland waterways is de
manded by all business interests. We therefore
favor the continued Improvement by the gem
eral government Of the Ohio River, that nayi-
gable stage Of water may be maintained the
entire year
The seventy-fifth General Assembly also
shares justly in the praise due for the scope
and excellence Of its accomplished results. ne
tangled confusion Of special laws for all ths
cities and villages of Ohio has given place 70
q Systematic municipal code, conforraole 10 the
constitution, and promising to work well WheI-
ever properly administered by competent off
cfaIs. We also commend to the attention of the
voters Of Ohio the pending amendment 70 Ine
constitution for dividing the cities into thfeS
classes.
As Republican legislation has always provided
work for those who would work while Demo
cratic free trade has produced the opposite re-
suit SO the lab laws State and National,
have been largely of Republican origin. We
favor their extension in every way equitable 10
t1lonieus conditions and to secure for labor just
RECOGNITION in the settlement of differences
Public welfare demands this quite as much as
the interests Of employers and employed
Better roads would save Ohio citizens millions
of dollars yearly, and should be Systematically
established They are especially needed on &C
count OF the rural free mail delivery system. Tor
which the demand is now WeLnlgh universal
Ineugurated by Republicans, Democratic ad-
r1inistration refused it z trial, and kepuohcalls
have now proved its value We favor the e2-
tension Of the system as rapidly as possible
Public improvements have invariably been
favored by the Republican party, benentlng the
entire country many times their total Cost;
Every citizen interested IN better rivers anu
vice. forest preservation flood prevention. the
great isthrnfan canal. and other enterprises OF
like character. has q rtghtful nome only IN tne
Republican party, where progress mas never
been opposed.
Nearly s.. 600 100000 paid 10 pensioners since
the Republican party came into power. almost
all OF il under legislation enacted without as
senting Republican vote in Congress-, put a.
WAYS against Democratic opposition. attests Inc
contrast between the parties IN this respect. and
vet further uberality was evidenced by the pen
sion legislation Of the last Congress
The announcement in our relations with the
PHILIPPINE Islands is attested by the reduction
of our army to the lowest legal limit. Education
and enlightenment unGer broadtninded adf11tn-
ist-ative policy ere gTaduahy 0@rlaIins a1s
Ind we commend the rapid and steady progress
made in the preparation Of the Philippines Tor
the fullest practicable degree OF seh-sovefh,,
1g1ent In this connection we voice the gfatetu
acknowledgment of the nation Tor the splendld
services IN the Philippines OF that alstingui lT
cor, az Ohio Governor General William II. Tart.
Under President Mckinley and President Roose-
Welt our foreign policy of equity 70 all has mace
the United States the peaceTnaker OF the Wofid,
guarding weaker nations from aggression ana
giving the Monroe Doctrine vital iOice SieoI0i
than ever before. e
se hr1erica's part in preserving the peace OF
the would we tndorse the Republican poitcy OF
developing the United States Navy to the hlgh-
est efficiency and we favor ever IN tbe az
tension of American commerce IN American
ships upon every sea
The protective tariff policy or the hepnp-
Ifcau marty has made the United states eh%
,reutest industrial nation. has astonished
a.. world with the tremendous Development
of our boundIess resources, has aa0eu s1stiS
IN our foreign commerce, has greatly IN
creased the prosperity Of the farmer ana
has advanced American labor 10 the best
scale of living ever attained We opFose ali
attacks upon this policy, whatever the pre-
text, tending TO bring BACK the III -.
DAYS of Democratic tariff revision ana lEe0
trade Changing conditions and the p"sshhie
benefits OF reciprocity may call for .iheiS
-eadjustment of schedules. but protecuoh as
n nrIncfuIe and = policy must &c hdlfaih@
istered ;,y the friends of American prosper
Ity. and must not be sacrifices"
Com binations for the monopoly OF traoe anu
kindred unlawful purposes are directly aflsl4-
able 10 penafties provided by Republican !eglsia-
tom and thei-. vigorous enforcement III the
courts No worthy interest is iTnperlled' Di3l
whatever viii work pubic har1l Is IeStI
snd that without resort to the DeIllocTat nc pl'
Of destroying all American industries throUEh
tariff revision otherwise Il fCrt4sr !eS!s.r-
ton should be found necessary me i al
rarty can be depended upon TO enact ana 81
force il with equity ana SaiflE 80 eN''S '9'''
mate interest
The Republican party, having restored the
.,a.tn,.1 credit after it was nearly Destroyer
nv The Democratic party and having mantalli .s
s1d advanced 1t to the highest IN the Woit VIZ
every dollar Of full value, and ma <lLs :, -
t1s reoDIe the only barking system 'l9 /,
onerates uniformly everywhere without oss an
~ Lowest cost should now endsaVor WITHIN 81
az ~ ettn,,,,a+a local bank circulation thus
scoring an elasticity Of currency supply CON-
1r-ensIIrate with business denlands' ana w l0''4
We'll guarded legislation to this enc.
Ohio was the first State, with sou forever Laet
4,ov, the stain of slavery, piedseI oy tl-e So
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