New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-21
STAND PAT" THE POLICY
FORAKER DEFINES 1T.
And Vermont adopts It-DeIegates
Instructed for Roosevelt.


to-day elected four delegates-at-Iarse 20 the
national convention at Chicago and instructed
them 10 vote for the nomination OF President
Roosevelt. Three % the delegates Senator ". P.
Dillingham;. DR. ". Seward Webb OF Shelb1rne
and 4 \. Turner. OF 81. Johnsbury were chosen
without a contest For fourth place H S RinR-
ham. Of Bennington defeated George II. Powers Of
AIorrisvIlle. bv vote OF 9o5 20 I'll The platform
adopted strongly Endorsed the administration.
THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Senator Foraker. OF Ohio addressed the con-
vention on the issues Of the campaign. The policy
OF the Republican party he defined as follows:
We are standing pat" on all the great funda-
mental Republican policies
We believe IN a protective tariff as much now
as ever heretofore and believe that when the
proper time comes for a revision of the tariff
that revision should be intrusted to the friends,
and not to the enemies, of that policy.
We believe as much ever in sound money,
and Justly point with pride TO our high credit
unprecedented revenues and unbounded pros
periJy the result OF protection and the main
tenance Of the gold standard.
We do not believe, we have been charged, IN
DO believe in so adjusting the opportunities
OF the American people 70 put the dollar
within reach Of all who may honestly and
earnestly strive for it
We do not believe in sitting or prohibiting
great commercial enterprises, but We 90 believe
81 the enforcement OF the laws that in
tended to prohibit and prevent the abuses of
monopoly and the destruction OF healthy and
legitimate competition.
, Our record establishes all this. as to the past.
and promises a continuance OF all this for the
future
THE Man THAT REPRESENTS THEM
OF President Roosevelt Mr.. Foraker said:
Every man knows that nothing but death can
prevent the nomination OF Theodore Roosevelt
Nothing else should prevent it.
He succeeded President Mckinley under the
most embarrassing circumstances. The policies
upon which we had entered were then not only
SIN on trial, but they were on a trial Of such
character as TO make their solution difficult and
doubtful
conception OF the necessities Of that situation
could have taken UP the work that dropped from
the hands OF Mckinley and prosecuted II with
the success that has characterized the efforts OF
Nr. Roosevelt
we hear II said that he is unsafe. that he is OF
unsound judgment, that he is emotional. that he
is too quick the trigger; but what thing has
he done that 5ustifies any such criticism?
His administration Of public affairs in the
Philippines has been WITHOUT fault His treat
Tnent Of cuba has met with unqualified appro-
baton. His recognition OF the Republic OF Pan
ANA was justified by the precedents and has
been sustained with great unanimity by both
the Senate and the people.
SENATOR FORAKER'S ADDRESS.
Senator Forale-'s address was delivered before
tie regular business OF the convention began He
WIS introduced by ex-CongTessman Il. II. Powers
the chairman and the convention received him
most cordially He spoke for about hour. IN part
follows:
= ~ Is So, geg oI No. of -RS y ys Knows
-no-e e bo,+ The Te1ubIican nsrrv thar Won do for
n the most emphatic sense Of the word you
But the man who talks about the Republican
party always has the advantage Of having some
new or not lie who talks this year on that sub
Sect does not Of necessity have 10 dwell upon what
every year. but every month and every week al
most has its own new achievements
PARTY THAT DOES THINGS
In other words. the Republican party does things.
lsurels It never stands stiIl It is always on the
tro Of the government because Of what it has done
ibut only because OF what it is doing and proposes
This gives the Republican speaker a chance. It
IS different with the Democratic orator When he
Jackson and JEFFERSON and the achievements Of
necessity, Tor It has been more than fifty years
even proposed TO do anything. that now enjoys the
appreciation Of the American people. so. ?.
has been OF the most remarkable IN our ma
Wit6 singular faTality The pemocTatio party has
been on the wrong side OF every one Of them; and
We are at this tine 'confronted with great prob
lens-new problems-Droblems that must be solved
In some respects they are not only different, but
greater than with which We have heretofore
Upon their proper solution depends in great
and the prestlge. Of the American people --,.
Failure would involve national huTnllaLOn- lNeSe
t6o91lTSfit-.' are ~'''''' o. 'D'
ship. The Republican party is IN power II Is oeal-
ing with these. So il has dealt with them sue
cessfully- Notwithstanding their unusual character
snd difficult nature. not one has baffed US
But the is not done. We only midway
IN It's execution. is this the time for CHANGE
We are Just entering upon great na tionaI con-
Will be not alone one OF men but also and more
particularly. whether the party that is now solving
these great Questions shall he displaced and
political adversaries be substituted
That is the paramount issue Of the coming cam
paigr. nd isele I discuss. For that
reason ] shall stop TO dwell upon any Of the
past achievements OF the Republican party It is
Safe n history. as well as safe in the hearts OF
gratefgl people are the great woTAs OF pIes5eIE
Ing slavery. enfranchsing race. rehabiItatlng
our finances. inaugurating sound economic poneles
tries employing our labor, and securing for the en-
3oyment OF all classes and al sections ire most
Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii. the Philippines and
lastly. She Panama Canal. have al received lntell
gent. courageous and statesmanlike treatment at
The hancs q the Republican administration. .
brilliant chapters the history Of American states
manship
achieved their independence and are to-day IN me
enjoyment 81 a republican form OF government o.
one OF the most gratifying facts IN connection
herewith is the capacity The Cuoans nave IlalAl-
They have met with the highest success in every
essential sense OF the word They nave SHOWN
The closing Incidents Of this chapter have just
been recorded IN reciprocity treaty, thaI VIII
cial relations. and general treaty OF peace ana
afity, under the provisions % ~hlch lheg t 80
eeoed 20 US important naval stations ana military
reservations on their island -.
These treaties only just now gong mo
Operation. Under them both countries VIII rea44-e
The most satisfactory results
an Porto Rico our auIhoIlJy ls az A-I1s sos %