New-York tribune., 1904-10-13
DIR. TUCKER'S REASONS.
VIA the President of Dartmouth
UyW Yote for ROOseuelt.

From The Cougregationalist
The present campaign is disapDointing in that II
lacks well defined political issues II Is; or course,
the business Of the opposition 10 furnish issues 20
show that is why a given administration. II its
policy has been clearly narEed, snJuo % - - 20 v Nh
the present administration should not be eontin1ed
the Presidency in the following terms:
The issues are joined and the people must render
'A Fiysi1sbau economy Of administration be de-
rnanded. or shall extravasance be encourage. -
Second-Shan the wrongd9er be 6rolgnI 20 ny 3 o{
tho people. or must justice wait upOh f't-'o@-1
Third2shau our government stand for equal op-
IFoTrtF-shaIi ii remain government Of law. or
become one OF individual caprice; - 49,. ,.,-1. ~
Fifth-Shau cling 10 the rule or tGe people' "
shall we embrace benehcent despotsmF
OF the five issues here put FORTH four are poiuc9l
and one the fourth IS personal. but II Is quite ey
dent that the political issues are not seince4Cty &
fs~ anvtGng more than campaign OF persoualities.
= eia1co at the political issues win show their
W. Sc,-ertional issue OF party in opposition and
NOT nfrequently that OF successive administrations
within Inn saco6 5Ge s mat Of the legal restraints OF trusts
=, 4ne s{TeS seS nv tho tntrnafion thai the common
Is y ba invoked in the absence Of specific
s1atutes which are applicable; but the essential
on sngorT OF the supreme Court in the interpre-
tation OF laws bearing upon russ , - re{Sr
uncertainty IN the Interpretation or the PrlhClpt t
~ the common law IN their application 70 trusts
than IT has shown IN It's interpre1atoa III sInr
Iagis7tOn BY Congress The actuAI az t'f
~ Case seems To me much moro to the point S, man
the discussion OF further possible Legal Me'lioDS
OF bs third issue is the tariff Personally am am
No. mo- on mis- issue nor with the more recent
i1tterances OF President Roosevelt But tis !S
from the DenoGr1isi n-incpIe5 between the parties.
"stiI exlsts"-with the one t4rlt LOT & pr - r M.
Narfv appreciates that the long continued P0Hcy
OF the country, as mahlsStSu ,or reform should be
1r,,dentI tIv and saGacously undertaken on sCle1'i
~, II Immediate revolution In existing eonGit3ns,
Certainly there Is nqthTs ~ form to this de-
gree viii doubtless come whenever party IS III
p9TTTer pTTa 9th issue presumably Is imperialism but
when analysed 1t is simply the qGe77SIon ,t
~ the sense Of independence to take etLeSI Wen VIZ,
they reasonably pfepSSu 10. 90 on a., toward ths
Intimate end without immediate promises
FEW REAL DIFFERENCES.
l,,o ,ool,s IN vain through this summary OF issues
10 find real political issue Wetthy ol tti9
~ styict or free constructionists OF the Cons'lCu
ton appears in the rhetoric OF tee pd1lv{tll7 7 ~f
speeches but serious dinerences OF a
are wanting. Mr. shepard has said OF the hepHo, S
party to-day, because II no lohstI e,3tTiS i5 ~
ness by espousal OF moral causes. II - lul,e l,+
Tmanaeed does not propose to 'endanger business
However strongly one may have iei @ aoout 1 C,1o
mitted under the leadership Of Mr. Bry5n, one
could always feel under his leadership the peat %
tbe moral pulse OF the party y great deal OK
Jroroi nassiou went wrong during those years, but
moral passion was there unTnlStakaolN- II Is H0t
to-day in evidence. and. in its absence IN the ~
eence that Is Of distinctive issues which are Vltd
the campaign is made To turn upon the one PEI. Pt.
sonaI issue stated in the fourth count Suitu u u
tour governrnent) remain government or law
or become OF Individual caprice? tt - poSSSl-
bic that the NTH count was intended also 70 DC
The question brings by intention the personality
of President Roosevelt to the front. IL has become
the real issue Withdraw il from the contest aLd
whatever vitality the contest now has would %
lost.
CAMPAIGN PERSONAL. NOT POLITICAL
am emphasizing the fact that this is a personal
not political campaign. Happily IL is free nom
dsgraceful personalities. BY common consent the
candidates stand forth of unimpeachable
character. an honor 10 American manhood. Sttu
this is a campaign OF personalities, perhaps one
should say of temperamentS. rather than of prn-
eiples. The two candidates stand for distinct
types, and who are not liked paFtiSanS Will
vote for the type with which they are most In
sympathy. The chief issue is safety. To my mind
the government Will be safer In the hands OF Mr..
Roosevelt than in tho hands of Judge Parker. We
know the risks Of Self-reliance OF physical and
moral courage. OF enthusiasm OF the predoninanCs
OF idealsn We cannot easily measure the
risks OF temperamental caution, OF proJracted de-
liberation In action of the judicial balance in place
of executive forcetulneSs.
We are to elect man to the Presidency Every,
department of the government will suffer hi the
functions of that office are maintained IN fuII
dignity and power. The nation has mad n few
great executiVes-WaShingto Jefferson IacIrsoD
Lincoln, Cleveland. From which one has fSe na
not received permanent advantase in spite ~ f6e
tSars OF cOureuporarlesI SinR1Il4rIxT sn,T4oh a.,