The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
KNOX CHAMPIONS ROOSEVELT.
Ex-ATTORN EY-GENERAL SPEAKS
on CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

Tho senator Makes . keynote Address TO
Great Audience In Philadelphia
Says That I'm No Sense Has tho Presis
dent Exceeded His CONSTITUTE onA Au-
thority-Caiis Attention 70 the Pred.
dent's Fearless enforcement Of the
Antitrust Law-The Panama Canal.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Limited Sta tes
Senator Knox spoke tonight at the Acad-
envy of Music before an audience Of 1000
persons. Several thousand were unable
to gain admission and packed the streets
about. Ex-Postmaster-Ge General Smith also
spoke.
The meeting was held under tha aus
pices Of the Manufacturer Club. The
Keynote OF Senator Knox's speech was q
rsfutation OF the charges that President
Roosevelt had exceeded his constitutional
authority.
He maintained that the Presid ent's action
inrecognition Of Panama was strictly within
his prerogative, and that his pension order,
which has been tho subject OF much criti-
cism, was simply putting into effect the
action OF Congress.
Mr.. Knox reviewed the action Of the Pre- al
dent In bis suits against the trusts and
said that the individual shipper now has
msut behind him to protect him against
discrimination.
Mr.. Knox was frequently interrupted BY
oheering, which was taken up by crowds
outside. The meeting was an ohsfash-
Toned one In point of enthusiasm.
when In September. 1901, the constitu-
.unIted states was nulifed BY an Sssa W las
hand there deyolved Wy operation OF our
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welt the high honors and grave RESPONSE III.
hSh ,a hs 0s sssS dpsn sg his dcy
fsn9 to sdSY ppa esIer three
Is; snssipeasjy nq%iqssted Az as y, x0f !, !,
p ss g sssSss tiry snd Upon
Against the proposition OF the hepaab nlo va
. That StA 5ssSed
BY the county for what ne Is s soS sbsre ne
form Of uncertainty and abuse, its record
opposition t9 syerythtng that ,, mas d MAKE
snisr conceptions and pleasant personality,
ss %
has been done for the country through Re
publican initiative and Republican perior-
The ENOUGH s5 Is
certain great Fundamental principles which
pc RspSSilean party has made living every yer X
sHstIns Republican Admin istration as spas;
srSitrs:ry, sisen to extraWacance. dishonesty.
tariff. executive usnrpation. imperialism VIC.
o. civil ssrTiee and 81
The Democratic declaration q devotion 70
ITS
sf from e. tSs% %r tSe asterias
LARGELY Gageabls 70 the sound polI;Gii Ld and
ing the years that have passed,
RoosEvELT's PERSONALITY ASS
The personality OF the President has been
.ssailed n the Democratic platform platform. and tS
%s .safs u ass he
sees too quickly. he acts too EFFECTIVELY. and
generally. he Is not the type the opposltl0n
The high mental and tempera mental quail g, I
has Sesn ie endose sfss By 4 S
thf sS as son tss F' e sis;y
timeig. f have bronsht UPON hi% Chars
e being ygs end speSss for pnsa
'Sss ssss e; &C..
Of srs Hit and Surely lacks that type which
sod sid n e &c Ss sencsa he defect. q
the Sb ming sres,dents motives are impusned,
and his very successes IN most important
and far reaching matters resulting in lastin
= counted against him as proof, Of untitness to
longer serve his country m the nttsrs zoe
Which S he has al times extorted unwilling ap-
"plause from his political enemies
-+ BURDEN OF PROOF ON DEMOCRATS,
IL IL well with the American people to-day
mt pt liz
the people can be conyinced that i VII ,, be
o. 20 e
Of their marvellous progress and turn the the
ahe to viii Re do sc the
e the aP PsrS Tf brsn Hm %as, Ss
SION sion W biii Of particulars Is demanded Sc.
out in temperate language and outtressed
II Is Impossible for one not in daily touch
serex.h 70 Seazs %hst means ne now 70 a se
cult h'i It IS for any one Who has been in daily
g enT as sspSasf of .he
sdminlstrat;on; The great policies s, foreign
and se aS,s se rsesre
and the national honor are the fac Nn 81 gen
% "a and dSes and o for When
must account, The Democratic party, reeos.
this feet ssefs IN 9St sS9 II,
OF all these great policies
There ia no desire to avoid these criticisms.
Indeed the main difficulty has been to get
something specific enough from the opposi-
ton to merit q reply.
The Republican party Is not on the defen-
sive and that great canon of evidence and
good sense which places the burden OF proof
upon him who accuses applies az well to con-
tertions between parties as to those between
individuals. The Governments relations to
the great family Of nations are those II peace
has been the only one that could have been
pursued consistently with humanity and
How ourolsiy interesting IL is that at this
very time when the Democracy. with that
unerring instinct for radically nisconceiv-
ing the teachings Of time and experience
IN fiscal and economic affairs. are denoupcing
as crime the principle of protection TO home
we find upon the other side Of the sea the
To shake on the lethargy OF her agricultural
and manufacturing interests induced by
adherence to the fetish OF free trade.
nEPUBLIcAN rARifY lDEA
The Republican poaition upon the tnrih lie
plain and easily understood, IL ia all In a
. sentence. We stand unfInchingiy 10, the
policy OF protection which guards and de-
yelops our industries" When our people