Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-15

pany--the merger suit aiken by the
department Of Justice wcre acts because
Of wiaoh the present administration
should be thrown from power Yet they
dare not openly condemn either act
They dare not in any authoritative or
formal manner say that In either case
wrong was done or error committed In
the method Of action or in the choice OF
Instruments for putting that action into
effect. But what they dare not manfully
assert In open day they seek to use fur
lively and through special agents. 1t Is
perhaps natural that an attack 30 con-
Quoted should be made sometimes on the
ground that too much. sometimes on the
ground that too little, has been done.
Some Of our opponents complain because
under the antitrust and Interstate COM
mcrcc laws suits were undertaken which
have been successful; others because
suits were not undertaken which would
have been unsuccessful. The Democrat
&c state convention in New York dealt
with the anthracite coal strike by de-
handing. in deliberate and formal fash
ion. that the national government should
take possession of the coal fields: yet
champions Of that conventions cnuse
now condemn the fact that there was
any action by the president at all
though they must know that 1t was only
this action by tho president which pre-
vented the movement for national owner
might well have been an irresistible i'm
petus. Such mutually destructive crit
icisms furnish an adequate measure OF
the chance for coherent action or con-
structve legislation il our opponents
should be given power
HAVE so CLEAR pOtLCY.
So iiu,'i go wMa, "ur opponents open
~ or covertlv advance In tho way Of an
.1,.,t Toe st,,,,
When We come To consider the policies
for which they profess to stand We arc
met with the difficulty always arising
when statements OF policy are so made
that they can =, interpreted in different
ways. ON some Of the vital questions
that have confronted the American poo
pie In the last decade our opponents take
the position that silence is the best pos
sble way to convey their views. They
contend that their lukewarm attitude of
partial acuuiescence in what others have
accomplished entities them TO he made
the custodians of the financial honor and
commercial interests which they have
but recently sought to ruin. Being I'M
able to agree among Themselves as To
whether the gold standard is a curse or
a blessing and as to whether we ought
or ought not to have free and unlimited
coinage Of siivcr. they have apparently
thought II expcdicnt to avoid any com
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-. a,,,'ua,'h g.. ,at,r;t,. trd,rnant
seems to be that II is now inexpedient to
assert their convictions ono way or tho
other, and that The establishment OF the
gold standard by the Republican party
should not be disturbed unless there is an
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