New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-08
CLARK IN THE CHAIR.

With his hat in hand. Temporary Chairman
Williams presented Mr.. Clark permanent
chairman, and as Mr.. Clark bowed in acknowl-
edgment, he heartily welcomed Mr.. Clark
at once plunged into his sneech- He said:
I'm his haste. King David said that all men are
Had he been in Chicago while Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was reading the Republican PLATFORM
neon or eIsUTev FOR surely there never was
more mendacity packed into the same space IN any
Shakespeare says:
Thrice he 0. ,o that h%5s hts S gs just
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted
In the Impending conflict our quarrel is just and
we are In the right beyond all cavtL
that the government shall be restored 70 the
neutrality-suspicious. basis on which the fathers
made once government OF the people. by
ernnent OF the classes. by the classes and for the
To State it with more partieularity. We insist
that exorbitant taxation shall be reduced TO Just
priatons shall cease that economy shall prevail in
all the transactions Of the govsrnnent; that al
the departments shall he thoroughly investigated
from top TO bottom by Congressional committees;
that all evil doors OF whatever degree shaII De
driven from the puoI service anu gF9psr.g Pun, Nv
ished; that the trusts shaIl De proceeeI aslIst 10y
that the Constitution accompanies the American
flag into our new p9ssessior.s . 1,,+.
%hs Fbpb 5ht git ssss'
or wrong is the veriest rot-a tale told by an
IDIOT i am willing TO 90 as far any one in
patriotism: I will support my country IN any
The time has not yet arrived prav Almighty
God that Il VIII never aTrHeIwhfn t rg an o
KIN. If repeated by an American President: II
snraIna contsmp1 for those political suppe-aCks
particuiarIy for those Claiming 10 be Democrats,
who go about with sanctimonious moan, saying:
The President is wrong in his Philippine policy,
but We must support the President
out upon all such cringing idioey! suppose a
case; Suppose that when George III undertook 70
force fathers TO pay the stamp tax. Patrick
Henry instead or 'i5t SIett y ~ -
ciptated the Revolution. and which still stirs the
his place ana said gently a sucking dove; His
most gracious majesty Is wrohf ao9ut TINS stamp
ION JEFFERSON warren ADAMS Greene Lee Hamii-
to~naU mar glorious host OF warriors and sages
had weakly agreed to that what would We be to-
day? Instead q being the richest most puisiSanJ
English colonies, ruled by British pro-consus and
the government under which we live
fiction that the King can do no wrong put "H Ii
he did do wrong they boldly ana lconocIastlcSIiy
feet. and Wrestling continent from his IRON grasp
dedicated II as the home OF freedom ana 10 me
just powers from the consent OF the EoTerEea.
ana mat h al Lam men al Are ther only nantkns
now? I do believe such monstrous libel.
9uered him. Theodore Roosevelt does wrong. We
will oppose and overthrow him
CALLS PRESIDENT AN OPPORTUNIsT.
Support the Presidents policy, EN-? VIII some
gentleman please tell US what that policy is? HAS
is he has none. He is an opportunist, waiting for
s s2iet they are drifting to the deuce ean5me
our soldiers being killed and are dying of dis
undertake 10 say2 l defy any lingo TO stand up
Sept.s policy or the Republican policy is No one
viii say; no can say; but some say-more's the
pI,y and shame-''rhe President Is wrong: but
must support the President
To this complexion has Ii come at last by reason
of the new tangled jingoism that must shut
up thinkers close our mouths and chloroform
II avaIls nothing 10 claim-as some do-that Colo
mel Roosevelt is better than MS party II Is TO De
than his party Even II he tried to be he is ruined
noiitIcaIl1 Johnson Hayes Arthur and tho
younger Harrison all tried that experiment, and 20
III az them were refused second terms either in
mel Roosevelt. His particular friends may deem
him better than his party. lie may think so him
to it's level. No man ever found himself in worse
political company than does PRESIDENT Roosevelt
Republican Phiistines. and they will bind him with
In every State in the Union 1t is a felony to get
property OF any sort-or 10 attempt TO get it-by
false Dretences.
or to attempts to get them. the whole Republican
party could be sent to the penitentary.
One of their false pretenceS-the on which
they harp tho most this year-Is that the Demo
cratic party is In favor of free trade The charge
Is utterly fase--a lie made OF whole cloth There
individual Democrats who are free traders just
as there are ndyiduaI RePHpeahs VINO are dIhe
denounce the Republican party as the party OF
atheism as TO denominate the Democratic party as
1t never was free trade party and is not now
The man who charges that 1t Is does so because
Democrats favor tae cutting down of exorbitant
tariff rates TO reasonable basis They believe that
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