New-York tribune., 1904-10-20

description Of the American conduct sn the
spanish war there was not a sound in the vast
nan save his voice and the hushed breathing Of
tne cro"o' changing to laughter a moment later
as ne rloiculed the Democrats for their hckle-
ness secretary Shaw said in part:
Ihe Democratic platform adopted at St Louis
his scb Ihe Iew In discussing that subject IN
himself unquaiifedl TO yo3se H e9F6er % commits
me me S39hElclon 5 that this he accomplished to
uncertainty and instability that mas on other oc-
Sc5e1s5 ,I b,t ITsSea Itself This, he says. can be
saan intervene between the date OF the enactment
s enforcement as sha be deemed 9 suea me for or
20 oe ss 9usFy or business affected by revision
imposed ssS ana ne" eonoluohs
Judge Parker may be learned in the law but the
two sentences have quoted are quite sufacIent TO
pIoEs tat ne Is as innocent child Of Industrial
II the tariff could be revised during the night and
ne" Is senedu!es put in operation the next morning.
pared 70 the effect OF delay Let me Illustrate;
amended BY reduction Of Is per cent S the present.
aa1e' @ the same TO go into effect In year. Would
until you knew what influence this reduction would
not II you owned a steel plant would you contract
Of yo9 0roc 0Te Sn9 coal until you knew how the price
WGoi9 We a. not II you were about 10 erect factory
tsrifS Sa5 bse OF some article on which the
M SMIISngements until you knew. not guessed what
you "eEe 70 run up against? Certainly you would
not. IN other words. general reduction in the
"a atL al. 70 go into effect in the future would result
IN totaI paralysis OF business. No man would bly
snything until he knew whether the tar6 would
man would enlarge his capacity to produce until
ne ] knew what effect the tariff would have ON the
people whose wants he was panning 10 supply
No one can tell in advance just what effect a re-
what sacrifice foreign competitor viii stand IN
the ne, hope Of ,SdS SedlSoslng our factories.
ever seen. Measured ty the price Of labor meas
the amount Of business done neasnrsd esqTeo b 6y
uFGney On DEPOSIT IN the banks measured by any.
year yea, the American people had ever witnessed But
lnis cnoSen physician called the doctors together in
eNraordlnary session Tor general and prolonged
consultation with daily bulletins and to the amaze
Opinion OF that 6s bodg gave poo GEt s as hf
death impending from at least three separate and
belongings @ and went 10 the hospital
there was sufficient silver on hand to supply the
had recommended the. suspension Of further pur-
when this desired END was S5 2 f Il he ad
secured an adjournment Of Congress, and had given
during conditions then existing the panic Of 1888
would in my Judgment, have been averted That
panic was wholly unnecessary. Il was brought
about BY state Of mind and not by state Of
&c tb bIi 5c TO i Oef ~ was conaition
snds 5ae ppPn beors R a6sg a6GS % 6y n T o
Parker proposes to play the same game; but, fort
play more asinine game than Grover Cleveland
revised let it done within thirty days y and put in
operation Immediately. for in that way the min
imum OF harm will ensue-
For a picturesque. long distance. rapid fire
talker, the East has nothing just like Colonel
J. 5. Griffith Of Indianapolis He delivered,
without pausing for breath, stream OF statistics
comparing the condition of the country when
the Republican party went into power and now,
his words playing out over the audience like a
stream Of bullets from a Gatng gun. His re.
gard for the Democrats was microscopic.
THE Republican pluralities IN Maine and Ver-
mont mean that telegram eight years overdue
does not commend itself to the people," he said
He compared the Democratic party to the
statutes some Of the South American republics
have-Inade with changeable heads for conven-
fence in revolutions It's the same old trunk"
said he, but they try new style in heads from
time to time"