The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27

prey of any covetous power that may
wish to enslaVe them for its own
profit? Do we want to sneak out of
the Isthmus of Panama, acknowledge
we have no right there. and basely
surrender the hope and the dream of
centuries? And do we want to for
sake and repudiate the foreign policy
Of Mckinley and Roosevelt, which was
also the policy of Lincoln and Mon
roe, which had its august origin in
the heart and brain of George Wash
ington, of treating all countries as
friends, doing business with all the
peoples of goodwill, meeting courtesy
with courtesy and wrong with firm
ness, being just to all nations and
partial to none2
"Our path is marked out for us so
plainly that even If we wanted to we
could not deviate from 1t. If the peo-
pie want a continuation of the policies
of the last eight years, they know
they will get IL from the Republican
party. But what man can tell what
Judge Parker would do If he were
elected next month? Perhaps-and this
Is the theory of the most optimistic of
his supporters-he might do just what
Mr.. Roosevelt is doing; and perhaps
he would take the opposite view of all
public questions. There comes no light
on this vital inquiry from the Demo-
cratic platform 1t lodges some ques-
lions and straddles others: it makes
charges without a basis of truth or
probability. 1t palters I'm a double
sense on all the questions upon which
we desire frank utterance And il
we seek it from the candidates we are
no better off. When they do not con-
tradict the platform they contradict
each other and themselves. They have
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for scuttling from them. They are for
free silver. to judge by their acts; they
are for "a gold standard, to judge by
their words. They are for free trade
and a fair degree of protection. On
one point they and the platform agree.
They are in favor of the constitution
except in the Southern states.
But whatever the platform and the
candidates may profess 1t is perfectly
clear that the vast proportion of the
party, as at present organized, is OPP
posed to the Republican principles set
forth in our platform and avowed by
our candidates. They are opposed to
the gold standard; to all our pro-
gramme, foreign and domestic
THE crux OF the situation is this: If
YOU vote the Republican ticket you
know what you are doing. The Re-
publican record and the Republican
professions are one. They avow what
they have done. They make no apol-
ogies, no excuses for it. They say
that under similar circumstances they
will do the same again. Whether right
or wrong they are clear and explicit.
Secretary Hay touched upon the ro-
tation in office idea. the army and
navy question. and wound up with a
lengthy defense of Roosevelt in the
Panama scandal. In winding UP his
address he threw out this suggestion to
New York voters MEN Of New York;
will you allow ii to be said that while
the rest of the country stood by him
you fell away? When President Roose-
welt ascends the steps of the Capitol
next March, shall it be said that his
mother state has no part in his tri-
umph? If that shall be so, yours will
be the loss, not his"
Many times while he was speaking
Mr.. Hay was interrupted by applause.
Former Governor Frank s. Black
and Lieutenant Governor Higgins were
the other speakers.