The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-13

ernments shall accept the passport as
prlna facie proof that the p,n 7, n tsersin
and entitled to protection as such. H., IL IS
matte and ofs 70 a from
unjust molestation, ;snd our officers abroad
have been stringently required TO comply
with this order
Under such circumstances; the demand
Of our opponents that. negotiations be be,
gun to SECURE equal Treatment o. n,,i4
not now 't accord rois Shows either sno
rance OF the facts or insincerity. No
change Of potsy n ths nSth2a ST vs mas
to Whit the state DEPARTMENT has done
and IL doing. The steady prssure which
the department has been keeping .up IN
This administration has on all proper &C &c
casions given clear expression to me PC
lief ~ the American people that discri RIM
eion. wherever practiccd. are acts OF II
Justice before God ard man. and N max,
Ing e,vident to the world the dep nl o., OF
have gone to she very limit Of diplomatic
usage. 5s
Reduction OF Military.
ut is a striking evidence Of our oppo,n,;.
ents' inslncerlty IN th|s matter that IT. WIZ ~
s,s. Scnsrmto ot t1ey Couple
Tor a reduction IL our small military es.
tablishment Yet they must k as;S.+ th 1;'t
Treatment s Of our citizens viii be exactly
proportonate to the belief IN our ability
to make these protests effective should
the need arise.
selves in favor OF the civil service law
1 i and nd' IN 1s!s. Ii consistent. they should
have gone one step further and congratu-
lated the country. upon the way n when ei,
the civil service law Is now adm,nistereu
and the way In which the Glassiiien i Eers
from examinations are fewer by far t t,n,
ever before. and are confined to indlviau1ai
cases. where the application Of the rules ,,e,
or unnecessary. The administration OF
the great body Of the classified civil ser.
vice is free from politics, and appoint nn,
a business basis. Statistics show that
| there is little difference between the ten,
IRE, OF the Federal classified employs, ,,. and I'D
| that of the employees OF prtvaH business
corporations. Less than one per cent =, o. Q.
the classified employees are over seventy
years Of age and In the man TIE Where
needed nee was in the Philippine Islands. and
civil service law Of very advanced ty nG
scrupulously observed Without one 1,, ,i ~ =
cepton, every appointment in the Philip !li'i !,
pines has been made ~ 9 ana WITH
out heed to any other considera II tlon.li
The Tariff Question.
Finally We come to certain matters ma 1 sss
| upon which our opponents do In their their
1 platform Of principles definitely take issue
with US and where, II they're e.: slncel h
country. But exactly as it Is Impossible
| to cali attention to the present promises
! and past record ofiour opponents wl WITH ~
/ compare their platform with their other
and later official utterances and not Gre
1 ate doubt as to their sincerity. IN .he :
/ them frankly advance this insinoerlty as
a merit, taking the position that. as re- e.
| CARDS the points on which am ABOUT 70 Q
speak, they have no intention q r Reepiinhs e
po polio now established. and that there.
! fore they can be trusted not to abuse use
i WHEN we take up the great qnestio1n e OIL
| the tariff, we are mt once controntea ~ y
the doubt as to whether , our op p :,
! say that protection Is robbery,,u, a u q
i promise to carry themselves accordingly 81:
they are given power .ss aet h hatthey
! do not really mean this. and that. II tn ne;
| come into power they will adopt our 4, pol o.
Icy as regards the tariff; Wnie so of IN rs
sSe a them partial ri power beea the
ower would be only partial and !, th ,e, :
fore they would not be able TO- ,.,o 40 mas mas
! to advance on behalf OF a party seeking
| to obtain control Of the governmI,e nt +
81 outset y ,fte M9Ith Z yd,ls Shhy
question mt Of tariff revision or tariff re-
4 duction with solution Of the trusts cues
ton This always e sign oil
ks W1.h pont l at Minneapois on April 1908
l said: .o.,e, ra,.,s,on
knE a}b,r roaly Stands Wholly Apart
i from the question Of dealing with the
ss ~ ehange II e eaEt q in soiv ing
i tie so-called trust problem. Certain
great trusts or great corporatioOn;s /, are : Il
X1St tse otsers are q a any
/ importance have as a matter of fact
numberstof smaller American competG,
eoTF r ar chnfiI Ty 70 the the
large corporation would work not 81
merely injury but destructlon,to ts
smaller competitors, ana equally n,ean o.
nected with either the large Or. 7! the
small corpora tons. IRON OF .hs sni,,
ton lion of tie trust problem such q 3
change would therefore merely mean .
that the trust vas re Eer g o. su
petition with foreign competitors, ana
the first efoEt It 70 9ee{ .s rw
down wages, and would therefore be
! primarily at the cost of labor. In the
| tlF case or some OF our SIeutcSt} - USE
& such a change might confer. upon them
positive benefit speppans p pr fhe
tariff viii affect tie trusts for veal
simply h faXrf atfe affe tas
8trusts only" as 1T affects all other in
makes Al b ihes and n{ is be.
etits can be taken from the large
only under penalty of taking them
from the small also.
The Last Attempt.
There is but little for me to add 70
this 1t is but ten Years since the last
attempt was made, by means OF lowering erin!
the tariff. to prevent some som Pet o, ly va
entirely successful. The tariff law o. or
| that year was among the causes which &c,
| In that year and for some time afterwards
eifectually prevented anybody from pros
pering too muh, AMI labor from prosper
| Ing at all. Undoubtedly 1t would be pos
! si6le at the present time to prevent a. any
Of the trusts from remaining prosperous IS snc,,
| a. sweeping change In the tariff as 70