Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-27
Defends PRESIDENT
Secretary Hay Speaks at a
Great New York Meeting.
ANSWERS THE CRITICS
DECLARES ROOSEVELT Is SAFE
AND CONSERVATIVE.
Says Every Voter Knows Well Where
the Republican Party Stands
on Leading Issues.
ANSWERS THE CRITICS

me crowd at ire republican mass meeting
in Carnegie Hall. in New York last night
was SO large that the doors were locked al
$50 O'Clock. At that time all the available
space within the hall was filled. and severa
thousand people were crowded about the en-.
frances seeking admittance. The meeting
Vas under the auspices of the twenty-nintI
district republican organization.
Secretary Hay was introduced as lone OF
the greatest living Americans. and the fore.
most diplomat in all the world. man whose
name in every cabinet in the world is
synonymous with honesty and fair dealing y
Great cheering greeted the Secretary as he
arose. His defense of President Roosevelt
against the charge of his opponents that he
Is unsafe was received with enthusiasm.
secretary Hay said
MI. Hays Address.
This campaisa will be memorable in our
annals as one OF the quietest every known.
Why is it tina. the American people are
possessing their souls in such repOse? There
Is. venture to say, no explanation of this
state of feeling, except that the people of
this country have made up their minds that
there is to. be for the present no change in
the principles and policies that have proved
SO successful in the last eight years
Inc country Cannot afford to give I'D the
gold standard aud to drift on the shifting
SAiieAto VI iilducIdi experiment and Quack-
cry. 1t cannot afford to give I'D the princi-
Ole and practice of protection to American
industries. Nobody denies that the tariff
must from time to time be revised But 1t
Is 100 evident for argument that the revis-
ion must De inlrusted to friendly hands-to
those who believe. as a matter of business
ara OF pubic morals. in the policy Of cher
ishing American manufactures and of car
ing for the well being of millions Of Ameri-
can workmen.
Neither can the country afford to In
,riist It's vast domestic interests to those
VINO denounce as extravagant and uncon-
s'ltutionai all money spent for the general
welfare, to promote which was one of the
special objects Tor which the Constitution
was brought into being. Do we want to
give our gallant little army to the care of
those who think l. ought to be disbanded. or
our navy-which under this administra ton
has carried our flag into SO many dista Mt
seas, never on wanton errand of hostility.
out always as the friend of American com
rnerce and the protector of our citizens-do
we want It handed over to the men who say
IL ouSht to De thrown to the scrap heap?
Doubtful About Parker.
III the people want continuation of the
poiicles OF the last eight years they know
they will get It from the republican party.
But what man In this audience, what man
IA TINS universe 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 MI Roosevelt is doing. and per-
maps ne would take the opposite view OF
all public questions. There comes no light
on this vital inquiry from the democra tic
platform.
Whatever the platform and the candi-
oates may profess it is perfectly clear that
the vast proportion of the party, as at
present organized, Is opposed to the repub-
hcan principles set forth in our platform
ana avowed by our candidates. They are
h0 crrn11 60. xIrr
OF American industries: to all our program,
foreign and domestic; and their candidate,
II he should happen to be elected would be
confronted with chaos at the very outset of
his administration.
In his speech Of acceptance Judge Parker
acknowledged our responsibility for the
philippines and said we should give them
self-government His friends. in great dis
tress OF mind, cried out to him that that
was the republican doctrine, and that what
ne intended to say was that we had no re-
sponsibility for them and must give them
independence Certainly. that was what 1
meant, said the Judge-and he wrote some
thing like 1t In his letter of acceptance
But even that was not enough and ten
days ago he revised his views again, and
now declares for the absolute abandon
ment OF the islands and for an immediate
proclamation Of our intention to do so.
Philippines and Cuba.
1T is blunder weii-nigh incredible for
him to say we should treat the Philippines
as we did Cuba. There is no analogy be-
tween the two cases. We have never own
ed Cuba; we have never claimed to own it.
The Philippines are ours by every sanction
Known to public law; by fortune of war, by
undisturbed end undisputed possession. To
say that the cases are the same and re-
quire the same treatment simply shows in
the man who says it confusion of mind
or deliberate Misrepresentation either of
which proves him to be, in the words of
n1n ~ varde a rlrar' G met aS,.-
ers, not fit to be President this year or any
other year
I'm this speech the democratic candidate
has given the measure of his knowledge of
large affairs, has shown his lack of any
sense of responsibility, and has introduced
ancther element of doubt and danger into
the problems which would confront his adj
miIistration If he were elected.
Tammany Hall and the South.
''Is it not sight for men and angels to
see the solid south. which exists by virtue
of Its notification of the. Constitution
which promises Judge Parker the bulk of
his electt rs through a suppression of a
vest majority of it's voters, attacking
Theodore Roosevelt in the name of the en-
6angered Constitution? Is 1t not grovel-
ing farce to see Tammany Hall. whose
name is a kissing and reproach to dis
gusted civilization, accusing the republican
party of extravaganza and corruption.
But the campaign has narrowed itself 10
this. Everything else mas vanished, OlS-
solved in a mist of contradictions. Protec-
ton is robbery-but they are in favor OF
ret sonable protection Their leaders say
that the gold standard Is fixed fact-but
the majority of their party will still side
with Bryan. They cry out against appro-
priations In general-but do not dare to
specify those they will cut OFF. With that
discretion which Is valor's better part they
abuse our army because 1t is small. and
sneak-sone Of them-rather respectfully OF
our navy because 1t Is strong.
Defense Of Roosevelt.
"Every act of his which they qualify as
lawless has been done after careful study
of the law, after counsel with the best
LAWYERS. and every one which has been
hrought to the test Of the courts has been
triumphantly approved by our highest Ju'
dicial authorities.
I'VE are told he is dangerous to the
peace of the world, he is a fire eater. 9
war Iord-he wishes to embroil US In
policy of adventure. What does the record
say? He and his predecessor have done
more in the interest of universal peace
than any other two Presidents since oul
government was formed. They have done
more for the cause of arbitration than al
| the rest put together. They have COM
posed more difficulties by friendly negotta-
| ton: they have settled more questions thai
| threatened our peace; they have made more
| treaties. and more mutually advantageous
ones than any other Presidents In our his