Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-26
HANSBROUGH ON POLITICS.

Thinks Roosevelt Will Get the Solid
West and Democrats Must Garry
Every Doubtful State to Win.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: United
States Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota, who was at the Merchants
hotel yesterday, believes that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will get the solid west
next November and that if he carries
states his election will be assured.
Judge Parker, on the other hand, Sena-
tor Hansbrough believes, will have to
carry all of the doubtful states.
Senator Hansbrough, who has won
considerable prominence by his advo-
cacy of REIMBURSEMENT of the tariff
along republican lines, still believes
that there will be readjustment at the
next session of congress.
81 have no doubt about the election
of President Roosevelt" said Senator
Hansbrough. 81 think that it may be
said that he has the solid west and
we are willing to concede that Judge
Parker has the solid south. No one
will deny that the republicans have the
best of the debatable territory.
with the election of Roosevelt
there will be continuation of the
good times we are now enjoying.
81 think that there will be readjust-
ment of the tariff in any event. 1t is
needless to state that if the readjust-
ment takes place under republican aus
pieces, the protective principle, on
which is based our great prosperity,
will be maintained. If it should take
place under democratic auspices no
one can deny that we would have
repetition of the business conditions
experienced during the last Cleveland
administration, for no matter what the
democrats promise in their conven-
lions, they are for free trade.
''The tariff should be readjusted to
meet changed and changing conditions
The present tariff law will be eight
years old next summer. Since it was
enacted, we have fought war with a
foreign country, we have freed Cuba,
acquired Porto Rico and the Phillip
pines and become great world power.
Necessarily our commercial relations
with foreign countries have changed.
For that reason I think that the tariff
law should be overhauled and brought
down to date.
believe there is distinction between
revision and readjustment of the
tariff. BY revision it is generally un-
derstood that duties are to be lowered
all along the line, whereas if we pro-
coed to readjust the existing law we
would find a number of articles now
on the free list that should be placed
on the dutiable list am equally GER
tain that there are articles on the
dutiable list the rates upon which
should be lowered.
81 believe that the tariff is going to
be the principal issue in the coming
presidential campaign. Some believe
that the trust question will be the
paramount issue, but it will be found
when discussion opens that the demo.
Gratis have no remedy whatever to
offer, whereas we all know that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has adopted the policy
Of enforcing existing laws. In addi-
ton the department of commerce has
been established during his admins
tration and this department Is now en-
gagged in bringing about the most COM
plete publicity with respect to the SO
called combinations and trusts.
with respect to North and South
Dakota there is no question about
President Roosevelt receiving the
electoral votes OF the two states by ma,
jorities very much greater than were
given Mckinley in 1900. think that