New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-29

TO FIGHT RETISIoN.
Tariff Question Settled by the h'''-
hon, He Says
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAu'l

!FB'S Ex-senator Hale, OF Maine,
sHciared himself as imnoF@'y III -, -
- re stand pat policy "lo As'''''''
of the tariff. .,,;. Ia ,7ora - he said.
...,..snt II, the face Of all me otpoSI'io" ~ -
,bicb can help TO muster. me elec''on "''
o-,,-.tls in the extent Of the Republican
'eiI--- se and as is not unusual in such cases
f.,o-tion has arisen whether the party shan
81 -, e-yits Of its victory. 1t is no rare.
-, aftsr a political battle has been won. to
80 he weak sisters coming in and urging the
.cessf,,I party to lower its colors, and IN whole
~ +, mart give up what it has won
.e7-be lessons Of the election are PLAIN enough
o. read. Both the Republican party ana the
president were in high favor with the people
rte presidents individuality a strong eie-
-nsnt in increasing Republican ma5orities every
vrbere He helped the ticket IN every 0td.s'
- thousands of Democrats voted for him VINO
,.,.a nor before been. and never will be. Repub-
1icare As for the poor gentleman at Esopus
1,ho was not in il at all, he was q good Juuee
and is a good lawyer, but he never sueceeoe"
IN arousing any interest with the american
people. IT.. ,.,.,o,.
put beyond all this the Republican posltlon
"a ,ta issues which the party maintained not
only commanded popular support but those
issues were advanced and upheld in just as bold
s,d courageous fashion as were the words and
acts Of the President The position of the party
-, three great issues-the protective tariff. the
currency and the handling Of overgrown, dicta-
tcrial and oppressive trusts-was simply i'm
rregnahle. Every attack by the Democrats on
these positions touching any one of these great
issues met with disgraceful defeat, and, when
the American people awoke on the morning
after election and knew its results, they had
right 10 expect and 10 assume that the policy of
the party on these three great questions had
been settled and would be so considered during
the next four years of administration.
i do not look TO see any movement on the
mart of the administration either for tariff re-
vision or for any form Of reciprocity that will
give away the benefits OF trade which are now
IN our favor, with any country whatever"
THINKS IT WOULD DIVIDE THE PARTY.
DO you believe that the President is inclined
10 favor revision Of the terin?' Mr.. Hale was
asked.
y have no information as TO the Presi-
dents feelings or intentions" he replied He
stands to-day as the representative not Of the
grumbers and the critics of the party, inside
SITS lines, hut of the great masses who have ex-
pressed their confidence in him and in the party
and its principles. The President is no novice
in politics His observation is both keen and
wise In this hour Of its triumph I do not
thing 10 weaken or disrupt it. and any attempt
at tariff revision viii certainly do both
I'VE can have no partial or Diecemeal revision
oT the tariff. Whenever it is undertaken it
win go TO the bottom. You cannot repair
tarif bin you would sharpen a blunt pencil
. or dull razor Should the President follow
4 the advice Of the few revisionists who are now
! making so much noise he will at once find two
4things before him: First, the Democratic party
4s--iIf
band for all the free trade it can get cut Of it;
Ssecond he VIII find facing him & divided
party with the most of its leaders and the
great masses of the people bitterly hostile to
any such move. There is not an industry
.n the country that would not be alarmed, and
the uncertainty which would forthwith set in
would halt and cripple labor and it's results
everywhere
IF you ask whether the present tariff is
perfect in all its details. the answer is easy
enough-that Of course It is not But the good
In IL is prevailing and its results have been
SO beneficial and its strength with the people is
so tremendous that its smaller defects weigh
nothing compared with the disasters that would
follow any attempt TO open the question"
You do not, then, Senator, look for any move
ment toward revision either at the coming ses-
sion or in the next Congress?" Mr. Hale was
asked.
we shall just begin to enjoy the good effects
Of the election in the next Congress. and nothing
but woe viii follow the man who is instrumental
in bringing on q tariff war in Congress"
Have Massachusetts and the Republican
leaders there weakened on the protective ones
ton?" he was asked
I do not think So" replied Mr. Hale MAS
sachusetts is subject to scares and is now =
little oppressed in this way. General Butler.
gho -r-og
years and got elected Governor. William +
Russell, who was a free trade Democrat. scared
me State for years and was repeatedly elected
governor Mr.. Douglas now represents another
'e, All the great leaders IN the State-Sena-
NUN and Senator Dawes ana later Senator
se-haVe kept Massachusetts Republican I'm
''l, ana It's alterations have done no great
MI Douglas was elected Governor. not
question Of revision Of the tariff. nor on
''''.-' 1ut because Governor Bates. who
9il an able and courageous Governor. bad
ar6 80 s-5 iaboT hour bill and the soldier bin
- ..H become involved in serious troI,bIas
NJ 17n Win the police administration In t5os
F2oeto, f..,I 1'oI vote. the soldier vote and 1ba
Iiilologlo gave Mr. Douglas his os+arite SO
win IL SH,ipf9clty nor revision had much To do
-, - H. Nj Foss. Of Boston yrho ~ jtr0ii - ~ 90
reciprocity Win 5oI congress on his scheme for
osst.s and Dragging and bI,virs IT, sHtceeueo In
ought - was laid out at the no,Ie W d
feloS!ats in the House 81 '95en Peree free trade
roisrlseS osetts would not sci TO-.
been Ella 1a' ne would nave at.er1T,l, ilalf the
A'A'NsT CANADIAN REcrpRoc,,rr
ada Sc Question Of reciprocity with C,a,,
Tbe r.sse-. .-l a. me nose on the human tana
,o,,,-r-t.. =. .-'''oA o. trade between tba +,vo |
so7af.. 49,. - p-oaAy satisfactory ia All req
-. ---'-- The amount of trsje Sc c,,,a.o-,+I-.
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