The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-12

~ -iiS SAME poWrr, supplemented
| these regulations made under Presi
dents Cleveland and Mckinley.
/ The men who fought for union ane
for liberty In the years from 1861 {,
| 1865 not only saved this nation from
ruin, but rendered an inestimable
service to all mankind. We Of tho
United States owe the fact that to
day VIC have country to what the,
did, and the nation has declared BY
raw that no one of them, II disabled
from earning his own living, shall
lack the pension TO which he Is en-
| titled, not only MS a matter OF graft
tude, but as a matter OF justice. 1t Is
the policy OF the Republican party
steadily continued through many
1 years. To treat the veterans OF the
] CIVIL war In spirit Of broad liberal
/ ltya The order in question carried
out this policy and Is justified not
merely on legal grounds, but also on
grounds of public morality.
~ is matter of common knowl-
edge that when the average man who
depends for his wages upon bodily
labor has reached the age of sixty
two his, earning ability is in all prob
ability less by half than it was when
ne was,in his prime; and that by the
time he has reached the age of sew.
enty he has probably lost all earning
II there is doubt upon this
mint 1pt tba 1n,tbtar axa,,-;.. an.
employees doing manual labor in any
great mandatory or on any great
railroad, and find out how large Is the
proportion Of men between the ages
OF sixty-two and seventy, and wheth.
er these men are still employed at
the highly paid tasks which they did
IN their prime. AS matter of fact
many railroads pension their EN-.
ployes when they have reached these
ages, and in nations where old age
pensions prevail they always begin
somewhere between the two limits
thus set II 1t easy to test our oppo- |
nents' sincerity in this matter. The
order in question is revocable at the |
pleasure OF the executive. If our op.
ponents come into power they can |
revoke this order and announce that |
hey will treat the veterans OF sixty. I
TWO to seventy as presumably in fun
bodily vigor and not entitled to pen
3ions. win they now authoritatiyely
state that they intend 70 do this? If
50, we accept the issue 1t not, then
We have the right TO ask why they
'aise an issue which, when raised,
hey do not venture to meet"
Settlement of the Coal Strike.
Mr.. Roosevelt here refers to his
ettlement of the anthracite coal
trike and defends his action In chat
natter as well as to his prosecution
# the Northern Securities railroad
merger and to the Republican par
VS. record on the money question
IN the latter point he says 1T IS
die to say that the monetary stanc-
rd OF the nation is irreyocably fix
q So long as the party which at the
asst election cast approximately for
y-six percent of the total vote. re. |
uses to put in rs platform any
tatement that the question is set-
led. A determination to remain 81.
ent cannot be accepted as equya.
ent to a recantation. Until our OPP
onents as party explicitly adopt /,
he views which we hold and upon .
hitch we have acted and are acting,
the matter of sound currency, the
My real way TO keep the question
rom becoming unsettled is TO keep
ne Republican party in power"
The Labor Question. 7.
He then turns his attention to the
Dor question and says the Repubi. ;.
IN party stands where it has al. !,
avs stood on this question. He re.
'rs to che action of the attorney.gen.
raj in enforcing the antitrust and
lter-state commerce laws" and de. +"
ares these laws are being admins a
red with entire efficiency" He de- .
nds his course as to the civil sery. =
@ and criticizes the Democrats for =
eir inconsistency in declaring for .
e civil service now when they de- y
anded its repeal In 1900 and 1896 u
The Tariff.
On the tariff question the presi. W
mt says: IN
When we take up the great queg m
IN of the tariff we are at once CON ',
)nted by the doubt as to whether IA
r opponents do or do not mean W
lat they say. They say that pro. of
'tion is robbery, and promise to tv
try themselves accordingly If they NJ
given power" He then asserts dc
1t a reduction Of the tariff will not an