New-York tribune., 1904-10-02

CRITICS or PRESIDENT ROOSETELTS 4DuINIsTRA-
TTON 4fNSUERED
Pertinent Questions Put TeWhy the Nations INTEREST
Are Safe in Republican Hands
text Of the pnfAdsph last night follows

80 crest g,ladreunial period has arrived when
: American people review their affairs and con
80, and determine through constitutional meth
- +5e personnel 0f their chief servants the
osi5e1t and Nice-E'resident. and the govern
.rtsl rolcies under which they are TO proceed
.r-,r an equal period Tor the future The two
- rolirical parties have presented platforms
:, n-i1,iu.es. and candidates who pledged II
,.e6 10 administer the affairs OF the govern
.,+ IN conformity thereto. and the people are
= engaged in tie solemn business OF considering
ssrs .hey shall choose Il is indeed a solemn and
.---~rrant business and when decided VIII either
1,er or retard our progress. for Il is impossible
,fst SC rn1rlentous a thing as the continuance or
-srsal ~ tne fiscal. economic. foreign and do
ss,ic rolicies az the American people should have
8 neutral eject.
Tbs uarties stand in very different attitudes
.,v-ars the contest The Republican party having
.su,aistereI The affairs OF the government almost
.,vttnsously for nearly 4 half century. must be
s,sv.d by i-s performances u the past and its
-ouaises for the future, It's prospects of sL-cess
s.osns l.pCu the peoples satisfaction with that
... ana belief IN the parrys intention and ability
= continue 10 administer the public affairs wisely
,,s honestly. The platform % the Republican
,,ytv very lucidly reoapftUlates its most notable
-..sr+ achievements and coDcisey and without
,,,vocation resta1es the policies hy which IL has
Asen and VIII bs guided In executing tho people ;
VIII
&
,sI,csu partv Its Hfty years q glorious achieve
-,st marks r. 1Inequalled fu history as party %
b,gb ideals and great accomplishments Its prin-
,-tos have been sound. and SIS performances have
.buntsztkv justified THE confidence the people have
,n H. During the greater period of its existence
: hos been the party q the majority q the Amer
ian peopIe. and the progress We have ulsee as
.ovls has been under It's guidance of national az
fais
ysaher do 7 propose TO solicit support OF Repub-
san candidates wholly upon assurances ot good
br-sfors Cor the future. I assume that the great
mas OF thinking Americans are not 70 be deluded
rto tse belief that Il is safe 70 intrust the ad-
inistrat on of national affairs into the hands OF
aparty solely upon a record or solely upon pros
rsc,us but rather uro:l what the party oriers in
he personality % rs canG dates, the principles for
which the party stands the Loyalty o. the canci-
dates 70 those principles judged 5y their char
actsrs and their performances. and generally the
capacity the party and its candidates have shown
for administering national affairs 10 promote
the common veal az home and The respect for our
poople and their rag abroad which their merits
deserve. L Is what - before them in Tae shape Of
sound theory and hoaesr performance rhaJ should
ba weighed and IS weighed by the American people
IN The discharge Of their duty u committing the
fasany Of the republic 10 Individual hands.