New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-13

every ndmstry This IS a mistake, a tariff Law
cen be go framed as to raise me S not protect
IN spots ike the infamous n to mae I 9b
coven foot of free trade in a gradual but radical
5Si The They prd 5gk Of s Rsste 10 KIN
What other Legislation thgy win declare i0r no
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
How different it is with the Republican partyl
Our principles have stood the test OF time Lney
have led the way to sPsHed pToeon To tHs
American farmer and the American factory that
xmerI ss xork%ane We Believe e IesiPfocity:
that comedies duties ony sha n5s
/ that will deprive American workman in sid or
taeG By q the ms aoS Of PrdteeCn Viii
lam MCKINLEY We have the boa HGtsFs If rss
here ten S The yon S a 5hs fDeg
shudder the thought Of their return They have
4 ana to- ps We are wedded e no
o se PS se best st aT aw
The next time We tackle the tariff We propose to
WORKS web e'H and produces I
u e wSga G sa
let well enough alone" when. the benefits g
the losses to business and to labor during the
period Of readjustment and It shall be for the
promptly undertake the task OF revision They
Citizens G qst and always Our workshops will not
be closed by the cheap surplus dumped upon us oy
stand idle while foreign workmen supply the de-
When we come to a candidate. we have the most
happy and hearty agreement Any schoolooy can
Their search for a man would be grotesqus were II
S so S2 s2 2nn e 6 pouring In the
columns of yellow journals and the decisions or our
good o old Democrat. who always believes himself
OF the Jeffersonian type is singing -four Years
leader" The question with them is not is he ht Is
ton Is Of a financial charscterEvv the sinews o:
war be forthcoming? Can we fool majority Oh tns
people with him
PRAISE FOR COLONEL ROOSEVELT.
We have n candidate, strong. earnest. honest and
brave. The enemy assa him for the mistakes
his position. the constitutional limitations of his
office, by interfering in the coal strike Well he dd
weary months. he foresaw the dIeary winter with
the chi coal famine me rso sId SoTrd
picture. and he could wait no longer. He DID not
Hied his fa resPoRsbility. but, above ali he remef
bered that he was man He heard the voice o.
threw his boundIess energy into the work and won:
leader of the Democracy in our own State He did
not hesitate to pander TO the lowest Instincts OF
form of his party the government ownership OF
mines The people asked for relief Hin gave mem
started the machinery in motion that brought them
These Very people like Theodore Roosevelt for
1t is said in some quarters that he made mis- Ms
take in bringing suits under the Sherman law Hs
Position p,5 as9 ans fair Ras BEEN
no secret. 1t has always proclaimed that 1t makes
honest purpose for legitimate business, employing
labor building up industry and promoting trade
bins that roo the people:
t party franco ira snd boa It was his duy to
enforce them. He has done so, feaT.essIy;; me
has improved the business tone. It has brought
SECURITY to legitimate enterprise; ,or.r., c,.r,or
for the commencement Of general crusade ror ,he
The Ropubllcan PARTY is an enemy TO unlawful
enterprises only 1t VIII not eommshfe an d,nfs
prosperity ana provide wages to the workers ny
Tho administration Will proceed with careful In
vestigation. 1t will indulge In no gallery play.
for alarm Unlawful combinations only will be at
tackled. In word. the law will be impartially en-
He found a department charged with fraud in
Sestsl'oa: ~ ~@s "a a.; 10 30 biiraes The graft
ers were exposed. indictments and trials have fol-
lowed aId tho courts will punish the guilty some
People y%us' ne Edu HeY beIievs in the ad-
minstrauon and in the integrity and courage OF
The question Of Cuban reciprocity was inherited ed
df9a ms p11 Ss.,S 10 sTrv oIt tie DoIices
Of wiamn Mckinley. RECIPROCITY had been prom
id s and as the 9
The President urged II upon Congress; There vas
determined 20 consent 20 no form OF reciprocity
/ was fully in accord With both Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
FULFILLED THE PLEDGE OF MNNJET
In the face Of the most strenuous opposition he
party has fulfilled the pledge OF Mckinley under
hes him. American honor has been naintsi9ed at
the expense of few millions OF revenue and WITH
The browning glory Of his administration will
be tho early beginning of the work OF the isthmian
canal For four hundred years the statesmen 1t Of
the world have dreamed ana planhied aDouo t anu
resolved upon this the greatest englneerlng enter,
prise since the world began When the way seemed
OF Colombia. Without the knowledge connivance
was born in a day it was then up to the Presi-
dent to accomplish the work of the centuries Prec-
In his favor. The United States has
never been slow TO recognize new sister republic
The duty was plain. The President did not walt:
promptly recognized the republic and insured the
fompeon OK ns grea d worn and eaeation Our
IL an issue; they were more soIicitous for the
Colombans than for our own people. This IS a
habit they have. They agonize about the affairs
have no time to consider matters nearer home. We
for our own people first. other people after
have heard from the people. Something seems to
have dropped. and now not one OF them D., dares
suit has proved a graveyard TO many Democratic
These are some of the mistakes he has made. Be-
cause Of them. they say ne Is unsafe: But up In
rural districts, where the air is pure, where all
the conditions the farm. the hillsides and
Villages age and bristng little cities tend to nourish
honest. robust American manhood and clearness
takes he has made, and will roll up majorities
precedented for Theodore Roosevelt.
Prolonged cheering followed Chairman Payne's
speech. and Assemblyman Jean L. Burnett.
chairman of the committee resolutions then
read the platform. which will be found else
where. The reading frequently interrupted
with applause When Mr.. Burnett read the in
structions to the delegates to use all honorable