New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-01

hon and exeenditure are equally legitimate But
the spectacle OF demanding campaign funds nov
OF a character TO shock the moral sense. . eel,
shall do 2 ws io pause our roh to right
standards and TO our old fashioned sense Oh pi'-
Congress creates new Department OF Commerce
and Labor. or that department the Preg t OF
the United States appoints Secretary; Ihae o &c
rotary was his private secretary, WITHIN that us,
partment provision Is made for the COLLECTION
OF Information which It is to be borne in mind Is
waite &c use as he may direct BY grace Of the same
Executive this Secretary. through, whose depart,
chairman of the National Republican Committee:
HIS chief duty it has been and sun He is election to Of
the President And i is now notorious ansi
whatever may be the precise way in which it is
made efective-an overffowing treasury to the com
made.
science of Republican leaders, it must l firmly be
ieve be condemned as nothing short Of scandalous.
not not alone by myself or the Democratic party but
II s said by Mr. Hay that the charaster OF T
his conduct as President. I do not have to pause
Lincoln have done ths or pc permitted to be done?
The whole performance is shaeeless exhibition
in order that sums OF money may be gathered to-
gether sufficiently vast to justify the nsoent boast
even now that there is question as to the sue
cess which by such course the Republican man
entitled only to the credit that it in 40 sense par
takes Of hypocrisy. 1t is bod as 1T is improper
It has been my. fortune to take an active part
resulted Ii the election IN ss Of samuel j. ridden
The younger generation, which has come upon the
forces which this great man had to meet and com
bat He himself felt how unequal was the contest
to the interests of his countrymen and that they
resented. but ne was disposed TO admit that he al
ways felt how strong the odds were against nm:
the combined forces Of greed and official power;
cir
putting aside Of the issue OF fraudIan issue that
den and Fl T6 wer e ee OF the
ofiee to which they had been elected n a., lSs "A
In the face Of claims most nsistently made from
Democratic party could not be trusted. And fore
most In the struggle furnishing the sine~s id Tor
ing special privileges
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884
an active e part was that Whidh in 1854 resulted in
the nomina ton, the election and the inauguration
this campaign recall that its one dominating feat;
no S r tne dry 70 'e deal WI tine ba3s
of the country. From every Republican newspaper
abuse which msde that canvass disgrace to the
party that resorted to these methods 49,.
fear that the gains of greedy monopolists would
WAS MADE a pe 9 o renIen TO the
try that these represented its great business in
In spite OF the unlimited expenditure of money in
every quarter the Democrats carried the election
an audience Of business men, more than to ask
the question whether or not in their opinion every
not promoted and enlarged by the election and
enforced economy, he settled great disputed ques
tons, and he administered the government with
our history could be more positive or distinctive.
We now hear again the same old parrot cry, that
the business interests of the country cannot be
intrusted to the keeping Of onehaf Of its people
ar n e is !h tbe eheT Of tbr and nsry
And that cry wells up from the threats OF men
statutes which permit them to collect tribute from
the people or who are interested In comonations
You who as business men are here tonight Ign.
shown an interest in politics because you think
| there is something in it for you. or because you
because you desire legislation which will turn
taxes from the government treasury, in which
they properly belong. and put them into your
own pockets You nave come here because you
Primal Virtues which have made our people what
they are. You DO not seek to gather at the ex-
not worked for and earned. You only seek the
reward of your labor. and that because you have
old doctrine which demanded equality Of oppor-
who levy Contributions in Wall Street upon tinid or
grasping industries You not compelled, on the
other hand 10 purchase immunity for some wrong
doing either actual or prospective or to compound
plated in the future. Nor do you belong to those
pense Of the Investing public and of the people
and their government by contributing Illegally
from funds intrusted 10 you what you know will
be expended to corrupt the sufrages of your cOun-
On the contrary. you are interested. as all right
minded men are. in the encouragement Of thrift.
ali ouT industres the deTeopment Of Every part
of our great country and the perPetuation of the
And YOU know that an equal chance for all men is
absolutely essential TO that healthful prosperity
which all patriotic men most desire for our beloved
country.
GREAT FOREIGN TRADE.
We stand as a country upon the threshold OF a
great foreign trade Our natural resources the in
6rs the nt pr ana th9 aFe2uy of our
every quarter of the globe, and the strength and
strong and right lines all combine to fit for sup
plying an almost infinitely increased demand for
Our merchants and manufacturers, when not
nnrmsi bupaens have shown their abiIity to send
their ships into every sea.
Our seamen, while our laws permitted them 10
exist, had the love of adventure and the courage
that enabled them to carry the flag Of their country
nursery Of an invncible navy.
Our n gS INTO 6s and
lens they have solved or whose resources they
Our bankers and investors can command the con-
dense OF d S1 a bos ~ IN to
Finally our artisans have skill. industry, ambi-
ton and OUTLOOK 70 a degree unknown elsewhere
which put itself into the leading strings
tage of manufa cturers who must be paid bounty.
IN order that they may mulct their country
men 1t is not to be by selling at home az
prohibitive prices which check consumption and
thus lessen production. merely that products made
by the same workman in the same factories may
be sold with freight paid thousands Of miles away
for fifth, quarter third less
we approaching the parting of the ways
Either want. we certainly need a foreign
trade in articles honestly made by honest and in
dustrious workmen as the result of steady and
lucrative employment, and honestly sold in ali
markets, may look forward TO a time not
| remote. when only fraction OF our existing ma
chinery and powers OF production can be utilized
and when idleness and decentralization must Of
necessity come as the effect of own short
sighted policy.