The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
SHAW TALKS TO YIRGlNlANS
ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION.
Not Negro Am ong tho Delegates, for the
First limo in Hlstory-secretary OF
tho Treasury Attributes American
Prosress to the Republican Spirit.

Prosress to the Republican Spirit.
ROANOKE, Va, Aug. s.-The Republican
State convention assembled here to-day
with about 100 delegates In attendance.
It Is the first all white Republican ON
vention ever held 10 the State and was
dominated In Its entirety ny politicians
outside tho negro race. The delegates
| ca me In great numbers from every county,
ciy and Town OF Virginia.
b. Lawrence Groner Of Norfolk, perma-
nent chairman, introduced Col. Slemp, the
only Republican Congressman from Wiz
Representative slemp introduced the Hon.
Is. N shaV e The ssia r.
w" me seos ssfety OF Of the world depends upon
the individual. I am not here to criticize
individuals nor to nisrepresent parties,
but I wish to impress upon you that 1t
eleotor to rse above the low level Of par
tisanship to the exalted plane OF states
manship.
The spirit Of tho last half century was
Republican It was progressive. The
spirit Of tie twentieth century win b Re-
Ing the future by The past, Is there reason to
doubt that the communities most In har.
mony With the spirit Of the century will
gather most from tho rich haTvests OF
IT i not by accident that this country
has achieved matchlees results under Re
publican administrations. Correct princi-
pies, correct policies, correct methods.
always have and always will and always
must bring favorable Tes1lts: Policies .s
vocated by good men or because supported
from patriotic motives.
Incorrect policies are not incorrect
because supported by bad men The
personnel OF adherents does not distinguish
attack men or to attack parties. come
pr '' and to teach those
principles and policies which have made US
what we are, and which will carry us to
ments whenever, under God. the brain
! Of the South and the brain Of the North,
the brain Of the East. and the brain Of the
West shall be allied for affirmative action,
aud when no portion Of our common coun-
try shall be longer held welded to negative
traditions. which tend only to retard.
-The parties separate primarily on ques-
tions Of political economy. Every indus
trious citizen is both producer and
consumer. He may produce nothing but
clothes and cover. He may produce cotton
or cattle.
He may consume cotton and produce
cloth. she may consume cattle and pro-
duoe heat products; He may consume
electricity. and produce trans brtation. I
repeat, We are all producers and all con-
sumers.
Our poll: ical opponents always make
their appeals 10 the consumer. They say
to him that and he Sns thing "s ean e b.
Of consumption. It matters not, they tell
him, who produces that which he consumes
providing it - cheap. They therefore
advocate opening wide the doors OF trade
60 that each ehall have the right to buy
that country whose people will produce It
for the least money.
producer It tells him that the question
Of greatest importance to him is the price
Whistler those products Be labor or the
results Of labor. Tho opposition party
promises the American consumer the best
market In the world In which to buy. The
Republican party promises he producer
I'VE cannot have both. Our political
opponents may promise high priced labor
and cheap products, high priced wheat and
cheap bread, high priced cattle and cheap
possib lit q fulfiment Whenever they
have put their policies in operation We have
had the cheap products Of labor. for the
products of cheaper foreign labor have
found our markets in superabundance.
But cheap products Of labor mean cheap
labor. Cheap factory produ ct carries as a
concomitant curse low wages for the arti-
san; and low wages for the artisan means
curtailed consu mption Of farm produ cts.
Curtailed consumption, OF farm products
results in a reduction in tie price
means loss to the producer Of clothes. Of
furniture, Of carpets, a farm machinery,
81 building materials and every other
article Ct rural consumption. All this Is
but another name for stagnation and panic
which has marked every experiment with
tariff for revenue only from the beginning
CT our history until now"
The convention 10 the most suspicious ever
held by the Republicans In Virginia. Sew
eral hundred Democrats were In the audi
ence, including four Democratic bank
presidents. three Of whom represent Ma
tional banks.
Denies That Shaw Thinks Of Resignins.
OYSTER BAY. Aug. s.-Rumor came
floating here to-day that rart Of Secretary
ShAw's mission to Oyster Bay yesterday
was to put his resignation in the hands OF
President Roosevelt, to take effect soon.
It was authoritatively denied here that
Mr.. Shaw's resignation was even 80 much
as touo hed upon In the conference between
tho President and the Secretary OF the
Treasury. Nor was the resignation dis
cussed with ANYBODY else.