Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-12
DICK IN THE SADDLE;
BURTON IS BARRED
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gressive in recent American growth and
life. At our last convention, one year ago.,
/ said that the people of Ohio stood for
Theodore Roosevelt and all that he stood
for. Today the people of Ohio stand for
Theodore Roosevelt and all@that he stands
for!
Foraker in Good Form.
Senator Foraker was then introduced.
With all his old-time fire he asserted his
independence and his right to be governed
by his own judgment and conscience in all
his acts. He declared that when his con-
stituents told him he must take orders
from any one or any power they robbed
the Office which they had given him of all
with it," he shouted. He scored Herrick
for favoring tariff revision, took a whack
at Roosevelt with the same sort of big
stick that the President uses on certain
voted head of Representative Burton.
Mr.. Foraker's speech was the feature Of
yesterdays session Of the convention, and,
1t is believed, will forestall any attempt to
stampede the convention today to Burton.
Burton takes his defeat philosophically.
Senator Foraker opened with an eloquent
tribute to Governor Harris, describing the
sterling qualities Of that official, and con-
Congressional elections are always i'm
portant, but they are especially and partic-
ularly so this year. They are thus unusual
ly important because this year they in
volve not only the political complexion OF
the next House Of Representatives but
as the governor has suggested and others
have been pointing out, they involve also.
directly and Immediately, the question
whether or not the American people pro-
pose in November next to indorse and ap-
prove the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt has had more to
do than any other President ever before
had with the legislation that Congress has
been enacting. President Roosevelt rec
ognizes that. 1T was for that reason he
himself took the initiative as to this cam
he called in conference with him at Oyster
Bay the Speaker Of the House. MIR. Can
non, and various members of the con-
gressional campaign committee, and there
determined what our platform should be
IN this campaign, and determined, not that
1t should be, as Governor Herrick has sug-
gested, tariff revision, but that we should
stand pat until after the next election. If
the people of Ohio stand for whatever
Theodore Roosevelt stands for, they will
not stand for tariff revision this year. For
he himself has determined it, has spoken
1T, has proclaimed it, not alone as the
official result of that conference, but in his
somewhat celebrated letter to Mr.. Wat
son.
The Presidents idea.
His idea is that our platform in this con-
test should be not promises as to the fu-
ture, but the performances Of the past Let
us take an account of stock, says he; let
us hold up to the people what we have
done, and let us find out whether or not
they approve Of what we have done. Now
what Is it we have done? 1t is too late for
me to tell you-the list of achievements is
too long for me to enumerate.
Bryan, the Peerless Leader.
Mr.. Bryan, the peerless leader of the
democratic party, has made a speech-one
in particular, he has made many, but one
in particular-in which he has cast a horo-
scope, and in which he has approved all we
have done, and does not seek to make the
issues Of 1908 on account of anything we
have done, but says the issues will be two
tariff revision and government ownership
Of the railroads Mr.. Bryan says we must |
have tariff revision. Some day, my fellow
citizens, we will want it, and we will have
it. but that Is question for the republican
party to determine.
my fellow citizens the great mass Of
the people Of the country, while recognizing
are made to be changed. are Of the opinion,
so happily expressed by Speaker Cannon
when he stated in his speech before the
that renominated him in Illinois,
tariff not when Mr.. Bryan or some other
democrat told us to, but we would do it
when revision would do less harm than nom
revision would do good. That is the posi-
ton Of the republican party. a.
THAT is the opinion Of President Roose-
welt. That is the opinion of Speaker Can |
non. That is the opinion, as l understand,
of all the great leaders in the republican
party of the nation. Let US not here today
sound discordant note
Just another word I am little touchy
about some things. When I am told that
l am to stand for whatever some other
man stands for, no matter what it may be-
I am not going to subscribe to it. 1t has
been my pleasure to stand with President
Roosevelt on most of his recommendations,
but cannot go with him on all of them
l draw the line, for instance, on phonetic
spelling.
Phonetically All Right.
"Phonetically. 1t may be all right, but
esthetically, it is to me impossible. No.
1 am not for 1t, and I do not think the
President will think any the less of me for
speaking right out in meeting and saying
that 1 am not for it. And 1t would not
make bit of difference to me If he did.
II have always considered it an honor to
be a United States senator. l never under
stood that somebody was to tell me how to
vote. Either at that end Of the line or at
this end Of the line. Especially not about
great and profound constitutional questions
about which lawyers differ: 1 though 1 was
to work them out; 1 was to speak for you.
1 pursue that policy. If that is not right
If, on the contrary, a man is to be re-
buked because he exercises the qualifica-
lions with which he is blessed, then you
take all the honor away from the office, and
so far as am concerned you can take the
Office with 1t.
1--WE are going to have great convention
tomorrow, in some respects the greatest in
the history of this state. for it is to settle
among other things the questions I have
last adverted to.
"Of course, personally, have some in
terest in that question. but l have no inter-
est except that which is personal. would
not have the temerity to come here and
L. til