The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-12

. . they can be used to widen cur mArkets
. . and % secure In practical shape the bswer-
protection among our own people. or vnsn the
minimum OF damage sons may DO disreKArdpd Tor
tho sake of the maximum Of good aeeompllshen.
This was doctrine which made the
Straddlers anxious: .When the minimum
OF damage done may be d~isregarded for
the sake Of the maximum Of good accom-
plished." What portended this 70 pinch
beck jewelry and Gloucester Nshf Sup
pose this sort Of loose talk should settle
into q habit. Imagine the possibilities II the
phrase should become ons Of my policies
In order TO forestsll such q catastrophe an
sddendum was interjected into the message
proposing that when Congress got ready II
might authorise "a commission OF business
experts" to recommend action by the Con-
gress after q deliberate and scientific exam
nation OF the various schedules as they
are affected by tina changed and changing
conditions Congress never got ready and
the commission vas never appointed.
The message of 1908 appeared without
any ailusion to the tariff whatever. Loyal
list organs explained that the subject was
postponed for q special message or for tbs
next Congress-. But there wa no special
IpEntAk0. IN Two ybAED bho 5tnturHtoH WAfO
had promised 20 continue absolutely I'M
broken the policy Of President Mckinley
had forgotten all about IL.
At the convention Of 1904 the ~6traddiers,
Dodgers and Trimmers had q little moro
dificult task than usual. Must they In
dorps Mckinley dead a they had indorsed
him iivingf Must they indorss Roosevelt
speaking and Roosevelt silent, Roosevelt
promising and Roosevelt forgettingf A
rare opportunity for . master Straddler.
Great occasions produce great mon to mset
than. Mr.. Lodge arrived with the plat
form, tariff plank and all, and the CORE
spondents autographed home that Senator
Lodge understands the desires Of the Presi-
dent The plank was neatly nailed In.
and was found to make glad the heart Of
every friend Of reciprocity by advocating
treaties, and TO rejoice the soul Of Attic
boro. Gloucester and every other stand psc
interest ~ limiting the application to such
treaties as would not do injury to amy
American industry" This in face Of the
second annual message Of the unbroksn
co~ntinuationist, wherein treaties we're REQ
commanded when the minimum Of damage
lone may be ~disregarded for the a K Of
the maximum Of good accomplished
The convention correspondent Of a lead
ing Republican journal Of Massachusetts,.
the Boston Transcript, embalmsd on june
~, 1904, the aspirations Of the r~evisionists
In that hotbed Of reciprocity:
The plank 10 merely q peace Offering extended
by the stand psttens TO the osher faction : : .
Tbs Massachusetts, plank which Is the model sfter
which ths national plank sto be shaped was drawn
by Senator Lodge, who knows the Presidents
desires and purposes . . Yet no one will
accuse Mr.. Lodge OF being anything but an out
and out incorporating stand pstter on the
tsnn. who made his latest night and won n against
Canadian reciprocity.
Senator Lodge knew the Presidents
desires and purposes He know that IL the
Republican national convention ~repudiated
the Presidents reciprocity message OF 1909
! the President would stand on the repsdM-
ton plank with both feet. And Senator
Lodge was not disappointed. The Presi-
lent who in 1902 was ready TO disregard
the minimum OF damage" swallowed In
1904 without a gurgle the declaration that
no reciprocity was acceptable which would
injure amy American industry" That wa
the kind Of candidate for which ths conven-
ton Of 1904 adopted its resolutions.
Let me conclude with an excerpt from the
address, by the Hon. william Howard Taft
at Bath. Me-. OF September s. 1905:
believe that since the passage Of the plnsiey
bill there has been q change In the business condi-
lions OF the country making II wise and .ust IN
revise the schedules OF the exlstnE tarih. The sen
timsnt In favor OF a revision OF the tariff 10 growing
In the Republican party. and In the near future the
members Of the party will doubtless We able 70 agree
on q reasonable plan.
Doubtless. A Democratic candidate for
President three years ago this month was
obliged to send a telegram to the oonven-
ton which had nominated him announcing
that unlees q sound money resolution were
adopted he would decline to stand. Will
the Republican candidate for President in
1908 be obliged TO inform in like summary
manner the convention OF his party that IL
it straddies this time on the tariff he will
refuse to accept the nomination. N.
Boston. July II.