Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
Evils Due to aHuman Nature. -

Evils Oue TO AU1uau NATURE.
He declared that the republican party
was not responsible for the abuses he had
described and that .'the evils were due to
the fallibility OF human nature and the
willingness of ambitious and unscrupu-
lous men to turn an instrumentalfty nee
essary in human progress to "a vicious
purpose" or all possible agencies for re-
form. he said. the democratic party under
Its present leadership is the ole least en-
titled to any credit.
while the resolutions Of its platform
In 1896. 1900 and 1904 denounced the
abuses OF corporate wealth. he said.
they never proposed feasible plans or
made the prominent and chief issue Of
any campaign the carrying out OF what
have now become known, and properly
known, as the Roosevelt policies. On the
contrary in 1896 the party made the chief
issues a disastrous financial experiment.
which would have retarded the progress
Of this country a quarter of century
and sullied its financial honor.
Suicidal Policy.
"In 1850 the party reiterated its ad-
herence to this suicidal policy of repudia-
ton of national and private debts and
obligations, and then advanced as the
paramount issue Of the campaign not the
trusts. not corporate wealth and abuses.
but rather the reputation Of all our in
ternational responsibilities growing out
Of the Spanish war and the destruction
OF what they call the growing cancer Of
imperialism in the policy Of this country
Again In 1904 instead of selecting the
abuses and evil for which they now seek
to make the republican party responsible
as the main Issue of the campaign, the
burden of their contentious was the
usurpation Of the powers Of the executive
office by President Roosevelt, including
the settlement of the anthracite coal
strike. and the violation OF the federal
constitutional limitations by the republic
can party, while the extent of the trust
evil was ininimiZed by the statement of
the then party candidate that the common
law furnished sufficient remedy to sup
press It and by the general party declara-
ton that nothing but safe and sane poll
cies were to be adopted under the admin
istration which should follow its success
in the election
''Stolen Thunderp Oh, Mo-
This, he said, is the record of the party
whose policies, it is claimed, President
Roosevelt and the republican party have
stolen. He declared that the people do
rule and that the will OF the people has
been expressed in the Roosevelt policy.
Speaking of the House of Representa-
tives as being charged with having a pro-
cedure allowing the Speaker to suppress
would not discuss the wisdom of that pro-
cedure, 1t was sufficient to say that the
Senate Has no rule for the previous ques-
ton, and in that body the ability of the
minority to defeat or delay legislation IA
vored by the majority has been made the
subject of criticism on the ground that il
defeated the will of the people. a repub
lican Congress-, he said could be depended
upon to carry out the principles involved
In this campaign.
He smoke of the republican and demo-
cratic parties in the south and declared
that great number of democrats are OPP
posed to the democratic party under pres
ent leadership and none of them will be
disappointed if the democratic ticket is
defeated.
The Broken "Solid South"
Every one having the interest of the
country at heart as an abstract PROPOSE
ton, he said. would rejoice Ia have the
solid south a democratic asset In
every national campaign broken up.
The republican party in its national
legislation, he said, had favored the build
ing of the Panama canal the reclamation
of swamp lands. the conservation of for
estS and water resources and In taking
many other steps that are for the devel-
opment of the south The growth and
success of the mining ana iron industries
in the south, he declared, are directly due
to laws enacted by the republican party.
In making appointments in the Philip
pines, Porto Rico and Cuba no atten-
ion had been paid to the partisan pro-
clivities Of the appointees and there are
in the Philippines as many democrats
among the Americans republicans
serving the government there.
AS to the complaint that the leading
men of the south have but little influence
N the executive branch OF the govern
nent at Washington. he said the only
way by which the south can cure this
matter is by independence of action and
the support of the republican ticket.
Democratic Turncoats.
He declared that many independent
democrats in the south agree with the
republican party in all its main economic
dostrines, and reviewing the industrial
progress OF the south he said it's bust
mess prosperity in many respects depend
ed on a reasonable protective tariff more
than any other community In the coun-
try. He declared that If Jefferson were
to return to life he would not recognize
his reputed political descendants. While
there is a good deal of declaration in the
Denver platform against Capitalization
Of power, he said the propositions con-