The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
SECRETARY ROOT
REVIEWS ISSUES
Republican Administration Vigorous
for Enforcement OF Law.
Taft the Logical Successor to Con-
tinue Roosevelt Policies
and Reforms.

Flihu Root, Secretary of State,
chairman of the Republican convention
which nominated Charles Il. Hughes
for Governor of New York, addressed
the convention in part as follows:
MIR. Roots Speech.
1--WE can turn to the administrations
now drawing to close, both IN the
State and in the nation. and with con
fiGence ask every American voter TO
say whether they have not met all the
great fundamental questions of good
government, whether they do not JUS
tify the belief that 1t is best for the
country to keep In power the party
which is responsible for them ana IL
entitled to the credit of them. lave
not these administrations within the
State and within the nation been non
est? Have they not been capable! Have
they not been efficient? Have they not
set before the people OF America exam
pies OF pure, hish-minded and patriotic
service in public Office? Have they not
raised the standard of public duty
which the young men of America nave
done us honor before the worldY"
Mr.. bryan Answered.
Mr.. Root took up and answered at
length Bryan's question, "Shall the Peo-
pie Ruler including the various ar
raignments of the Republican party ana
its leaders made by the Democratic can
didate In recent speeches. Among other
things he said:
"Mr. Bryan charges that the Repub-
lican party is responsible for the abuses
of corporate wealth. As well might he
charge that the man who plants cotton
is responsible for the boil weevil, or
that the man who plants fruit trees is
responsible for the San Jose scale. I'm
til the millennium has brought the
eradication Of human seliishness ana
greed, social abuses will come accord
ing to the shifting conditions of the
times. Adversely and prosperity, wealth
and poverty have each their own kinds
Of abuse. Constant vigilance and con-
slant activity to meet and put an END
to abuses as they arise is the task OF
government and of good citizenship;
Republican party has produced the con
ditions which have made our great pros
| perity possible. and 1t Is dealing with
| the evils which have been incident to
that prosperity with vigor and effective
ness. Upon the course to be pursued
regarding these evils, upon the attitude
and action of the government towards
trusts, railroads. and all the great cor
porations. there Is no substantial Issue
between the two parties.
TarIn Revision.
"The Democratic party proposes that
| they will wipe out the protective tariff
and substitute tariff for revenue only.
I shall not discuss that proposition, but
| 1t ought not to be forgotten. The elev-
en- years which have passed since the
Dlngley tariff WIS enacted have brought
| about many changes In the conditions
to which the tariff law Is applied. Many
of these changes have resulted from the
very prosperity which the protection
afforded by the tariff has produced. In
the nature 81 things, such changes must
occur and from time 10 time every iai'-
| iff must be revised and adapted to the
new e"hu''''n'. -, INV ''i'"' Va
| ION, however, Is Always one Vi uneei
| tainfy ana n consequent injury I" DUST
ness, revisions ought not 10 De iihue 100
often or upon slight grounds. Inc
Republican party has not considered
that sufficient grounds for thus disturb
ing business have existed heretofore.
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