New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-11

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amount to anything Except penal institutions
are founded upon the belief that the average
| man wants to do right. and he does You can
depend upon IT. .. 81 :.
You meet men In the car on the street. tho
rogue. the rascal the freebooter in society Is
the exception, and that is the reason we are al.
together here under peoples government lhas
progresses and with q reasonable measure OIL
prosperity And to-day is day when the citf-
gems of the State of New York have greater
reason than they have had for many ,sas heen
being proud of their state, because 1t has Deeh
recently demonstrated that no combination now
ever powerful, successfully DEFY the constr
tuition Of the state.
BELIEVES IN RACING.
1t may be said that It was not plank in the
Republican platform upon which was elected,
but it the foundation of all the planks IN
| the Republican platform, without wncn they
would not have held up very long. or course
you do not have to have systematized public
gambling largely at the expense Of the pubic
that even in the gambling game. as many OF
it is not necessary in order to promote sport 10
defy the constitution or to engage In generai
systematic plan Of public gambling.
The very essence of sport is that 1t is above
mere considerations of pecuniary return, and
indeed. above any considerations OF improper
pecuniary return. / believe in racing and IN
sport but whether IL is this evil or that whether
1t is in connection with railroads or In connec-
ton with racetracks, whether 1t has to DO with
this department or that matter, when anybody
says he can get the best OF the constitution
because we don't like 1t, then it is the time to
step in and find out what the people OF the
state say.
That is the security of government, and
the respect which the people have for law, FOR
law In ITSELF not for particular law; every
body likes law that helps him. Everybody
likes law which aids him as he thinks In his
business What really supports us as a free
government is not respect for particular law
but respect for law because it is law; because
we are all going together with a genuine behef
in our institutions, and a determination that we
will In in ri h
like a law. will try to repeal it, that II the
constitution is not right, 1T shall be amended
tomorrow it may be the interests of property
the next day it may be the interests of the in
dividual citizen for his own protection. we are
a young country. Some people may think we
destined to last forever. We are destined to
last longer than the honest and patriotic
sentiment which founded the government and
must maintain ii win last. That is our security,
and must continually reinforce it. So, as we
look over the progress of the state administra-
ton, the enactment of legislation and the aims
which sought to he realized, we need coun-
sci OF perfection with nc advertisement or ex-
travagant accomplishment; we may say we
have gone forward and we have done our best.
and propose to continue it, and ale worthy
of the confidence of the e!ectorate.
PRAISE FOR MR.. ROOSEVELT.
In national fields It is hardly necessary to
speak to you of the record of the last Few
years. Every citizen, matter what his party
may have been, knows that the conduct of our
affairs in the great executive work of the ma
ton has been honorable and worthy Of the
praise of the discreet We have had leader
who forcibly has pointed out the wrongdoing,
aud insisted upon remedy. We have had pro
gressive legislation of rare fitness for this
purpose which has been enacted by reason or
the pressure of his insistent demands. And
any who would speak Of the countrys his
tory in adequate terms whatever his party rela-
ton, must give credit to the sincerity ana the
zeal and the honest purposes and the forcfble
accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt.
Now, going forward: but we are not
-oir for x-arlh indf
but we are going to know the road that we
travel There is no abuse existing in this coun-
try that can be remedied in any other way ex-
cept by the patient consideration Of the facts
and making the remedy fit the facts. What a
foolish thing it IS for any man of intelligence
to keep lodging facts There they are There
they stay. They not the makeshifts of q
campaign. They the inherent realities or
life and you have got to take their measure
Account with them or they will account with
you.
There is no man. however eager he may be for
remedies or for reforms, who ask anything
more than just consideration and the fitting of
the remedy to the evil in intelligent manner
And there is no business man In the country
that ask anything less or has reason to be
afraid of that kind Of forcible, effective but
still rational demand. What we have to be
afraid of simply is the delusion and the panacea,
the substitution of imagination for the reason
| That business cannot stand
MR.. BRYAN'S REMEDIES.
Mr.. Bryan says that he is not in any way in
| his policies endangering the business interests
of the country; that he desires to conserve and
| promote them. We have had the assertion along
side of the policy. We analyze the policy and the
| remedy proposed We make counter asser-
| ton against assertion; merely say, What
| do you propose. and what is there in it?" And
| when read the famous remedy for the disso-
| luton and determination of trusts find that
! it would not stand the examination of business
man for single half hour And there is not q
man within the sound of my voice who has the
| slightest acquaintance with affairs but who
knows that if Mr.. Bryan had the power to put
| his policy into execution and did So he would
| bring all down in overwhelming disaster.
| That is a plain proposition of facts.
| Now, 1t is not question Of sincerity. I do
| not dispute the sincerity of Mr. Bryan or his
| motive. make no reflection upon that but
| when any coolly proposes that he will, If
| empowered, and secure if he is able. a prohibi-
ton that no concern shall control-that is, man
| ufacture and sel-in the United States more
than 90 per cent of the product of the United
| States, or the total product of that commodity
| in the United States. he simply shows that he is
proceeding along the line which inevitably leads
| to disaster because of its utter disregard OF
| the facts of business.
| THE INTELLIGENT METHOD.
We must in these matters learn first to deal
| with wrong-fnd out what the evil is, define
| 1t, punish it. Nothing leads to disaster when
| you dealing fearlessly with wrong with
| abuses. Then you purge business, and save 1t
by the purging; but when you put right and
| wrong together. when your plan necessarily