New-York tribune., 1908-06-18

the bayonets of the law pushed home In nth. the
American .na hss aew many
birds to sing The result is that the President rs
the odv and the m sas See
than any President except Wasnngtdpn. agd c.onfd.nce
of American people to degree never sr saHaieat net
be sad IN sober truth that the fearless perform
ance of sworn duty is not without i's eAceeoi's
But the work has not ceased with the enforce
me1t Of existing laws Repu91ncadd 1acad neW laws
upon statute books designed to carry OUT r. tne 70
pScx and Or eetVe The
law. aimed at preferential rebates which len ,1, haye
ness: the Railroad Rate law, which made s the the
supervision of railroads more effective. ana tne de
gree benefcent to the masses Of our people; Are Are
Republican party.
REMUNERATION REFUSED.
The President, who has led his party and and fhe ds'
people In this great work, retires. by his own de-
Mareb nes iTf Hs refusal m Of renoinaop die
tated by the 1oftest motives and by noble loya1s
Any s one who attempts his as . cam sn
ddate for the Presidency impugnsS S eotP ressent. ns
greatest and most conspicuous qualities upon upon
is no friend of Theodore Roosevelt and does rot
cherish his and fame VINO nov, ilota, t s ths
reat oee which fG he man has nay
President has refused what his countryhen ha esns
and means what he says and his party and ms ms
will respect his wishes as tiey HoiioA AAS
high character and great public service. ,,-
But although the President retires ne leaves h ms
policies behind him. To those policies the fsepuu .
iican party stands pledged. We must carry I o9s
as we have begun, regardless alike or tne raoGaIS
of reaction and the radicals of revolutlon; we
must hold fast to that which is good WINS VIC
make the advances which the times demand.
UPHOLD THE PRESIDENTS Policies.
We ask for the confidence and support Of the
American people because we nave met tie ~ o.
lens of the day and have tried patiently 10 s1iSe
them. We appeal for votes and Tor the power tlioS
confer because uphold the PRESIDENTS poncies
and shall continue sustain them. we MAKE
our appeal with confidence because we nave We. Me,
defined policy, and not, like our oppoLen.s
fumbling in the dark to find some opinion on some
thing. - -. -, ,,a order
we believe in the maintenance OF law ana 9raeI
and in the support the courts in all their rlsnt
and dignity We believe in equal rights 1or an
men and are opposed to special privileges .Ut
anv man or any class of men, high or loW rlcn
or poor We, who established the gold stahoanu H.
stand for protection to American INDUSTRY anu anu
American labor, and will resist al! the assaults
oP free trade under whatever name II comes us
eIlised We will TO the defence or the country
we mean to have navy worthy or the American
name We seek peace and friendship with all the
nations but alliance with none Yet we nave at .t
intention of being hermit nation Ihe sreaI
services of the President to the worlds peace VIII
he continued by the party which he mas Ieo. W .
are a party fit rule and govern, TO ieglslats
and administer, and not fortuitous coiiectlon OF
atoms whose only form of thought OF illotioii
|, is TO oppose Above all, are true to our uad-
tions and to our past-true now, as we were IN
the days of Lincoln. ut. -. ,,,.
In this spirit we must preVdlL-og tii' ''eA W.
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