The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
SPEECH BY SENATOR BEVERLDGE.

The speech OF Senator Beverage was
a stirring appeal TO Republicans 20 sup
port the ticket and masterfuI tribute
10 Candidate Taft TIE Senator said. II
part.
we are midway in an historic move
ment for Righteousness written into law.
Shall that movement be carried Ont. or
wrecked Its concrete expression is the
Roosevelt policies shall they De saved
or lost7 Had the about-facers in both
parties. who now are powerIess. succeed
ed. they could not have wrecked the
For the people would have gathered
headway again until their purpose was
worked out
-'Bu. extravagant schemes and emo
uonal agitators can wreck il The RevO-
luton would have failed had impracrica-
bic men been in command instead Of the
cautious and H.se yet daring and deter
mined Washington Many a cause has
gone down at the hands IL h0t-headed
and eccentric friends
by Their Fruifs--' &c
BY their fruits ye shall know them
Seven years ago We started upon the
great work Of modern and humane Iegis-
Iatjon that has made the Roosevelt period
historic In those years we passed the
railroad rate bill. which for the first
time in American history asserts the
principle that the government Of all the
people can and VIII regulate those who
carry the products Of au the people
At home and abroad our work already
done has been 50 vast that the world
speaks Of it with praise and wonder.
but We are midway IN that work. and the
question IS whether we shall so on until
We finish it.
M Bryan complains that 1t IS not
finished now. But a brick at a time IS
the way TO build a house. Would you
trust an architect who promised 20 build
il in the wink of an eye2 The lnstsata-
neous statesman writes no sound laws
works no lasting reform Aladdin rears
none but imaginary palaces
Revision OF the Tariff.
"Of the work that remains. the first
is 10 revise the tariff The tariff we
shall make will protect American indus
tries, and also open foreign markets TO
American products. A strafEhto1t rev
enue tariff IS ancient a single protective
tariff IS out of date-we Republicans
propose 10 keep up with the times. The
modern tariff IS a maximum and min
imum tariff-a high tariff 10 be applied
to any nation that viii not give Us ad-
vantages in its markets. and g lower
tariff. still protective. 10 be granted to
any nation that viii give Us advantages
in its markets The Republican idea IS
to meet other commercial nations with
their own weapons
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viii pass is a part Of that web OF indus
trial questions which we cali the labor
problem But, after all, the fundamental
labor problem is the problem OF employ
ment and pay. Work and wages are the
foundations of IabOr's welI-being. with
out which all labor legislation is the
giving Of a stone instead Of bread
Recovery from the Panic
We are quickly recovering from the
briefest panic in our history Let work
ingmen contrast that panic with the one
that occurred under the last Democratic
ton for themselves VIII the election Of
Mr. Bryan OF Mr.. Taft best help the
rapidly improving business Of the coun-
try2 And remember that active business
means well-paid employment.
That Mr- Bryan and the Opposition
would make business practically impossi-
bic is proved by their national franchise
plan They propose that every enterprise
big enough to do business in more than
one State shall secure a national license.
which can be granted or withdrawn by
any administration But no business can
succeed without certainty. no business
man could afford 70 invest a dollar when
he knew that his very right to do bust
ness al al might be taken away by the
caprice Of President or the accident Of
an election
This is a campaign Of candidates even
more than Of platform. The question is