The Washington herald., 1908-02-27
RADICALISM GRILLED
Bracket of New York Raps
Administration.
SENATOR TAKES UP cUDGEI
Empire state Solon I'm Boston Ad-
dress Puts Forward Gov. Hughes
ns ReactiOnary Cnndidntc-Uurges
Conservatism as Chief Need OF Na-
tion at the Present Time.

Boston. Feb. Ex-senator Bracket. OF
New York, was the principal speaker at
the annual dinner Of the New England
Iron and Hardware Association here to-
night. He said. in part:
I'VE are entering. indeed we are already
well entered upon. a campaign for the
nomination for the Presidency. the results
OF which, TO my mind overshadow in i'm
portance any since the denomination OF
Lincoln in 1864.
I have no wish to pose as an alarm
iSt. but l cannot but believe that there is
surely involved in this election a choice
between the old standards, the old meth
ods, and the old safety on the one hand.
and on the other a semi-socialism that
means sailing out on a cloudless and a
shoreless. and uncharted sea As 1 re-
call the campaigns OF 1896 and 1900. and
the arguments of every Republican pa
per and speaker OF the time against the
election of Mr.. Bryan, Il seems 10 me
either that every Republican of that time
was rank pretender and a hypocrite,
or. the same reasoning holding good to-
day. the times are sadly out Of joint
Shall RadfcaIfsm COntinu%s
IT Is true that the scene is shifted
The contest then was between Democ-
racy, alleged to invade the forces OF dis
order, on the one hand. and the Repub-
ncan party, standing for the opposite, on
the other. Now. it is whether the Repub-
lean party shall be controlled BY the then
ideas Of Mr.. Bryan, somewhat advanced.
and not at all improved by their present
sponsor, or whether the same conditions
ard forces that brought back the waves
Of what was then deemed a step toward
anarchy, at the beating back of what the
great business world breathed a sigh Of
relief, and deemed itself safe again
whether these considerations still remain
forceful and potent with the people
At this time apparently the two lead
ing candidates for the nomination are one
an honored son OF New York and the
other an equally honored son of Ohio
Each has fully announced his views
Secretary Taft has said that he in
dorses and stands for every policy and
act of the present administration.
'On the other hand, Gov Hughes be-
lieves in the constitutional division Of
the government into three parts-the ex-
ecutive, the legislative, and the judicial
and does not believe that il attaches 10
the function OF a President 20 select his
successor, or 20 inaugurate a campaign
10 secure his nomination.
Legislative Department Ignored.
Whether we like TO admit Il or not.
there has come about at Washington in
the last three years a practical breaking
down of the legislative department; it
has become branch not necessary 10 be
at all reckoned with.
The thought is growing that we have
a government Of men-of man-rather
than of laws. it has quickly come that
the ears of the people, particularly Of the
business world. have been strained TO
catch, not the word of the law, but the
passing whim of the Executive. And so.
when. time after time, there is a breath
ing out of threatening and slaughter. the
entire business world takes il that the
threats are to be made good by nod Of
the Executive head Just as is done by the
little father on the Neva, and in forty
eight hours We are thrown from unex-
empleu prosperity into a condition Just
removed from universal bankruptcy
Against the gospel Of strenuousness
hold up 10 you the gospel OF thoughtful
ness: against the thinly veiled passion for
war and all its pomp and circumstance.
the captains and the shouting. the desire
for honorable peace; against the parading
of an armada half around the world 10
MI the eye Of the Oriental the convinc-
ing Of the Oriental of our intention 10 be
absolutely fair and truthful with him
against heedlessness and blundering, a
study OF precedents and care; against
impatience and obiurgations. patience and
consideration against the destruction OF
business, the rescue Of prosperity: against
the methods and the results OF hotspur,
the recollections os a Lincoln"