The Washington herald., 1908-07-29

Senator Warner ard Geutenen o. the Committee:
lam deeply sensible OF the honor which
the Republican national convention has
conferred on me in the nomination which
You formally tender I accept IL with
1uU appreciation of the responsibility It
imposes
Maintain Roosevelt Policies.
Gentlemen. The strength OF the RepubIi-
can cause IN the campaign at hand IS IN
the fact that We represent policies essen
tisI 20 the reform OF known abuses. 10 the
continuance Of liberty and true prosper
fly, and that We are determined, as our
platform uneCuivOcally declares. 10 main
tain them and carry them on. For more
Ihau ten years This country passed
through en- epoch Of material develop
melt FAR beyond any that ever occurred
in the world before In its course certain
evils crepr in Some prominent and infiu-
enual members OF the community, spurred
by financial success and IN their hurry for
greater wealth became u1mindful Of the
common rules Of business. honesty and
fidelity and Of the limitations imposed by
law upon their action This became
known The revelations Of the breaches
OF trust the disclosures as 10 rebates and
Determinations by railroads. the accu-
antitrust law by q number Of corpora
tons. the overissue OF stocks and bonds
on interstate railways for the unlawful
enrichilg OF directors and for the purpose
Of concentrating control Of railways in
one ulanagenent, al qUickened the con-
science OF the people, and brought on
moral awakening among them that bOded
well for the future q the country
What Roosevelt Has Done.
The man who formulated the expression
Of the popular conscience and who led
the movement for practical reform wzs
Theodore Roosevelt He laid down the
doctrine that the rich vioIator OF the law
should be as amenabIe 10 restraint and
punishment as the offender without
wealth and without influence. and he
proceeded by recommending legislation
and directing executive action 20 make
that principle good in actual perform
6nca- He secured the passage OF the so
called rate BIN, designed more effectively
70 restrain excessive and FIX reasonable
rates, and 20 punish secret rebates and
determinations which had been general
s. the practice OF the railroads and which
had done much 70 enable unlawful trusts
10 drive out Of business their competitors
II secured much closer supervision OF the
railway transactions and brought within
The operation OF the same statute express
companies, sleeping car companies. fast
freight and refrigerator lines, terminal
railroads, and pipe lines. and forbade in
future the combination Of the transport
zion and shipping business under one con
17ol tn order 70 avoid undue discrtuina-
ZION
President Roosevelt directed suits % be
brought and prosecutions 10 be Instituted
under the antitrust law. 10 enforce its
provisions against the most powerful Of
the Industrial corporations. He pressed
70 passage the pure food law and the
meat inspection law II the interest OF the
health Of the public. clean business meth
DDS and great ultimate benefit 10 the
trades themselves. He recommended the
passage OF a law, which the Republican
convention has since specifically ap-
proved, restricting the future issue OF
stocks and bonds by interstate railways
10 such as may be authorized By Federal
authority He demonstrated 10 the peo-
PIE By what he said, by what he recon-
lnencec % Congress, and BY what he did
The sincerity Of his efforts to command
respect for the law, TO secure equality
Of all before the law, and 10 save The
country from the dangers OF a pluto
cratic government, toward which we
were fast tending In this work 8Ir
Roosevelt has had the support and svm-
pathy Of the Republican parry. and its
chief hope Of success IN the present con
troversy must rest on the confidence
which the people Of the country have in
TIE sincerity OF the party's declaration in
is platform. and IL intends 10 continue
his policies
Retaining Progress Made.
Mr. Roosevelt has set high the stand
ard OF business morality and obe5ienca
10 law The railroad rate bill was more
useful possibly in the immediate moral
effect OF its passage than even in the
legal effect OF its very useful provisions
From its enactment dates the voluntary
abandonment OF the practice Of rebates
and Determinations BY the railroads and
Ihe return by their managers 10 obedI-
ence 20 law IN the fixing OF tariffs. Tho
pure food and meat inspection laws and
the prosecutions directed by the Presi-
dent under the antitrust law have had
q similar moral effect IN the general
business community, and have made il
now the common practice Tor the great
industrial corporations 20 consult the
law with view 70 keeping within its
provisions. II has also had The effect OF
protecting and encOurag giug smaller com
petitlve companies so that they have
been enabled TO do profitable business
But We should be blind 10 the ordinary
working OF human nature II we did not
recognize thar the moral standards set
D5 FreSiCent Roosevelt VIII not continue
20 be observed by those whom cupidirv
and a desire for financial power may
tempt. unless the requisite machinery is
Introduced into the law which shall in its
practical operation maintain these stand
ards and secure the country against q
departure from them
Must ClInch What Has Been Done.
The chief function OF the next admins
t-ation, in my judgment, is distinct from
and progressive development Of that
which has been performed by President
Roosevelt The chief function Of the next
administration is 10 complete and perfect
the machinery by which these standards
may be maintained. by which the law
breakers may be promptly restrained and
punished. but which shall operate with
sufficient accuracy and dispatch to inter
fere with legitimate business as little as
possible such machinery is not now ade-
quare- Under the present rate bill and
under al IFS amendments, the burden Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission in
supervising and regulating the operation
o. the railroads Of this country has grown
so heavy that It IS utterly impossible for
that tribunal 10 hear and dispose in anv
reasonable time, OF the many complaints,