The Washington times., 1908-09-12
ROOSEVELT POLICY
IS HELPING TAFT
Spirit of Progress Doing
Much for the Repub-
iican Party.

CINCINNATI. Sept. I2.-More and
more. as the reports on political senti-
ment in the various sections of the
country come into Tafts headquarters
| here, II is made evident that he and the
Republican party are fortunate IN stand
ing before the people on a cast-iron
pledge to carry out the policies OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
They are equally fortunate IN having
adopted the watchword. Progress and
Prosperity" Especially should they
congratulate themselves on advocating
progress.
By progress" they mean particularly
that advance in the standards of BUSH
ness which has won so much popularity
1 for the Roosevelt administration IN
| questionably one Of the greatest move
mnets in public opinion known to mod
ern times has erystaIlized among the vo-
ters OF the country. and a strange. new
power has gone through the land, win
ming converts and revolutionizing poll
A Potent Force.
1t is a spirit which. born of unrest
and feeding on discomfort, has grown
| into a potent force. II has held con-
verse with the farmers in the field, and
| il has lifted its compelling voice above
/ the clamor Of the foundries and the roll
! ing mills. IL has raVersed mountains
| and left its lesson with the lumberman.
and il has gone down into the bowels OF
/ the earth where the miners work. The
streets Of busy cities have known It's
| presence, and It has gone into the study
| Of the lawyer and the business man.
| No part of the country has escaped its
| CALL and nowhere has it called IN vain.
/ - ha u
/ with wonder and ask what this thing is
| this power that IS changing the old or
/ der end ushering in new regime They
] do not have far 10 look ~ ma an an
4 sWer
! IL l5 the 4orce which has swept the
| old, conservative Foraker on his feet
/ in Ohio. and kept Long. OF Kansas out
/ OF the Senate because of his allegiance
/ 10 the Roosevelt policies was dolbIea
| II is the spirit which has made la Fol-
1 lett5 a demi-god IA Wisconsin. and kept
| jenkins. OF the same state, from being
| renoainated for Congress. II is the
power which has made Hughes a ruler
! Ia New York. and given Kittredge the
/ fight OF his life in South DAKOTA.
Against Secrecy.
In other words, IL is progress. an in
/ vincible dissatisfaction with the old
| 'gaTg rule a ceaseless protest against
/ secrecy in politics Also, il is a deter
( minatiOn that corporations and trusts
| shall be kept within the law. and thai
1 there shall be no class discrimination in
/ the United States. 1t is the natural re-
] science hich was so largely the work
/ OF RQ welt. Having once been brought
/ TO s. le evils that existed, the public
/ Is mined 70 keep its eyes on all
/ Law uSers and politicians.
| IT,. 2 is suddenly abroad in the land
/ the Ctctum Of the masses that they shall
/ rule, that they shall choose their own
| statesmen, and that they shall not be
! controlled by one or two men. This is
/ why the new spirit has stormed the bull
I 6sarks OF the old regime, which. for
/ UanJ OF better name, has been called
| But this call for remedial legislation,
/ this demand Tor upiift in ali branches
Of The national life. Is not the grotes-
Que. fantastic radjcalism which Is made
/ Intellectual by us lmpEacticaDluty. II is
powerful because IT is born OF the COM
mon sense. the keen prudence. ana the
practical gifts Of the average citizen. Ii
demands progress but Il demands ID
only along strong, sensible lines.
And In II IS. perhaps, the greatest
/ tribute Roosevelt has ever received. The
neuJenants who come here from cay 10
VariaDly of the popularity OF Roosevelt.
end the hundreds of thousands OF votes
which have been won by Taft as q re-
suit of his pledge to carry the Roose-
welt policies TO completion.
/ The struggle for new leaders and the
| fight on the "old school is more pro-
nounced in the Middle and Far West
/ than in the East, but even in the East
1t IL powerful, and there, as elsewhere.
/ is found the public decision 20 get rid
of the men who were for so long. salts
fed TO let well enough alOne,' and
who have fought much Of Roosevelt's
The Public Mind.
me demand for tariff revision is
good Illustration of what Is IN the pub
lie min6. The desire for changes IN
the schedules is almost universal. some
sections Of the East being practically
the only parts of the country which
do not want il. But with this desire
Is coupled also the wish that revision
be undertaken carefully, a1d be done so
as not TO interfere with the prosperity
OF the Industrial institutions OF the
country.
II is in the middle and far West that
the real battle of the Republican and
Democratic parties is TO be fought IL
is TO the West that Bryan appeals by
his radicaHSu- But ne is weakened by
the peoples memory OF what his rad
ic4lism was eight years ago. 1t did
flot have the common sense which char
acteriZes the radicalism that has been
introduced into the national life by
Roosevelt. And there are many who
say now that his impracticability has
not grown with time.
1t Is q common thing TO hear a Re
publican speaker say on the platform
in this campaign;
eve are confident that the common
sense OF the American people viii pre-
vent their electing Bryan"
So far as can be learned from stu
dents Of sentiment on both sides of
the fight, the radicalism the people want
is the Tadicalism Of Roosevelt, the COM
nonsense radicaltsm which Taft has
pledged himself 20 follow and conserve
But if the Republicans were not maxi
ing the hght on radical platform with
radical pledges. there would be a diff
feTent story tC tell
JAMES HAY, JR.