The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-26
SECRETARY ROOT
REVIEWS ISSUES
Republican Administration Vigorous
for Enforcement of Law.
Taft tho Logical Successor to Con-
tinue Roosevelt Policies
and Reforms.

Flihu Root, Secretary Of State.
chairman OF the Republican convention
which nominated Charles E. Hughes
for Governor OF New York, addressed
the convention in part al follows:
Mr.. Roots Speech.
I'VE can turn to the administrations
now drawing to close, both in the
State and in the nation, and with con-
i'dence ask every American voter to
say whether they have not met all the
great fundamental questions Of good
government. whether they do not JUS
tify the belief that it is best for the
country to keep in power the party
which IL responsible for them and Is
entitled to the credit Of them. Have
not these administrations within the
State and within the nation been HON
est? Have they not been capable? Have
they not been efficient? Have they not
set before the people Of America exam
pies of pure, high minded and patriotic
service in public office? Have they not
raised the standard of public duty
which the young men of America have
set for themselves? Have they not
done us honor before the world?"
Mr.. Bryan Answered.
Mr.. Root took up and answered at
length Bryan's question, "Shall the Peo-
pie Rule!' including the various ar
raignments OF the Republican party and
its leaders made by the Democratic can
didate in recent speeches. Among other
things he said:
Mr.. Bryan charges that the Repub-
lican party Is responsible for the abuses
OF corporate wealth. As well might he
charge that the man who plants cotton
Is responsible for the boil weevil, or
that the man who plants fruit trees is
responsible for the San Jose scale. I'm
til the millennium has brought the
eradication of human selfishness and
| greed. social abuses will come accord
ing to the shifting conditions Of the
| times. Adversely and prosperity. wealth
and poverty have each their own kinds
| OF abuse. Constant vigilance and con
slant activity to meet and put an end
| to abuses as they arise Is the task of
government and Of good citizenship;
but the work Is never finished. The
Republican party has produced the con-
ditions which have made our great pros
perity possible and 1t Is dealing with
the evils which have been incident to
that prosperity with vigor and effective
ness. Upon the course to be pursued
regarding these evils, upon the attitude
and action of the government towards
trusts, railroads, and all the great cor
porations. there is no substantial issue
between the two parties.
| Tarin Revision.
The Democratic party proposes that
they will wipe out the protective tariff
and substitute tariff for revenue only.
shall not discuss that proposition, but
it ought not to be forgotten. The elev-
en- years which have passed since the
Dingley tariff was enacted have brought
about many changes In the conditions
to which the tariff law is applied. Many
of these changes have resulted from the
very prosperity which the protection
afforded by the tariff has produced In
the nature of things, such changes must
occur and from time to time every tar
if must be revised and adapted to the
new conditions. As the period of revis-
ion, however. is always one of uncer-
tainty and Il consequent injury to bust
ness, revisions ought not to be made too
often or upon slight grounds. The
Republican party has not considered
that sufficient grounds for thus disturb
ing business have existed heretofore.
1t now considers that sufficient grounds
do now exist, and 1t has pledged itself
Immediately after the 4th of March
next to devote an extraordinary session
of Congress to making such a revision
in accordance with the true principles
of protection.
The last time the Democratic party
| was in power the result was the Will
SON German tariff of 1893 The very
threat of such proceeding at that
time stopped business. closed the mills,
threw millions Of men out Of employ
ment. and was accompanied by uni
versal business depression and disaster.
Are we ready to repeat that experience
now, as we surely shall II we put the
| Democratic party In power9
The HailrOada.
| THE Republican party believes in
the regulation of railroads. 1t believes
that their managers ought to be made.
and can be made, to obey the law. 1t
| believes that by an enforcement Of the
law, not spasmodic and sensational, but
steady, firm, and persistent. excessive
and discriminating rates can be
stopped; and 1t Is now. and has been