New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
SENATOR LODGE STATES CAMPAIGN ISSUES
SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEV VELT'S POLICIES MUST BE
CARRIED OUT -DENOUNCES THIRD TERN BOOMERS.

other things. TO combinations OF capa anu ipV it
on scale and with power never before WIZ
messed They have opened the way TO TO ea accunnuia
aVarice ei and never m before Contemplated by
The social and political problems thus created sbe
because the elements are old the problem I itself itself
which have gone before The elements may be old
but the problem presented by a change IN me
Great individual fortunes and rich men are. it
is true, old as recorded history Nearly two
thousand years ago the the tax farmers @ $40 OF ata R4me
i5e tom; the English people three Centuries ago re-
voted against the patents and nonopolies granted
monopolists. forestaIIers and SPECTATORS in the
ns were Sf & Sy n Gq
the fs the m kama m Ws as
in degree from their predecessors.
PoRTENToUs PROBLEMS.
1t is the huge size of private fortunes. the vast
and power Of modern combinations of CAPT
a ave broesPf Pfssos pon 1 m h ese ts
lens pcrtentous in their possibiities ana threat +
even personal freedom if they are not boldly
The great body of the American people, i. neither
very. rich nor very poor: the honest the thrifty; &
and save have no base envy no fanatic hatred of
wealth whether Individual or corporate if it has
employed with of responsibility to the pub.
lie But {ns sFeat & ooGy SI our
people. who are the bone and sinew of our country
gan to observe with deep alarm the recent mani
and ore Gi they e cs tS beeSe
fortunes and these huge combinations of capital
honest means and through cynical disregard of
the very laws which the Of the people Ip n@
ical power being reft from their hands and put put
dearest rights in danger, and that their hopes
OF success and advancement We're cut on by pqsi.
ness methods which they could not understand, but
by which the individual was sacrificed and held
To those who looked beneath the surface om.
nous unrest was apparent The violent counses @ OF
erty and the overthrow of law began TO be heard
and hearkened to. The great order loving indus.
from these advocates of violence but at the same
them. in lawful and reasonable ways the protec-
gers they justly apprehended
DEMAND UNFLINCHINGLY NET
The great duty of fulfilling these righteous de.
mands all the great public services of the last
half century, was imposed upon the RepuplIGa
Under the lead of the President, the Republican
party has grappled with the new problems & porn f Il
Dangerous extremes threatened on either hand. On
the side the radicals of reaction VINO re-
sisted any change at all; on the other side We're
the radicals of destruction, who WlShed 10 ChdHse
far apart at the outset as the poles, but. when
carried out they lead alike to revolution Between
the Republican Congress were compelled to 81 steer
ano Wiile tIley aoHsliCsn ~ oi 10 radicaI
assaults either hand
has been accomplished. The response Of the people
TO policies urged by the President has been 50
emphatic that IL has been made clear. once for AL
that the government of the United States IS never
10 be dominated by money and financial interests
and that the political party which permits itseI1 10
be ruled by them is thereby doomed TO defeat :.
The policy Of the Republican party IN dealing
with these and formidable questions WElch
have taken concrete form in enormous corlona-
tons capital and in great public service corpora
tions has been formulated and determined That
policy is TO government regulation and super
vision for the control of corporations and combna-
tons so that these great and necessary instruments
Of commerce and business may be preserved as
useful servants and not destroyed because they
have threatened TO become dangerous masters.
This policy is the absolute opposite of govern
rent ownership and all like measures advocated
by our opponents which tend directly 10 socialism
and to all its attendant miseries and evils.
OLD LAWS ENFORCED; NEW ONES ENACTED
It IS in pursuance OF this policy. shaped and set
tied during the last few years, that old laws have
been enforced and ones enacted.
Nothing is destructive to the respect for
laH-the chief bulwark Of civilized society-than TO
place laws upon the statute book in order merely
10 still public camor and satisfy the people, but
which II is never intended TO enforce. The worst
laws imaginable those which allowed TO
rust unused If enforced they might inter
fere with vested abuses or curb the rich and
The President has enforced the laws he found
them on the statute book For this performance of
his sworn duty he has been bitterly attacked. 1t
was to be expected. Vested abuses and profitable
wrongs cry out loudly when their intrenchments