New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-12

way csme has T., hand 10 Mr. Murphy TO
know IL he would not be soou si.ore1I,rred
nominate them. stated that wn s ~, conse-
in the convention was really OF no cou
quence, because the only thing thS ttS.ohy's
cd was what went on in Mr.: ..- Nio1 most
sinister feature of the situation. however,
is the feet that You could not tn @" !" 80 S,-;st
in any direction without hitting ioD9.Sisdi
or a corporation attorney. They an ai''
before the delegates did oil
In New York the special interests, Ga
OF the rowe-s that hone TO keep OF W o" o.
ouire privileges to which they are no' Gu Gu
titled. Rave gone with our antagonists, ~, ~
cause they feel. quite properly, hat IN NE be
lieves in either crooked business or cIoohAs a.
politics. and especially IN the allan Iii
Tics
Declaring that above all questions OF
party must come the fundamental ques-
ton OF honesty. he said that all who III
this state stood for equal opportunities
for all men and special privileges ior
none must vote for that party repre-
scented in this state by Governor Hadley.
Mr.. Roosevelt then took up the principles
of the new nationalism. and declared
that every principle that policy con-
tanned was TO be found in the policies
and personality of Abraham Lincoln.
Loyalty TO the mighty dead does not
consist only of praising those who are
dead" he declared. why, all men do
that nowadays. but loyalty to those who
have passed consists in SO living in the
present as to portray the principles for
which they stood in what was then the
present"
Speaking of the tariff he said he cheer
fully admitted there was a tire when,
had our opponents acted with reason
able wisdom. they might have made US
trouble. But they did not act with
reasonable wisdom. Instead of that
they. proved themselves worthy of the
trust we have always reposed in them"
There was no doubt whatever in his
mind. he said, that the conviction of
great majority OF the American people,
regardless of party, was that there
should be protective tariff, and that 1t
should be measured by the difference in
cost Of production here and abroad. The
only difference that had remained.
therefore, was the method by which that
end was to be achieved. He had no de
sire to speak Of the past. Criticism and
recrimination would lead 10 widening in
stead Of closing the b. each which had
existed. Therefore the question of the
hour was the question of the future.
how best to achieve that end which all
desired.
The Two Parties Contrasted.
Mr.. Roosevelt closed his speech with
vigorous attack on the Democratic party
and an appeal to the people TO support
the Republican party. He said:
Our opponents stand fer nothing. In one
stale they claim to represent a radcaism
so extreme and so foolish that il there
were any attemp, to apply 1t in practice II
would invoke the most absolute reaction
In other states they stand avowedly or,
if not avowedly, they stand in reality. in
spite Of hypocritical professions to the con-
trary, for open reaction
They have no coherent policy A party
that dominates Mr.. Bryan radical
one year and Mr.. Parker an Ultra-con-
sentative next time, and then Mr. Bryan
again. and then waits to see if anybody
won't carry an election somewhere so they
/ can nominate him asain-tnat party mas
forfeited the right to the respect and sup
| port Of independent citizens who seriously
1 wish well TO their native land
| we have a coherent policy. We have had
difficulties We are settling them, not by
a compromise of principles but by coming
tCge her on a platform which is one OF
I nigh principle and also one of proved eff
cheney. We ask you to support us We
New York, because we preach the sam,
doctrine In Missouri and in New York:
because what say To you tonight is ex-
actly what should say In every state OF
this Union.
Broadens "New NationaIism."
Addressing an audience of the type 20
which he especially likes to speak, Mr..
Roosevelt materially broadened his pol
icy of new nationalism" by declaring
that e was obviously impossible to
achieve control over corporations
through forty-six or forty-eight states.
but that such control must be vested in
the federal, government. MIR. Roosevelt
has limited at this proposition on pre-
vious occasions. but this is the first time
he has actually expressed himself In
/, terms impossible Of misunderstanding.
This, the most important economic
declaration TIE former President made
to-day. was in the course of his speech
TO the st. Louis Traffic Association,
composed Of both shippers and railroad
men, at the elaborate luncheon which
they had prepared in his honor. He
spoke with great force and precision,
and from the frequent applause with
which his assertions were greeted it is
a reasonable conclusion that they car
ried conviction, even to a class Of men
who have been disposed TO regard any
extension of governmental supervision
over their property with apprehension,
II not actual hostility.
In a certain sense, however, Mr.. ROose-
Welt was bringing Goals to Newcastle.
for II was Charles Nagel, now Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, resident Of
this city and long a distinguished mem
Der OF the Missouri Bar Association.
who before that association and in this
very city in 1907 expressed precisely the
same views as did the former President
to-day. and who as a member Of Presi-
dent Taft's Cabinet has consistently in
sisted on this step in the progress Of
/ federal economics, he having been, with
| Attorney General Wickersham, author
! Of the federal incorporation bill which
was introduced with the cordial indorse-
me,t Of the administration at the last
session of Congress.
Four Speeches in This State.
Colonel Roosevelt announced this
morning a change In his schedule
! whereby he will make at least four po-