The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-04
what shall the ian
Republicans DOn

henuDllCans DO.
This candid letter from Mr. ZIrvER
possibly expresses doubt that i in
other minds than his own.
To- rHr ErroE ~ rHE stN S- Here !
vas ror- than eager % show my disapprobauon
Of Roo.-vsltlsm by voting a straight Democratic
teEe, On election day. when that defeat seeking
party produces such = slate and platform declAr-
inE 'or IN income TAI. popular elections Of United
States senator's snd direct nominations
what shall do !. IIIvEK
NV NoEE. October o.
You should analvze, YOU should elm
mate the comparatively unimpOrtant
factors, and then vou should weigh the
residue against the menace of Roo-e-
veltlsm and all that It portends.
There IL the income tax. for instance
Its appearance in the New York Demo
cratic platform is mentioned bv Mr.
ZILvFR as an obstacle to his voting this
wear in this State against the New Va
tionalism represented bv MIR ROOsE-
WELT. But the income tax is favored
not only nv the Democratic platform
hut also hv Mr. ROOSEVELT A. re-
Gently ~ September , he was describing
II IN the outlook in this language
moderate but progressive income tax
carefully devised TO fall genuinely on
bOac WhO ough' 10 Ddg. would ! bclev"
be a good thing but heavy and heavily
progressive inheritance tax on great
fortunes would H. a far better thing
Mr. ROOsEvT I.r thinks IN" progressive
income FAX would to- a cool thing. II be-
IL not so enthusiastic about it a. about
some more heavily rcprcssivr and dis
CrImina'orv Instruments Of th" -Ocinl-
istic or imperiali-tic movement tenn
porarilv STYLED New Na'ionaliSm. IL is
because he has higger fish To r.. he
prefers more drastic methods of mark
ing III. changed attirud" ~ Govern
ment toward property. The very 49,
RenCa ~ ROpseye'I~m = in his CON-
mendation 81 a Progressive" income taN
not a tax 10 raise revenue. NOT u tax 10
fall oquifablv and prppurtiouallv on the
taxed. not a square d"al tax in the view
of old Nationaii-n. bur a tax carefully
devised % fail on those lrlO ought ~ p1I"
meaning. a, all know who understand
the Ro"--yeltian vocabulary. carefully
devised 10 fan IN those who Mr.. ROO~F-
VIII thinks ought - paw
We ,an 'ou~oientIou~lv advise our
esteemed curT"-pnudrrt 20 blink the
incon. tax that mildly reapp.ar~ M
the Democrat ~ta''. platform from ~.
Democratic national platform 81 lyiN
In Rooseveitl-rn successful ~ NJ" pull-
next month and on ~" road - r....-tah-
li-hmen' m power m 1872 there i ~"
potentialrv Il anv numh''r - taV"-
on those who ought 80 paw
As 80 she ,....'i ON - nited STAT.
Senators by popular Won" that j. like
wise inherited hy the State platform
from tho Denver prunounc.nent We
don't rern"rrh.r Whistler Nlr RoOsr-
WILT ha- ry.' uu rated M. change or
not We '.,. .rri" Their" ar.. ,rIc--
tions mpr- 'r,..-lng and s,lI- NOR. i'm
minent than = proposed 'hauge IN IA.
method of choosing senator which IAN
be- etfsc'-d rulv bv an Amendment -
the Constitution 81 he nit,.I state
our c"ur-"lro VIZ /uyER =, -,ratoh
the nIt"d ~'',-- S-uat"r- from hr- lit
81 difficrIti"- ~ he wav Of = Republican
vote in lplr against Ruu-..y"lrr~m and
the New \a'Dpnal.-m
Direct primarr,-,, oar Imprr--inr,
had he.n that W RopStytII Wa OF
was pretending 10 b" ~ earnestly tor
direct primaries ~ any D"mo.rattr
resolution thai was ever Nu'',r
after thus dIspo-Ing Of rh" uou-..s-.u
tiAis ~ this mon"ntous campaign even
10 the suppression Of MS di-llk" Of pari
Of the Democrat" ticket II he yi"ws any
part OF ~ Ni'h drSfHvor surely b" can.
not regarI ~I'h alarm ih. election Of a
man hh" Ions \ DIX ~ au alternative"
toa VICTORY foe Eoosavrltrsm what Mr.
ITLvFR shoIld do r- 10 keep hI- patriotic
ewes steadily hy,-i mon 'hr main con-
sidera'Iou.
The time 10 defeat RoO-FvFLT's
Ror--v"I'.-'u and Sew Nationalisrn 3,
nov Hitherto hi- strength has largely
lain IN ~" optimism # h.- ..uaniia- H..
nas won Ill -. tories b"fur" they began
~ understand
H. -"''-re- p"'ting aud ,nr.erva'ive
R"rubI cans TAX" Warning This year of
Era," and exceptional orrorruur', r- Nh.
tim" and ro~-,tlv rh" ou.y um.. 20 dc
i"sr rHIppurr Eup,FvtirInu,.,
\ Modern MIra'i"
from ~" EDITORIAL column, " tho
fIu'I idr'r's', So take ir.. following
"b'.nu-iE mp -"i ut'"ttu A."