The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-12
FEE cKFcAGO PLATFORM B0MD.
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To Tnu EpEToa 90 fmx sUN-Sss: Does
Zach and every RspubliCan realise the
efforts a the author % The opening en-
tsnoss a the ChicagO platform % make
The party . political bondsmAn forOvoT
10 Colonsl Roosevelt and his polieissp
A loyal Republican should In these days
rsad again that documone and sadsavOr
% comprehend the attitude In which u
e.desss=>A - pa; -. S=sS1sssSsssss sSsSi-
mated and elected under IL. These are
some of lee words:
In lbs ths great era 81 Americas aavaaes-
meat TIE RepWblicaa party has reached 10 highoot
service wadsr Inc lesdorship % rhe@a0Fs Reese.
welt Ma admlaisarauoa 10 an epoch IN Americas
hiaaaSy. In No ether period Since naueaal saw
ersagn1y Uns uoa under Waahlna TN. o. preserved
under L4nesaa. hss there been such mlghty prog
rssa IN tAeas lasal~ Of governmsnt uhich make
foF justice equality aad fAir dealing Amoag mea.
TIE highss, aapira aoaa 81 the American peopss
have found . voaes. Their most sAAlted servant
rspEeseats the best aims ana woEthlest purposes
Of ell biz eoantrymsn. American msRhood has
besn lifted 70 . aoolsS sense % auty end obnga
uoa- Coascieuce and courage IN pubic stauoa
and higher standards Of right and wrong n pvi.
vats NE have become cardinal prtncipiss of 20
hueal faith: eapitAl and labor have been bsSught
Into closer rsiauoas % eonnAenes and iaesras
Of power snd ali the evils Of privilege end favera
Ism have esea pai 70 scorn by the simpls. manly
virtues Of justice and fair play.
Roosevelt was placed next 20 wash
ingtoni His voice uttered tho highest
aspirations % the American people.- He
has been their most exaltsd servant
The best aims and worthiest pGrpoess.'
not merely % the members Of the Re-
publican party but -of all hin country
men. nud representation In himl All the
evils % -privile9e and favoritism' have
been put TO scorn by -his simple. manly
virtues.' From him our blessings fowl
The name Of the author of that con-
ssrsation Of lsndation 10 not generally
known 20 fame. Perhaps be does not
at this moment desire TO OH tho sounding
trump.
After making those measured utter
anOes tho author goes on 10 suumseats
Colonel Roossvelt's great accomplish
ments" 40 President. Neither Congress
mentioned "a entitled 10 share In the
exceptional work Of lsgislation and ad-
ministration. Thu platform proclaims.
These are the sehisVsmsa1a mat viu make
FOR rhsodors Roosevelt hia place n history. but
more thaa al else toe great thiags he has done
wt be an iasvarstoa 70 'hsse vic have zee greater
thangs 70 do.
Finally comes the crowning utterance
BY which the author constrains the Re-
publican party. IN national Convention
assembled 90 make this stipulation:
We deeIsr. cur usfsI,srtas adhsrsscs 10 ire
policies thus insugara'ed ana pledge their con
sinusnes uader q Reeab,iesH saminissraaiea Of
The 0ovesnmeaL
There 10 the bond Of the party that
Colonel Roosevelt holds which binds Il
TO continue his policies 90 long ~ Il
holds power My policies are described
with clear certainty in the prelude and
IN the ssQ1sace.
The Government n mentioned. Per-
hAps the mention 10 % the national Gov
sTnment only and does not refer 10 any
state Government like that Of Indiana.
Can the Republican party or its Presi-
dent or its Congress repadiats or tear
up the bOnd upon the ground that IL
vas intended. like party platforms. only
FOR election purpOssse
II the stipulation was not made TO bind
Republican State conventions. then the
Republicans Of Indiana will be sAfe, and
they viii not be rcbels because they re-
fused 20 approve IegislatiOn by a Repub-
lican Congress for which q Republican
majority voted and which a Republican
President pronounced in conformity With
the Chicago platform, Otherwise the
Indiana Republicans. IN State convention
assembled. were deprAvsd perverts OF
heinous quality They even veatured
20 take sides with The Economic Man
and demand the right 20 buy In the cheap
a - ~ 49, -
but that is a triHing detail in compare
son With the bond that Colonel Roosevelt
holds binding every loyal Republican.
in once OF out 81 Once. tn adhere I'M
EaltsrinGly to my policies and enforce
them by legislation and administration
90 long a. IN power! NAssAL.