New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-10
ROOSEvELTS POSITION
ON PAYNE TARIFF
Mot Sufficient Improvement on
ningIey Law for Full
Endorsement.
MOI AN ISSUE AT SARATOGA
He Heartily Approves of Certain
Features and viii Con-
tinue to Commend
Them.

tinue to Commend
Them.
TBv Telegraph 10 TIE Tribune
Memphis Tenn Oct =. -Colone
Theodore Roosevelt took some pains to-
dsy 70 make clear his position with re
gard TO the tariff. Calculating II moi
Celebrating the statement which hC
made last night in his speech at Al
lanta- When asked for statement
which might be quoted the colonel said
Il have nothing 20 add 20 what I said
last night. except that in my speech at
saratoga I said about the tariff and the
administration exactly What I had said
in my speeches IT Sioux City, Sioux
Falls and Cincinnati"
II may he added. however. that Mr..
Roosevelt's policy is and will continue 10
loo 70 commend specifically the features
Of the Payne tariff bin which he felt he
could conscientiousIv commend He re
CARDS the PAYNE law as better meas
IRE than the DinEley Law. but as not
sufficiently an improvement or sUH1-
GENTLY fui6lu1ent Of the party's pledge
n warrant his endorsement. on the
other hand. he does heartily approve Of
he machinery for further and more
adequate revision which the Paine bill
creates. Of the Tariff Board. the maxi
NUN and minimum provision and the
imitation Of taxation Of profits of cor
uorstions
The Saratoga Convention
IN snaplihcation Of Colonel Roosevelt's
position on the Saratoga convention, II
may be said that he regarded that as
essentially 8 state convention. dealing
Vith state rather than national issues
The tariff vas not discussed there. It
impressed Mr. Roosevelt as being Of lit
re interest 10 the people Of New York
IS ~ issue in the convention. Long be
fore the convention he had made II per
fectly plain that he would raise no OBJ
lection 70 an Endorsement Of The Taft
sdu1inisrrsrioD end that he would urge
nc condemnation Of an- proposition for
Dhlch the administration had made
1-self responsible, provided no efforts
we're made 70 commit the people Of New
ork 70 the Endorsement Of Mr.. Taft for
1912. as 10 which Mr.. Roosevelt said
that he reserved entire liberty % act in
whatever way the public interest should
demand when that time came.
Moreover, Mr.. Roosevelt had deter
mined on the achievement At Saratoga
- three. 20 his mind. fundamental and
sfl-essentisi principles. These were the
defeat Of -'bossism." victory for popular
r1le and the Republication Of corruption
n politics. and he Well realized that it
would be folly n ieopardize success on
+hese important issues By engaging in
fight over the tariff plank. fight that
Vcul6 inevitably have alienated the
trends Of the sdU7inis1r ration who we're,
however, IN hearty accord with Dir.
Roosevelt on the three essential features
- The contest
Had No Apologies 20 Offer
~. Roosevelt has no objection what
ever 10 being known IS = practical man.
He fuU- realizes that there are circum-
stances when wisdom and a due regard
for -he public interest dictate the choice
of two OWLS. and that there are times
when devotion TO principle and simple
common sense comb TO dictate the ad
disability n abandoning 2 lesser good
that he greater may bc achieved. He
rad no apologies 70 offer for his course
p. Saratoga ITo IS anxious that his
friends should enjoy an opportunity
clearly ~ understand his purpose and
his methods. and nc is completely indif-
re-ert 70 the risinterpretsti Of the
.9-nc~ or the Misrepresentation Of the
after hv his enemies
=. 49,
volt viii be once more IN the insurEent
countrz. appealing 10 the people Of In
diana 10 elect a Republican Governor
that ~ that means a redistrictinG OF the
state ~, The Democrats may be avoided,
and that Albert !. Beveridge may be re-
elected TO the Senate. Il is not neces-
sa-- for Nj Roosevelt either 10 ike or
10 admire the man 10 whom he lends MS
support Il his election is the lesser Of
Two evils. that is 10 Mr. Roosevelt
sufficient reason for promoting his cleo
Ion. Republican defeat IN Indiana at
ibis time would be disastrous 10 the he
publican party in more ways IMAM On,
and, as Republican. the ColoheI "1-i
-spyort senator Beveridge II i I'M
rar-ant however. that his position on
-1e tariff be made perfectly clear before
he reaches Indiana. and for that reason
ne chce-fuuy calculated that position d
this time
This has been another Of MI ROUSE
reIt's quiet days''-''s day OF com pie'o
rest - he somewhat ironicaIy re-
ii when he had completed the ap-
Droxirlatelv. fifty rear-end spee'ii'7
,-ric, 10 had made between Atlanta
uhfch point his train left at = o'cioeh
tnis morning. and Memphis. which was
reached ~ 1890 O'Clock this evening
As -+os m. the good people Of Dalton
sac, content with the sight they had oi
tbe colonel yesterday morning. turned
an IN ruI strength and expressed lii''ii
,-r7,b,,si,s,,, 80 yociferously that the COLO
rnl v-as compelled TO 90 out ana lam
10 them. At Chattanooga. Tenn II uiils'
,Dle and TuscuTnbia. Ala, and Corlflil
Miss crowds running up INTO inc uio"
e.,ss .-ero gathered At tho stations 70
100 and hear Mr. Roosevelt. ana Al al
ile smaller towns the people mao come
for miles e. sec the distinguished ali'a'
naturalist.
Tho crowds in this part 81 ''''
trr are quito different from t'''s" i''