New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
SHEPARD DEFINES VIEWS
Candidate for U. S. Senate First
Opposes "NeW NationaIism.'
ADVOCATES RIGID ECONOMY
Then Renews Expression o.
Opinions on Railroads,
Labor, Etc.

N. Shepard made public a Statefllenl oi HIS
political views last night.
Mr. Shepard declared it as his belief that
he should not now be called upon to an
swer questions Of a. political nature put
that his fitness for the position OF United
States Senator should rather be determined
solely on his past record on public affairs
First in his own idea in importance IN
that record, Mr.. Shepard placed his stand,
taken early last September in direct eppo-
stion TO the policies advocated by Mr.
Roosevelt in his Ossawatomie speech he
devoted a passing word to his activities IN
:h, formation of the Democratic state plat
form; in the last election, and declared him
self in favor of an immediate reduction OF
excessive and monopolistic duties in the
tariff.
IT am hostile to the swollen expenditures
for remote and improbable War, Mr.. Shep-
ard said. land ] believe Thoroughly IN the
governmental regulation Of common car
riers and of unavoidable naonopolies-
He declared himself in favor OF the popu-
lar election of United States Senators. the
adoption Of g. constitutional amendment
permitting Congress TO impose an income
tax, extension OF the parcels post, ana
worknaen's indemnity out Of the fruits Oh
tlleir own industry.
Mr.. Shepards statement follows:
7 am reluctant to answer your questions
on politics, and for the very reason WIlcn
you give for asking them-that many
me as candidate for the United States
Senatorship. l have asked neit4eI tie .I,e
| vote nor the support of any one buI .!,, titv
| confidence shown ME during the last lew
weeks by so many Of my party associates
has given me real ana very pieasai.io n
sense of honor, which will always remain ,s,a
I ffSan a
Is it. however. useful for me at TINS tiiIle
again to recite my political creed! Muse
not the choice for this Democratic senator
vice of statesmanship to New York and TO
| the country and for so s1gnal anu COi ,
| tinuous service to our e5eaI 5eesa;eS e; and
success-must not this be determined upoI, pI
consideration of the long known auu h1in Tr
known relations of the candidate ss 10 paoilo ~
affairs rather than by what ne chooees "
say to help his own elect1onE
Will not his ingrained and abiding opfn-
ions and those habits of thought a.}1 upon
sure TO act, give better assurance u .lto
use he would make OF TINS grea. Ifnre Tfi,re
either to help or to hinder 2un.lc ara ,oWerfui
| or less powerful with PUBLIC OPINION anu, ~
therefore with voters at electiohS ~ ue
held during the six years OF 'he Seiia'o
| ship? o,has of
mine made during many polltleat lcst,,ne uai, al
stafe and during those months between
political campaigns. when political olscusr as
I; sion is of quite as much value anu ~ ~ ~
! sincerity better assured-you tell me dea l5las
| ali this long continued and amply reeordeo
disclosure of my opinions lacks me tresn1 sr,d
ness needed for current punlicauon anu ~
| for the moment stefe hiS
| For several weeks before the Demoerahc
| convention at Rochester last Septeii!luet. II
was the chairman of a committee drecteo
| bv tba Demorratic State Committee to
prepare platform material for the Rocnes, i,,
ter convention, and the plaetoItna srt the Hork
of others than myself-s@f forf''- ,,,
| toriIv 20 rnyself-my opinions upon issues
between the Democratic party anu lis
First ana foremost in the struggle OF
present day politics Is the group OF o aneeff ef
| our democratic republic. .na
At the dinner given at New YORK ny .tie
Democratic State Committee early las. d,, SEP,
| tember referring to Mr.. Roosevets speech
| at Osaw atomic, just delivered. | sald tAat
/ in the outcry for a new natiofsansin tIel e
was the largest immediate q daigef ns ema-
cratic party was an outspoken fesistatioe = . .
to what Mr.. Roosevelt rightly CONSIDERED a
/ new form OF an Old thins-lor Ihe III Iii1s n
was as old and as famous as George Ill OF
| Bona parte.
| His cry appealed to those who would 20 Q
| things" without much thinking and VINO
are more dangerous to the country even II
sometimes they inspire greater respect tilaii
| those who think without much doing.
| The short cut of strong and unfettefeo
! executive reverses the American ideal or
| government for which our RevolutlonarF
War was fought. for which our Constitution
| cratic party itself was organized and to
| which it owes its chiefest glory. For II
would mean the destruction OF. OF the patlaane a5e
and of freedom thoroughly and Systeinatl-
caIly worked out: it would mean also the
dominance OF mere organized physical force.
| When ] spoke in September l did not
| think-and certainly now, after the cleo
tons. do not think-that the man on IN
necessary for patriotic Amer icans-and the
| Democratie party.in a hundred Waxs alc,, ana 40
withstand the tendency to remedy WRONGS
whose genesis and cure are not yet under
stood by oppressive disregard of human
rights which an althoHgh a slaef fhe sec
ton returns in our state will see that the
new nationalism" is not yet indubitably
arise to-day about taxation, about creation
and control OF corporations. about inter
state commerce and; indeed: in nearly
| So it is that I declare myself hostile to
| Impairment of the dignity. and powers of
the states or Of judicial power within
support firmly the power OF the courts III
| the controversies duly brought before them
fiousy. 10 sTSi with the constitutional vaidity of
| the acts, legislative or executive, of pub
| lie officers. whether high or low.
| To tariff questions have given much of
| nv thought and public activity ever since
I came to manhood For me the moral
| side of these questions is no less important
than the economic Il is not, as was once
| observed BY Andrew D. White. "a question
| of a few more or less factories. With
! their wealth and their wonderfully rroduc-
tive labor. the American people no doubt
| can endure as for many years they have
| euT.ared the unfair, wasteful and impover-
ishing restrictions of many of the present
, duties
| This in very large part is because in our
| own country we have the greatest area of
Unrestricted free trade ever known to. the
world-and because. under our constitution.
| our domestic trade, enormously in excess
| of our foreign trade, is free of all such
obstructions Althongs ,s ,sz. practically our
| from duties on foreign imports. and the
| treatment of tariff burdens, to be wise and
| lasting must, no doubt be patient and
| prudent, still some OF the burdens-and
| especially the recently increased burdens
| retic considerations, the American dennoc-
| racy cannot endure with safety the cor
roding and widespread corruption due to
excessive and monopolistic duties beyond
the necessities Of its revenue
Shall we not, indeed, better know how to
| deal with the spoiations OF organized
wealth or naonopolies when we shall have
Tnd me the worst of the tariff favoritisnle
| bv which many of the spolations and mo-
nopoles have Accomplished their purpose?
| For me the Democratic party is bound, by
every consideration of honorable and
uIe6 eed good faith and of enlightened self
inferest-and with welcome TO every as
sist ance coming TO it out Of the Republican
party-to deal promptly and courageously
with the tariff.
| eor rer,ote and improbable war No doc