Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
years 1t means long lease Of power te
the republican party.
Schisms Deprecated.

the republican party.
schisms Deprecated.
I'VE want no schisms In the republican
party. The time will come after Congress:
adjourns, when we shall have redeemed
our pledges, that we can go before the
American. people and argue out all thu
differences and ask the suffrage Of GU,
fellow-citizens on our record"
The President. when he concluded, was
given g. great ovation.
Senator Lodge was the next speaker.
Principle for Which Tariff Stands.
Senator Lodge, while declaring that the
tariff law needed no apologies. urged the
republican party to be steadfast in up
holding the big principles for which 1t
stands.
"a party is made national not by the
locality in which it receives its vote. but
by the policies which 1t advocates" he
said, land the republican party IL q ma
tional body today in its policies as 1t was
freedom was national and slavery sec
tional The success Of the republican
party now, as at all times, depends in the
last analysis upon its fidelity to its prin-
or compromised it has never had any real
success, and it has frequently lost
ground.
1.-The two leading policies Of the repub-
lican party today are protection to
American industry and labor, which has
been its principle from the beginning,
ana government regulation and supervis-
ion Of the great combinations Of capital
which have grown up In the conduct OF
our transportation and our industries.
To those principles the republican party
must remain true. No party ever pros
pered by denying its beliefs.
High Standard Essential.
I'VE believe that IN a country like ours
a high standard Of living and Of wages ie
essential to the welfare Of the republic.
These cannot be maintained except by
protection. In the same way we have op-
posed government ownership and all So
cialistic measures of that kind. We be-
lieve in regulation, but not in conf1sca-
ton. We believe in measures which mod
ern conditions render necessary, but not
would bring nothing but panic and dis
aster.
I'm the varying movements of public
opinion we may have to face storms of
discomfort, but we can never suffer
seriously so long as we remain true to
policies upon which the party stands.
THE republican party promised to re-
wise the tariff. and has done it. We can
not expect in any tariff to please every
body, but in our support of the prin-
ciples of protection We are not prepared
to yield jot Or offer any apologies.
Give to the tariff a reasonable trial.
Under it imports have. increased, and
more comes in under the free list than
ever before. The maximum and mini
mum provisions have led to a tariff war
with no country. and in all countries
where discrimination existed have gained
for us entrance for the first time to their
markets on equal terms with our COM
petitors.
No Effect Upon Necessaries.
"Every investigation undertaken shows
upon the prices Of the necessaries of
life. The country is prosperous, wages
are improving To enter upon another
business and bring hard times and de-
preston. Conditions were similar In
1890 The cry of high prices due to the
tariff was raised. democratic house
was elected; then a democratic admins
tration. We had another tariff revision,
hard times ensued. the standard of value
was assailed. and long period of de-
preston and business disaster followed
'The country by taking the same steps
can travel over the same dreary road. The
iooutI Dcloic WdS tn6 Ieturn OIL the re-
publican party to power for sixteen
years because their policies and principles
were sound. but it was at the price of
the bitter lessons Of the years between
1880 and 1885. I have no desire to Sc
cure party success at such a price Of suf-
fer1ng to my country.
In regard to great combinations of
capital with which we have undertaken
to deal. the policies Of the present ad-
ministration are sound and wise, and by
those policies we stand. We are commit
ted to q policy of wise regulation Of in
terstate commerce ana to that We must
adhere"