New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-19
SETH LOW URGES ACTIVITY
Ex-Mayor Elected President of
Republican Club.
POLITICAL WORK THE NEED
Upholds Taft, Backs Hughes in
Graft Fight-Going to See
Colonel Roosevelt.

Ex-Mayor Seth Low was last night elect
ed president of the Republican Club TO
succeed Robert G. Morris In accepting the
election ex-Mayor Low regretted that his
absence I'm Europe-he sails on April IL
would prevent his welcoming Theodore
Roosevelt on behalf OF the club He said
ne was looking forward to meeting the ex-
President in Berlin.
The ex-Mayor said:
As / conceive of the Republican CLUB.
while Il has its social features, II rs dls-
tinCtively political club, and am hopins
that during my presidency TINS slde Oh ~
activities may be greatly emphasized ne
membership il thoroughly representative "
our party, and no one Knows better t. nan
that among its members Is 20 De iotInu
every shade of Republican opinion thiIlh,
however, that this circumstance, lhsteau
Of leading TO inaction. should Tatnef re-
suit IN giving added weight anu ln atle ~,
to whatever stand the club may take Oh
the issues of the day.
Continuing along these lines. Mr. Low
bespoke the friendliest cooperation OF the
club with the county committee. saying;
So long as tho county committee is under
tn, enlightened leadership of Mr.. GriscOm,
4 think the club can give il such cO-Opera-
ton with great advantage. bOth 10 VI
uncommon to near men say ar thts I'm
that the Republican party has hdr1
fight on its hands 20 elect the MAJORITY y
the next House OF RepTesentatlxsS anu -
keen it's control of the State OF New York
hope it has. for party that y W esghi
anything is at It's best when 1t mas 10 nshl
hard 20 maintain its principles.
Mr.. Low next turned to national affairs
He said:
The newspapers this spring are amusing
themselves by asking one another Wnether
President Taft has madc EOoi, ana even
Republicans, who ought to know oelteL'
are asking themselves. under their oreatn'
why such a question lis even asked Presi-
dent Taft rode into Office on the summit
of wave of unprecedented proportions
II is the business 90 good Republicans 20
hold up his hands and 20 be calm IN tns
assurance that he deserves our support
as fully now as when he went inso Office
YEAR ago. If any one will strive to &c
quaint himself with what this adinintstra-
fton has done as whole. hs will find
abundant reason for the maintenance o'
his faith. .
that the American people will turn over
Congress To the Democracy because OF any
shortcomings on the part OF ths Repuob-
can administration. The real danger 10 the
partv in the coming Congressional cam
pAign in my judgment. will come rom no
political sin either OF commission or o.
omission Tho danger that threatens Is
from the prevalence of high prices -
OF course, our enemies will charge THIS
fact TO the tarin- Every one MO Mo , hmIMs
stands that IL Is the result OF many causes,
and that if the tariff has anyt thing AT an
to do with H. il is only in special instances
This phenomenon Is worldwide. While il
il true that prices are higher IN the tnltei
States than elsewhere, that - NOT new
standard of living which prevails in the
United States for the people as a WhOte.
and 10 reflects in part the higner rate OF
wages which prevails for American WORK
irgmen.
Touching upon state anatrs. MI Low
among other things. said
There cannot be any doubt tonight that
the party must stand, In the words OF
Governor Hughes, for AN immediate. M
partial thorough and unsparing inyestiga-
~edltre" The thought Is intOlerabie that
legislation in the state of New YORK can
he bought and sold, and yet enough tiia az
convince every thinking man that the de-
feat of legislation has IN the past some
times been paid for by the business inter
erts concerned and the passage OF legisla-
tion favorfrg such interests similarly has
sometimes been bought
The new president. pointing out how tho
club can be ''supremely useful in affairs
of the city, said:
II is true that our honored candidate for
Mayor at the last election was not elected,
but II is also true that all the rest OF the
whom the Republican party helped 10 NOM
mate and whom 1t enthusiastically sup
ported. II is one of the gratifying sur
prises of the election that these gentlemen
and Mayor Gaynor have been able thus
far TO work together, hand in hand. as
cordially as If they had been elected on the
same ticket II is very much TO be hoped
that they will be able 10 continue to do so,
and 7 think the Republican CLUB ought to
give TO the administration a whole its
most cordial support as long as the situa-
ton enduTeS.
Mr. Morris, I'm retiring president, spoke
of the gains the club had made in the year,