New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-07

new President In the task that lies be-
fore him of getting tariffs reduced and
the trusts brought TO their proper posi-
tions.
This is not a time" he declared.
when the democracy of this country
should turn it's back upon the policy
which the democracies of all other
countries are trying to establish"
Short OF revolution, he proceeded 1t
was almost impossible to disestablish
the trusts, and the only thing to do
therefore was to keep clear Of them
from the beginning.
Roosevelt Too Radical.
All the morning Tapers, OF course
contain editorials on the election. The
Daily Telegraph" says that the miser-.
able figures of President Tafts poll
may be taken as showing that most OF
what was once the inyincible Repub-
lcan party inclines 10 Colonel ROose-
velts view of things. That Roosevelt
did not do better than he did against
Wilson is probably due, In the opinion
Of THE Telegraph" to three things. In
the first place he was too radical even
for Americans in their present mood,
and his programme was overloaded
with concrete proposals of revolu-
tionary sort, some of them going di-
reCtly against the Constitution; Sec
ondly, the unabashed pose of Colonel
Roosevelt's proceedings generated
deep disgust against him in many
minds that might otherwise have been
attracted by his programme; thirdly,
he has never been so clear or so down
right as Wilson upon the necessity Of
an immediate lowering of the tariff In
various directions.
Americans are convinced, rightly or
wrongly, proceeds the editorial, that
the unwise and trust dictated tariff
policy is mainly responsible for the in
creased cost Of living that affects the
nation, and once convinced that Wilson
was untainted with the heresy of free
trade they were we'll content to intrust
him with the work Of revision. For the
rest the President-elect is a man OF
spotless integrity and Of the true tenn
per Of craftsmanship. His countrymen
have often made a more sensational
but never a sounder choice.
Blow to High Tariff.
THE Daily News" says: The cleo
ton is the greatest blow which has
fallen upon protection in our time,
though It has been everywhere as
sailed by those who have suffered und 81
II. II, therefore, as there is the best
of reasons TO expect, Mr.. Wilson ana
his party prove true to their faith, this
election will be Of moment to the world
at large as well as to the United States.
The war against protection is an inter
est common to all peoples, and the
world has too long been denied that
inspiration and that leading which we
have a right to expect from the great
est of all republics.
That the Democratic party should
return to office after sixteen years IN
the wilderness is nothing. What mat
tiers is that 1t Is a regenerated party
which has returned, intrusted by the
American people with definite mis-
sion and led by man who has the
character and the intellect TO carry
the mission through"
1.-THE Standard" says: THE Demo-
cratic victory is due no doubt to the
natural preference for man who Is
supposed to be both personally and
POLITICALLY safe. The Rooseveltian cam
nsien. and the amount Of support 1t
received. la no doubt a propitious sign.
u noints to a considerable degree OF
dissatisfaction with existing social and
nolitical conditions and to real anx-
;otv for a change. The American peo-
n,e have grown tired Of the alternative
- two sets OF Office seekers grouped
for the mere purpose Of the game into
narts which have been divided by no
real question OF principle. They are
,,red too Of the connection between
the political managers and the great
financial interests which control trans
mort production and prices.
"It was the assertion Of official Re-
nublicanism, with all the old discred-
tied influences, which give the death
blow to President Taft's chances OF re-
election. Americans are in mood Tor
something new in politics. but ortho-
dcx Republicans were only running on
the ancient lines and offered no rea'
hope of reform. Colonel Roosevelt ma i
novelties enough to propose but MS
INNOVATIONS were rather too startling
particularly his attacks on the judica-
ture and the Constitution"
A Prediction Ventured.
"rhe Standard concludes by ven
turing the prediction that the Demo-
cratic revision will still leave Amerl-
can duties far higher than the tarii'
reformers Of England propose.
1T re-