New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-10

DIR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
odd and curious nostrums Of their own
making which are to cure our evils, To
/ abolish poverty, 10 do away with mus,
tile. and 70 bring about that happy anu
/ blissful Utopia OF which certain types OF
men with nothing useful to do hapltuaHS
/ dream. -,
Pious and oracular sphorisms are the
stock I'm trade OF the political patent insdl.
| cine man whose pursuit OF higher olnce
/ is so compelling that ne cannot una u iIS
! 70 attend TO the duties of the office whlcn
I he already holds. The plain discharge Oh
present duty does not seem likely 10 COM
irnbortant constituercv. Neither the Sen
/ alto Of the United states nor the governor ,
/ ship of a sovereign state oners adequddtt :
scope for his activities and ms genius. re
! must hurry of. while public business waits,
/ in order that he may sound his own praises
and recito his own phrases 10 the open.
! mouthed thousands who assemble 70 greet
! II NAV perhaps be said that however
| misleading these political patent medicine
! men may he, however ignorant ana now
ever selfish the popular demagogues or me
/ dav vet they have gained so large fol-
/ lowing that we must listen TO them ana
/ buy their political patent medicine or else
/ wo shall fail 10 carry the next Presidentlal
election ] deny absolutely.
I | deny that the Republican party and
its principles are for sale. ! deny that
a political party exists only to win cleo
tions at any cost. II il sells its prnci-
| pies il is no longer political party, but
! only an organized appetite.
Why should we hesitate TO follow pre-.
ciseIy The same course in 1912 that served
US so we'll in 1895? Let US stand up be-
fore all the people Of the United States
and say that we propose TO 90 forward
with policies Of true, not false, progress;
that we propose 10 protect and care Tor
human rights. whether Of person or OF
property. without privilege and without
monopoly; but that We propose 10 do
this under the fundamental guarantees
OF our constitutional government and in
accordance with us representative forms.
Let US make the maintenance Of our re-
publican form Of government the leading
end controlling political question.
Socialism, ~ Head Of MoVemsrt.
Make no mistake. ms fellow Republicans:
tho inspiration and driving force behind
the movement Tor the overthrow OF repre-
sentative institutions snd for the attacks
upon the integrity 9rd Independence Of the
courts Is socialism. There Is the enemy;
Socialists NAV well look on with satisfied
contentment while the Door. blind folk who
stlil call themselves Republicans or Demo
effect their policies The civil liberty OF
the individual and the institution OF pri-
vatA proparty are hateful IN their eyes.
Tlev dream ~ coliectvist state In which
every individual will be a pawn moved on
The chessboard OF industry ana politics as
the overDowsIing might 90 . numerical ina
Ior1tv mcy determine. DO not cal! tnat
progress 20 rot call that consonant Win
? republican form OF government. DO not
call that American
We must challenge these doctrines,
each and all. ~ our own party and IN
AL ~ In
campaign; and we may Re perfectly con-
fdent that Il We do the American people
will respond just as they responded in
1895, ard that after the polls close IN
Move r1ber next one more great question
viii be settled. and settled right. Our
representative government will be secure
from the attacks Of believers in direct
and socalistic democracy
The supreme issue in this campaign is
the preservation Of representative irsti-
tutions and the maintenance Of an inde-
pendent judiciary. no other political
proposal car approach in importance the
maintenance Of the form of government
under which we live. II IS idle 10 say
THAI the novel PROPOSALS now made re
late only 70 action by the states, and not
to action by tho United States The
temperament and I'll, spirit that bring
them forward in tho several states
TO bring thor, forward in the nation il
they Were 20 be given the slightest err
couraaement. It will be we'll for Us,
therefore, 10 spend a little less time in
discussing the political Who's Who"
and considerably moro time in clearing
10 our convictions es TO the political
whats What
Speaks as Member OF Party.
60 far as one member Of the party may
make his voice heard, l wish 10 declare
myself for brief, simple, direct and un
ters which are now awaiting solution as
national questions or these name those
which arc n most Importance;
%. Public opinion Is asking that creator
protection be given TO the life and health
compensation legislation be enacted. and
that there be larger and more prompt rec
ogEnion Of the social problem, IN Its many
the chief responsibility for meeting this
demand rests, and must rest, with the
legislatures OF the several states. In so lar
as the Congress has AUTHORITY. however.
10 use that authority to the utmost in order
that these beneiicent ends may be prom1 .
out indulging in economic orgies.
~ Legislation should speedily be enact-
ed. substantially as recommended By the
National Monetary Commission, TO provide
adequate modern and scientific banking
system. This should not become question
about which political parties struggle. II
is a matter. however. OF the greatest pr IS
ent Importance 10 every business man In
the whole United States-and therefore 10
the entire population-whether his interests
be large or small.
The whole force and power OF the Re-
publican party should be given in a
spirit. not Of contention, but Of patriot
ism, TO the enactment Of the necessary
LEGISLATION. II is in the highest degree
discreditanle to US as people that we
have so long tolerated conditions sur
roundinn our banking and credit system
that produce and intensity pancs, make
possible an unreasonable variation in the
interest rate, and offer unexampled op-
portunity for dangerous speculation and
for hidhly centralized, il wholly unoffi
oial. control Of the nations banking re-
sources.
t3 The lust expectation Of the people
that the duties imposed on imports should
be revised and reduced ought to be met
without DELAY. There are three ways OF
fixing rates or duty on imported merchan-
disc These rates OF duty may be fixed.
fret without any knowledge OF manufact-
I,1ng ana commercial conditions whatso-
ever. This is not a good thing 10 DO. These
rates of duty may be nxed, second, ON the
persons only. whether importers, manufact-
i,rcrs ar wage earners. This IS not a good
thing 10 do These rates or duty may be
Hved third on the basis OF information as
~ manufacturing and trade conditions OBJ
taincd NV a government board or commits
sion acting solely in the public interest and
with view 10 doinB justice TO manufact
,rsr waga Garner, importer and the people