Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-09-25
GUTHRIE SEES
ABSOLUTELY
NO HOPE
If ROOSEVELT IS ELECTED he THINKS
COUNTRY WILL GO TO PIECES IN
AFEW DAYS and JAPS WILL
WHIP US
new YORKER PLEADS
SAFE AND SANE

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 25.-An al
tack on Theodore Roosevelt, and th
policies of the progressive party il
nation and state marked the address
ot William D. Guthrie, temporar.
chairman, today before the republican
state convention. I'VE see clearly,
said Mr.. Guthrie, that the progres
sive campaign is doomed to pitiabl'
defeat and that only malevolent de
sire to work injury to the republican
party continues it's campaigning.
In telling why the republican ma
tional convention fulfilled it's duty in
refusing to nominate Colonel Roose
Welt, Mr.. Guthrie said:
"In the first place, the nomination
of an ex-president of the United States
for a third term would have been in
violation of an unwritten rule, estab-
lished by Washington, Jefferson, Mad
ison and Monroe, and followed ever
since. The common sense of thought
full and patriotic men must convince
them that nothing could be more dan
gerous than to permit any person,
however popular, or eloquent, to WELD
the power of the presidential office for
more than two terms"
Colonel Roosevelt he declared, had
fomented more than any man living
the discomfort and class-hatred exist
ing among the people; he was known
to be socialist at heart, although
protesting that he alone could save
the country from socialism; all appre-
ciated his ability his great personal
magnetism as well as his Unsuitable
ambition, his impatience with any rule
or law that curbed or checked his own
will; his determination to rule or
ruin the party. And all were begin
ming to perceive that his enthusiasm
was rather for the arena and for
power than for principles.
Mr.. Guthrie defined the great is
sues OF the national campaign as fol-
lows:
First, the constitutional right and
power of congress to protect Ameri-
can industries and to preserve our
present industrial system.
Second, the threatened overthrow
of the representative system of gov
ernment in state and nation by the
of the initiative, referen-
dunn and recall, and
Third, the assault upon the admin
istration of justice in the American
Almost the only reference Mr..
Guthrie made to the democratic party
was in his discussion of the
tariff.
''As pointed out by republican in
he said, although we may |
not be willing to face free competi-
ton with Europeans. we cannot be
blind to the menace and danger Of
free competition with Asiatics just
across the Pacific ocean, with con-
stantly cheapening freight and pas
senger rates, are populations of 50,-
100000 in Japan, 450 million in China,
100000 in India, and they will furnish
efficient labor at wages ranging from
six to thirty cents day for twelve
hours work on the same kind of ma
chimes at which American men and
are working. Shall we now
,pen the flood gates? Shall we now
elect as president, the historian who
)ut few years ago in his quiet and
impartial atmosphere of his study de-
,lared to the world that these same
Chinese were far more to be desired
han most of the coarse crew that
anne crOwding at our eastern ports?
"The hatred of the courts which the
share in common with
he socialists, anarchists and popu-
lists, and that part of organized labor
md labor unions, typified and repre-
ented by such men as the McNa-
naras, the Debs, and the Parks (who
n truth shamefully misrepresent the
,reat majority of law-abiding and pa 5
riotic members of the organiza- {
ions)," he said, "has forced into this {
an unparalleled attack upon I
ur judicial system and the admins
ration of Justice And l regret to
ave to say that no man has done
1ore to foment this hatred of the ju.
iciary than Roosevelt"
When temporary Chairman Guthrie 1
lentioned the name of President a
aft, the delegates and spectators {
heered for some time. l
Vice-President James S. Sherman, G
,as given hearty cheer when he en- q
cred the hall. The convention ad- b
burned until tomorrow after commit
ses were appointed. t
TO REVISE TARIFF. il
New York, Sept. 25.-The Evening T
'orld today publishes an interview Il
18th President Taft in which the b
resident goes at length into some of G
le issues Of the campaign. The pres "
lent promises a revision of the tariff a
n a scientific basis, SO far as may K
Q necessary to keep prices from be- O
lg exorbitant. This may be done by IL
le continuance of the tariff boards b
into the facts, the presi- G.