New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-02

Washington. Aug. president Tart
IN accepting the nomination for the
Presidency by tho Republican Ma
tional Convention at Chicago, reviewed
the achievements of his administration
and outlined his policies. lie said:
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen of the Notihcs-
ACCEPT the nomination which you ten
der. l do 50 win profound gratltHue
20 the Republican party. winch mas mus 10
honored me twice; accept II a. IN ~ II /,
proval OF what / have done under IT,
mandate, and as an expression OF Cohh
dence that in a second administrator l
will serve the public we'll me lsSus pr
scented to the conVenuoN' over WHtCn S I'D
chairman presided with suSh . just anu
sven hand, made Crisis N tile PaI'i d"
life. A faction sought 70 force tho pa =
10 violate = valuable ana time uo4loI -
national tradition by intrustinS the p0NeI
of the Presidency for more thah tNo
terms 20 one man, and that man VIlC
whose recently avoWed poHtlCd Nt eeHH,
would have committed the party 10 raul
cal proposals involving dangerous Chahses
in our present constitutional form % OF
representative government ana our lhue-
pendent judiciary. ~
This occasion is appropriate lor tne e.
preston of profound gratitude az 'he
victory for the right which was won az
Chicago. BY that victory the hepupP
lican party was saved for future useLu5-
ness II has been the. party thIouhaH
which substantially all the progress anu
development in our country history u
the last fifty years has been )malIN ca
fected. II carried the country throush
the war which saved the Union. allG
through the greenback and silver craZes
30 a sound gold basis, which saved the
country's honor and credit. II lo4gh5t
the Spanish war and successfully so4Ned
the new problems of our island posses
syiong It met the incidental evils OF the
enormous trade expansion and eNtendtu
combinations OF capital from 1871 until
now by successful crusade against the
attempt Of concentrated wealth 10 con
troll the country's politics and lts trade
II enacted regulatory legislation 10 Inakc
4he railroads the servants and not the
masters Of the people. 1t has enforced
rhe antitrust laws until those VINO were
not content with anything but monopo-
listic control Of various branches OF IN
dustry are now aCQuieScent in any nan
which shall give them scope for legitl-
mate expansion and assure them immL-
nifty from reckless prosecution.
The Republican party has been alive 70
the modern change r. the View OF me
duty OF government toward the people.
Time was when the least government was
thought best and the poncy Whlch I-il ali
10 the Individual, unmolested and lnaldtd
by government, was deemed re Wistst
Now the duty OF government by positive
Jaw to further equality OF opportunity IN
respect OF the weaker classes IN their
dealings Win lne stronger anu H'oI = ~"
erful is clearly recognized. 1t is in This
direction that real progress toward the
greater human happiness is being made.
II has been suggested that under our
Constitution such tendency 20 eo-called
paternalism was impossible. Nothing IS
further from the fact The power Of
The federal government to tax and eX-
pend for the general welfare has long
been exercised and the admiration one
feels for Our Constitution is increased
when We perceive how readily that instru-
ment lends itself 10 wider governmental
functions In the promotion Of the com
fort Of the people.