The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-04-10

Medicine Men, Foist Nos-
truns, Says New York Re-
publican Chairman

ROCHESTER, n. Y. April 9.-Denun-
citation of the critics of the republican
party, within and without its ranks, of
political patent. medicine men of .sthe
men who would destroy the independent
judiciary and of those who tell US
that we must buy their political patent
medicine or fail to carry the next pres
idential election, formed the keynote
of the address before the republican
state convention here today of Nicholas
Murray Butler. president of Columbia
university, the conventions temporary
chairman.
New York states four delegates at
large to the republican national con-
vention will not be instructed to vote
for the denomination of President Taft
Instead, the committee on resolutions of
the republican state convention voted
almost unanimously tonight to report
resolution to the convention tomorrow
favoring his denomination and urging
the entire state delegation to carry out
the party's choice
President Taft, in a long distance
telephone conversation with Chairman
Barnes, is understood to have said that
either an uninstructed or an instructed
delegation would be agreeable to him.
inasmuch as practically all the dele
gates were for him
The selection of DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler as temporary chairman was
ratified by the convention and Doctor
Butler was escorted to the speakers
platform amid round of applause. He
will be made permanent chairman.
The Supreme Issue of 1912" was the
subject OF Doctor Buffers address. This
he defined as ..the maintenance of our
form of government" In
conclusion, he declared that the chief
measures OF progress confronting the
nation were the enactment of work
ingmans compensation law, enactment
of. proper monetary legislation; revision
of the tariff. supplementary legislation
to the antitrust law. judicial settlement
of international disputes economy in
government. and legislation to shorten
the laws delays. He said, in part:
What criticism is made of the re-
publican administration of the nation
during the past sixteen years? There
is, first the honest and fair criticism of
our opponents from whom we differ in
many matters Of Fundamental political
policy. This criticism is natural and
republican form of government. Sec
ond. there is criticism from an element
which, however numerous. is certainly
in full possession of its powers of
speech. and which is found in part
within. the ranks of our own party and
in part within the ranks of the demo-
cratic party. It includes the whole of
the socialist party as well as some of
those whose mental condition Is one of
such blissful elevation that they can
not find any political association quite
satisfactory to them.
These critics tell us that we are be-
hind the times: that we are, in the sig
language of the gaming table.
that we have lost touch
with the march of progress. that we
are out. of sympathy with the satisfac-
ton of the deepest human needs and
with the aIleviation Of human suffering;
that we put property rights above
human rights; and that some means
violent if possible. peaceable if neces-
sary- must be found to free the gov-
ernment from our paraiyzing control
ITO one who knows the political his
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