New-York tribune., 1912-02-13
Revision Without Disturbance.

and a tariff commission business Ols-
turbance can be reduced TO a minimum.
While the tariff will not be taken out of
politics, a discussion Of it will be brought
to an intelligent knowledge Of the facts
and with the issues clearly drawn,
rather than to general denunciation
! on the one side and a general afflrna-
| ton on the other
In matters Of conservation and in re-
spect to all those activities OF govern
ment, like those Of the Agricultural De-
partment and such other branches OF
the government as are directed to the
| assistance and comfort of the people,
the Republican party is necessarily the
more progressive Of the two. Under
the construction which the Republican
party has always given TO the Consti-
tuition while the institutions of civil
liberty and private property were
sacredly maintained, the general pro-
visions Of the federal Constitution have
proved wide enough TO enable the gen.
eral government under Republican leg
islation to assume many burdens which
under the strict construction of the Con-
stitution, additionally asserted by the
Democratic party, would have been i'm
possible
The Republican party has been pro-
gressive also in its view that this great
government, prosperous, strong, indepen-
dent and responsible, owes a duty to
| weaker peoples and nations to- assist
them in their struggle for better things
4 whenever occasion arises, which puts
this government in the attitude OF trus-
tee or guardian or counsellor and friend
of such less fortunate peoples.
We Republicans believe in peace. We
believe in pushing as far as we may
the principle of arbitration to secure
peace. We believe In the ultimate es-
tablishment of an arbitral court into
which any nation may draw any other
nation to answer a complaint and abide
Judgment; but. charged as we have been
with actual government, we do not al
] low ourselves to be blinded by a mere
fetch and to fail to make proper prepar-
ations against possible present dangers
! because In the future we may hope that
these dangers will ultimately disappear.
Therefore, we are in favor of suitable
army TO maintain law and order and
protect our interests and carry out our
duties in the many parts OF the globe
where we are called upon to act to-day.
We are just now completing the Pan
anna Canal, and In the protection OF that
canal we shall need three thousand or
four thousand more soldiers The va me
thing is true Of Hawaii an island which
is knit to US by the will Of the people and
to which we owe the debt of adequate
protection We have an army OF mobile
| troops not more than one 10 thousand
of our population. and now itis purposed
by our Democratic friends In Congress
TO reduce that army by eliminating one
| third OF. our cavalry. They would cut out
some OF the best cavalry in the world
five regiments which are needed for a
nucleus Of larger army should we ever
be suddenly called into war. For the
same reason they propose TO depart from
the time honored practice Of adding TO
our navy each year two battleships by
cutting them off altogether this year. In
| considering our many responsibilities In
different parts of the world think this