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and suggested that perhaps the time
has now come when the American peo-
pie are ready again to try the pro-
tectiVe system upon it's merits and to
call for legislation inspired by a spirit
of friendliness toward American in
dustry." He believed no one could
claim any reduction in the general
cost of living as a result of the tariff
for revenue only.
He likewise attacked the Democratic
program in relation to the financial
system and the control of trusts and
corporations. He remarked that eight
months had passed since the banking
and currency act became law, and that
the delay in putting this into opera
ton, together with the proposed legis-
latiOn against trusts and corporations
had had an i'll effect on the country.
The spirit of the dominant party" he
said in dealing with these business
problems, impressed the enterprise of
the country with a sense that the
government is hostile"
Enterprise halts," he continued, DE
Icause 1t diStrusts and fears the Demo-
cratic party. In the meantime, while
private enterprise is repressed, gov
eminent control grows. 1t has been dis
covered that by graduating the income
tax and fixing a high exemption, prac-
tically the entire tax may be drawn
from the great industrial communities
of New England, the Middle States
and the Central West, while the dis
position of the money raised by taxa
ton may be determined by represent
tatiVeS Of other parts of the country
which haVe paid none Of the tax; so
that one set of Americans is to pay
the money and another set of Ameri-
cans is to spend it," He pointed to the
$35, 600, 900 voted to build railroads in
Alaska, N the $25, 900. 900 voted by the
house for good roads, as the prelude
of schemes running up into the bill
lions" for spending the money taken
from rich states by taxation.
His estimate of the Progressive
movement he reflected as follows: In
this controversy with the Democratic
party he Republican party stands
alone. The threat Of a third party,
which alarmed sc many Republicans
two. years ago and still vexed us one
year ago has practically disappeared.
1t is now plain hat it never had any
real substance apart from the powerful
personality of Mr.. Roosevelt"
At h coming state primaries the
voters are to select can
didates for tw~enty-four offices to be
filled by the voters Of the entire state;
United States senator, Judge of the
of appeals, governor. lieutenant
governor, secretary OF state, comptrol-
Ter, attorney general, state treasurer,
state engineer n surveyor, and fifteen
delegates at large to the constitutional
convention.
Under the conditions of the new
primaries, Senator Root, saw many pit
falls. He saw defects in the primary
law, but urged upon the republicans
that if WAS their obvious DUTY to aGr
cept it for the present in good faith.
The duties of the convention he said,
were to adopt a platform upon which
the republican candidates chosen at the
primaries might stand; to approve the
proposal of the national committee of
the party to make representation In the
national conventions conform more
closely to the republican vote in the
several states; and to represent the rec
publican voters of the state in con-
sulting about the policy to be followed
by the party in selecting candidates SO
that the voters might act effectively
at the primary election with a COM
mon purpose to secure party success at
the regular election"
He foresaw an unfortunate result If
in each place the republicans were to
vote at the primary, "as they naturally
might, for residents of their own vicin-
ity, or If the voters of one large place
republicans of all the rest of the state
didates.
Our opponents will have no such
trouble" he continued. 'More than
one-half of the normal democratic vote
Of the state is cast in the city of New
York, and the great mass of those vot-
ers, following the directions Of their
local party organization will distribute
the nominations as that organization
directs. h voters in the republican
primary, scattered through sixty-two
counties. Embossed, will follow nobody's
direction, but will act each according
to his own judgment, and 1t will be
necessary that they themselves shall
consider what will be the effect Of their
action IN regard to the distribution Of
candidates"
For the chief offices, for which men
widely known would be candidates, he
saw less trouble over this georgraph-
ical cohesion, but he believed III would
be impossible for the voters to make up
a list of fifteen delegates at large to
the constitutional convention properly
distributed throughout the state With
out some previous understanding. Hel
looked upon 1t as aduty OF tho eonyen-
tion. to remedy this situation In part
by drawing UP recommendations, leay-l
Ing the voters TO accept as much or as
little as thsy chose.