The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

empnatlcafly helpful and significant
facts Of our whole national history. Arc
we therefore TO leave ourselves open tc
reversion from those accepted prac.
tees Of trade and commerce through
which We have achieved our creates,
prosperity and that all other importan,
commercial nations have adopted as
their code OF action?
To do so means not only an unwar-
ranted entry into the realm Of expert
mentation. but rejection OF principles,
the soundness Of which is attested by
vast experience. II will not answer TO
say that these principles have been per-
verted In the past, that men have vio-
lated them. and that the interests Of the
people have been made to suffer through
such perversion and violation. This
very fact should mako us all the more
anxious to see that tho nation upbuild-
ing principles which we have followed
should BIO once again practised and de-
veloped in all their uprightness.
Tho common ground OF agreement be-
tween Republicans and Progressives
will never be discovered in any effort to
decide who was wholly right or wholly
wrong in the Republican national con-
vention of 1912. 1t will never be dis
covered In an effort to decide what shall
be the exact representation to future
Republican conventions. II will never be
discovered in an effort to prove the un-
erring efficacy Of the initiative, referen-
dun and recall. which are only methods
Of government at the very hest and not
fundamental principles as some people
seem to believe.
The question before US Is bigger and
tnr hay - III
lions. II is-what should be our govern
mental policy" Shall we have tariff
rates scientifically determined and ap-
piled. or shat; we keep on with the
Payne Aldrich Underwood bills which
in their very nature. no matter by what
party devised. will always represent
inequalities. compromises and political
hedging, Shall we once again follow the
strong foreign policy upon which our
commercial prosperity to a very great
axtent depends? Shall We seek to prop
eriy regulate the operations OF trade, or
seek to unduly interfere with collective
Initiative, as the President and Congress
are now doing:
These are all questions that transcend
personal ambitions or party manc,u-
wiring. They are the questions that
vitality affect the American people. In
my Judgment they are uuestions upon
which there is practically no difference
Of opinion between the great mass
OF those who, during the last
two years, have voted the Re-
publican and Progressive tickets.
They are the questions upon which
members Of both parties, laying aside
all Interior motives and supposed per-
sonal wrongs. should and must unite in
the defence OF the future Of the United
states OF America.
Senator Penrose's View.
Senator Boies Penrose said:
The Progressives have already de-
cided that. They have formally adopted
policy against any kind of combina-
ton. They are going II alone. There
Will be three cornered fight in this
State
81 cannot say what Is going 70 be
done in other States but there undoubt-
eddy will be some States in which the
two parties will get together. As Re-
publican ] would like to see the return
Of any voters who were once Republi-
cans
Under new leadership and a new
platform or under the platform and
conditions already formulated?"
"Under existing conditions and plat
form. They represent the Republican
party"
What Il the sentiment OF the rank
and file OF the party toward a move
ment to unite? Would they refuse"
Il didn't say they would refuse" he
replied with vehemence. ct said the
Progressives had refused uncondition-
ally to unite with any party. They are
going It alone. No: I cannot speculate
on the future"
Against Penrose.
u A. Van valkenburg OF Philadel-
Dhia.-There will be no combinatio in
Pennsylvania OF Progressives and Re
publicans on the United States Senator
ship Congressional candidates, the Gov
e'norship or any other State offices. in
Guiding the Legislature.
The Pr0gressives of Pennsylvania are
not only against Penrose but against
Penroseism, the meaning Of which has
become so well and so widely understood
that It Is more than a national scandal.
1t Is q national issue.
In Pennsylvania Penrose typifes
what the Republican party stands for.
In tho party are many Il ou ana pa
trlotic citizens, but the party as an or
eanization is under the domination OF
forces which arc constantly in opposi-
ton to decent government and the
public good.
With these the Progressives have
nothing IN common and can make no
or deals OF any kind.
Within the Republican party itself there
Is a sharp battle for tho Senatorial
nomination. But Penrose will easily
win. as he Is the representative of the
party. The opposition to him within
the party Is not sincere. but has been
engineered to make It more easy for a
certain element which In at heart FOR
him but has not the courage to support
him openly.
With this element the Pr0gressives
cannot make combinations any more
than with the candid Penrose sup
porters.
For Mutual Concessions.
Curtis Guild. former Governor Of
Massachusetts and Ambassador to st.
Ietersburg.--I do not know that my
personal opinion il Of any particular
value. II you think so I am very glad
20 be quoted as saying that l believe