New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-01

tion in power, and, moreover, = Is OF
vital consequence TO the future we'll
I being OF our people 10 drive from pub
/ JIG life all men whose political actiyi-
ties in state and nation alike have been
such as those of Senator Penrose.
! This is not only a political but a moral
| issue. ! mention the name OF Senator
I Penrose merely because he typities a
| class. ! am not concerned with him as
an individual, am concerned with
him as = type.
M. PenPose stands in Pennsylva-
nig as sir. Barnes stands n New
YORK When We fight these men and
( their scJivities We &c fighting the
battle c ali Gecfn: G,en. and in par
+ ticula- &C are sighting the battle of
TIE honest Republican rank and file,
! whom these re. have misrepresented
ard betraye..
Says Iasy Stole Nomination.
az is we'll TO keep in mind tina; we
nov rave Nr. wilson's admin ira lon.
tia We nov suffer from q wretehed
+o.ei:3 policy and from home policies
in nations. affairs which have serl-
ousiy !mpsired the wellbeing of our
peop!,. primarily because OF the &C
tion OF Senator Penrose in associating
with men Of the same type like Mr..
Barnes Messrs. Penrose. Barnes and
their associates a Chicago, taking ad-
vantage Of tie fact that national nom
mating conventions are not protected
By law. followed a course OF conduct
morally every whit as bad as that
which at elections results in wrong
doors Of humble rank being put in
stripes.
"They stole from the rank and file
OF the Republican party the right TO
govern themselves. 10 nominate their
own candidates and promulgate their
own platform. They took this action
with the deliberate purpose OF electing
a Democratic President because they
infinitely preferred the triumph OF
their nominal party foes to seeing the
control OF their own organization
wrested from their hands b. the rank
and file OF their own party. they are
foes OF decent citizenship. Their po-
litical lives depend upon their keeping
politics in such condition that decent
men cannot succeed them and that The
ordinary citizens cannot get control OF
their own government.
"Rather than see this control broken
Messrs. Penrose. Barnes and their as
sociates deliberately put the Demo
cratic organization and Mr.. wilson
into power at Washington.
"Of course. our contest must always
be primarily one for principles. IL
must always be a contest TO enact INTO
law and reduce TO the domain OF eN-
ecutive action those principles. But u
il impossiblc to do this effectively
until we drive from political leadership
the boss, whose very existence IN pom
tics is the negation Of these principles.
There is no use in endeavoring 10 put
INTO effect our platform for social and
Industrial Justice il the legislative and
executive officers OF government are
mere sub-officers Of a boss, whether
tbis boss he Mr.. Penrose, Mr.. Barnes
or Mr.. Murphy.
"Much of our effort is to help men
/ and women workers. Just az we oelleVe
/ in co-operation among the farmers ana
| tho business men, so we belleNe III CO
! cneration among the wage workers
Aud we further believe that the wage
workers and the business men must
co.oncrate together and work closer to-
| cotbor for their mutual advantage. II
bos been the cut-throat competition OF
/ tte past-the competition that Mr.. VIII
/ con i determined to preserve by law,
which has not only hurt business and
nrevented the business man from
working most effectively for the com
mon good, but which has forced the
working man 10 work for ruinously
small wages. We propose TO substitute
the era of cooperation for the era OF
connection among the business men
and farmers and wage workers; and as
n necessary corollary we believe tha'
the government must in thorough gong
/ fashion supervise and regulate TINS
movement toward cooperation.
ave Progressives advocate the lmme'
diate creation of nOn-partisan com
mission" he seid. with power to pro-
nose revision of the tarltf rates, sched-
ule by schedule, treating each case on
an intelligent consideration oil JUS
merits. divorced from favoritlsm and
the fostering Of special interests. Inc
programme would not be ATTENDED oy
1 the reckless haste, the improper lnnu-
ences. the sectional party politics Whlcn
characterize our present methods OF
tariff legislation by general laws; ana
remember that exactly the same meth
DDS were pursued in making the pres
ont tariff law as in making the Payne
|
proposed method would never disorgan-
| ize business by a complete change IN
all the tariff schedules at one time
! This is the Progressive tariff pro-
gramme.
81 ask all honest believers in pro-
tective tariff. and especially all work
inqmen. to consider the fact th9t this
! is the only programme offering nope OF
k.i tH-l
tentative programme is one OF violent
oscillation between such tariffs az the
/ Pavne-Aldrich bill. made by Senator
Penrose and his associates. and the
present tariff bill. made by President
! Wilson and his followers, such as the
gentleman now running for the Senate
/ in Pennsylvania on the Democratic
! ticket
Trade Commission Plan.
at is evident that the problem of all
/ antitrust legislation is effectively to
determine. on the one hand, what trade
practices are unfair. and, OH the other'
I 70 prevent the exclusive control OF any
! factor essential to production by any
rerson or corporation or group oper-
! ated as unit. II is primarily an ad-
ministrative problem. To meet 1t we
must have adequate administrative ma
! chinery. The Progressives therefore
advocate the creation of strong inter =
/ state trade commission and would give
such commission, primarily, three
powers: .;.,
"First-The power Of investigation
| The commission should be able TO as
certain on complaint or on It's own no
tion whether a monopoly in fact ex.
;sts and if it does exist the basis OIL
its monopolistic power.
"Second-The power directly to pro-
hibit all unfair trade practices within
| its Jurisdiction. This power would en-