New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
, sader Talks of His Duty
70 Uphold Oldtime
RepublicaniSm.
nrFENDS RECORD
AS PARTY HEAD
,.,,ks Roosevelt, Wilson and
gryan-Decries Social
Legislation.

80 Fer. l1.-William Barnes.
V.st;red from the state chairman
~ ~ the Republican party during
eP 81 urinary fight, when Ogden l..
~ ,nw Senator from the 18th New
VIZ District, made an attack on his
i",.,,bin. made what many here to-
~ considered an animation that he
IN the race for the United States
s.,orshin IN 1916.
10 inference was drtyn from n
IN IN before the Republican, orCaniza-
- the county OF Albany. II was
you 1000 by an attack on Theodore
'nv.r which also made it clear
sOo'W N, Barnes would fight any at
.a ar his part 10 dominate the Re
.NnhEs,n National Convention Of 1916.
", Bsrnes appeared in his old role
reartionarv. He made u plain
he was against all modern ideas
,a.L;,s toward social betterment, hold
hat these ideas were contradic-
- AZ natural economic laws. lie
.-i.d ont the minimum wage as an
.,..,,,,le Of the legislation he opposed,
- I'D that II this and similar ideas
-. persisted IN materislistIc disaster
.splS follow He declared "fal laclous
's,as" governed the Wilson admins
ration. :.
IA, that he did not expect 10 retire
,-om politics. and made il equally
.isin tbst he considered himself a ma
;s,,I factor in the affairs OF the Re
,ublicsn party. He said in part:
sFyes Not Closed"
ayv ideas IN regard to the future
x.lf,re Of the United States and Of
a, place which the Republican party
,bouId occupy TO withstand the 20
r.i,,l errors Of the time are based
NO, Arm beliefs. | do not mean that
- ewes are closed 20 the truth, that
.,v occasions teach new duties. |
r,an simply that America stands TO-
I,y the protaConist Of certain theories
IN regard 20 human existence and re
i,.,on. and that she is engaged IN
waking out the practical side Of those
theories. This is a present obligation,
4, /, WAS 3 present obligation fifty
Years sgo, and one hundred years ago,
and will be 2 present obligation nifty
Years and a century hence.
The American Republic Is built
spoa s rock That rock is individual
rm
aWhen became chairman Of the
.,s,e committee, in 1911, | was thor
surhly convinced that there was a
,,rd,ney in American thought 70 deny
G.nOeracy by approaching government
iren the angle Of common welfare as
fr,ronistic 70 individual welfare as
uring thereby that common welfare
4 distinguished from individual vel
ARE, which is error.
Dollar Part of Liberty
The tendency Of which | speak was
rost popularity voiced by a peripatetic
parry leader, Mr.. Bryan. in his con
yunt reference TO those who placed
ne dollar above the man. Mr.. Bryan
hereby disclosed his disregard Of the
runirg Of true democracy. The dol
az is part OF the liberty Of man.
AT the time Mr. Bryan was most
wsferous in making his attack on
human right 10 property . Republican
President was in Office. He publicly
oppressed ideas so consistent with
these which M Bryan advanced that
he was depicted in the press OF the
country as having stolen Mr.. Bryan's
clothes. This desertion Of Republican
IDEAS appealed to those who believed
hat the only salvation for the reten-
ton Of the Republican party in power
vas for it to deny its entire physioG-
tomy and become Organized.
1T was but a short time after the
Republican defeat in New York in 1910
that was called upon by the members
Of the Republican State Committee to
accept the craftsmanship. Upon my
election ! stated my belief it was my
du.y to urge upon the Republicans Of
The nation to contend for the preserva-
ton Of the inherent principles Of gov
tinment which have made il possible
Tor this country to demonstrate that
democracy is not a failure.
the Roosevelt platform of 1912 was
ftIseious in itself and violative OF
American principles. II was necessary,
therefore,. for the purpose of the can
tidste, as he could not successfully
sppeal 10 reason, 20 resort 10 the argu-
nent ad hominem, and he proceeded 10