I
Youth and Cupid
fl. , ' / ' , . . , 1
Oh , none so bright ! 0Mntl ' bright I
Oil , nOM ( I brlrht as If
It CIIPVJ el\rcs within my light ,
Within my light to ny ,
IIe'lI slngo his wln II , &nl1 then ferr spite
' Declare ho's IIkI to die I
(
I only laugh , ] nur-h at hi. plight ,
And unrelenting cry
"It ser\'cs ) 'OU rlht ! It nerves you
rl/ht / I
, Anl1 'tis no use to 81gh ,
. . . For though ) 'OU Sh1g0 your wings tonight -
night ,
Again ) 'ou'll venture nl h. "
-1'10"00' a"tud. RuU , , ' ' ' .
'
' : . . .
,
.ft , CJ D & \D \ )
=
I ' , llWv Affi@ocf& '
I .BY . : nOL.I'Z :
"Il's from Cousin Fred , " said Dora.
With convlcUon.
I "Ye-ea , " said Amabel , slowly.
I , " 1 beHove it's a prOlOsal , " said
Lucy.
And Amabel said nothing.
"I Imoho'd propose to you I" Lucy
continuoiJ. "Ho fell in love with you
Gtralght away. And he's novel' been
really In love with anybodY before , "
sha added.
"I can't think what to do I" sighed
Amabol , gently.
"Aren't you going to accept him 1"
gasped both the girls at once.
"It's a little n\Yltward , " Amabel be-
gan.
gan."But
"But ho's ever so much nicer than
anybody elsol" Lucy interrupted hor. i
"And you haTe encouraged him ,
lunnbeI , " said Dora.
"But there are the other two , " said
Amabol , uncertainly.
' ' 'What other two ? " aslmd Lucy.
"Tho two I'm engaged to already. "
"Engaged already ! " gasped Lucy.
"To two men ! " choked Dora.
"Yes , two of them , " said Amabel ,
hopelessly.
"You see , " she explained , "It was
lUte this. I was staying with the Law-
sons for some dances and Charlie Lawson - ,
'
son IM"oposod to me during the 'Bluo
Danube' waltz , and , BomehoT ; . , I I
couldn't say no. Then I 'went to stay
wIth the Glbbses and a Captain Harrison -
risen proposed to mo ono day 'Then
wo went 011 a paper chase. Wo were
I
simply miles from homo , and It would '
have been so awkward to haTe said
"nc then. And now-o ! ! , dear ! what
shall I do , gIrls 1"
"Of course , } .ou are really engaged .
to the man who asked you first , " s'l.ld :
Lucy.
"You're never going to accept
, Cousin Fred as 'Woll ! " gasped Dora.
- ; I "He's much the nicest , " Amabel as-
I surad her.
I
j. "Seriously , Amabel , you ar engaged
to the waltzing man , " Lucy cxpostu- .
lated. iI i I
"Charlie Lawson , " said Amabel , with I
a resigned shh. . '
"And you must write to the other
man sayIng you have made a mlstalte , "
Lucy contInued , authoritatively.
"I'll wrlto to Captain Harrison at
once , " said Amabel , obligingly. "I
I
never did really 111m him. "
. "ot course ! " both girls assented , In.
differently.
"And tl1ls ? " Amabei glanced at the
note In her lap.
"Oh , of course , you must oxplaln to
I Cousin Fred , " Lucy remarlmd relent.
lessly.
"Should wo explain' for you ? " Dora
offered , kindly. "It might bo awkward
for you , and wo could just hlnt"-
"No , thanle you , " said Amabel. "I'll
do my own explaining. You see , they
are my proposals. "
"We will leave } "OU to write our
I , letters , then , " said Lucy.
I "Ho says ho will como for hIs answer -
swer this evening , " Amabel sighed.
"Poor , dear man ! I'll wrlto him a
lIttle note and just slip It Into his
I n _ - . , ; . . , .
\
'f
" -
"I believe It'a a proposal. "
band when ho comes , and then run
awa } ' , and ho can read It , and go
home quietly afterward. "
So .Amallel wrote two letters and
posted ono ot them. The ether was
ttghtlr screwed up In Amabol's hand
when the front door bell rl1'lg In an
asltatoo manner jUit after G o'c'ocl ' { .
It was very nearl ) ' darlt , but there
was apleaRII1g' , tllr.er } of Jlrellght. The
,
door opened and a tall young man
came hopefully into the room. Ama.
bel shut her eyes , held her breath and
extended her lIttle whlto hand and
the note. The hand was eagerly
seized and Idesod.
'
- " " --'S
Ir'S
- . " . , . - - -
r- / ,
"Vo-ee , all the Important ones. "
"Darllngl" whispered a very glad
young man ; and the little vaper 1011
unheeded to the 11001' .
Outside , at no great dlstanco away ,
Dora and Lucy waited with hearts full
at sympathy for poor Cousin .Fred.
The sympathy became n trlfio uneasy
as tlmo 'Went on , and no heavy , heart-
brolten tread was heard to descend the
stairs and seck the trent door.
Presently they venturea a 11ttle
nearer within.
"Why , what Is this lIttle white
thing on the floor. " said Cousin Fred's
voice In a curiously mumed tone.
"Oh , it's mine , " said Amabel's volco.
"I wrote it for ) 'ou ; It's a confesslon-
plase read It. "
"Confession , you dear baby ! What
nn Idea ! Stick It in the fire. I don't
mmt to Imow all your little sins , you
vreclou8 silly ! "
"Oh , but I have been really very
bad , " said Amabel , In an ashamed
volc ( ! . "Ever so bad ; ) 'OU'VO u Ideo. :
and ) 'OU ought to Imow , really. "
"Give me the terrlblo list , then , "
said Cousin Fred , severely. Dora and
Lucy grasped each other's hands.
Poor Cousin Fred !
"Are they all here ? " ho continued.
"Ye-es , thnt Is , all the Important
ones , " Amabel answered. Then the
sleepy fire 1l1ckerod upon suddenly , In
joy of having something to burn.
"What a darling ) 'ou are ! " Cousin
Fred began , but the rest of the reo
mark , If'th ro was any , was too smoth.
ered to reach allY further than Ama-
bel's lIttle pink ears.
That ovenlng Amabel wrote to Charlie -
lie Lnwsoll.-Tho Bystander.
St. Paul Man Is Industrious.
Assistant Postmnster Patrick
O'Brien ot Sl. Paul Is a mnn after
Uncle Hussell Sage's own heart. Ho
has been employed in the Sl. Paul
postoffice for thlrty-ono years and has
just started on his first vacaUon.
Though urged every yel'.1' to talm a
rest , ho has always refused. He was
flnnll ) ' forced Into It through a can.
splracy on the part at Postmaster Mc-
Gill : md som at his coworlerl5. 'fhey
told 1\11' . O'Brien ho must talto two
weeks off and he started on a fishing
trf1) on 'l'uesday. "It wouldn't sur.
prlse mo to see him back at iUs deslt
< > fore the end of the weele , " said th
postmnster , "but wo have the lwy to
his deslt nnd ho can't get It until the
two weeks 0.1'0 up. "
Old Saying Rounded Out.
Senator Thomas C. Platt wns approached -
preached some tlma ago by 0. . friend
who had lost a position In the federa ]
servlco through the appointment of
a new supervisor. The friend wanted
the senator to Intercede for him. Ho
admitted that ho had been discharged
for an Infraction ot the rules , but ho
Insisted that the matter was trivial
and would have been oyerlooltcd by
the new man's prodecessor.
"Well , " roplled Senator Platt , YOII
should hn-o heen careful. You l\11oW
thnt a now broom sweeps clenn. "
"Yes , " alJsented the other , gloom.
lIy , "but dill ) ' 011 ever consider that It
was devllich hard on the carpet ? " -
Now Yorlr TimcH , j
BEAR ROLLED ON BARREL.
-
Strenuous ExertIons Necessary h
Save Gi'lzzly'.Ife ,
Bumbo , a porformln grizzly bear ,
now on exhibition In Luna rk , hnd
nn awful experlcmco yesterday. As
soon as ho 11nlshed his mld"afternoon
performance , Bllmbo left t.ho ring
ovar the lagoon nnd stnrted t < 1 lum.
bel' acros.s the brldgo to his cngo , U\ .
derneath the dancing puU1on. When
halt 'Tay noross t.ho . bridge Dumbo
look ell o\"er the side Into the limpid
" , 'ntor9 ot the lagoQn , Tlum ho became -
came dizzy and foIl overboard.
Now Dllmbo cannot swim , and wbon
at la3t ho wns fisbed out ho was 0.1.
most dead. An nmbulanco frOlU the
Canoy Island Emergency bospltnl was
summoned , and when the doctor cnmo
he attended to Dumbo just n if bo
were a human being Instea ! ! ot n
grizzly. Mter helng rolled oval' bllr.
rels , and after the doctor had
breathed his own brenth Into 1)001' old
Bumbo's nOJtrlls ! , the grIzzly cr.mo
bacle to me.-NoW' York Times.
Amazon RegIon No Good.
United States Consul A'mo at l'ara ,
Brn ll , soumIs a note ot warning for
the benefit of those who think there
13 a golden field for exploitation In
the Amnzon region ot South America.
"I < lespalr , " sa's Mr. Aymc , "at find.
In language strong enough to ex.
press the utter and nbsolutc hopoless.
ness of success thnt awaits n.n . ot
these unhappy enough to attempt to
malte even a bare livIng on the bnnlts
of the mlghtAmazon. . I do not say
that tbe acquisition ot a fortune or n
compete co Is difficult , doubtful or
hnpossl le : I sny that such a mls.
erablo existence ns would dlsgust : .
Dlggor Indian would bo hardly ob.
talnnblo by one man In 10,000 at such
as 0.1'0 thinking of comln here. It
mny be that there are places III Dra-
zll where colonists might do well , perhaps -
haps , but I do not 1m ow of any such
, places. " The rubber trees , 1\11' . Aymo
says , 0.1'0 . widely sepnrnted and they
can only bo reached by ( orclng ono's
way through a thick-matted , almost
Impenetrable swamp forest which produces -
duces "er ; > " IIttlo food for h'tan '
beings. )
Campanarl Is Democratic.
Camlanarl , the singer , Is thorough.
Iy democratic. Ho tells with. great
amusement of ono of the severest
tests his democracb' ever got.
"I had just arrived In a New England -
land town , " said he , "anl1 was going
to sing at a concert to bo given thnt
very evening , when word ( rom a felt
low-countryman was brouht ! ; mo at
my hotel. It was an Invitation to
drlvo that afternoon. I sent down ri
pleased acceptance.
"At 4:30 : o'clock my host 'vms an'
nounced , and when I went to him J
found him on his banana cart , which
was nicely stacl\Cd with a load of the
fruit , ench banana looking as though
It had been scrubbed and polished.
"It was II. staggorer , but I did It ,
and had a delightful time , too. To be
sure , I had a tussle trying to under.
stand the patols hurled at mo by my
new friend , but for all that I learned' '
: J. lot about bananas.
"Oh , one can alwa's learnaddcd
the slngor , laughing. "It Is well not
to be too excluslve.-Kansas Llty
Journal.
Soldiers' Time of Suffering.
Capt. Curtis , who has written a popular -
ular story of Indian fighting , says In
response to a boy's Inquiry that he
never ' . .I1S captured , but on ono occn ,
slon , when besieged by redsldns In II
fort , he realized , . .hnt he had read
about wIves having aslted their hus ,
bands not to let them fall Into the
hands of sav ges. "In that siege , " ho
say ; , ! , "when It was exceedingly doubt.
ful that wo shou.ld survive and alii
dGpended upon the swift arrival at n i
rescuing party , Mrs. Curtis aslted me i
to maIm such a promise-to save ono I
bullet for her should we be captured. '
ReUef did not como tor forty.elght
hours and during that awful tlmo I
suffered Indescribable distress In try.
Ing to contrive some way at conceal.
Ing wlfo and child from a relentless
and merciless foo. "
To. Day.
Waste not , dear Lo\'e , the swltt , glad
hoarR ,
Dut passlonato kisses tnke nnd give :
To-day tJntolds us-It Is ours ,
To-morrow , Love , "e mny not live.
'ro-morrow Ute rpay sleep In dust ,
Or sadden Uke a matelcss dove ;
And then. too late , a tenr-stalned trust ,
To , . , 'arm the cold , stili lips ot ] ov. .
So cloud no p\e.sure \ ot to.dny ,
To-morrow , Love , no pleaJ'lUro I"ow _ :
Love blossoms In It t101\'el'-lIlcc way ,
Gu , pluck It , as rnb IJlucks the rose.
Alt worthCfls ] unto \III the : rears-
'l'he ) 'ears that pause not on Ule wing :
Thl'Y will not dry rerettul tears ,
The ruined past : they cannot bring.
Dut e'er , denr Lo\'e , virgin-white. \ .
'ro-dny ) 'et tronts us br a. ! t to brenst :
And It. day-wille. 10\0 tadell In nle-ht ,
Come , Idss , and lenyo to tate t1I reHt.
-Charles Lusted ,
Condensing Is Hard Work.
Champ Clark said that heloro ho
began to wrlto his notification speech
ho counted the words In Speaker
Cannon's speech notifying President
Roosovelt. Cannon's sp'ech contained
1CSG words , "I concluded that I
" "ould not be ns 10nS'-wlnded as Uncle
Joe , " said Ciarlt , "so I wrote 1 , 8G
words , and , 110nestl ) ' , It W < iS 'the hard'
cst worle lover did In my Uto. A
correspondent ot the London 'rimes
once sent to that paper 0. letter five
column long aud a note to the odltor ,
! Hl'lng : 'I semi } 'O\I \ a long letter to-
dny because I did not have tlmo to
write a short one. ' I now understaml
UlO note ot the Times' correslJond.
ent. "
Bonus for Coolies.
The Chlneso Jo\'ernment Is to 1'0-
colve .c 300 a thousand for all the Chi.
nese coolie's ' shhll1C to the South Af.
rlcan mineR.
PRt lDfNI W n8 [ lfl1R. [
- -
Po1 cy of the Rcpubllcan
Party Defended by
Its Leader.
Says Democrats Are LD.c1t.-
ins in Settled Con-
, victions.
National Welfare Dcm nds
Continuance of Party
in Pow r.
Long Document Addressed to I' enk.
er Cannon Deals Exhaustively With
the Great Questions Before the
Country-Public Duties Ably Performed -
formed by Rep'lbllcans-Democrats
Not Worthy to Bo Placed In Charge ,
-
Oyster Day , Sept. 12-Prcsldont
Roosevelt this morning issued his lot-
teI' accepUng the nomination for the
Prcsldenay tcndered him by the He-
publican NaUonal Convention. In
put the documcnt is ns follows :
Oystcr Hay N. y"
September 12 , 1004 ,
HOR. J. G. Cnnnon , Chairman or the
Notification Commlttco :
1.1) ' Dear Sir : I nccept the nomlnmlon
tor the presldenc ) ' tendered mo b ) ' the
IlellUbllcm Natlonn ] Conv ntlon , nnd cor-
dL'III ) ' approve the pattorm ] ndoptl'd by It.
The principles , . . 'hlch wo proCesll are
these In which wo belhwe , . , 'Ith henrt and
! loul Ilnd Itrel1 th , Men mn ) ' dlIYor trc > m
liS : Imt they cnnnot nccuse us ot shlrtl-
nesll or tnslncerlty. 'rho policIes we have
purlUc Ilre those wlllch we carnelltly
hold as el'et"ntlnl to the natlonnl welCare
and repute. Our nctlons upeale even
louder than our words tor the faith that
15 In us.0 base uur nppcal ullon whnt
we have done nnd 11"doing , ullon ullr
record ( It admlnlstratlun and le Ilation !
during the last seven Ollrll , In which wo
have had complete control ot the IOV-
ernment. 'Vo IJltend In the tutllre to
carryon the rovornment In the unme
wny that we have curried It on In the
past.
past.1'ho
1'ho RCts of the Administration In
connection with the " ' 0.1' . with Spain ,
the Isthmian canal and the upholding
of the Monroe doctrine the President
detends at Il'ngth , and < leclares the
pa.rt ) ' Is prelJarcd fully to accept the
Issue on these qucstlons. Ho con.
tlnues :
In addition to those nets at the admln-
I tratlon , vhlch they venturIto nssall
atter misrepresonllll them , there are
others Thlch they dare not overtly or ot-
flclally attack. and ) 'et which they covertly -
ertly brlnj ; torward as reason torho
ovtrthrow ot the party. In certain gTcat
cCllterR Mnd with certain great Interelts
our ollJoncnts ) malte every ertort to show ,
tliat the settlemeAt ot the anthracite
coal strllte by the Indlvldllal act ot the
presldl'nt nnd the lucccssCul suit n/ttlnst /
the Northern Sccurltles Company-the
merr-er : slIlt-undertal.en by the department -
ment ot justl.ce. "ere acts because ot
which the pre ent al1mlnlstrntlon should
bo thrown from power. Yet they dare
not openly condemn elthllr act. The ) '
dare not In : my authoritative or formnl
manner say that In either case wrong
was one or error commlttcd In the meth-
011 of nctlon , or In the choice at Instruments -
ments for puttlnl ; that nctlon Into eltt ct.
But what they dare not m:1ntully : assert
In open day , they seek to use furtively
nnd tuollJh ] upeclal ur-ents. : Some ot our
ol'Ponents complnln because IInder the
IU'ItI-tl'URt an.l Interstn.te commerce ] nws
suits wcre undbrtaken which have been
successful : others , because SlIlts were not
undertak\n which would have bcen un-
successCul. The Democratic stutl' convention -
vention In New Yorlt dCl\lt with the an-
thmcltp co' : ! I strike bylemandln / ; In de-
lIIw-rn te nnd torma ] fashion that the na-
tlonnl government should talto possession
ot the coal : lelds : ) 'et champions ot that
convention's ClUse now condemn the tnct
that t'here , . , 'ns any Rctlon hy the president -
dent at nil-though they must Ienow thnt
It wns only this actioby the president
which pr vented the movement for na-
tlonn ] ownership ot the coul lIel s Crom
h'11lntnlwhnt mfl1ht well have been an Irresistible -
resistible Impetu..I. Such mutually de-
structlvo criticisms furnish an adequate
IT\l'asure ot the chance for cohereJ.lt nc-
tlon or construotive lelslation , It our' '
oN > on'nts shollld ho plven ; power ,
So much for what < Jur opponents open- ,
Iy or co\'erUy advance In the wn.y of nn .
attnck on the ncts ot the admlnlstrntlon.
'When we como to consider the policies
for whlC'h they proCl'ss to stn.nd wo are
ml't with the rllfficuty ] aways urlsln ! ; '
when statemcnts ot Ilolicy fire 1i0 mndo
that they can bo Intorllretel\ dlCCerent
wa's. On some ot the vHnl flucstlons
that l1ave contronted the Amerlcnn IICO-
plo In the laut decade our OPPOIHJI1ts take
the position that sllenco 15 the best nos-
silJle way to'conn'y their views. ' 1 hey
C'ontend that their lu\tewarm \ atUtutlo ot
partlnl acqulcsenco In what others have
n'compllshod entltlcH th1 to bo mnde
the custotllans ot the flnancln.l honor
' 11111 commerclnl Interests which they hnve
but recently sou ht to ruIn. Delng un-
: l.ble to alreo among themselves n.s to
whether the gold standard Is 1CUffle or I
a blesRln ! ; , n.nll as to whether wo OllllIt ,
or ouht ! not to have frce I'Ind unlimited I
colnle ot sliver. they have apparently 1
thourht It cxpedlimt to avoid any cOII1I I
mHtal en thca6 subjects , nml Individually
each to follow hili particular bent. ' 1'heir
nearest IlFPl'oach to m\jorlty jud'ment
lieems to be that It Is now Inexpedient
to aSBl'rt their convletloml one way or
the other. and thnt the estn.ullshment
of the ! , : "old stamlnrd by the Republican
party should not be disturbed unless
there Is an I\lterl.Uon In the relatlvo
quantity ot production ot sliver and gold.
Men who hold sincere convictions on vital -
tal I1uestlons can respect equally slncero
l1I n with wholle vles they radloally dlf-
fl'r : and men may contl'sH . change ot
faith , . . .ltbollt compromlslnr- their honor
or their lielt-rl'sp"ot. But It Iii dJlllcull
to resl"ct n attltUl\e \ ot mlnlt lIuch : III
has been Calrly doscrlbed above : ami
1\'hore there III no resp"ct there can be
no trullt. A polley with 110 I'lender [ \
bM11ut Jlrlnclple would not IItand the
stra In of II. single ycar ot business ad-
versltr. :
'Ve , on the contrary , believe In the ohl
lltanllard all ftxl'd hy the usage and verdict -
dict at the huslness world , PIne ! In n
flonnd monetary systemali m : ttl'rs ot
prlnell'le : all matters not ot mon"tary political -
litical eX'ICdlency ) , but ot permanent or-
Iunlc policy. In 1S % nnd aJaln In 1(10
tar-sl < < hted men. without re ard to tholr
purty tealty In the P'llit. joined to worlt
aralnst what they relardcd as a dehal'led
munotary 1I'stom. ' 1'he Iwlldes whleh
thl'Y championed have heen atelldtastly
adhered to hy the all ministration : and
by the nct nt March H. 190) . COnlrCEfi
ustabllshell the sln'le g'ohl stanlnrl1 as
the mealiure of our monotuy : vlLlu. . . . ' 1'hls
act received the slipport at every Hellub-
IIcan tn the hOIIti' ) , anlot very Hl'pub-
IIcan cxel'pt olle In the aennto. or our
opponents , cleven Rllpportel\ In the
houlle and two In the liflllnte : nn.l one
hundred : md UUy opposed It In the hOllse
: lntl twenty-el/ht In ! tl sonate. 'fho rec-
ortl ot tlie Inst seven yearll 11rovfJI that
the pnrty now In power can he truRttJd
to takl' the additional action neCeMSnr ) '
to Improve anti strl'lIJthf'n our monetnry
Ii'stem. nnd t'hn tour opJonl'ntll ) rannot
he so trustl'd. 'rhe fundamental fact Is
\hit : In a popu\ur \ goycrnmcnt 'Hlch ns
ours no poll C ) " Is Irrevilc'lhly : fettled by
lat'l' unlc.s the people Iteel > In control at
the r-ovl'rnment : m"n who bollove In that
polloy IlS a matter ot deC'p-rootel1 con-
\'ltJtlon. JI\1I'1I can nhva's Le revoltetl : It
Is the ulllrlt and the IJurIJOSO ot these
rNlponRlblo Cor thclr enactment und uti-
ministration which mllst bo 1\)1(1 \ : nnd
unchnnc alJle. 11 Is Idle to Imy thnt the
monetl\l' ) ' IItnnlnrd , ot the nation Is Ir-
ro\'ocnbly ttxed so 10nJr liS . tht' party
which at the last cectlor ] cnst IIPllroxl-
mntely torty-slx pl'r < ; . . .not the total
vole. refl1 es tl' > put In Its platfonn nn ) '
: atement tll\t the I\uestlon \ Is settled.
J. etermlnatlon to remain RIII'I11 cannot
be IIcceptt > < 1 IIU . ! ljulvalent II. recanta-
-
tlon , Until our opponentll aJI n. ll.rty
.
expllcltl ) adl'lrt , the views whloh we holl1
nnd upon " 'hfch we have acte.l amt nre
nctlll' ' : , In thn mllltl'r ot 11. IOU nil currency -
rency , the on I ) ' real wlY to kCCII thu
QUftlon ! trom bocomlnr ! unlOltll'lt 19 to
ltecp the Hl'Publlc\n pnrty In 110wer.
AR ( or what oUr 01ponl'nl9 say In ret-
erence to c,1111tnl and Inbor , Inl1lvl'\lIal'
or corporl\tc. hero again nil " ' 0 neel ! by
wny ot nnflwer Is to ) Iolnt to what we
have nctuull ) ' done , IInd to Day that tt
contluuc.\ powcr we flhall contlnllo t
rnrry out the 110lcy wo hnTo ben pur-
1111 : , 11 It to exeouto the II ws . rooo-
lutely und Conrl18sly In the hU.1 as
we have executN ! them In the p , t.
' 1'lte netlol ot the altore.gene'l In
enforclnl the antl.trullt a til Intertlte
ceulnercn lwall \ the ncton of the
lut COUlrCR9 In eular/tlnl / the scope ot
th" Interstnle commerce law , aul1 In
creatl the deplrtment of commerce
antI Inbor , with I bureuu oC cor oratlouo ,
II\e for the frst tlmo opened 1 chlnce
tor the natlolml ovenlneut to deal In-
teIIRentl ) . and uequntolvltl Ule qle-
tolHI aIYlctlnJ floclety , whcfhor forod
or tor Ivl , because ot the nocumulltlon
ot clplal In great corporations , nnfl be-
CUUSI ot the 10W rolntlonl cal'el ! there-
I ' . 'rhe Ins nro now bcln ndllnl ter-
e.1 with \ntlre ( lclenc ) ' : ami IS , In tholr
worldnJ need IR shown Cor nmelllmont
or nddltlon to them-wh\thor heler to
IHCUrO the proper publlcl ) ' , or hettor to
"unrnteo the rf hts ot shippers , or In
ni ) ' other dlr\ctlon-thls need wi be
met , I Is noaliRl'rtl'd "that the common -
mon Inw , as l\evoopl'll ] nn'ords com-
pl le legnl remed ) ' ngnlnst monopoles. 1 "
lut there Is no comlUI In ot the Unit-
. \ Stnte1 , Js rules can be entorcl'd
- b ' the IItnto cOllrts nll\ . No
nnlb nllolcers.
tedoral court or plcer coul1 tnlto nny
acton wlntl'\'cr umll'r them , 1 wall this
flct , coupled with the Inabiity ot the
states to control truRts nld IInopoles.
which ] ed to the paSRaae of the Cedernl
stAtutell known ni thu Shermnn . -
n.lt-
trust nct the lntCstntn commerce
nnl
RCt ; nld It 10 enl ) thlu/h / the e1orclse
ot the l'owel'S conferrl'l b ) ' then nets ,
und b ) ' the shltlltell oC the Inllt
conArelS
luJ > plementnf thcm , that the Intlonnl
/o\tJrment nCfllllrl'R nny jurisdiction
over the subject. ' 1'0 any thnt nctlon
Inlnllt trUIt9 [ nd lonolloles shollll be
lmied to the nllpllcntlnn or the common
Inw l , eqll\nient to HI'IIA thlt the la-
tlonal r-o\crnmtJnt : IIhouhtnko no Icton
whate\C to regulate them.
Umlolbtl'dly. the muliplcaton ot
trusts and twlr Ilcrl'aRo In po\cr hns
been InrAely dll to the "Cnlluro ot on-
cals churAed wih the dllty ot entorc-
InA the II\W to tnlte the necessnry pro-
ceduro. " Bllch stricture npon the Cnllul'e
ot the om claIR at the latlnlnl govern.
ment to do their Ilut ) ' In this luttcr Is
certnlllly not wholly fnr
lllestJrvet 19
IH the 1.lmlnl9trtion 11ecedlnA Prc"l-
dent Mcl lnlc"s 15 concerel\ \ : hut It hlR
nl1 ut to nd-
10 tlraton al H\llblean
mlnlstmUon. IR nlo true
I ! ulllolbtelly
tha t whut Is molt needed Is "omclnls
havlnA both the dlHJoslton ) nmi the cour-
aAe to enforce exlsln , ; law. " 'fhls Is
the nl'ed that hnl been mot
I the conslGtolt and IIteadl continued
)
action of the deplrtment ot justlco under -
der the IlreSl'l1 ndmlnlstrtlon.
60 Cnr lS the rhhts of the Inl1vh\unl
wle-WOl'lcr and the Ildlvlduul capital-
Ist are cUnCClel\ . both as I'egards ono
I\nother , iK renrdll the publc , anl ns
rcnrds or/allzcl caJlll1 111 labor , the
Ilosltion or / tl 1.lmrnlRtmtnn hs bQen
se clear thnt there IH no excuse Cnr mis-
rCpl'eHontng' I , nnd no grOI.1 for -
0\1- \
IJosllJ It unlosl mlarcllreStJltl1 'Vlth n
the delned W the 11\tlonnl constitution -
tution the natonol Idmlnlstrtlol hnl
101Aht to secure to ench mun the Cul
cnjoyment ot his rl/ht / to lve hili ICe
ami dispose ot his Ilroperty Rnd his Inbor
ns he "emus best , so IOI ns h6 wrongll
no ono tJlse. I has Ihowl In cIYcctvo
fnshlon that In endca\orlnA to make Aod
thiUI'antee , I trtJuts all men , rich or
poor , whltever their creed their color ,
ur their blrth\ace ] , lS stlndlnl l\to before -
fore the Inw , \ Under our Corm ot r-ov- :
ermcnt the sllhcro In which the nation
RI dlllthmlllshe.1 CI'om the state can nct
Is narrowly circumscribed : but w1hln
thlt ni that could , bo done has
s\hero
been done , Al thlnklnr men are aWlre
of the restrletlon Ullon the power of nc-
tlon at the national government In such
mnttors. Beln , ; ollrselvel mind CuI ot
them , we have been scrupulously carotul
Of _ thc one hand to bo moderte in our i
Ilromiseu. and on the other hand to ko'p
thlSeromlses ! In leter Ind In IIplrlt
' \hen \romlses up the /rent queston ot
the tal'lr we are nt once controntell by
the dOllbt as to whether our o\ponentll
do or do not menu whnt they . SU \ . ' 1'he ) '
say that "protecton Is I.obber ) " , " Inll
promise to carry themselvoll accordil/Iy /
It' they are gIven ower. ye prominent
) Jersons thom assert that thtJY < o
not realy amonI this and thnt If they
come Into power they wl nlopt our
] ) ' as reJanls the tarlIY : 1I'hllo othel's
) oI anxloull torovo that It is Ilte
to give them partial 110wer , because the
110wer would be only partial , IUII therefore -
fore thPY WOllld 10t he able to o mlu-
chief. ' 'hf Inst Is certainly n curluus
1)le' ' to Idvance on behnlt ot a llrty
scltlng to obtuln conlrol ot the sovel'n-
ment.
At the outset It Is 'Torth whie to say
n wnr.as . to , ho atempt to Identfy the
ot tarlIY revision or tlrlf re-
queston with a solution ot thtJ trust IUOS-
tlon , 'fhls It alwa1 I uln ot ! slre
to avoid nny renl eftort to deal Ide-
quatcly with the trust queRtlon , In ;
sptJnldnJ on this Illnt at MinneapOlS ,
on Apri 4 , 1rO : , J Inld : ]
"rhe oC tarlIY revision , spcak-
queston , ] wholly npnrt trom
al I
InS hzmuly ot with the truuts. :
dealng
tm fl1estwn In tnrlIY dutell can lHve nny
eltect In the -
Rllbstantal solvlnA so-caled
. Certnln g'reat trllsts or
trmtroblem. nro wholly
corportions unafected
by the larlff. Almost nl the othO'S th.\
ar ! of n.ny Importance hnvo as a mntO'
or American
ot fnct numbers smaler
COllletllors : of cOllrso a clmno In
the tnl'lIY which wOllld worlt Iljury to
the Inr o corporaton would worlt not
merely tnjury but destrllctlon to Its
umnller compettors : and ol"ally of
course such I chanAe woulmenn dlsns-
, ter to al the 1I'ae-worlters conncetcll
t with either the larAo or the smal cor-
' . From the standpoint ot these
nterested In the sollltion of the truRI
problem such a change would thereCoro
merely mcan tmt the trust wnll releved
of the comlcution ot II wenker AmerIcan -
Ican comll [ Hors , and thrown only Into
with tOI'In cometltors ;
and that the frst eIYort to meet'hls nuw
competition 1I'ould be mnro hy cuttlnA
down wures , nnd woull therefore be pri-
at the cusl ot lahol' , In the case
mariy ot our greatest trnllts sueh a
:0mo e Jllr-ht : center upon ther n pOIII-
Uvu . Spealtnl hrondlY , It III ovl-
dnt that the clHngcl In thu tarlf wi
the trult for weal or for woo slm-
afect they aIYect the "hole country.
)1) tarlCr aIYectl trustll only as It ut-
tects other IntfrestH. J mnlto ull
thelle Intereltl Inrro or smnl , IJrolt-
able : And' Hs bunults can be taken trom
th" Inro only unrler pnaly ot takln&
! the small . "
Um from alfo.
U\ 'J'hcre IrJ ] tor mo to add to this.
] t II but ten lte yearl since the ] : st attemlJt
was made , by means ot lowerln the
tarlIY , to Ilrevont HIO people from \ros-
Ill'rlng too mich , 'rho atempt wau en-
'fho law ot that
trely sllccesHtul the causes which In. .
yer wal Junon/ '
thut ! tor some tlmo nfttJrwards
yelr lUl
prnvcntcd anybody trom pros- '
porln/ / ; too much. . nnd labor from \ros- .
at'al. . Undoubtedly It would be
perinI lJsslble at the 11resent time to IJrevent
ot the trusts from romn.lnlnA llro
"ny uy the shnplo expedient of malt-
) ng such a 1\feplnl chnn/e / In the tar-
to ? the Industries ot the
country. al ' 'ho trusts would cease to ) rOJ-
bllt their would
; umaler comllettora
1101 ruined , allll the wace-worltrH would
starvo. It would 10t the Carm-
whie fay
er to haul his \roduce to marlle ! The
connected \ the truHts can he
wih
evis anI ) ' hy ratonal eltorl , IItep by
, alon the lnts talten by cOIre s
Itel the ( ! xocutvo durlnJ the ) Jnst three
yenrs , I a t\rlr ] aw Is Iased nnder
which the conntl prospers , IS the country -
try hall proslJref [ undlr the IJrestJnt tar-
law. then all classoH wil IIHro In the
II'osperlty. 1f I I tarl Inw Is IHHscd flm-
ed at preventln the prosperltv or some
ot our people , l t b lS curtain us In-
be tht this 11m wi be aclitJv-
thil' cal
cd enl ) ' by cutln down the prosltJrlt ) '
ot ot our \ooille ,
ni \
From tlmo to tlmo schedules Tust un-
dOllbtedl 1) " rearrnGed nnd readjulte.1
to ' the shlCtln needs ot the country -
try : hthis can with faCety 1e done
enl ) ' by these who nro committed to the ,
( 'unlio at the protectlvo Bstem. ' 'o up.
root nnd dcstro that S'Htem willd he
tn Insul'ohe Itrostratlon ot busln IR. the' '
eloHlnl ot Cuetorle' ! , the Impoverishment
of the Carml'r. the ruin ot the nailltll-
1st , uml tho. Rtarvntol ot the WUle-work-
I'r. Yet , It Ilroteetion Is Indeed "roblry , "
IIHI OUI' re/iy Iclevo what
oPlonont8
I
the suy , thtu It Is ) Jreclscl ) ' to the de- .
. ,
stMcUon nnd uprootln or te , nn
tlrJ
therefore of our bUslncsR Industry , ,
that \ ere . Inl '
thatny 11ClICd. our oppo-
lent ! 11\8t ohlulned power It wal on a
'uncoltitutlonlll deelnrln : ' nnd n the cIYort tarJ put
this dllnrlton Into prActice was one or
the cnusell ot the '
enerl natlonal J'os-
tra tlon IMtlnl from ] 8 3 to lS7 , )
! I I
Is "
-
prteetvo
tnrl
eiher
tonal" or "rohbory , " then "unconsttu- ni'
unconsttutional , jllst ni much robbery ,
to revlS It , lenvlng protec-
. 10wn stl i
U\'O , us It , , 'ouM bo to cnnct It. In other
'ordll our GPl > nent ! hn ve committd
talseh'IR to the 1ltructinn ot the lro-
duclplo In the .
tectve ) uling
tnrl1 wor.
1\'hlch IC honl'Aly uRed Corb thpm from'
pC'mlttnj thlll llrlnclplo 1 obtnln In
I e\'fn the ImlllRl degree.
I'lr claBs at our people II blmented
by th protectvo tllrt. During the Inst
Cew yenr8 ( ho merchnn has Been
expert trde ot this coul'ry row fanter
thnn rver In ollr prevlouu history , ThO
tuanuCncturer could not Iteep his rnctory
rllnllnJ It It wer not for the
tlull. The - ] protectve
wnJe-worlter wOId wel
to remember thnt protection II "rob-
" I
bery , nnd III to ho punillhed necordlnR1Y ,
ho wil be the t1rllt to the
, tor < Ithr he wi be Jnf llrltt onaly :
ly , or hil wnnel wi bo cut down entre-
stan'ntlon .
Ilolnt. A8 concluRh'ely shown
h ) ' the hlletlns ot the burenu ot Inbor.
the vurchnslng power ot the '
wnAe r celved b ) ' the wnge-worlter hnl
IrOWI fnRter thnn the cost ot ,
thlt Inplto .ot the eonUI11 shortening ,
oC hourR , '
worltnl 'rho -
11/1 of the worltlAmen accumulntet cOln IV- ,
lS shown by the deposll In the savlngll
Imnks. have Increnled b ' lenps nn. ,
hOllds , At no time In the hiltory ot this
or nn ) ' other country hal there been In'
produetlvo of
r-n iJ materlnl
bcneft
- nlko to workingman nnl1 emlllo'er ,
Ill
-llllnJ the Hovon ) 'earo that have just
IHsed.
' 1'ho Carml'r hl ] much
beneftel
qUle I
nR the mnnutncturer , the merchnnt , I
the wl Iwnrlter. ' 'he most welcoe Inl
Impressive fact elltnblshel bv the InRt
IOISII 11 the wide Ill
lven IHstrlbuton
oC
wraith
cnlll's ] of our
nmonJ ni ! coun-
trymln. In
' Tie ehle agoncll produc-
Ing' this distribUtion
by
lte
111118 to be the development of tlo
tnctlres , nltha applentlon of new In- '
ventons to universal .
. USI.
In the Cert ) ) 'enrs endln in thn
total vRlue at tarm 190 .
lloporty Increle.I
twove ] and halt ot
I :
bilons dolars tht
farml'r Illnln oven moro \ this po-
rlOI than the , InnllCncturor. . RRO
l.onA
nver-Ilrolluctlon "oulhnve checltod the
marvelou ' dovelopmcnt ot ollr
natlonll
rlculturc / , but tor the -
IIA I\ollnd \ ot steAdiy Incrns-
mnnufncturerl
tor
farl 11roducts reqllired ns raw mn-
\Irlnlll tor Itendl ) ' oXllandlnJ Industries.
COlltons chnnlo and the lawl must
be mOl1fiel1 trom tme to time to \
ft le\ '
exh enles. 11t the '
Pl'llcllle ot protocton. Ael1lno It underl'lnJ
ombolll\ al hit ole ot the American
tnrlIY laws tor
the Inst Corty ) 'enrs , has
worltOl Olt l'OIUIS so Lcnefcolt , AO even-
I ' wldel ' .
Ild ) Ipren.l , HO
RI < o to tnrmers and nllvnntaAeOUII
call1nllstll nil
Inllon , to cnmmel'CO nld trlH\o ot every
Ithll , that the Amerlnn pople , It they
IIhow their ullllal prctlcnl bURlnclA senae ,
wi Inslt thnt when thclo laws nro
modifed thqy Ilml bo modJed with the
ulnoll ! cfro nnd conget'\'atsm , nnlt by
the Crlcndll nnd not the enemies ot the
proteetvo ! ) 'llem. ' 'hoy calnot aIYord
to trust the modlcation to those who
trlnt Ilrotection nnd robbery as '
. 8)'nony-
mOis terms.
Jn CIOlllg what I hnvo to nboul
the s'stem at Amcrlcnn
im\us- \
Promotn -
ty let ml adl n worll ! ot cordial ngrce-
ment with
the polcy ot In some way In-
1I11ln/ ] within UI henefs , by npproprlate
el IHhllol , the Amol'lcnn mcrchant
I mn-
rile , 1 Is not credltnble to Us
na-
ni 1
tn thnt our export Import
rent nl11
trade shoul ] ho nigh excluslvey ]
In handH wel
tht ot .
Corel/nerll.
Our opponont/ / thnt the
opponontconteld -
melt Is 10W ndmlnlstered Iovern- ,
nnd that wherenthlre exravnJlntl
o $ O , .O In ] 0" thcro III " ourplUI
morn than 'JO.OO" In the 1 year thnt
has just cloled ,
Thl1 defct la Imnglnlry , nnll Is ob-
talnod hy Inclllding In the ordlnnry cur-
rcnt expenseR the of millions.
which wns \ tor the - ! ey
. Imltor rlr-ht : of way ot
the Pn.nnml ennni ot the
olt -
lutc" surplus In the . RCllmu- -
trcnsur1.
InA Ulf current or expondltureR
ordllnr
for the two ) 'earll , there wns \
ot nenrly elr-hty : tor 1 lurp\us year
milons
H' , nn" o only a little moru than
milons for the yenr thnt just
CIOfCd. But this diminution ot hnl thl an-
nunl Rurplus wns abollt
hrolght designedly -
edly hy the nboUton ot the wnr
II thc Interval between the two tnxes .
'Iho ncts of Mnrch 2 , ] 01 , nnd 12.
1902 rut down the Interlnl Apri
to nn nt tnxol
Imount estmated ono hunl\red \
nnd fve milons a ) 'ear. In other words.
UII reducton ot tnxnton hnl lwen con-
MIelbly ] Arcater than the In
th" nnnual surplus. Since reducton ot
the wnr wih Sllln there hns cOO no
Ruhstnntlnl change In the rte ot nnnnal
expenditures , All compnred the -
ca : ) 'eal' ( ndlnA In Jllno , 101 wih , fs- .
pie. Ule Iscnl ycar that hns just clO'ell
showed n rtJlaUvely
Increase In
-
pOIH\ure ( lxelllding smal cnnul payment IX-
alrt'ady referred to ) , whlo the yenr Ilre-
vlolls showl'\ \ relatlvol ' smnll .
'Iho tJxpen"ltlres ot the decrfasc.
heen mnlaled In n Blllrl ot economy ns
tar rllovod from wnsto tS from , ; -
nlAarl-
111P8S : nnd In the fllture every
ho continued to secure nn economy wl
strict ni Is eonslstent with .
Our llonelt9 / proml.e Indcpendenco to
the Ph I 11)110 ] slln"H. Here arln wo
nro contronted hy the Cnct that their Ir- '
reconclablo dlIYernces of opinion
, tholr .
amoni thtJlRelves proved Innblt )
to cl'tJn to a
power. nn.\ constrlctve rrlllleSS pOlcy , wlul II
saIt
of momentary political expediency , to
Ihl\ < on the principles Upon which they
hnvtJ Inslstet ns ossentlal , consplro to
Ilzzle UR ni to whether they do or do
not Intelrl II 1ood faith to carry out
this Ilrumlo It they nre given control ot
/overnment. / .
. I ollr 01111nents cnmo Into
, ' . pwer nl1
. nttCull'd to cn.zry out tholr promises to
the l"Illos by lvllS thom Independ-
( 'nce , Int wltlHlrn.wlng American control
from tll Isln.nds. the result would ho
a Crllhtful cllnmity to the , ' :
themso1'eR , nnd II Is Inrler nspoct would
Imount to n.n International crime. An-
Qrch ) would follo1nnd : the moot violent -
lent nnrrchlc forces 1\'oull1 ho directed
pnrtly laln9t the civiovernment , pa t-
Iy ngallst tormA ot nnd
al .du-
rell/lol
ca'ional clvllatln , Woody : .
conncts
n'oud Inevllhly "neue In the o ,
nrchl1la
nnd jUlit ns Ineviably the Islnnds ollid
Ilcole the lre ) ' ot the trst power which ,
In I ! own Holsh Interest took up the
task we Inll crvcnly abandoned.
Durinth" ] alt t1ve ) 'fI'S more has
h'Jen lone tor the ra lrlnl and moral
wtJl-helnr ot the ] . 'lplnos than ever
hefore slnc" the IvJunds
thc Iten ot clvlze < man. frRt Crmo have opened -
ed he tore tll'm 1 vluta ot orerly dovel-
Cpment In their own Intlrest , nnd not
a /J110Y ot exploltn tlon , J
hI / n made to tt the Islnndors fet efort I
'overnml'nt , and they hsve already In
larle mealuro r celvell It , whllo tor the
nrlt tme In their hhltory their personal
rlrbt : IUII civi Ibertas hnve hl'en -
Inteed. 'h"y nre belnK educated : they
hay" bfel Iven 5choos ] : they hnve been
vln IIbrrlrs : rends are beln" buit tor
th-Ir use : their henlth Is belncarel1
tor : they hlTe been glTen courtll / which
th'y recelvo justice all absolute lS It II
In our power to guarantee. Their In.
dlvldual rlAhtl to lte , lberty nnd the
IUI'ult of happllesR nre no" by act ot
con/Tl'sli jl'alolsl ; ' sntegllal'l1ed under the
Aml'rlcln fu : : nnd It the 11rotb"ton ot
thl nf were wlthdr'n their rhhs
w'mll he lost , and the Islands would ho
ph1/l'd bact under some form ot vicious
tyrann ) ' ,
1'he leter concludes :
Alco ns Inwmnltrs nnd as ndmlnls-
trtor or the law 1\0 have ondeavorc.1
to do our dut In the Interest ot the
, ) nH n whole. " 'e mnl < o our ap-
pea \ to no cllss and to no secton , but toni
, In whntevcr part of
ni Aood ciizens
the lall ) the ) ' dwel , nnd whatever may .
be their occupaton or wortlly ] cndition ,
We l ave stl1en hoth Cor civic Ight-
louanes nnd tor natlonn ] freatne5s , and
' " 0 have faith to beleve that our luuu
wi ho upheld 1) ' ni who ftJol love .
follntr ) ' Ind trust In the uplttlng ot mnt-
kild. 'Vo / nd tor entorcoment ot th.
Inw nnd tor obedlonce to the Inw : our
Is a /overnment ot orderlY
Jovcrnment /
c'lunll to tanny and to
Ibertv ) " and Its foundation stone Is the
IllrcI ot the Inw. nlte by the -
lIe and hy the pUblic servlnts. JIC-
Illl ever 1eCore us ns the al.lmportant
\ of nnd tlon the
(1of 110lcy ndrlnlstr relfn
ot Ilence nt homo and tlrour-hout : t 10
world ; ot Ilenco , which comeH ani ) ' by
doing JuttlJ 'lt'tUIY yours ,
' ; ' ROOSEVELT.
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