Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1904 — ROOSEVELT EPIGRAMS. [ARTICLE]

ROOSEVELT EPIGRAMS.

We do not have to guess at our own convictions and then correct ttc guess if it seems unpopular. A party fit to govern must have convictions. The president’s duty is to serve the country in accordance with the constitution. The question of tariff revision stands apart from the question of dealing with the trusts. The question of what tariff is best for our people is primarily one of expediency' 1 Conditions change and the laws must be modified from time to time to fit new eiieies. ~STnce““ the war with Spain - ' there has been no substantial change in the rate of annual expenditures. The pensions to the veterans of the Civil war are demanded by every sentiment of regard and gratitude. We have known no party in dealing with offenders’," and have hunted down without mercy every wrong-doer in the service of the nation.' We did not take the Philippines at will and we cannot put them aside at avill. Do our opponents grtdge the $50,000,000 paid for the Panama Canal? Do they intend to abolish the rural free <l.'livery? <3> <s> <i ? '?><? <♦> $■ ? -•>. <t <i> <s>