. Review of reviews and world's work. -igoj With real things going on inPMfor^i the w(jrld. it Avould not seem worth while to give muchthought or space to the empty utterancesknown as political platforms. Those adoptedat Chicago and St. were for campaignpurposes only. In most expressions, they wereenough alike to he regarded as made up onthe plan of interchangeable parts. The Pro-gressive platform is bricter and betterphrased than the other two. The Repub-lican platform is not sincere in its imtpiali-fied attacks up«»n the Democratic party, andit gors beyond reason in its promises to m.
. Review of reviews and world's work. -igoj With real things going on inPMfor^i the w(jrld. it Avould not seem worth while to give muchthought or space to the empty utterancesknown as political platforms. Those adoptedat Chicago and St. were for campaignpurposes only. In most expressions, they wereenough alike to he regarded as made up onthe plan of interchangeable parts. The Pro-gressive platform is bricter and betterphrased than the other two. The Repub-lican platform is not sincere in its imtpiali-fied attacks up«»n the Democratic party, andit gors beyond reason in its promises to the full rights of every , onland or on sea, in this time of world \\ Roosevelt had so strongly ptif theissues of Amrricanisni and united devo-ti«m to the aitus an«l principles of our c(»un-try, that each party endeavored to outdo theothrrs In assrrting a p<»«iti(rit SO obviouvlvwiund that nolK)dy could possibly say aii\-thing on the other side. Jhr Democrats at 20 THE AMERICAS REflElf OE REVIEWS. ROOSKVKLT HAD BLAZED THE TRAILFrom the Mail (New York). St. Louis were much more exuberant andrhetorical than their opponents at Chicago;so that they far outdid the others in thefuhninating phrases of patriotism. TheAmerican Ea^le was never made to screammore loudly or more harmlessly. It is notthose who talk most about the flag and Amer-icanism who are most devoted to thehonor of their country or the furthering ofits best ideals. The Democrats extol and praise•^Fian!- ^»e Underwood tariff, and de-mand a tariff commission. TheRepublicans spurn the Underwood tariff,and also demand a tariff commission. TheProgressives, in a better-phrased plank, up-hold protection, and tliey too demand atariff commission. The Democrats who, withthe Presidents urgent aid, were trying toscuttle forthwith out of the Philippines onlya few weeks ago, now prate mildly in theirplatform of ultimate independence. TheRepublicans denounce the frustrated attemptto scuttle, c
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