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The Commoner.
.V.OLUME 4, NUMBER
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noise ho is able to make in the world
in consequoneo of these things.
Got down to bedrock, ana let the
young people hear the old eternal gos
pel that success is nothing more uor
less than sincerity and truth, justice
and love, built up into the daily life
Rev. Thomas B. Gregory in Chicago
American,
An Unfcttored President
Judge Parker stands before the peo
ple with the declaration that if elected
he will give himself wholly to the dis
charge of hs duty without a thought
for ronomfnatlon, "I am fully per
suaded," he announces, "that no in
cumbent of that ofllcie should ever be
placed in a situation of possible temp
tation to consider What the effect of
action taken by him in an adminis
trative matter of great importance
might have upon his political for
tunes." He states flatly that if elected
he will not be a candidate for nor
will be accept a second term.,
His position is not intended to re
flect upon Mr, Roosevelt, but the ca
reer of the latter has bqen in such
conspicuous contrast to the principle
of disinterested and unembarrassed
service as to bring the public mind to
rest upon it inevitably.
Mr. Roosevel't began the vice presi
dency with a disappointment. There
had been talk of him for first place on
the ticket, but he was shelved. One of
the bitterest organization lights in the
republican record was made on the
exclusive hero of San Juan hill, and
until the accident occurred which re
opened his political future he seemed
to have been effectually eliminated.
But hope bounded high with his sud
den unforseon elovation to the office
he had sought directly and failed to
attain, and the way opened as it had
opened for other vice presidents for a
nomination. Events show that Mr.
Roosevelt has never taken his eye from
the ultimate goal; his series of en
deavors to that end bore unmistakable
significance of purpose; in this one
direction he has exhibited the most
unwavering consistency.
To be president in his own right has
been for three years an absorbing pas
sion with Mr. Roosevelt. The passion
carried him far away ,from his early
promise to continue the policy of Mc
Kiiiley. He glaringly discontinued
that policy. McKinleyism looked
plainly toward ' tariff revision. Mr.
Roosevelt has spared no efforts to
throttle that tendency. In so doing
occurred hjs.first great capitulation to
the machine on behalf of his candi
dacy; a great sacrifice of public in
terests to private ambition. McKin
leyism was broad and conciliatory,
making powerfully for the eradication
of sectional distinctions. Tho prede
cessor of Mr. Roosevelt possessed the
spirit of intercession and was beloved
by millions of southerners for his fair
auu even Kindly attitude; but the in
cumbent harshly violated both the pol
icy and the spirit of McKinlcy's ad
ministration and marked anew tho
:purely sectional differences. He lit a
lino of cleavage with fiery prejudice as
,tu old issues mutually relinquished
long ago and he did it distinctly in the
inteit&i of his personal candidacy wlt,h
the immediate object of clinching the
liogro -vote.
Mr. Roosevelt shortly after his suc
cession declared that he would rather
bo a whole president for three years
than half a president for seven a
statement so diametrically conflicting
.with his official conduct as to exhibit
an inner design. Mr. Roosevelt has
.been less than half a president and
'more than half a candidate during his
'occupancy. His first message 10 con
jgress made a low obeisance to the pow-
iers of -private monopoly which he had
;offended in the days of his disinter
estedness when he rajled against "pro
jection" and shouted, "Shackle the
'trusts!" Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy -is
written large in his congressional mes
paes. It is stamped on all of his of
ficial acts of magnitude.
To be a president and a candidate at
tho same time is difficult. Some of our
presidents have been big enough men
to fill both statures. To servo the peo
ple well has Ixtri the best and surest
mode of securing re-election. That is
tho' only hounrabic mode. Tluee good
full yours two g'ven to Mr. Roosevelt
to render himself a great and Invalu
able servant of the people, but he
chose instead to serve his ambition
first and the people incidentally when
It was r:o:ivv'nicnt. ,
Judge J'arker has burned his bridges
behind vim and has anticipated any
possible approaches of temptation to
serve himself at tho nation's cost. He
acanuV free to do his full duty, to fill
the office up to the entire measure of
his capacity, to observe with tho most
scrupulous conscience the whole obli
gation of his constitutional oath. He
would bo an unfettered president. St.
Louis Republic.
Goats' flilk for Babies
A. B. Hulit, of Missouri, who is now
in Washington on hss way to Europe
for a cargo of goats, proposes to revo
lutionize the method of feeding in
fants. He has been in Chicago, where,
with the aid of prominent physicians,
he conducted experiments which have
convinced him that tuberculosis can
not be transmitted by goats' milk.
Mr, Hullt estimates tnat about 20t
000,000 goats will be required to afford
enough milk for the babies of the
United States. There are about 2,000,
000 goats in the country, and he is
setting about the task of increasing
that number by 18,000,000.
Mr. Hullt declared that if the goat
industry could be established in the
United States it would give work to
more persons than are employed by
tho United States Steel corporation
and that, there was a flne profit to
be made in selling goat's milk at ten
cents a quart. Washington Telegram
to- New York Herald.
Bishop Fallow Studies Chicago Strife
Once again the clergy has shown its
belief in the necessity of a practical
undordta.itfing of a situation.
Bishop Fallows goes in person to the
fecone of the Chicago strike and stu
dies conditions existing there,
The religious world Is learning that
true sympathy and substantial char
ity must know where it is beini? die
trlbuted, and its promoters, both in
side and outside of the church have
arrived at the conclusion that thov
must have an intelligent understand.
ing of the conditions which make so
much charity necessary, before they
can distribute their alms with any de
gree ofroal helpfulness.
Spectacular and promiscuous giving
no longer finds votaries, either in re
ligion or philanthropy, and the useful
day has arrived when the cause for the
need of often repeated and increasing
charity Is sought.
Bishop Fallows, following the new
idea, is inquiring into the cause of the
Chicago strike, and It is doubtful if a
report .so favorable to union lahoi has
ever been made.
He says that "Unionism is the very
salvation of labor," ,and that there
should njt be any thought of destroying-
it. He claims that the "non
Unipnist is reaping the benefit of the
sacrmces ana moors oi ins union
brethren, and he ought to recognize
the sacredness of his obligation to
them."
Bishop Fallows has seen, through
contact with the strikers themselves,
that they are sacrificing their own
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