Nebraska Newspapers

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SUf.llcnent to
FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
Friday , September 30 , 1904
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FALLS CITY. ' - NEBRASKA
. BOLD , MANLY AND HONEST
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President Roosevelt's Letter
or Acceptance Warmly I
Praised by Travelers
NOT ONE ISSUE IS EVADED
Professional and Business Men Read
tile Lester on a Train and Unite
in Commending Its
DIrectness.
nostonInss" , Sept 2.-On thc day
when President Uoosevelt'-s letter accept-
lug the uominl\tion for the presidency
was Issued through the newspapers : , a
trainload of people were tra \ "elinfro111 /
Boston to New York The train left
&stOI1 quite early in the morning / , mill
every man in the parlor car settled him-
self down to uninterrupted study ( of
hits ! morning paper. With plenty ot time
before them ! , with nothing to distract
their attention , with no business cares tn
come between them , it was quite natural
that e"crIIan , in that car should give
' close reall-
the letter nn extraordinarily
In& In point ot fact , it was easy tu
He that e'er1Jlan in tear read that
letter through , practical ! from beginning :
to end , and read it carefully , too Thio I
took up a considerable time , and ( but I
little was heard in the car save the j
rustlhug ot the newspapers , m the train ,
1I1).d on between the beautiful manufac-
turing ! towns ot the Old Bar ; State.
F After a while the newspapers were
laid aside. One man after another drifted -
ed Into the smokill room , and there fol-
I lowed the usual interchange ot opinions
j on current topics The men jn the car
+ were ot the usual type of hhh grade ,
prosperous ; American citizens They represented -
resented nil sections ot the conutr , and
all vocations as well One was : distinct-
I ly a minister ot the gospel , quite :1 nnm-
' her were bunkers going ; on to attend
the big convention ill New York , there
were several younger men who had their
golf s ht ' ks with them , and the rest pre
a 1'\'lIt-,1I a fair assortment ot business and
" professional men.
j , It was the man with the short while
Dmttoll-choJl whiskers who began ; the
a Iilllokel1lk , and ns a matte ! ' course , he
{ look for his topic the Presi ! ' cnt's letter
ot acceptance , which every busy man ill
drat c&.ad just finished rcalling
1 noes Not Mince . .Worlfs
" I like about Roose-
't' "Thtr is one thing
velt/'id he ot the uutton-cho.l's , : : and
thnt. Qf ; . at you never have to ; tress
tlJ'ni:1 "IlS to wl. rt he is talking ; about and
what be means I have just finished
reading : that long : letter iE'I 1w morning !
paper and I don't believe here is nn
evasive turd In it. I hl1\ ( 'n't been :1
Roosevelt lI111n. My business interests
. are such that I Jot to paying a good deal
vf attention to this talk about thc Presi-
dent being a dangerous mall , n wild ,
crazy , erratic fellow' I was : opposed to
bin uOluiuation nt the outset , because 1
believed ! all these tories When IcKill"
ley died , 1 was fearful that noose\ " { lt's
involve in dilUcnl-
hot blood would \ \ ns
tie , and , like many other btisiuess men I
1. was extremely nnxiol1 about the ( u- !
ture. 1 have been , cured ! ( l oC nil that by .
the way things ; han moved in the IIKt : i
three "ear ! ' . On the whole howeyer. 1 ,
thought this mlIl Parker would make a
pretty hood President , and it Ol'ellletl ! to :
Jur , anyway , it:1 about time for n I
d..ange. . ' I read Parla'r's speech 01' l1e-
't'phuu'e with It whole lot of interest ! , because -
cause I wanted to see what he had tll
nosy . lie il1n't say nn"thin at nIl It
was the most lliSIIIIIIJintin ; thing ; or that
killtl 1 ever ft'lIl. This letter of House-
n'lt's is i exactly the ollllo'ite ! It 1 doesn't
leave you in doubt a single lIIillllte as
to what the candidate believes in. It is
honest l1lul straightforward it does hot
milu'c words , there is lint the slightest ! ;
m.uspieion 'Ir trickery , and after reading !
it thrtlllJh from beginning , ; to end. I for
one cannot find 11 single line to which I
could take e.'tcertion , not n single ; UI1- ! -
went which seems ! to he that of a dangerous ; -
\U.'I or :111 ambitious mnn It is i bold amid
brave hilt it is not dishonest and it is
not Ilecl'pth"I' After reading ; Pnrker'
speech and Hon c'"elt's letter 1 tell , run ,
gtntlenten ; there is nhsollltel 110 choice
nt all as between the two men and 1 mil
a Hoosevclt mm from now Oil : '
Hold and Ilone It ,
'Yh:1t I like best : tbont the letter , "
nid the hroul- : < . holhlcrc'd young ; f < > lIow ,
whose hrowII face IIIltl strong Bands gave
evidence IIf : I sumlller largely ; spent in the
IJJJen air , "is the tact that he hit out
straight from the .houhh.r. 1 . like that
. .ort tit call111II Iiteratu1"I' It.s the let-
te'\ ' of 11 Ulan who looks you in the eyee .
and then punchl's you good ; and harl1. lie
clot'n't roil : ncay from the ! subject and
be do < , sn't dod ) : < ' , His letter is like the
luau , told and \ houl'.t. 1 duct much
care whether he is dangerous : ; or not , hilt
1 know he stilts : the yolmtlg fellows iu this
country , and it isn't a question } of politics
tics at nil. Put Join ; to cast 111) first
presidential vote next November , antI it'll
bl' counted for Theodore Roosevelt , or
l'JI know the reason wh " . The young ;
men of the COlllltn' CIII understand (
Roosevelt ! and limey can lllulerstllI this
It'ttt'r. lie talks of the thhmigs ; that fare
been tltllle iu the last four years . anti
doesn't waste any time on constitutional
law ! , or ill ! ' ( 'r1l1nlIS 'as to the ditty of good ;
citizens. ! The Republican party lint done ;
certain things ill the last four years , and
'
Itoosecelt tells what they n"e. lIe 1l000 : < . u't
lie about them he only tells the acts ,
and then he asks the 111'01111' to rote for
I
him , it they believe that the ; : oVl'rnlUcntI
ot the country has been run proper1) If
they don't , 1 believe he would rather
have them rote against him lIe's that
kind of a 111:111 , lIt fhhtOllt in the
open and he's always square : , so it's uo
wonder that every young man 1 know is
going to rote for Uoose\"eIt. "
l-arker' . IlIuder.
"Thill was au awful dig he gave my
friend Parker . " said n well.kno\yu law
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ref of Boston , who sat In the corner ,
contented ! puffing at a very : big . and
very black , and incidentally , 11 very expensive "
pensive ciJar. " . \ . lot otI' \ ; Ilitlll't un-
del"stand when we read Parker' speeeb
how he coulll have made such an awful
blunder as to have declared that the common -
, mon law would IJe fl\lntl \ ellUkil.'lIt to deal
with all the trust IllIetitlllS which come
up Parker must have knowlI , hilt he
probably forgot , that , ! runt the very ua-
tU1"e of things ! , yon can't apply the common -
mon law in a national cOllrt. Our federal
enurts derive all their power front the
Constitution of the l'nitell States Congress -
gress eau aids legislate ! llluler the C'ml.-ti-
tmion , and , while we apply general prill-
cillles in interpreting the law it is uh-
pv.sible to Sl'CIll'e111) ! ' I1tnrluati"e action
in the United States court \ except II' the
result ot a statute law 1 : . duly JIls.e : l by
Congress and approved by the l'reitlcut
or the United Stnte A man like Ohmey ,
who has been .illtt'rested ill public affairs -
fairs at Washington , w/lllhi never have
made the blunder Parker made II e
se med to have written his speech of acceptance -
r.r.-ptnnce as ir he were dvalimlg ! entirely
ill abstract lllcstions which had : been presented -
sented for settlement by his o\"n com't
His exposition of time general principles
or the Olllstitlltion was not had from u
legal Itallll'oint ; ) ' , hilt when he came : to
deal with the question IIf trusts he seemed
cd to have forgotten that hc was respond-
lug to a II11111inltiull frolll a national COIl-
nmtilJlI , which hUll selected hilll to act as
President uC the United tUtl" . in which
capacity he would have ttl execute l'IIH-
cd States laws only , and wOllltl have : ah-
soltttely nothing ; to do with the CmllllllJll
lams 'l'his : allusion or Parklr to the
;
COllllllon In \ \ ' , us a means of ttal'killJ
the trusts , has : been a source or surprise
and lIna1.elllcllt to the profession ! all ' liver
the cOlllltr ) " . Budge Pl1rkel"- decisions ill
New York State have always taken hih ;
rank and it nits this which math the
nmazelllent nil the ; : reater. 1Vt ' could
not ntderstand how it cOllld possibly he
that any good lawyer cOllltl have : malIc
such 11 hlllllller , : lnd we have been forced
to time conclusion that JlJde ; Parker Ilb"
soilltel forgot ; that hc was writing on
a national tOllie. this : ; is only an instance -
stance going ; to show the unwisdom : of
taking ; a men off the bench for 11 political
position ! , especially ! such a position as
that or l're"idcnt of the United States
I-"perlence Necessary.
" 1\ ) administer the affairs of the ; : O\-
erlllllent snecesshdly , experience Iii just ;
as necessary as it is to run 11 hotel or : l
rlilroad A . lawyer : in active practice li 1 1
necessarily thrown ill to a : ! laroe extent
with the ordinary business affairs of the
country , hut with a jlllle ; on the , bench
it his i entirely different. He deals 'with
smatters of abstract right allll wrong .
mill mill his training goes to remove him
from business prohlem" In point of
fut : , the successful judge in a court of
last resort should be I1S far removed
from the influences of daily life us possi-
ble The ideal judge ( is a legal : I machille ,
' of law whl're-
settling ; abstract principles
its the ideal I'reshlent ' is exactly the 011110-
site He executes till Jaws as lie finds
them , suggests ; new onr-Ii t0 meet hew
l'nditioIlS , and acts aK the pet'ionli ) rrlJ-
selltatiyc ot the people who make till
law , It is not his business to interlll'et.
but to do , und the things ! which make a
mall :1 good judge 1 make him a had President i-
dent , and } vice yersa" Parker would ne\-
er have made that awful blunder if he
hl1d had any recent : eXIJel'iellcc iu COII-
gress or ia au rxecntive position fit
\YushinJ. , where 11(1 WOllltl have been
in touch with current oplllml ! ou this
subject. I don't wonder tllM : nem t ! ) -
Celt picked him up on this , AIII Irs my
opinion , the PreRhlent'M pnl'IrJih : , alllllt :
the common law ail applied to the federal !
wlltrol or trusts Is a most Inmilloujl exposition -
position of the powers amid the limitatlun
or the federal Io\"ernmellt But it'8 cer-
tainly 11 knockout , blow- for Pnrkcr. "
The / Tariff I..ue.
hI wa glad to mice , " said a successful
looking lI1un , who eXllll1lnrd later on that
he was a manufacturer In ltmurtTi ! rn ! \ " er-
mont , "I was glad ; ta see that the Prtll'j-
dent made such n point ot the tariff
issue. i We had 11 dose ot Democratic free
trade theories up our way ; about ten
years ago , whic'hVe will never feet ;
\Ye are joO lI'nr the C:1llHli:1I1 : border
flat we get thc worst ) ot every reduction
ill the tU'iff nmtes.Vr have to enter
into competition with the cheap labor :
of CllIula When thl' WioI ! tal'in : hill
went into 1I1I1'1'ltlllll Just ten ' years age ; ,
it slut trim my factory IlIlIhle of six
IIl1mth . and \ 1 tell yen , Jelltlemell I
ditln't open again ; until after McKinley
was : elected allll the VillII'J' ; u'iff law
wellt into operatiomi. It wall a time or
panic ' , itS you knuw. thoulandll of h Ber-
illg men were glad to work for any
wages , and ) " 1'1. at the same time , could
hot I'UII uiy factory and compete with the
Cauadiaus'who : flooded our part of the
country with goods mule : by the cheapest
labor , suds : iii . J could not secure even
in thosl' times ot toItlI'rntiQl ! , There arc
:1111\1' places , far in the interior wlwre
freight rates protect them from ( nrl'I:1I
congtetition ill times or free trllll , lint
those or us who II'e lIear the border are
tIle first : to feel this cOllllletitioll I got
it in the neck ten years ago , lllli got it
good 1 auks harI. I t there weremi'tany
IItlll'r issue ; bettvceu the two parties , I
W01111l vole for Roosevelt because Ill' amid
the H"llUhllculI8 J.l'lIerall talltl for the
IIrllleltion of .lumorican 11I111111factllre
against the competition It the cheap 1:1"
bur , : . not mniy of CaII : . dam , hit ! of time
w " orhl ! lr large ! ) , W 'p 4i ! braieye ! jll reciprocity -
procity which Ii J"l'cip.rtICJ.J , Ij.lItl lIOt.in
free trade umler tllll ijj.1t , gf reeillriJrit
Hoe en'lt'it story of the dlsastrrngs effects
of the \\'ilon tariff or 8.4 : 110 not overdrawn -
drawn ill the slightest ! particular , uIII I
mu glad / to Eee : that le hall kept the
tariff issue to the front , because In all
this talk of imperiali IUlil extrl\'a-
ganee and the trust , and one thing / and
: tunther people seem to forget that the
Ht'IHlh1iI'l1n part is i pledged to protec-
tion and that the Democratic party i/
plcded to free t..ade We h:1\"en't forgotten -
gotten that 1111 our way , however , find I
tell you , elltlelllell , that the big Republican -
1i1'lJl vote III Vermont was largely : ie not
entirely , produced ( by the determination
or oar people to limit thl'n\lpln''I \ : on rec-
orll against : the free trade principles and
platform tit the Democrats "
"It's frilllk , it's honest , : lnd , it's fair , "
said the clergyman to a seat - neighbar : ill
the interior ot the car , when they were
discussung ! the same letter ot a cept-
anC' { ' , "I'm not lllul'h of a politician myself -
self , hut I have been very much impressed -
ell with the 'xtrnordillnn" honesty and
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the tenacity of purpose shown by the
I're'idemit ill his letter ot accepti1l1ee
Complrill ; it with the speech ot Judge
Parker , in accepting his nomination , 1
cannot see how the people can hesitate
very long in makilll their choice "
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THE CAMPAIGN
1videuee thut I'opnlur Opinion Favors
UeJulblican uccc. . .
\Ithollgh eleetioll day is still some
weeks off , it is 1I0t too early to review
the progress ( or the ellllllligll and take
cote of the drift of popular ollillioI : ' T.I
doubt that the Litter : is setting strongly ;
iu favor or the Republican ticket would .
Sl'l'lll almost to question the capacity or
helIl1'riean people to choose between
/lIIIJI'orrJ ) ! sgnmpetence ill go"erll1lll'ut1111 \
w'hhlhlll { lllllilllllrt ! $ ! ! t'r' ( along every lice
ol- ' . .duiluistrativo 1\1111 legisiativg ! : { pqcy ) ! :
'om the day when the U I"rlilI' , : '
( 'o71'1lItioll adjourned \ after adopting ; ape
lo hive platform mill 1Il11l1ll1atiu positive -
tiye culllidates upon it. the Ul.'llIlblicUlIs
have proceeded to organize their cam-
paign ' : with the ullhesitatill ; confidence
ill thcIllseh'es and their ! principles that
goes ! , so far to assure slIcees : Ulllik ,
tlll'il' aulycpsorjes ! , they ! have had 110 111-
tl'I'1H1ItllfflJl'.9W'3 : tQ hunteil t l , III ! iteft2rc I ! ! ! taking "
ing the field. !
The Hcmhlll'l\lIi : have ilhnply goo he-
fore theIlll'rll'ull enters on the pll't"S :
I'worll , whlc'lJ I" I Hut 11 .1III1It'nt . ( artfully
concocted for l'II1ltl1:11UII : IlIIrrIQI' : fl , hilt a
scroll : IIf splendid llehlo\'emt wl'lttell
is the life of the republic during ; the past
forty - four \ "ear3 , Time scroll stretches ;
from 181iO to 1f104Iltl covers n period
uf national Ile\"elopmeut unparalleled : iu
thin jmwl ; of the \\"OI'ld The story of
this . Iti1\'I'luPIllfIIj" ,1'111 ' tW ! ! promise ! ! ! of it ;
coutlnllmce : IIIIltc-r till ! 111llfl\lslaill : \ tif a
nun who ill the incarllatlon \mlll'IIUI
energy , courage amid achievement , hall
I'flustitutell the Republican appeal to
, \ llIl'riclll"oter ,
The elections ill Vermont , Arkansas
and Ilille have shown the natural re-
IIrlJuse ! to :10 appeal based 011 things ac-
cmplpljsliF1h
III the ltieallt1 ! \ lime I nPIHOCI'ltll have
been trying to hihtt ' out cwtly , "where
they mire nt . " All effort tn hairy \ the
hatchet : ! between the gold mill silver
wings or the party ) have merely resulted
iu hm'J'ln ; It III the hradIC of time leaders
of the respective factlQlHl William
.Teumiings ; Bryan has 110 more affection for
_ Alton B. Parker now than he had the
night when he denounced the nominee
ll' the floor of the cOII\'entiQII.
The brief euthusi\ created among ;
gold ; Ih'llIncrats mill in conservative
hUjuf ; eirclps 11) judge ! ; ! 'i'k'r's ! ! oltl
standard \ t"lcll'tUl has ratli'uly simbs del ! :
IlS the con\'lctiQII hl:4 become general that
it was 11 brick nrtfullr gilded to com-
mit his part to the llllearance } of repudiating -
putll:1till ! free and unlimitell il\"er The
SUh"clluellt utterances of the Democratic
'allllitll1te have entirely dissillltcll lllY
favorable impression made by his tele-
gram ; . and proved him to he It juggler ; ;
with obscure and meaninless ; IJhrases
ltis proffer of n cOIl1IJllri.on or o\'ern- ;
mental expenditures under Republican
and Democratic administrations has lIi- !
l'IQsei } that liP was ill informed ns to
the details of those eppumditure ! $ amid
tIll JlarvfoIJS ) ! lJJtjonlll : m3 ) Jansjlm that
has ! 'onw durIng the past twenty years
But the most marked feature or the
emocrltlc caJnpalgn haM been its instability -
stability and llItirnllle or purpose One
issue after another has Len taken up
only to be dropped , until now it looks n.ol !
ir the part would have to fall hack on
the tariff and the trusts , on troth oe
which issues ! it has been tried and found
wanting in legislative courage and administrative -
ministrati\'e cffecti\"cness
: Anterieu voters know that the pro-
tective tariff is hot "robber ; and they
have more faith in the American antitrust -
trust statute than in any curbing of modern
ern trusts under tle ! old common law.
The Utlmoerntie cumpaiI1 : started with
Dil\"id B. lUll as its sponsor and boss : ,
l.ut recently Judge Parker sought to
rt'con"truet its muanagement , going to
Xew York City and holding a number ot
um-shoe ; conferences at the Astor
House with Senator Gorman and several
Tammany leuleril It is reported that
he succeeded , In placating Tammany antI
that Senator Gorman will supplant Tom
'l'Illnrt as the real director ot the Demo-
crnic enmIJaijn. " 'hat was the consideration -
side..atiol1 promised for the loyal sup.
port of Tammany has not trilnspired
HIlt If there is i one ) : thin ; ; necessary to
the success or the Hl'llllhllcan ticket , it
is that the emoerntle l'Indiclate shall
deserve nUll get ; the loyal support .of
l'aUlmllll IIIII ,
Viewing ! the situation broadly , ne\'er
in the history of c.m ipaigris ; : between He-
Iluhlicl1l1s amid Democrats were the llis" !
I
tillnishillg ; characteristics of the two
parties so strongly emphasized as ill
this 0111' The Hellllhlicans face time
pro" ! ellS of the day without llinching
fl'n 'Jher ! the opportunities or the I'l'- .
stioh , ialities or action They have : the I
tiecessay conrictionst I'ouragp ntHl re-
HHFCI'S to remgvo II\clI1l1tlil1 \
' . Un dill other hand the Uelllol'rnts ex-
( liLlt ! all the l' old fallings of 11'l'esolu-
thou , theoretical vagaries : , lack of set-
tlla iconcictious and conflicting councils
that nder them unfit to be entrusted
with time control of the o\'ernment
At this stage of the cmnpain : there
stems " not the slightest ; reason to douht
that : the IlolJlllar drift is with the \ party
tint m:1r-clc ! Nnya'll ! I'atllolt t than that
" ,1lell , stuftls ! \ still ! : ! III' marks tinge In the
ruotpl'ln the other ! bas left ill the path-
way qf llatilmlll IIrogroii The : best
proof IIf this li : III lie ( filet that the
. \merlll1 perfIlll1 ar ( going ; ahout their
tIllly : bnylnasta wlthuut mummy perplexing ! ; .
doubts Ill to what will happen in No-
\"emher ,
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nest of AU Market , .
The best ot nIl markets for American
manufacturers and rarnwfs h i < ; the , ! home i .
market . ' 1'lw internal CUnlltWl'ce or the
Uultcd States aggregates each year more
than : 2JOOOOOOOOO ; and is far greater
than the international commerce of all
the world This vast market is i nt our
Iloors It is among our own lIeolle. ! 'Yhr
SIIOUItl we surrender it to foreigners , 11'1
the Democratic policy of free trade
wonlll dos and l pay to ffl\Jjgll ! \ ml\llufl\c- \
tmmrers :11111 workmell tilt ! l\Ionl'J' \ that
should go to \.nwrll'llns ?
"We have known no party In dealing
with t'lfTender , and bavo hunted down
without mercy every wron/-d" ' ' ' in
the service of the Notion whom utwau
'PQuibJe ' by the utmost vigilance to de-
tect , for the public servant who be-
trtY8 ; his trust and thc private individual -
vidual who debaucbcs him stand as
the worst or criminal , because their l
I crimcs ore crimes aaImtat the entire
lmnl"nUY , and not only 8/:81net this
ICon rlltiOti but against ; the generations -
tlons that ore yet to be.-noosc\'ell" letter -
, ter of acceptance.
Must Trust R00ge'"elt.
(1Vestern ( Laborer ( Omlhl1 )
In a former issue of this paper we said
' ye must trust Roosevelt amid we will
' trust ! himIlfl in our judgment every
workinmall ; , skilled or unskillell , of
whatever race or creed should at once
make nil his mind to trust him and vote
for him instead or indulging in vain re-
grets that they had not when they see
Parker' "halld , " jf i by chance or fl'l1ud
hI is elected ) , we MUST TRUST
nOOSEYEL1'
uThe prime reason why the expenses
ot the Government have increased of
recent years Is to be found In tb fact
that-tho people , after mature thought ,
hayc.deemcd It wise to Ilave certain
new formw or work for the public undertaken -
dortaken by the public This necessi-
tate. snch expenditures , for instance ,
all tboole for rural free delivery , or for
t ae Inspection of meals under the Department -
partment of Agriculture , or for irri-
liatlon.-Roosc\"ea' Ittter of aCL'eptance.
Bourke Cockran , the tired ! orator ot
TalllJnanF Ball , says that "enry line in
President Htlose\"elt'g letter breathes the
spirit of triumphant } plunder. " Cockran
ought to know , for he has been hot Ol
die scent ot plunder all his career. Unfortunate -
fortunately ! , what Cockrlll ; knows he does
not tell , and he tells what he does not
kno\\
. .
The effort to galvanize the New York
Democratic campaign into the . sem-
blance ot life by nOllliInting District Attorney -
tornI' Jerome has failed ! because Jerome
refused to confine himself to halt truths
on the stump.
SONG OF DEMOCRATS I
Sing a song : or Democrats ,
And note their poignant pain ;
They find no balm in Gilen ,
Xo hope } in this campaign ;
Vermont has gone Republican } ,
And now , just look at Inine.
Sing ; a song ot Democrats ,
Their spirits sadly droop
As Parker mounts the scaffolding
.1'0 do hIs 10011-thc-Ioop ,
Pur011 times know lien he comes down
He'll land right in the soup.
:4& -Chicao ; Conser\"ator.
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ILLECs.L , CORPORATIONS.
PresideDt'8 Action In Enforcing Laws
.A/aln..t Them
( SorthwC'stern Christian Advocate , Sept 20" )
In holding ! large corporations to strict
weauntabhlty to tIle law the President
is i sor-itig ! ; the best interest ot those
corporations } well as conserving the
welfare of the countl' ' . All corporation
which are operating on nu unlawtul basis :
should he ompelled to conform to the
IIW. : Ir they ; cannot or will hot they
should go out ot business. This , some
have : been forced by the lawless conduct
of their promoters and operators to do ,
to the great loss of their stockholder
Mammy formerly wealthy men are now
broken in fortune because corporations
"ith which they were connected were
orated , mill operated violation ot law.
The action or the President in cntorc- ,
ing ; the law would prevent , not promote ,
such losses
One of the crying ; needs ot America
to-day is i : such respect for the laws ot
the nation as the President has shown.
He did < < l not make the laws , but it is his I
I
laity to obey them lIe has set nn ex- :
n1l1111e which every citizen shoulll tollow.
If that be done , we' shall hear uo more
of mobs breaking into jails , defying police - i ,
ice ! and militia , and hangino or burning
prisoners suspected or convicted of
crime , find burning property in a wild
frenzy of disorder and wleisness. :
The bitterness or its irony over the
unassailable strength ot President
Hooie\'clt's letter ot acceptance , the New
fork Times exclaims , "hns done allso-
lately the right ; timing ; . the very best
thing upon every o\"enuuent occasion ,
nlll with a4.lIred confidence he promises
to keep on so 110in ; ; . lie has made no
mistakes ; he will make none , " This if !
meant for irony of the red hot kind that
COIlll'i : from gnawing ; on f1. file. But the
question is i not whether President Uuose-
nlfs course bas always been nbsolut
b- il1llJ'ccahlc but what different course
cotild the Democrats have Imrlllell on
these :1J\"ermnent ; occasions that would
not have landed us in thc fogs , fens and
mazes of national Ilcllloralizatl amid
impotence , . ,
What has become ot that grand array
of 1S-karat Democrats Judge Parker
summoned from the cabinets or Cle\ -
Innd's two terms for purposes ot com-
parison with Hay and Tart , and Shaw ,
and Hoot ? Are Olney and Carlisle and
Fairchild and Harmon and YHas wast-
ing ; their powers in behalf or the man
who flung his all I1t the feet ot Senator
Gorman , the sleek , crying , "SaTe me
Arthur , or I sink "
President Roosevelt is a sincere friend
of labor and labor admires and respects
him. ] lIe ig nn honorary member ot
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ,
and the esteem in which he is held hT'
'
its menibers was fittingly : shown at the
convention of the Brotherhood in Buffalo -
tnlo , when 5,000 persons wildly I cheered
the l'residenfs Dame in the course ot an
address by Grand Master HnnnahlII.
Like the Indian , who when unable to
find his camp and it was suggested he
was lost replied , " ) Ie no lost wigwam
lost , " 50 the Democratic party insists ,
notwithstanding its constant change or
front , that the country , not the party ,
ig lost. The Democratic party , without
a fixed policy , would be as sate a guide
as the Indian in a strange wilderness.
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DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH
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Effort to Show that President -
.
Roosevelt Is a Lover
of War -
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INSTEAD , HE IS FOR PEACE : :
s
Would Not Encourage or Bring About ,
War and Its Destructive Forces , .
Except to Maintain the .
, Country's lIonor. ,
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The attempt to make 3 bogey man
out ot President Roosevelt ' , by misfl'p-
resenting him as n lover ot war , . Ullil
therefore dangerous to the peace ot t
the country , is doom to irnolllinious
failure. The American people arc sic
customed to "size 11P" their public men
with an accuracy unknown in the na- ,
tional life ot other couutries. They have
had President Roosevelt under their
gaze for years , find 'they know him 'Well. . ,
More than that , knowing him well as .
they do , they admire , respect and love 1
him
him.When
When public opinion hall forced the
war with Spain upon the American
nation Theodore Roosevelt , then assistant -
ant secretary of the navy . was one or
the officials of the United States who
was prepared for the ine\"itable. Like \
every other keen observer , ) [ r. Roosevelt
had seen from the incipiency ot the
agitation / for American interference iu
Cuba that the nation must prepare } for
war. In his own otlice he did all that I
was within his power } 10 get thq navy
ready for the part it must plaWh.1t L
the navy did is a part of the imperish-
able history ot our couutr ) " . Xo one ,
claims more than is due to Mr. Hoose- .
nIt iu this connection , but to ignore i his
services in the otIlce ol the secretary of .
the navy in the early days ol1SUS would .
be 'an act ot inratitlllie. These services - .
ices have been recognized ( from the beginning - \
ginning and will never be forgotten.
His wnr Carecr. . , , .
The war opene " . The one high pub-
lic official who resigned ; his office at the I
, -
National Capital to take 'up arms for ,
his country was Theodore Ioose\"elt d '
III' raised ' his volunteer regiment ; and
went with it to Santiago : de Cuba. The f' '
rest is listor ) " .
Colonel Roosevelt entered upon the 1
duties and hardships of war with all s
the enthusiasm ot :1 brace and generous t
nature He took good care of his men
and fought 'at their head when the time J
of battle came. After 'the war was
over he came borne . thelidol . . of the .Amer- t
, . . .
l'an peep e. We { i : . ' nmiown him as a. , \
sterling citizen , a : . official work-
ing for the upholdlllg of the laws , as n.
national official urging and enforcing the {
merit system in the United States Civil
Service , as assistant secretary of the rt
navy preparing ships , ammunition antI l
men for the chances of war , md now lie s' . ,
had volunteered for the army , had led 3 a
his men in soldiers-- fashion , hall with- r t j
stood the baptism' battle and prove . 1 ,
his right to be called a hero ot war in \
defense of his country's word and honor \ . ;
i
That is nIl there is to the war stor ) " , ; = .
Colonel Roosevelt was elected Go\- {
ernor of New York , and in that position i'
he again demonstratcll to his countrymen - I
, men his common sense , his J true emoc- s , . :
racy of feeling : , his justice , honor and his Y
genius ! for affairs 'When he was urged : . \
for the Yiee Presidency he demurred , f )
naturally enough , but , when the voice _ .
ot the people became loud and insistent . ! I
he obeyed i '
Trusted Ol Prc.ident. ; i ,
When he came to the Presidency the t \ '
people withheld , but only for a mOmL'\lt {
of time , their lull nllegiilnce. From time >
first President Roosevelt was trusted i ,
Never once , by word or act since he sat ( r
in the presidential chair has President \
Roosevelt encouraged or fostered the
most remote idea of war. He has been ; I
interested in improving and strengthen- r t f
jug our army and navy . and in all ways . j
has shown himself to be a loyal American - .
can to his country , but by no chance bas i
he ( shown any lore of or desire for war !
because he has no leaning that way. He I
laces ] his countr-he loves mankind. ' . ' . ,
By what twisting ot statements and l
distortion ot facts , by what destruction : 'I ;
of truth and letting go of all decency , , i
the opposition to President Roosevelt : \ t .
has raised the charge against : him that ; r'
he is likely to foster war no one whOo . !
is acquainted with the man and his life- .
can imaginc The scriptural mystery ot :
the way ot the serpent on the rock is
r
nothing to this puzzle ot the passing mo-
ment.
Every word and act of Theodore'I
floose\"elt's life makes against the false r I
views now set afloat as to the possibilities -
ties ot his character. The President is
a man who loves his country as only '
that man cnn love it who has endured
the storm of war for its sake. For no
possible or imaginable cause , save alone
the honor ot the country itself , and then
but at the stern bidding ot Congress ,
could or woulll President Roosevelt in-
\"oke the ruin and misery or war. It is
a slander upon a man of humane nature ,
strong and cultivated intellect and
proved patriotism to foster and circulate
the idle i \"aporings ot political enemies
to the effect that he is likely to bring
about or encourage war. There ig no
foundation for the slander. It is shame-
tul that it should exist or , once exist- .
ing , should be continued by repetition
Let us have nn end to the silly clamor-
ings ot the mendacious tricksters upon
this bugaboo.
A Striking ; Contrast.
From 1892 to 1595 : , inclusive , under a
Democratic administration and a low
tariff , the total exports of American mnn-
ufnctu es were li4S5S,5OG. : ! From 1900 ! ) (
to 190.1 , inclusi\"e under a Republican : :
ndminiltratiol1 and 11 protective tariff .
they were $1,655,951,540. : : : > The export :
ot manufactures in anyone year ot Republican -
publican administration was considerably -
bly more than in any two years ot Dem-
ocratic administrntion.
. "Tis the Slogan : : "
As to the Presi ent's letter of acceptance -
ance , the Republican party and the thinking -
ing men ot the country-those who have
read and can erstand-hat'e but one
I
comment :
"DiDna je hear it ? 'Tis the sloiaDl'