The Washington times., 1901-09-05
Brynn and Roosevelt.

The New York World adverts t.
the fact that both Bryan and Roose-
welt in their Labor Day speeches took
strong ground against the trusts, but
that neither proposed any clear and
specific remedy. Hence, the World
regards each address as merely a bid
for the Presidency. So intense is its
antipathy to Mr.. Bryan that the
World seems scarcely to make an ef-
fort to be fair in its references TO him.
There is no reason to believe that Mr..
Bryan expects to be a Presidential can
didate in 1904. He has so declared, and
in common fairness his statement
should be accepted unless it can be
shown that he has been in the habit of
saying one thing when he means some
thing else. This can hardly be done.
There is, in truth, a vast difference
between the weight to be ascribed to
the utterances of Mr.. Bryan and Vice
President Roosevelt on the subject of
the trusts. Mr.. Bryan may be little
loose and sweeping in some of his eX-
pressions, but his whole public life
shows that he is honestly opposed to
these great monopolistic combinations.
If he is somewhat obscure in his pro-
posals of remedies, it is merely be-
cause the subject is a difficult one to
deal with. There is no doubt that if
the utmost of his ability. But he is
not President, and he is not likely to
be in the near future. if ever.
Mr.. Roosevelt, on the other hand, is
an unquestioned candidate for the
Presidency. There can be no doubt
that he received strong assurances at
Philadelphia of support for the Presi-
dental nomination in 1894. and that in
his present tour lie is virtually open
ing his campaign. Therefore, his posi-
ton is wholly different from that of
Mr.. Bryan. But this is not the only
difference. While Mr.. Roosevelt in
weighs against great monopolies, he is
ambitious to be the candidate of the
party whose policy has been chiefly in
strumental in The creation of these mo-
nopolies. He knows as well as he
knows anything that the trusts abso-
lutely control the Republican party.
and that without their support the par
t. cannot possibly wiz from which two
facts il follows with certainty that the
party viii not and cannot do anything
adverse to the trusts. Mr.. Roosevelt
is great mixer in a political cam
paign- He can put on rough suit and
''whoop it up with the boys, thus ere
ating The impression that he is fully in
sympathy with the aspirations and the
interests of the common people. But
he never fails to ask for his political
favors at the hands of the party which
is essentially the party Of wealth and
caste. and which is bound to the chariot
wheels of the trusts
OF course MIR. Roosevelt is not so
much of a trust man at heart as Mr..
Hanna is. Neither was President Nc
Kinley gold standard man until after
he was nominated for the Presidency.
The World" well remarks that Mr.
Roosevelt did nothing as Governor of
New York to show that he was desirous
of curbing the trusts In fact, he fell
under the influence of Boss
Plat, which leaves nothing more to be
said on that score. AS President, MIR.
Roosevelt might not be entirely sub
to Mr.. Hanna in all u ings,
but we may be sure that he would
never do anything to injure the trusts.
II he should be nominated he could
not be elected without their support,
and he would hardly bite the hand
which lifted him into the Presidency.