Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-13
MIR. RO0SEvfLT, RfFORMER.

IqAestionably postpone the time when
he is protesting he will in all sincerity
lay the weight Of his hand upon the
trust magnates, to or beyond the date
VIE have mentioned. and when Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt will have become
| private citizen, even supposing he
Isl to be nominated and elected Pres
|, ldent in 1904
Two people knew this fact when the
beeches were made. One or these
was Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, and the
/, her was Mr. ]. Pierpont Morgan.
But lest some Of the rank and file
o, trust promoters should miss the
point, and really fear some possible
but remote interference with their
Industrial freebooting, Mr.. President
takes care to allay their apprehensions,
|. and cautiously adds: when we have
the power, most earnestly hope and
should most earnestly advocate that
i y be used with the greatest wisdom
and self-restraint.' A. little before
BIC had said: "All the power that is
given, ! can assure you, will be used
in spirit as free as possible from
rancor of any kind" So that, IL the
trusts, through their attorneys in the
Congress Of the United States, shall
consent to let the public into the tricks
OF their trade which now they keep
hidden even from their own stock
holders. and If then the same, or some
succeeding trust lawyers in Congress
assembled, shall permit Mr.. Roosevelt,
7lby that time plain citizen of Oyster
Hay, to think, by some nunc pro tune
rFocess of reasoning, what he might
lave done at trust-smashing II he was
ohly third-termer, and if then the
New Jersey trust patriots have not
already cornered everything in and
out of sight, including the light of day
, and the air we must breathe and per-
haps all the vacant allotments in the
Kingdom Of Heaven-for which MIR.
Presidents proposed scheme will have
given them ample time at their pace
Of the last year or two,-at the end
Of all these things, says Mr.. Roosevelt,
IN do something,-just what, won't
tell; but whatever it is, shall do 1t in
such way that 1t won't hurt you
. any, Messrs. Captains of industry,
alias trust t-promoters.
Taken at its best, this is the measure
qf redress which the President offers
ltp give the people, IL they will but
Idontinue linn in his high office.
But as surely as he knows that even
shis means nothing, and would be
, Wholly futile If carried through,-just
As surely does he know that even this
fcant and puerlle safeguard Is impos-
Iible OF realization. He knows that
fyen with the present large majority
!, Of his party in the lower house 1t will
Populists in addition TO all the Repub-
licans, to propose constitutional
that with Congress which treated
: his earnest plea for an insignificant
| M - r,,hn t,,
solent contempt, he cannot command
for his proposition anything like the
full support Of his own party. He
knows that the requisite number of
States never in the world would ratify
his amendment, If proposed to them.
He knows that the South would not
agree because It would be sweeping
: away the last vestige of the reserved
:. rights OF the States, and would rele-
: gate the latter chiefly to the function
Of shooting down coal miners, and
: TINT the trust-rldden States OF the
North would reject 1t, because II would
remove the veil Of secrecy OF operation
: which now makes their favorito graft
= so efficiently worked. lie knows that
New Jersey, for instance, would never
consent to have her eight Representa-
: tlves In Congress overslnughed and
: voted down by the ID members from
: Texas upon measures calculated to In
= teggere with and pry into the affairs Of
y the combines which are the very
. breath OF New Jersey nostrlls.
~ This Is the sum total Of what the
y President offers the public by way of
y relief from what Is with him an ad-
'' mittcd evil. Is It any wonder that
7 people question the good faith of 1t?
There are remedies which Mr.. Pres.
~ ident might offer which could be ad-
y yanced without waiting for an i'm
= possible time, or an impossible major
u ity. He might prosecute some OF his
" alleged trust offenders, under some