The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-15

DR.. Jacob CT. Schurman, president Of
cornell UNIVERSITY and one OF the origi-
nal Philippine commissioners appointed
by President Mckinley. has in a recent
address injected three RS into the
lpresent campaign. His three RS are
what lie believes the people want and
what they need 10 advance their well
fare and to increase the prosperity of
the county.
Our readers Will remember that dur
ling a former presidential campaign a
Icertain republican political divine by
the name of Burchard launched into
the contest his three RS as the chief
tenets of the democrats and hat his
utterances caused great CONSERVATION
and alarm to his party friends. This
Rev. Mr.. Burchard said the three prin-
Iciples upon which the democrats hoped
to win were Rum. Romanism and Re-
lbelIion."
DR.. Schurman's three RS are very
different from those of the Rev. Bur
lchard. The first of the doctors RS we
can not endorse. 1t is Roosevelt. the
nations leader The other two are
more in line with the ideas and prin-
are: Reciprocity with Cuba, the ma
ltion's duty" and Revision of the tariff.
the nations interest,""
While the democrats can endorse two
of DR.. Schurman's RS, the republicans
as represented by their leaders In con-
lgress have repudiated the last two, and
indications point to their reputation
of the first. 1t does not look as if Mr..
Roosevelt is considered by the republi-
cans to be their leaders. They have re-
pudiated his ideas on several important
Questions. In these the republican
president comes nearer advocating the
democratic ideas than those of his own
party.
DR.. Schurman's second R., reciprocity
with Cuba, on which the president has
set his heart, is a move toward the
democratic idea of lower tariff. His
third R-revision of the tariff, is bound
to come as a means to check the growth
of h rusts and m~onopolies against
which the president has declared
Let's see how the president, DIR.
|Schurman and hi democrats are IN ac-
cord on the doctors three RS. AS to
the first the president most probably
agrees with the doctor. AS to the sec
ond the president n the democrats
stand side by side in advocacy Of re-
ciprocity with Cuba AS to the third,
the democrats demand revision of the
tariff, and Mr.. Roosevelt, before he gets
through with his fight in the courts
against the trusts, which he has de-
lclared he will destroy, will find that to
do so he will have to adopt the demo
cratic principle of tariff reduction.
Is not Mr.. Roosevelt right o as
much an advocate Of leading demo-
cratic principles as Of those of his own
party as set forth by the actions OF
that party in congress-. It must be re-
membered hat the second ranking Of
fetal in the presidents cabinet has
trusts is by taking from trust made
PARTICLES the protection OF the present
high tariff on their products.
1t has been said Of late by men more
capable of judging the past and fore
casting the future that Mr.. Roosevelt's
destiny, politically. would be that Of
the other four vioe-presidents who had
succeeded to the presidency-Tyler,
Fillmore. Johnson and Arthur-the in
dications are that, instead Of simply
losing the support as president of the
party which had elected him as vice
president. he will ind himself in a
position nearer the lines of the party
of opposition that to those of his own
people. We look for some wonderful
changes before the presidential cleo
ton in 1904.