The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-23
AN APOLOGY MADE
In the Republican Campaign Book for
The Language Of The President.
HE DID NOT MEAN 1T
When He Referred TO The Trusts as
Being in Any way Bad
ROOSEVELT HAS ACQUlESCED
In the Statement of The Committee BY
Accepting the Book as Issued
THE MISCONcEPTI0N OF THE POSITION
By the Public Probably Due to the
Language in His Message, Which
the Apology Covers.
ROOSEVELT HAS ACQUIESCED
In the Statement of the Committee by
Accepting the Book as Issued.
THE MIScONcEpTION OF THE POSITION
Especial to The Post. !


Washing ton, August 22.--'This is the nrst |
time in the history of n political campaign |
when campaign committee In publishing
it's text book found 1t necessary to apoio
give for the language OF the president OF
the United States in his message TO con.
gress," said Charles A. Edwards secretary
Of the democratic congressional committee
This has been done by the republicans
In their campaign book concerning the Ian
guage used by President Roosevelt In his
message to congress last December where
he touches upon the trust question. In ex-
planning the presidents attitude upon the
trust question, the campaign hook explains
that the president did not mean what he
said:
"The campaign book says; President
Roosevelts discussion Of the trust question
in his FIRST message TO the Fifty-seye
congress was conservative hut fearless He
did not arraign the trusts rs wholly bad.
hut conceded TINT they were A part Of the
Industrial development OF this country, as
they were of the industrial development
throughout the civilized world
"In his message In speaking Of ire trust
question the president says, IT Is also true
that there are real and grave evils, one OF
the chief being overcaptaligatou because
If it's many balefuI consequences, and n
resolute and practical effort must he made
to correct these evils
Gle also says: There is widespread
conviction In the minds Of the American
people that the great corporations known
MS trusts are In certain Of their features
and tendencies hurtful to the general well
fare
HE says further that Corporations on
/ gaged in the Interstate commerce should he
regulated II they hre found to exercise and
license working e. the p frs injury ana
| that II should be AS much the atm Of thosc
who seek for socin hetterment 70 rid tho
business world Of crime ~ cunning as 20
rid the entire body polite Of crimes n VIC
| lence'
"He again saws that: TN the Interest
! of the whole peonle. the nation should
! without interfering with the powe ~ the
! States IN the matter itself. also assume the
power ~ supervision mr. regulation over
MI corporations doing an interstate bust
ness and last but NOT least. tho pre9l.
dent says in his message: The first eS
sentlai In determinne how To deal with the
great Industrial combinations IS knowledge
Of the facts-puhicty,'
"The foregoing paragraph from the re-
publican campaign book, II viii he seen
apologies for the strenuous words OF the
president concerning trusts II also IS
silent concerning the last quotation from
the president, which recommends publicity
They no doubt were aware of the fact that
q democrat introduced In the senate an
amendment to bin exactly emhodying the
presidents suggestion and recommendation
concerning publicity anent trusts and that
II was voted down by solid republican
vote In that body. do not blame them,
therefore, for Ignoring this whole ques-
tion and apologizng for the attitude Of
the president on this question. ! have
been merely waiting before mentioning
this subject. for final denial that the
republican campaign book is to he revised
on account Of the failure TO present this
trust question according to the Ideas of
the president; also his attitude on the Gu
han reciprocity question, | have received
that denial The book Is being issued
and II Is announced that there Is no con
nict between the president and the cam
palgn committee on the subject
ut must be remembered that this book
is the text book Of the party. the political
? bible OF the campaign from a republican
J standpoint. and presumed to contain m
exposition Of all the issues which the re
, publican managers recognize as being pres
I Ont in the campaign # it is true that
: the president is satisfied with the book
the public has a mlsconception IF the at
titude Of Mr.. Roosevelt with reference to
reciprocity and to the trusts.
''The question Of reciprocity Is ignored
as not being of sufficient consequence 10 b'
considered, or as presenting an issue fol
which the republicans as an organization
is not willing to take responsibility. The
acceptance by the president Of this dis
J position of the question amounts TO al
acqulescence In the position Of the cam
paign managers Of the republican partJ
and an abandonment of the proposition an'
, eatops him from advocating Cuban recip
7 rocity on the hustings during his "swini
g around the circle" which begins in Sep
5 TENDER It Is a practical admission tina
! the republicans have abandoned this posi-
tion and that he must depend upon dem
oerats for support II anything is to be ac
compIshed
with reference to the trust question
the acceptance by the president as satlsfae
tory the presentation made by the repnr
= lican campaign book is reversal from ~
q position which the president Is publlcl
d supposed 10 have taken. and which ne eN
IDENTIFY did take from the extracts aboy
quoted from his message. The spirit an
10 argument Of the republican campaign boo
!, is in the defense Of trusts In general.
being merely conceded that there Is