Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-03
An Aid to Democracy.

Roosevelt's attitude on the trust
proposition is just that which will dc
the Democratic cause the most good
He acknowledges the power for harm
OF the moneyed combines, and that he
recognizes the disposition for evil
which frequently actuates these organ.
izations, is shown by his earnest ap.
peals for authority to curb it. But
the President is a partisan, as we'll as a
politician, with very natural desire
for a second term. While as a citizen,
and as the Chief Magistrate, he may
acknowledge an evil, he is too much
OF a partisan, to cut entirely loose
from what used to be the cardinal
line of dcmarkation between the two
large parties, and recognize the tariff
as the main prop and strongest support
of trust possibilities. If he did so, the
opponents in his own party would
possess the most powerful leverage to
encompass his downfall.
While Mr.. Roosevelt has saved his
opponents much labor in literally
beating it into the heads of Republi'
cans that the trust is directly respon.
sible for much of the distress that pre-.
walls in the cottage of the lsborer. he
has afforded no hope of relief except
what may be gathered from vague
promises that possess faint hope Of
realization in the dim future, against
the united opposition Of the trusts
whose present vigor be is steadily aug
menting, by liberation under a quasi
spirit of candor.
The President does not seem to
realize, if he does care, for the proba'
bility that six years time must elapse
before an amendment may be engrafsed
upon our fundamental law, which will
enable the President to deal with the
combines in way to ensure good be-
havior. And then, it may happen
when authority is given, that we viii
not always have as conscientious and
righteous q man in the Executive
chair to secure the fruition of oul
hopes, even though we concede The
possibility Of the trusts going to sleeT
long enough to enable the circumlo
cutionary programme 10 be evolved
The suggestion of an improbable
means of relief is virtually leaving the
matter in the hands of those who pre-
sent an immediate and logical plar
for weakening the power OF the trusts
The country has outlived the need o.
protection much more palpably thar
OF bimetallism, and it is time for tn.
fossils of the party to realize it. AL
sentiment and principle that clings t
the protective tariff, is Of the past, ant
the only real use for it now 10 thai
recognized by interruptions leaders L
try the fat out Of money. bags for cam
paign purposes.
] It is the glazing inconsistency Of tn
position of the President, that evil
exist which he il unable TO encounte
with the law.making power and tn
people q nerve his arm, that has LEI
to very general belief that his late
utterances are simply the sophistry o
the demagogue TO avail himself o
, present conditions for swaying sn in
fluence outside of his party and ct tn
same time by aid Of official patronag
aud professions OF fealty to secure {
denomination in 1904.
Il Mr.. Roosevelt is acknowledged to b
q splendid equestrian, but the task o
riding two horses, going in opposit
directions at the same time, it i
thought, will be rather more than h.
has hitherto encountered.
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William Hooper Young, . degenerate
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