The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-13
GETTING GOOD ALL AT ONCE.

Mr.. Roosevelt is letting 1t be un-
derstood through his political friends,
some of them being members of his
cabinet, that in the event of his NOM
nation for President he doesn't want
big campaign fund. The way he
puts it is this: Il would rather be
beaten than be elected by Wall street
money"
Mr.. Roosevelt and his party are get
ting good all at once. They are pre-
tending to occupy much higher plane
than the party occupied in 1896 and
1900. 1t seems to be admitted that in
1896 Mr.. Hanna had as much as $4,-
100000 to use in the campaign, and it
is about certain that pretty nearly as
much was used to elect Mr.. Mckinley
in 1900.
1t may be that Mr. Roosevelt is talk
ing thus early about not wanting
big campaign fund because he wants
it understood that he is not popular
with the money power. He has been
practically told, So his friends say,
that Wall street will contribute prac-
tically nothing to his fund. The banks,
trusts, insurance companies, promi-
nent financiers and promoters say that
they will not help him to the extent
of cent-at least that is the report
that his friends are giving out It may
be that statements of this kind are
being given out for the purpose of i'm
pressing the country with the belief
that Mr. Roosevelt is against trusts
and monopolies. and that therefore if
the people want monopolies suppressed
they should vote for him.
But assuming that Wall street Is
against Mr.. Roosevelt, does ii think
1t will gain the good will of the Dem
ocratic party by contributing to its
| campaign fund? If so it will find it,
| self mistaken. The Democratic party
is the party that opened the fight
against trusts, and to it the people
look for continuation of the fight.
The trusts have nothing to fear from
| the Republican party. That party isn't
going to hurt them. Under the force
OF public opinion it began suits against
the beef trust and one railroad trust.
but it is taking no steps against other
trusts. 1t is not likely to do so.
The President of one of the greatest
OF the trusts sad, in his testimony be-
fore a congressional committee, that
the tariff was the mother of trusts.
OF course he meant the protective
tariff. AS long as the tariff remains as
it is there will be trusts. And the Re-
publican party has no intention of
changing the tariff. 1t has so declared.
In his recent trip through the West
Mr.. Roosevelt said. in his speeches,
that the tariff was not to be disturbed.
AS long as the Republican party an
nounces that it has no intention of
striking at the root of trusts the trusts
| will not take a position against the
Republican party.
The Republican party and Mr.
| Roosevelt would like the impression
to be entertained that Wall street is
against him, and that Wall street
money will not be contributed to as
sist in electing him, but will the Re
publican party publish the sources
from whence it gets it's campaign
fund? 1t is doubtful 1t is a safe pre-
diction that it will get more from Wall
| street than the Democratic party will
The fact that cabinet officers are
giving it out to newspaper correspond
ents that Wall street is against the
President, and will not give a dollar
to his campaign fund, indicates that
there is a purpose on the part of
shrewd politicians in the Republican
party to make political capital out of
the feeling throughout the country
| against Wall street.