Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-08

After you're dead.
George Fitch in Nonpareil.
ROOSEVELT DEMOuNCES eRAFrERS.
II the Roosevelt message can be said
to have been built upon a text, that
text must have been Down With the
Graftens.s' The entire document is
toned with that Rooseveltian spirit
which declares to all classes I'm do
Ing what i think is right and you
can't scare me-" He explains in his
opening paragraph that great progress
has been made In securing needful pub
licity for the affairs Of our great corr
porations, to the end that they may
be prevented from violating the anti
trust laws OF the nation. But he also
explains that the administration has no
intention of embarrassing legitimate
business, and corporations honestly and
fairly organized have nothing to fear
from federal supervision.
Passing from combinations Of capt.
tai to combinations of labor, the prest-
dent displays equal courage. He calls
attention to the great good already ac-
complished by labor unions, but points
out that unions, like individuals. should
and whenever either corporation, la
Dor union or individual disregards the
law, or acts in spirit of arbitrary and
tyrannous interference with the rights
of others, whether corporations or In
dividuals then where the federal gov
eminent has jurisdiction, 1t will see
to II that the misconduct is stopped,
paying not the slightest heed to the
position or power OF the corporation,
the union, or the Individual, but only
to one vital fact-that is. the question
whether or not the conduct of the indt-
vidual or aggregate Of individuals, Is
in accordance with the law of the land"
Neither the labor vote nor the money
Of Wall Street has any fears for Roose-
welt when he thinks he is enforcing the
law
1t is this quality in the president
that endears him to tho people and
overlooks his mistakes. When he de-
clares Every man must be guaranteed
his liberty and his right to do as he
likes with his property or his labor Sc
long as he does not infringe the rights
Of Others" the love OF fair play among,
the American people makes Roosevelt
their hero. Wall Street bankers may
rail- at him and connive to humiliat,e
him, but Roosevelt is honest and fear.
less, and II Wall Street defeats his
nomination the American people will
defeat the nominee Wall Street may
set up.
The message contains conservatism
decreased revenue which will neces-
state economy in appropriations
Radical revision Of currency laws Is
discouraged, and general reforms. to
modernixe the army and navy, suggest
ed. Frauds In every direction are at
tackled. Naturalization fraudA are con-
demned. and congress is asked to allow
the attorney general to use the special
100000 fund for prosecuting postal
frauds and land grafters. The presa-
dents compliments to these fellows
read like Henri waterson editorial.
He wants an extension Of extradition
treaties 30 as to catch all corrupt Of
ficials. 1T should be the policy Of the
United States" says the president, so
leave no place on earth where a cor
rupt man fleeing from this country can
rest in peace"
Regarding the canal and the Panama
situation, the president sets forth In
prise of building the inter-oceanic can
al cannot be held up to crafty the
whims or out of respect to the govern
mental impotence. or to the even more
sinister and evil peculiarities Of people
who, though they dwell afar of. yet,
against the wish OF the actual jewellers
on the isthmus assert an unreal SUI
premacy over the territory"
Continuing ne says: EVERY effort
has been made by the government of
the United States to persuade colom-
bia to follow course which was es-