Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-28

tlntO the SCfeeI OF the must
have been much more serious.
FIGHTS ROOSEVELT
Washington Politicians Believe Morgan
is Fighting Roosevelt in New York
Suns Editorial Attack-Northern Sc.
c%urities Decision Embitters Him.
Washington, April 2s.-Among adj
ministration officials there is a great
deal of comment upon attacks which the
New York Sun is making upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Rightly or wrongly,
the friends of the president say the Sun
is owned by j. Pierpont Morgan, and
they attribute these attacks to that
~millionaire's soreness" over the Nor
thern Securities case. Mr.. Morgan is
said to be one of the few big men In
New York who are very angry at the
president. Former Assistant Secre-
tary' OF the Treasury Allies came back.
from New York recently after spend
ing several days with financiers there,
and he confirms the report that us to
men in the metropolis, they are glad of
the decision. They were shocked at
first, but they think that the shock
has cleared the atmosphere. Some of
the friends of the president are ex-
ceedingly indignant over these attacks
of the Sun. but others think they will
do the president more good than harm.
These officials hold the view that as
saults upon HI president by trust
owned newspapers will rally the mass
of the people to his support.
The SUMS triple-leaded editorial
Unpublished in the I. r. on Saturday lastl
reminded newspaper readers Of the
days of Charles A. Dana. Under the
caption Might Makes Right" the ar
ticle says that the president has never
done anything since the day he penned
his first message to congress that was
not calculated to promote his candidacy
for nomination. and reelection.
"The president Is the strong man, the
Header OF the masses" concludes this
sweet hammered article in a newspaper
which Mr.. Morgan is credited with
! owning. There is a growing feeling
that If We do not need a strong man now
the time is near at hand when we shall,
need him. Then let us reassure our
selves that he is on hand. People COM
pare Mr.. Roosevelt to Germany's strong
man, her forceful William. They wen
compare him to Napoleon. Napoleon
Banaparte vas q strong man, a Ia for
great crises, great emergencies. Na-
poleon moved down the mob around
the Tuiieries. But Napoleon did not
incite the mob to- come to the Tuil-
l~eries."
For some months after Mr.. Roosevelt
became president, the manager and re-
puted owner of the u was at the
White house about once a week regu-
larly. In those days Mr.. Roosevelt
was, in the Suns columns, n of the
greatest men that ever lived. But after
a time those visits ceased. and the ex-
PLANTATION was given by the presidents
friends: We'll. ne wanted to run the
whole administration and found he
couldn't and then quit"
A member of the cabinet remarked
today that one of the greatest pieces
of luck that eve came Mr.. Roosevelt's
way-and it is not denied that he has
his share of the favors of the tickle
goddess - was the Rockefeller tele-
graphic assault, upon the antitrust
bill. But that will seem a very small
bit Of good fortune added the secre-
L = ~ ,,xy ~, a -, tho pt,h1tC Oatnc fail li1a tp1.
edge of the fact that Mr.. Morgan is
attacking the president as a populist
and leader of the mob"
The coal trust people do not appear
Ito have learned much by their recent
Experiences. No little comment has
been heard here on the foolish break
of the Baer attorney, who declared be-
fore the interstate commits
sion that the people of New York were
whining like whipped ours because
they had to pay a little higher price for
coal after getting their fuel for years
below cost" Some of the friends of the
president are now regretting that he
did not proceed against the coal trust
Hast summer when all the country
wanted him to do SO.
1t is. not alone among eastern corpor-
alton leaders that that this public be
damned" spirit is rife. President
Roosevelt told the writer last autumn
that the most remarkable letter that he
had ever received came to him from the
president of a railway in Chicago, who
wrote in the following strain:
You have no right to use your power
lin settling the anthracite Goa strike.
This is the best opportunity we soft
coal handlers of the west ever had to
build up our trade n get high prices
for our output. 1t is a shame for you
to interfere with our prosperity by set
ting the strike"
The president gave me the name of
the railroad president, but l do not in
tend to print it.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as fol-
lows: 81 was in an awful condition.
Ny skin was almost yellow. eyes sunk
en-, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides. no appetite, growing
weaker day KY day. Three physicians