The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-17
people Against the Politicians.

The revolt of machine politicians
against Roosevelt is apparent. Our
Eastern sdvices make it perfectly
clear that the outspoken attempt
here Is Oregon to send hostile
delegation to the next Republican
National G invention will be dupli-
Gated in other states. Our local
expression of The machine resent
ment, though taking the form OF
protest against an alleged anti
Semitic prejudice of the President,
may after all be only part of con-
certed scheme to get rid, If posi-
BILE, of President who is his own
man. and acquire one who will do
the bidding of the bosses 10 the
various states. Roosevelt IS not
the politicians man. His methods
are not machine methods, his ad
visefs are not the grindstone-turn-
ers. He has offended the politi-
clans just as Cleveland offended
them. He conironis the same up
position that Mckinley confronted
in 1896, when every big Republican
boss but Hanna went to St. Louis
with a knife In his boot for the
Ohio candidate.
The President has other hostile
critics, as far as possible removed
from the machines, and even more
implacable. They are the mug
wumps, as we used to call them ;
the biologists, as Napoleon called
those Of his day; the independents,
as they call themselves. Roose-
welt is not good enough party man
for the bosses, but he is entirely
too good party man for the inde-
Eendents. They are not Republi-
cans at all, but in reality dilettan-
lists of Republican antecedents and
Gold Democrats. 1t would be very
near the truth to say that, except
for Organisms attacks on money,
property. aud business, the d mo
cratic party would toda have the
support of Harpe,'s Weekly, the
New York Evening Post, Spring
field Republican, Brooklyn Eagle,
New York Herald, New York
World, Boston Herald, Kansas
City Star, Chicago News, Chicago
Record Herald, Washington Post,
Washington S,ar. Philadelphia
Ledger and Times, Philadelphia
Bulletin and many others journals
Of lesser fame but great il fiuence
in their respective fields. AS to
the tariff, these papers are. Demo
cratic. II is transparency impossi
BILE for Mr.. Roosevelt, as Repnb
lican President, to occupy the
Democratic position. But it is
equally clear that his defenses OF
protection can find no favor i'm the
so called independent" eyes.
But the independents are not the
people any more than the bosses
are. Their antagonism is possibly
a source Of strength equal to tina,
afforded By the hostility OF the
machines. The average man
doesn't warm up TO the scholar in
politics. A clean shirt and whole
gloves are not more fatal to popu-
LARRY than are irrefragable evid
ences of accurate knowledge and
refined feelings. eveland the
Sheriff was All entirely different
"proposition" from Cleveland the
Princeton sage. 1t is quite certain
that Thomas B Reed knew too
much, and it was Mr.. McKinley's
invincible astuteness that kept him
from acquiring or at least from
displaying any intelligence above
the common run IF the horny
handed and the plain faced Mr..
Roosevelt apparently c. mprehends
this supr. me equipment for public
life. As the rejected stone cf The
political and the cultivated build
ers, he will attest to the masses hi
fitness for :" be head o. The cor
ner."