The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-01
TO OWN THE PAPER
Morgan Blamed for Attacks on the
President by tho New York

washington, April 2S.-Among aa.
:ninistratlon officials there is a great
deal Of comment % the attacks
which the New York SUI is making
upon President Roosevelt. Rightly or
wrongly, the friends OF the president
say the Sun Is owned by j.. Pierpont
Morgan, and they attribute these at
tacks to tina m~illionaire'S soreness,
over the Northern Securities case. Mr..
Morgan IL said to be one of the few
big men in New York who are very
angry at the president. Former AS
sistant Secretary of h Treasury Allies
came back from New York today, after
spending several days with ~financiers
there, and he confirms the report that
as to the general run OF bankers and
business men in he metropolis they are
glad Of the decision. They were shocked
at first, but they think the shock has
cleared the atmosphere. Some Of the
friends eof the president are exceed
ingly indignant owe these attacks Of
the Sun, but others think they will dc
the president more good than harm.
These officials hold the view that as
saults upon the president by trust
owned newspapers will rally the mass
of the people to his support.
The Suns triple-leaded editorial re-
minded newspaper readers of the days
OF, Charles A. Dana. Under the caption
Might Makes Right" the article says
the president has never done anything
from the day he penned his first mes
sage to congress that was not calcu-
lated to promote his candidacy for nom
ination and reelection.
Leader of tho Mob.
9Th president is the strong man, tbs
leader Of the Masses" concludes this
sweet hammered article in a newspaper
which Mr.. Morgan is credited with own
ing. There is a growing feeling that
If we do not need a strong man now. the
time In near at rand when we shall
need han. 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 even
compare him to Napoleon. Napoleon
Bonaparte WAS a strong a a man
for great crises, great emergencies. Ma
poleon moved down the mob around
the Tuileries. But Napoleon did not
tncite the mob to come to the Tuil-
cries."
For GONE months after Mr.. Roosevelt
became president the manager and re-
puted owner OF the Sun was at the
White house about once a week regu-
larly. In those days Mr.. Roosevelt was,
in the Suns columns, one OF the great
est men that ever lived. But after a
time these visits ceased. and the ex-
PLANTATION was given by the presidents
friends: We'll, he wanted to run the
whole administration and found he
couldn't and then he quit"
A member Of the cabinet remarked
today that one Of the greatest pieces Of
luck that ever came Mr.. R~ooseyelt's
way-and it is not denied that he has
his full 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 secretary,
when the public gains full knowledge
of the fact that Mr.. Morgan is attack
ing the president as a populist and lead
er Of the mob"
The Coal Trusts Folly.
The coal trust people do not appeal
to nave learned much by their recent
experiences. No little comment has
been heard here upon the foolish
break" OF the Baer attorney, who de-
c1ared before the Interstate
commission 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 year below cost" Some of the
friends of the president are now regret
ting that he did not proceed against the
coal trust last ummer when all the
country wanted him to do so,