The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-12
.DISUNI0N| Will
MEAN DISASTER.
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOW ON
TRIAL.
Opposition to Roosevelt Mould Lead
to Disruption-Morc Unpopular
With Politicians Than Amy Presi-
dent Since the War---He Can't Be,
Worked and That Is Why the Poo
pie Respect Him.
From The journal Bureau, Colorado Building

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building
Washington SO
Washington. Dec. i 2.--The, meeting
have been the signal for an outbreak
of anti Roosevelt sentiment all over the
east, but it is believed that it will quiet
down insE a short time. RooseXelt oc7s
,cupies Father a.sunique position pe-s
fors: theScountrE He is, oSfaes assfhe e.
politicians are concerned, perhaps as
unpopular a president as we have had
since the war, and SO far as the masses
of the voters in his own party are con-
cerned. one of the most popular
While the people do not have for him
and have not had for any other presi-s
dent. that warm personal Affection
which they had for Mckinley, they re.
gard him with undisguised confidence
and esteem, and his unquestioned
moral courage and honesty of purpose
cause him to stand before the. public.
eye as embodying those eharac teristics
which in these days are demanded in
a president.
sons are opposing him. do not seem to
realize what disaster mig befall the
party, and perhaps the country, should
he be defeated for nominations as the
results Of their plotting. Roosevelt
knows that the politicians do rot like
lllIn anu he KNOWS. also. SMEly. 4gOuI
practical man in politics doesn't like
anybody in. office who cannot 5e used,
It's the old story over again of the
New York boss who wanted certain
things done by a governor of his state
and was informed tllatghis wishes ran
counter to the constitution. What's
the constitution among friends 2" he
asked. And Roosevelt would be- adj
| mired by the financial interests of
| Wall street if he were more tractable
| and less inclined to demand that the
rights Of the people be protected.
| While the president knows of the
dislike of the politicians, he knows
that he has the confidence and good
will of the rank and file of his party,
and that any attempt to defeat him,
| for reasons thus far alleged is likely
! to prove unsuccessful. Apparently. he
| is worrying very little over the out
come. In a struggle between the
! classes and the masses for the control
! of the governments, and for the admin
istration of the laws in the interest of
the latter, he feels that there can be
| but one result. The. failure of the
masses to win would be indicative to
| his mind of the partial failure of free
| government on the American cOnti-
nent, and Of the inability of a govern
ment of the people, for the people
and by the people long to endure. His
optimism is one of the interesting fea-
lures Of the present situation. Beset
as he is with foes, within as we'll as
Without his party, he has confidence
in the abiding good sense of the peo-
pie. and in their determination to rule
r. With Hanna the nominee of the res
1.-THE Nominee Of the dem ocratic party
1.-THE honest, voters in both parties+weuld
be apt to feel that the money classes
| had controlled both national conven.
tons. This might lead to serious re-
volts in both parties, (. possibly
as serious and as far reach.
ing as those which charac-
terized the campaign of 1860, wher
there We're four national tickets, each
with strong following in the field
Such condition would also, it is be.
lieved, lead to the formation Of some
new party, just as the questions which
were debated so fercely in the years
preceding the great war, led to the
formation of the republican party
And a party SO founded would. it. i:
further believed, eventually come i1tt
control ofsthe governments, aud re pea
substa Rtially, the record Of tie sc
publican party since the war.
There is no escaping the conclusion
4 that in the present instane e the, re
publican part Is of1strial. Tiles defea
of Roosevelt gin the cofiN cation on All.
sented, Ky oulds be III dicative that TIT
i party Was underSfhe control Of Ger
| tain interests which are siffinlicaI t
free Institutions. It would 111ea n 4 hi
I falling away of the party of Lincoln
of Grant. of Blaine, of Garfield ami
+ of Mckinley, from the high ..ideaI
z which actuated those men, ana it
corruption beyond the probability o
4 redemption. This a5the opinion o
. many careful observers, and they aa1i
awaiting the outcome With intense III
terest. t@,s nv "a&@ a5A 9ts
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