Bisbee daily review., 1904-09-22


 the principle of the government is the despotic principle and that the law is what he wishes it to be.
 What would the Democrats do about the Pension law? will tell you. A Democratic executive. if he finds that the appropriation for veterans be not sufficient, he will communicate his decision to Congress and he will ask the body charged by the Constitu' ton with the power to control the money to make appropriations ade' quate to the nations gratitude. That is the American system of law" Mir Cochran read from the letter, in Which Mir. Roosevelt states that Democrats. in conferring with certain interests and through private agents, had attacked his Excitement of the coal strike and his action in the Mer- ger suit. MT. Cochran denied this and declared: These are the two acts of the Administration that the Democrats have praised. He has been criticised by Republicans, by Republi- can newspapers, efforts were openly made to defeat his nomination. Ali ter his nomination for long time sup port was withheld, and opposition threatened if not openly made. Why has all this been changed?
 Let us know the agents that went from Theodore Roosevelt to the trusts who at one time threatened him, and who are today supporting him with money and influence? What was the consideration of this support?
 Tt was not the promise of Attor- ney-General Knox. extraordinary though that was, not to enforce the law that he had sustained in the Northern Securities case against the other trusts. who on every side were plum dering the people and at the same time subscribing to the Republican war chest.
 The most extraordinary thing per haps in the history of constitutional government was that interview by MT. Konx-the Government does not mean to run amuck among the trusts whose organizations were shown to be illegal by the Northern Securities decision.
 Think of it-think of what il means. The President of the United States assumes a dispensing power not to pardon past offenses. but to authorize continual violation of the law and authorize immunity for it.
 Notwithstanding this they are stiii hostile. Who were the agents who wrought this miracle? There MT. Roosevelt can speak with authority. He makes a statement on its face positively incorrect. He has a chance to make one commenting him to the American people. He has shown candor in his letter. He can render crowning service by declar- ing how it is that the trusts that op- posed him four weeks ago, are today giving up cheeks through the means of Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island, to the Republican corruption fund"
 He discussed at length Mr Roose- velt's attitude on protection. He said that protection was not alone responsi- ble for trusts, but for strikes. He de voted some time to talking of strikes. He continued:
 Mir. Roosevelt, in his letter. takes exception to the statement of Judge Parker to the deficit of the year. be cause he says they did not make allow ance for the payment of the Panama Canal, but the Panama Canal payment is past ani gone. The last three months show deficits. Now, if these deficits continue long enough you will have another panic; you cannot avoid It. You will have the condition again when you have to retrench. The Re publieans have brought the country to the verge of ruin, but the Democratic party has been in condition to save It by economy and by justice.
 l have said that every line in this letter breathes the spirit of triumphapt plunder. Not single work is utter. ca there that does not show con. scientiousness of plurder, although it seems to be in some instances a case Of unconscious celebration.
 "The State of Panama has heen wrencned from the country to which it owed allegiance That is past and gone. It cannot be repaired. We must treat the condition that we find hut would like to know who got those ten million dollars. and where did the s50,000,00 go to. I would like to konw what commissions were paid to induce our Government to enter into con spiracies in the Waldorf Hotel with reckless adventurers from across nc sea?"
 He closed by calling on those pres ent to choose between the imperialism Of Roosevelt and the constitutional ism of Parker.