The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-07
PICTURESQUE, BUT UNSAFE,
That is Cart Schurz's Opinion Of Pres
ident Roosevelt.

In a letter to James w. Pryor,
General Secretary of the Parker In
dependent Clubs, Carl Schurz, who
knows what Imperialism is and
what it means from personal expe-
rience, and whose sincerity for re-
publican government and institu-
tions cannot be questioned. severely
takes to task the purposes of the
Republican party and President
Roosevelt's instability. Among
other things he has the following
to say Of MIR. Roosevelt's unsafe
ness:
President Roosevelt is an exceed
ing interesting, picturesque and
forcible character, who would have
found most congenial and glori-
Gus field of action at the time
of the Crusades, but sometimes
strangely fails to appreciate the
higher moral aims of modern civi.
lization. He is a patriotic man,
who has done very good service in
several ways, and, being still young,
is capable OF doing much more in
various important positions, aside
from the presidency. His is q
master nature, but this Republic
does not want in the presidency Il
master-least of all one who call
not master himself.
To re-elect him, and thereby to
make him understand, as he most
certainly would understand it, that
the American people are immensely
delighted with all he has said and
done under the inspiration of his
strenuous tendencies. that they
simply yearn for more of it, and
that to this end they put into his
hand the great power of the pres.
idency, including the supreme com
mand OF the army and big navy,
with all the temptations and posi-
bilities of such power, so that his
ambition to regulate the world ac-
cording to his notions may have
full swing-this. | humbly submit,
would be so hazardous 4 venture
that clear headed and sober mind e
ed Americans may well. for their
country's sake, shrink from the
risk.
The alternative is the election of
the Democratic candidate, Judge
Parker. | do not indulge in the
slightest delusion as TO the Demo
cratic party. | know its faults
and shortcomings very well, and |
have opposed it often. But | be =
lieve that, if put in power, under
present circumstances, it can do the
country very important service,
partly of negative, partly of q
positive kind. OF course, | do not
expect the millennium; but | think
we may well expect that it will put
n stop to the strenuous pyrotech.
MICS which for some years have
distracted us, and bring the Repub-
lie back to the sober ways of con.
scientious, constitutional and legal
government; that it will arrest the
existing lavishness Of public ex
penditures and introduce whole
some economy into our govern
ment household; that it will thor.
oughly overhaul the various gov.
ernment departments, which is al
the more necessary, rs the recent
investigations of corrupt practices
in the postal service have only
scratched the surface, and as fur
ther Investigations by the Repub-
lican party in its own good time
and its own way" are not promis
ing substantial results; that it will
scale down our enormous and un
necessary expenditures for the army
and navy to a figure answering tn,
real needs of the country; that i
will start Il vigorous mOvemen
against the extortions and corrup
tions of our tariff system; and tina
it will do away with our utterly un
democratic, financially wastefu
and politically demoralizing colon
ial policy, thus restoring to thei
old dignity the principles upol
which this Republic was founded
and reviving the popular reverence
for our great traditions which form
the conservative influence so nue.
needed by our democracy-in short
that it will reverse in all thes
things the principal tendencies O
the present administration.