The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-19

agefS represented nm as Dtlus IT eHS tconfidenee of the wealthy vested inter ests of the east. One reason urged for lhis nomination was that his friends lcould readily gather for hm generous lcampaign fund.
 From such insufficient data it is pos lsible only to guess that Judge Parker would be a cautious, retiring, extreme ly conservative chief magistrate, one iwho would lean heavily on the advice
 of his friends. and who would, if times
 were untroubled, make an eminently respectable, if not particularly strong President. During his term the gov
 ernment would run along with a mini mum of executive enfluence, and polit- Heal power would concentrate itself yet more strongly in the hands of the sen ate. a5..... .... ....u. . If, then, Judge Parker would give a neutral administration, what might be
 expected of President Roosevelt? His
 administration certainly would not be neutral. It would be positive one way or the other. Would the bad outweigh the good? Or would good outweigh the bad? President Roosevelt may be Judged first of all by his acts, next by
 his words. and lastly. if need be, by
 his associates.
 As compared with Judge Parker's Hack of familiarity with public life, President Roosevelt has had much ex- lperience. He has been assemblyman, police commissioner, civil service com missioner, assistant secretary of the navy and governor. For the Presiden- tial office especially he is well trained,
 because on March 4 next he will have lbeen President for over three years.
 What sort of President has he been? Does he merit the confidence and es- Iteem and the affection of tho people of this nation?
 President Roosevelt has not given a perfect administration. No human be- ing can be a perfect man, much less a perfect governor of other men. In his negro policy the Tribune does not think the President was wise. But it knows he was honest. In the service pension lorder President Roosevelt merely, fol- flowed the precedent of President Cleve- Hand. But in the opinion of the Tribune that precedent was a bad one to follow.
 It is the custom in America for the party out of the party to censure the administration of the party in power. For what is President Roosevelt cen Esured by his political opponents? Has This integrity been assailed? Has his Irectitude as man or as an official ever been questioned? Never. Whatever
 faults he may have, not even his bit terest enemy has ever accused him of a
 dishonest act.
 If, then. Roosevelt is not wicked, is The weak? Is he puppet, an instru- Iment in the hands of abler men than himself? Many of the Presidents have lhad this accusation brought against them. Several os them have deserved lit. Is Roosevelt numbered by his ene- lmies among these weddings? No.
 Roosevelt is not accused of being weak. On the contrary he is accused of being too strong, arrogant and despotic.
 Then, is he lacking in industry or liability? Is he an inefficient executivei
 Does the government machine run
 loosely with his hand at the lever? Is
 he not big enough to fill the office? No, This adyersaries do not say these things
 of him. On the contrary, they com
 plain that his personality is too domi- mating. He is too much of an execu- Itive. He has not sufficiently allowed things to run themselves.
 {. Then, is he behind the times? Is he, Hike so many men of great strength,
 non-progressive? Is he reactionary? ilDoes he fail to keep step with the times? Does he fall behind modern J thought? No. He is not accused of X any of these faults. Indeed 1t is urged
 that he is too progressive; that he isl an
 advanced liberal, if not indeed radi-
 cal; that he has brought about the for. Imation of department of commerce
 and labor that will let publicity into the industrial trusts. just as light is now Ilet into the national banks. Roosevelt lhas stated that a certain control should be exercised over great aggregations oi lcapital. He has recognized that organ. lized labor is supplement of organized
 capital. No. Roosevelt's fault does Inot lie in on-progressiveness Int tchief objection to Roosevelt, in tht
 opinion of moneyed interests, is that h'
 lis too progressive.
 Then, is he an impractical mant l! he unable to get along with his part!
 in congress? Has he quarreled witf
 the republican senators in congress Has he broken up his party as Johnsol did, and Cleveland2 No. He has no
 done those things. Shortly after h'
 was inaugurated his enemies said tha he would be a bull in a china shop
 that he would wreck his party; that h , Icould get no legislation in congress that he lacked tact, adroitness and DO litical ability. But the party did no break up. He got on well with the lead , CTS both in the senate and in the house :. His influence in legislation was dis :. tinctIy felt. He showed himself to be good politician after all. Under hi hearty manner lay fund of tact. H was not bull in china shop. So tha lline of talk had to be surrendered Quickly the other extreme was reached and 1t was said that he had "surren ldered" to corrupt politicians.
 Has the man disagreeable personal a Iity? Is he accused, as President liar i Irison was, of being cold? No. H e could hardly be called cold or distant . The fact that the bluest blood in tn . country runs in his veins has left n : trace upon his frank, simple personali : lty. He is therefore accused of bein Q too hearty, too democratic. He Is in formed that it is beneath the dignity C