The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-20
". N. GR|NNELL
BOLTS ROOSEVELT
Former Assistant Secre-
tary of State Driven
from Party.
President Like the vikings Declare
Recognition Of Panama Was Sub
version of Well Worn
Text.
New York Herald.)

lIIC pOllCy
of the President. William Morton
Grinnell, prominent Republican
and a nephew of Levi z. Morton, yes
terday declared that he would vote
for Judge Parker.
His announcement Is another sign
of the drift of Republican thought to-
ward constitutionalism as opposed to
Imperialism. He takes his place with
such men as General e. A. McAlpin.
former treasurer of the Republican
State Committee: William e. Choate.
a brother of the present Ambassador
to the court of ST. James: Albert B.
Boardman and others who had for
years followed the standards Of the
Republican party.
Mr.. Grinnell comes OF a family
which for three generations has up
held the traditions of the party which
he has left. His grandfather was one
of the members of the electoral col
lege who voted for the first Harrison.
Mr.. Grinneu served under Benjamin
Harrison as Third Assistant Secretary
of State. He is a practising lawyer in
this city, and a director of the Illinois
Central Railroad and of several other
corporations.
Roosevelt Viking.
my decision said Mr.. Grinneli
last evening, has been reached after
much thought on this subject. The
President may be all very well in his
place, but / think that he would do
better as a Viking in the ninth CEN
fury than as the ruler of this coun-
try. His acts have gone beyond the
bounds of law, and In many cases he
has fomented class and race hatred by
his policies.
Perhaps there is no objection to a
President being little autocratic, but
he has overridden the constitution
and disregarded the law. His making
of appointments during constructive
recess that is in reality no recess is a
case in point. His signing of the rule
which made every veteran of the Civil
War an invalid per Sc and entitled to
a pension is another example. The
motive OF it was to gain votes. but it
amounted to nothing less than an abb
soiute decree. These men became in
valids and entitled to pension be-
cause he so commanded.
His conduct with regard to the
Panama Canal is ridiculous. 1t is
more absurd than illegal, for it
amounted to an enunciation Of doc
trine of eminent domain applied to q
foreign State. The whole affair was a
violation of international law, and it
is needless to say that nothing Of the
kind would have taken place had the
country concerned been England,
France or Germany instead of Pana-
ma. The action of the President with
regard to Panama was nothing more
nor less than giving sanction to- or
at least cOnniving at the dsmem-
berment of a Republic which was in q
sense the ward of the nation. As a re-
suit, those South American countries
which formerly looked to us for helI
and protection have grown to hate the
Monroe Doctrine.
Reyerses Old Maxim.
''Mr. Roosevelt is given to the in
ceSSant preaching of might againS
right, of the power which belongs
to the strong, OF the driving of the
weaker to the wall. l consider thai
the ideas which he advocates are
contrary to Christian ethics. What
he advocates continually Is atavism
the brutal doctrine of the survival OF
the fittest, the return to the dark
ages.
1T may be said by many who vote
thoughtlessly, What is the constitu-
ton between friends? The teemine
east side will probably not consider
such questions as l have mentioned
yet there is another aspect. Three
years ago when Mckinley was IN
Office the country was prosperous,
SNtlyOOo was GilpiOHtQ anu DiOS-
perity and content were everywhere
Now we have strikes. class hatred, and
race hatred. The President is large
ly responsible, in my opinion for the
present labor troubles. His interfer-
ence has been i'll advised. He poses
at one time as labor leader. at an
other as the upholding of capital.
When Mckinley died there was a big
surplus in the Treasury; now there is
deficit
What this country now needs is
an uDholder of the law for President.
The United States was always a law
abiding nation until three years ago.
Judge Parker is a man of judicial
temperament. Every patriotic Ameri-
can at heart prefers the reign of law
and order as against impulse and ad-
venture. Judge Parker will be an
upholder of the law and the consti-
tuition. The country has law enough.
What she needs is to have it re-
spected.
Parker His Antithesis.
In everything tina. Judge Parker
mas done he has given the impression
OF manliness and courage. His send