The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-19
Militant
President Now As
sumes a Conserv-
ative Role
Special to DAILY Leader.

issue in this campaign from my let
ter of last week let US look at a few
more things he must answer, albeit
he now IS trying to repress himself
and play the dignifed and conserva-
tive candidate as against the strenu-
ous and militant president.
lie rs sec
Far worse than this political part
nershlp with trusts under the tariff
is the blow which he dealt to public
confidence in the sincerity Of his op-
position to monopoly by the changes
in his cabinet on the eve Of his per
scpal cou.psign for election 70 he
presidency
The politc removal Of Attorney
General Knox just as he had demon
strated in one no able instance his
ability to enforce the law against com
bining corporations. after all previous
a torneys general Of both parties had
failed. was Il shocking submission to
the plutocratic power which with ad-
mirable courage he successfully chal
lenged N the Northern Securities
case. But The transfer of Secretary
Conelyou from the head of the DEPART
| ment OF cOmmerce-created. as the
law declares, o make "diligent :nves l.
CATION" Of the affairs Of corporations
and. as his platform says, to secure
reasonable publicity to their opera
ions"-lo the chairmanship Of his
campaign committee. has all inc ap-
rearance Of deliberate preparation for
nartisan blackmail Of the very corpor
atinns tha were to be investigated
Mr.. Cortelyou. formerly his private
secretary was at the head of the de.
partmen Of commerce just long
enough 10 acquire by "diligent inves-
tieation" such information as would
be useful to the filler of his campaign
chest The public does no share this
information There is no evidence
that tho law officers of the govern
msnt are making use of it to suppress
and punish such odious and oDpres.
sive nonopolies as ihe beef trust
which controls the greater portion Of
the meat supply Of SO,OOO,000 people.
Put ex.private and ex-pullic Secre-
tary Cor elyou--c Chairman Cortelyou OF
his campaign committee-no doubt
knows all that the law enabled him 70
learn Of the inner workings Of he po-
tential campaign contributors
What save a consuming ambition to
be elected president in his own right
could have led him to shift his sue
, cessful trust prosecutor to Quays
place as a trust agent IN the senate
ana TO conyer his confidential private
, secretary and trust investiga or into a
campaign trust fatfryer in place Of
Mark Hanna. deceasedY
tIc boas S that never has rhe ad
n,inistration OF the government beer
4 on cleaner and higher level W
! appeal to all honest men whether II
4 the annals Of our government iher'
. was ever a grosser abuse Of power.
greater public scandal or a more un
principlcd defiance Of decent publi
opinion than Is this transfer of an OF
ficial investigator and curber Of grea
> corporations to be a collector of san
: paign funds from theml
IL. .,,... 4 a go. -, aotlxy dacfrac ff-ioot
ship with all the ma ions OF the Me-
ana Ola Worlds" and that he think
p peace is right as well as adyantal
Il eons.Y Can he wonder that he peopl
find It hard 20 recognize in these pa
inc utterances the Roosevelt hey hay
known hithertog snort time ag
in nradug tl,e crea ion OF an even lar
'e er navy. the advice he gave for II
by guidance 81 the nation was; Spea
ht softly, but carry big stick" Is u
er man who hal ually does this gener'
" seeking peace?" Does he thil
that the other nations Of the Ne
Us World thought hat he, as preside
~ Of this republic. really desired pea
Of ana friendship" with them when
3n- wrote ir his letter 10 he Cuban di
ner2-
Amy country whose people condu
We themselves well can count upon 0
or hearty friendlness. II a ma ion sho
in. that Il knows how to act with dec'
ep. cy in Industrial and political ma te
Of if II keeps order and Pays It's Obli
OF tions. then It need fear no interferen
70. from the United ; ates. Brutal wro
doing oI an impotence which resu