The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-24
COwherd'S Views
ROOSEVELT'S LETT + r
OF ACCEPTANCE
Points Out the Shifty and
Uncertain Record of
the President.

Washington, .. C., Sept. 24.-Chair-
man Cowherd, of the Democratic con
gressional committee. in speaking of
/ President Roosevelt's letter OF accept
ance said:
president Roosevelts letter of ae-
ceptance is too long to be reviewed in
an Interview. nor have | had an op-
portunity TO go over It with sufficlenc
care to attempt that task Like mos
Of his writings, IL IS virile and bold
ans 6ewise, as mos Of his writings
It is fun 1f inaccuracies FeH men
have the dramatic instinct TO greater
| degree than President Roosevelt II
is an excellent quality in an author
and a very dangerous one in a pres
ident. II makes oil his writings read
able and keeps the country in contin.
ual alarm as to what he will dc next
1T takes bold man to speak OF the
shiftfness and uncer' ainty of others
wEo has himself as shifty ami uncer-
tain a record as Mr.. Roosevelt The
Free Trader talking protection and The
'Trlst Bps or grown gentle. has lit
tie rcason 10 talk Of the stiffness or
uncertainty of Others.
"AIr Roosevelt's letter OF ACCEPT
ance is full OF assumptions that lack
facts to back them. Wnen he says,
for instance DC they (the Demo
crats) object to the way in which the
Monroe doctrine has been strengthen
ed and upheld?' he assumes the very
thing which never occurred. rha
Monroe doc, rine, as every one knows
has been weakened by Mr.. Rooseveli's
attemp ed definition and limitation Of
It. When he says thai never before
mas this doctrine been acquiesced ia
abroad as It is How he should qualify
IL by ating tnat 1t is his Monroe doc
trine that is acquiesced in and ne
the Monroe doc rine as It was known
before he amended It, His cons rue
ton has been lcqmesced in abroad be
cause 1, was in conformity With for
eign interests
He has he temeri y also to ash
whether we objected to his action on
the petth,n OF the American citizens
against ae Kishinef massacre. In tie
liylt of Mr.. Roosevelt 3 compile e back
down OIL his promised forwarding Of
that petition tc the car, this ate
ment is amusing.
MI Roosevelt also says tha he
Democrats assert their belief in rec
iprocity but their action on he Cuban
reaty does not carry out their asser.
tion This is a Plain attempt to mis-
sta,e tht facts OF his ory. Mr. Roose.
welt knows tha, his Cuban policy new
er could have been pu. into execution
except by The unanimous aid Of the
/ Democratic party He knows that !
was Tough. and bitterly fought by i
large and influential portion OF he
Republican party, both in the house
and senate. Il is true the Deinocra c
desired to take on the protection to
The sugar truss It is also true they
opposed the clause in ihe Cuban treaty
which practically prohibited reeirroe'
ity towards any other country Put
though they could not get heir ideas
into the treaty, they accepted It as he
best they Sould 10 and stood by the
policy ot reciprocity.
"Mr Roosevelrs talk Of liberali y
10 the veterans b. his executive order
and criticism Of the Democrats comes
dangerously near being the plea Of a
small lawyer in Justices court. The
Democratic policy was shown when
the party offered 10 make his Illegal
order Law by putting St on he ssude
book hus securing to the veteran
that which he holds now only by the
precarious tenure Of an executive
orie,
"On he question Of expendi. ures
he president announces that the OK
penses Of the government have no.
increased, and then explains how they
have increased and in his explanation
he includes the purchase Of the Pan.
anna canal and the COS. OF irriga ing
arid lan:s. Neither Of these are in.
cluded IN the apprc priaiion Tor this
year, nor IN the sta epien's issuei
showipg the expense under his ad-
ministration. which we're in the four
years past. two hundred and eleven
million dOllars more than under Mr.
Mckinley, al hoLgh he carried on a
war with Spain and more than eight