New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
WHY TITS FOR ROOSETELT
"T'hc Hall Street Journal Finds in
His Enemies Strongest Reason.

The Wall street Journal in an article under
the caption why We Support Poosey cit" dis
cusees from the Wall street point Of view the
records Of the opposing candidates for the Presi-
dency and sums up its points by saying In
short. wa find in the Presidents enemies the
strongest arguments for his success The ar
ticle is as follows;
some of orr readers havo asked uz from time 80
time why We believe tnat the election OF President
fto9se!st Tor "a second term W.'5Ia 1e a 5000 lIIE
The question is tair oHe, and although Nc might
reasonably saw that the columns ot this paper tor
the last eighteen months haya Contained our rea-
soas, EXPRESSED in great detail. We are wiling 70
state them once more. conc!seiy, so that our posi-
At the outset it may, he stated that The Wall
Street Journal IS neither Republican nor Demo-
cratic. az such nor primarily political raper.
both. II is c5mmtiod to neither ara is free 70
speak its mind As 70 either IN the future as II has
some eighteen months ago We commenced pub
aeIoH Ht 5hs tagl2 |In rfSi(t 70 me Rdos
We pointed out that the high finance was bitter
lie was not to be controlled, ana because it had
tett INC "elgit o. M, iS iatlt t, ~ 80 NnTthar ~ 81
Eurities Company and in the vital matter OF pub,
out that the most determined efforts would be
made to acc omIIish his defeat and Furthermore,
oosei 0Gt - From Hiti time To- time we have ex
nIaIYt5 yyby ana how the nigh iinancei' hoped
10 defeat him. The main reason why we favor the
main reason why tho high finance" Iesres his
defeat: believe IL to he essential that the PreSi
dent OF the United States should not be controlled,
wholly or partially. directly or indirectly, by any
one class in the community and perhaps least Of
all by thc high finance
1t is not necessary to assume that Judge Parker
will controlled by these people II Is sufficient
that President Roosevelt has proved Ills freedom
from control. and that the people who sought to
control him seeking TO elect Judge Parker.
For aught that anybody knows 70 the contrary
the Judge may be man OF the highest character
although it is necessary to note that his closest
political Affiliations have been i'm tho past with
representatives OF the worst Democratic politics
in the State of New-iorl and that since his nom
ination he has apparently been willing 10 accept
tho visits and the support OF the disreputable
clements in Ncw-YoTk State and city politics
Apart from all this, however, the one great fact
IS that the defeat Of President Roosevelt Is sought
by certain large financial interests for reasons
which improper reasons and this fact is in
judgment sufficient reason for President Roose
Velt's election.
In short We find IN the Presidents enemies the
strongest arguments for his success 1t is not for
nothing that the court circular journals" large
and small against him 1t is for nothing
that corporation lawyers have suddenly become
gravely apprehenstye with respect the Coustitu-
tion. We believe that the best interests OF Wall
Street-for the furtherance Of which The Wall
Street Journal is pubiished-will best be served by
the presence I'm the White House OF n man IN
whose eyes men equal before the law. and
who keeps the back door, locked and bolted
It Is best for Wall Street and the whole country
that he should be elected President. We hold that
"A man IS bigger than dollar a billion dollars
that, unlike u corporation. he has rights that cam
not be taken away from him and that President
Roosevelt con be trusted to protect those rights