Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-25
Mr. ROOSEVELT'S ISSUES
Ground on Which He Will Stand
in Campaign.
Panama Policy, Conf Strike Attitude,
"Open shop" Attitude, nnd North.
err Securities Cnse to BIO
Emphnsizcd.

IfcSlQent Roosevelt intends 10 make tne
issues on which he will run in the coming
campaign and has already outlined them.
They are four in number, says Washing
ton special to the New York Times.
There Will. of course, be others, but
these are the ones on which the Presi-
dent intends to make his fight. No doubt
they will be inserted In the platform by
his friends. but in any case they will be
emphasized in his letter OF acceptance
and in every other way open to Mr..
Roosevelt by which he can shape the cam
paign policy. These are the issues on
which the President will stand:
!. The administration policy in the
Panama matter.
2 The attitude toward corporations
taken in the Northern Securities case.
3. The attitude toward labor shown In
the Miller open shop case.
4. The attitude toward the differences
between capital and labor taken in the
settlement OF the great anthracite coal
strike.
1t will be observed that all these, taken
together. make Mr.. Roosevelt himself the
great issue. for every one OF these four
achievements was his.
Two Of them are labor issues. The set
Element of the coal strike. the President
thinks. made him popular with the union
labor clement. and he is willing to rest
his case on that. On the other hand, the
the open shop. and the Presidents friends
think that. properly understood. ii should
show employers that there is nothing ex-
IRENE or radical in his attitude on the
labor question.
The selection of these two labor planks
is held to mean that the Presidents cam
paign attitude on the labor question Will
be that Of resistance of the extreme at
titudcs of both capital and labor. and
that he will take the position of an ex-
ecutive who Will not permit unwarranted
aggression by either. Tho open shop and
the victory of labor in a great strike con-
vcy, his friends think, this lesson.
The Northern Securities case, III the
opinion Of the President, makes the trust
issue clear enough. BY il the republicans
expect TO steal all the democratic thun-
der on the trust question. In Congress
and elsewhere. the democrats have for
four years been ringing the changes on
the trust question. except in the House.
where more attention has been paid t.
the tariff All this ammunition. it is
held. will be useless in the face Of 6
republican campaign vigorously conduct
cu on the Northern Securities Issue
AZ to the Panama issue. the President
is confident that his policy in that matter
is highly popular ana sure to be approved
by the people and he is eager to put 1t to
the test. He thinks the opposition to it is
no more serious tl.an what has assailed
other great steps forward in the develop
mrnt of the United States, such as the
| lie lisiana Purchase, for example. lie is
| confident that the Panama canal is u
| thing 4, sired by Americans. and that his
policy IN getting it will be approved. His
! foreign policy he considers one Of tbs
| strong cards in his hand
This selection of issues. Mr.. Roosc.
velts friends say. will leave the demo
Icr1ts practically without a gun 90 fire