The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10

z Has President Roosevelt usrTped
the powers Of congress- and The Jude
iaryT
s. Has rresidaAt Roosevelt exert
ed undue influence in the considera-
ton Of treaties and legislation. and on
political conventions ard set urfor-
tu1ate precedents in the executive Of
fce7
9. Is President Roosevelt an IN.
safe man2
10. Is President Roosevelt a radi-
cal and has the Republican party, IN
following him. become radical?
II. Will President Roosevelt, II
elected, amplify his own policies as
laid down in his messages and indi-
Gated by his executive acts, or will
he return to tho Republican policies
of President Mckinley
-. Does President Roosevelt stand
on the tariff plank Of his party's plat
form, or does ho contemplate sweep
ing alterations of the tariff in case
Of his election?
70. Has President Roosevelt en-
couraged the war department to make
the United states a partner Of spec.
ulative promoters in the insular TER
ritories?
"a. Has President Roosevelt's ad.
ministratioi, broken down the civil
service laws2
10. Has President Roosevelts ad-
ministraiion unnecessarily revived the
race question which President McKiu
ley removed from, politics?
16. Has President Roosevelts con
duct Of government affairs lowered the
standard OF national morals!
There is published a very complete
and convincing compendium Of replies
to these questions which does credit
to the Eagles knowle ige OF political
conditions and the trend Of independ
enr thopsht, and demonstrates why
Mr. Roosevelt and MS personally
erected issues win continue 10 stand.
whether or not the Republican man
ayers desire that they should stand
This compendium contains both the
important Democratic ana Republican
proofs hat Mr. Roosevelt's admins
tration has ocen headstrong, arbitrary
and spasmodic; responsible tUs tie
distraction of business; committed toD
an indefinite policy OF warlike foreign
wanderings: cutrageously extravagapt
Tor that purpose. oppressive in It's
application of tie federal taxing pow
ers; destructive of constitutional in
tegrity ard the legislative and Judi
cial fGnctions of The government oh
scure in its intentions; dangerous IN
it's aims; premeditatedly encouraging
to secti1nai and race anfmosities
doubtful in IT'S maintenance of nation-
al morals; and finally, all thai may
be summed up in the term unsafe.
President Cleveland wrote not Ions
ago, with respect 10 these matters
we caonot overlook the meaning
of the daily increasing unrest among
our people, growing out of Tho start
ling enc hirpant abandonment by The
party in power of our national tradi-
tions and Eaxims. it's disregard Of our
national moral restraints, its incou.
siderable tendency TO set aside ma ion
al good faith. it's willingness 10 break
away from safe and accustomed moor
ines and it's contemptuous neglect OF
our national mission.
Surely these condi ions, together
with the broken pledges and forgotten
promises of reform that vex the sight
on every side, not only abundantly ex
plain the popular distrust and fear
prevailing everywhere in the land,
but suggest that in such stress Of 20
litical weather those Of our fellow cit
liens who thoughtfully and constan
~ love our free institutions will MOI
be unmindful Of such safety and quiet
as may te offered them by a patriotic
and conservative Democracy"
The Republican party cannot abuse
Judge Parker. The Democra ic party
viii not abuse President Roosevelt
The Republican party has irrsvocably
abandoned the shield OF McKiuleyism,
and despite its regrets Il cannot re-
sumo & SO long as Mr.. Roosevelt is as
condgnt The Democratic party is in
a posi- ion 20 insist, along reasonable
lines which coniuend themselves to
The iudsumnt OF intelligent mon, that
the president and his managers shall
answer these questions, which involve
the prosperity and permanency OF IA
ia ion AID It's institutions