The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-03
ROOSEVELT TAXED
BY CARL SCHURZ
Independent viii Support
Parker
COMPROMISED WITH EVIL
Says President Acquiesced IN the Power
Of Corrupt Poll
ticians.

NEW YORK, oct. 3.-"Thus the Re
publican party. W hich owed its existence
10 the Declaration Of independence, has
before all The world hauled down that
banner o. our faith and has hOisted in
its stead the flag Of conquest and arbi-
trary dominion over subject popula-
lions"
These phrases strike the keynote OF
"a long letter from Carl Schurz 20 the
Parker Independent Club. which has
been made public here. Mr.. Schurz at
tacks the Presidents petulant disregard
Of the rights of others. his ideas of inn
perialism, his usurpatiou of privilege,
and his namboyaut war spirit Mr..
SEIZURE says President Roosevelt repre-
sents his party and nothing else.
Words vs.. Deeds.
Commenting on alleged differences be
tween the Presidents protestations and
his actual concuct. Mr. Schurz has this
10 saw
att might surely have been expected Of
the man whose righteous impulses were
so strong that he could hardly ind
language emphatic. enough 10 express
them-that he would when in places Of
authority, never think Of countenancing
those mean and dangerous creatures,
and that he would use his whole power
to crush their influence for mischief
that when governor Of New York he
would leave no rightfui means untrted
10 uuroot the Ubiquitous and democrat
iziug bossdom of PIatt in his State; that
. he would lose no proper opportunity 70
discouutenance Boss Quay or Peunsyl-
Fauia. who stood for everything that
was iniQuitOus. demOraliZing, and tyran-
meal in politics. that he would be auE-
iOus TO demonstrate his utter disgust
with such a creature as Addicks, who
has openly invaded a State with MS
corruption fund % buy seat IN the
Senate that he would at least keep his
Cabinet clear OF men OF questionable
political characters. and so on
Compromise With Corruption.
This might confidently have been ex-
+ pected. but what did we see2 AS gov
ern0r Of New York Mr.. Roosevelt, In
I deed. procured a good civil service law
and made many good appointments, but
he consulted Boss Plat about public
matters with a regularity which
amounted TO a recognition of b0ssdOm
as a legitimate institution. Whatever
/ ne may have granted OF denied TO the
/ boss. nothing can be more certain than
1.-THE fact that when Mr.. Roosevelt ceased
10 be governor Of his state the power
. OF the boss was not shaken IN the least
but rather strengthened, by RoOse-
veIUs implied recognition And this con-
tinued while he was President And
there was Quay, the most INSCRIPTIONS
and dcsu0tic boss of -Eem all-CaIled by
. President Roosevelt his 'stauch and
lOya. friend but who was also his in
fuautial friend for IL Quay did not
wholly control under President Roose-
welt the whole Federal patronage in
. Pennsylvania, he controlled enough 70
maintain his absolute boss rule over
that state entirely uuimpa indeed,
raher fortified By the prestige Of Presi-
I dent R0osevelt's friendship
/ And there is the unspeakabIe Adj
J dicks the would-be purchaser Of the
B state OF Delaware, whose name the le-
/ gendary Roosevelt would have speWed
/ out of his mouth with such energy that
an the world would have been thrilled
. with his I0athing Of the unclean thing,
but now treated by the real Roosevelt
E with the geutleness Of friendly neutral
+ ity giving his neelers some patronage
. and his opponents some so that either