New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
CARL SCHURZ'S VIEWS.
THINKS NAVY TOO BIG
Likes President Pers0nally-IeAs
U1hy He Opposes HIM.

the present political campaign IN a letter VI
seventeen thousand words. addressed to the FsINsl
Independent Club. The letter Is OeIhs pril'
campaign document
In the opening OF the long letter appear sew. -
.'truisus'' which Mr.. Schurz says he deems II H's
duty as a citizen to keep clearly in ve" anu
among them are the following:
There never was political party in deEocTaTI atsrt
however virtuous it may have been at tEe @ st. NT
that not BY long possession OF PoWSi. nTrS -
he eO thInss most dangerous to this Republic are
excessive party spirit corruption and false a.
greed under the guise of national pride t
OF all agencies OF corruption tne I9f1neSs Vs
tenn OF policy by which the government deals out
those favored interests then to support BY Pc
euniary aid the party controlling the goTernI1len'
This is corruption organized on natlohal scale-
In making clear his belief in the Democratic plat
forms declaration that high protective tariH IS
robbery" he says:
try Ia wealth and prosperity were owing to the Re
publican policy Of high protection 9u Is SIMPLY r
sources are so immense and the energy and ingenu-
that owing to the combination Of these two tre-
mendOuS factors the American people were bound
in spite of1any economic policy The more / study
the history OF our economic deye0pInent Id Id bs
become convinced that TINS country NOulu Nd nats .s
by this time been just as rich and prosperous as ~
is had that development been permitted 10 take
ton
FREQUENT APPEARANCE OF RICH MEN.
We all have observed that Of late years the ap
become strikingiy frequent Nothing could be fur
ther from me than object TO the participation Of
strong public spirit and ability. on the contrary
heartily Welcome e me it But what a DO % 0oea T5 o
ganzatiOns to rich men for no other reason thdn
il can feed a machine or float candidate; TO the
filling OF places of influence and authority with rich
serving first Of ali their own interests This is the
way TO build up plutocracy-
Mr.. Schurs deplores the increase Of the navy de-
claring that the nation should not have the burden
OF supporting big navy and that to he a great
world power the nation need only be fair and just.
! patient and forbearing. He adds:
! How ignoble. how unspeakably vulgar. appears
/ bv the side Of this conception the idea that the
/ American Republic should assert its position as a
/ great power by staggering about among the na-
lions Of the earrh the big batteship bully carry
ing chip on his shoulder and & deHiqnaIs s ,i5Ie
! everybodys nose!
As 70 the policy of the government in the Philip
| pines. he says:
We went even 50 far as 70 present - the " TorI 1bs
Ths appalling sPeG&pceb & b Of fseD'g 5eD nr es IN the
against Spain. in order O. get possesSsicn ~ ~
rule and We called the process in unctuOus phrase
'benev9lent assimilation In the war Se T8 ~
them lost their lives and their mo- homes EeTe tbs
We pretended to be necessary to keep them from
hurting one another in anarcAcaI cOnvuisions
falioW II they We're left free and then We estsb-
Iished colonial system IN which We goveEa aien
foreign rule 10 thern-re gulatins for them lfe.
liberty m and bs s9s o4gb oT heir s u %
lords and masters. And all this while We know.
man. woman and child in The Philippines at heart
hates the foreign ruler and yeaTns for independence
ADMIREs PRESIDENT PERSONALLY.
Confessing to much personal admiration for
TeooseveIt, Schuvz expresses his sor-
row because the President has been friendly
terms with Senator Platt. the late Senator Quay.
Postmaster General Payne. James s. Clarkson, j.
Edward Addicks and Lou Pawn. adding:
Here 7 will stop. The most notorious instances
suffice for Illustration. II was said ~ President
enemi 5 he had made l apprehend Il may be
said OF President Roosevelt that we have 10 dis
xPerienee as old as the World That ,hs fTs9dsig b
thai the friendship Of the wicked has It's price.
As to the action Of the President regarding
Panama, Mr.. schurz says;
BY so acting President Roosevelt in the first
place violated the law directing him. ease of the
failure of the nesotiation With the Republic OF
Colombia. TO negotiate for he building OF The
Nicaragua Canal In the second place ne trample9
Sibcb ~ sarr,aSs5 IN Y,I,S vssr ~ bIoojv civil
war nearly million human lives ana many thou
that under a federal constitution like ours-and the
existing constitution OF Colombia is IN this respect
La, 1s hope t that the precedent thus recklessy
Set by President Roosevelt may never come home
20 rOost In the third place he not only recognized
Independence OF the seeded state without giving
the federal government the slightest chance to en-
force it's lawful authority in the rebellious com,
munity-in fact, he interfered with a mailed hand
10 prevent IL from doing thus committing what
Asain: it is worth while to remember that dnTing
any such conduct on the part OF any fOreign State
and again we have reason devoutly TO express our
hone that this precedent TeckleSEIy BY EreSt
dent Roosevelt may not come home 20 rOost
In his argument against the Republican ticket
Mr.. schurz has the following to say about tho
President:
picturesque and fOrcibe character, who would have
found most congenal and glorious field OF action
Iy fails to appreciate the higher moral aims OF mod
ern civilization He Is patriotic man. who has
still young. is capable of doing much in vari-
Gus important positions aside from the Presidency
His Is master nature, but this Republic does not
want IN the Presidency a masteF-least OF all one
who cannot master himself. To re-elect him, and
thereby to make him understand as he most cSr-
tanly would understand II. that the American peO-
pbd done under the i6spiratioR Of his strenuous
tendencies that they simply yearn 90 have OF
great power OF the Presidency including the sIl-
preme command of the army and "A big navy, with
al the temptations and possibilities OF such power
so that his ambition to regulate the world accord
ing to his notions may have full swiHg-this.
that clear headed and sober minded Americans may
well. for their cOuntrys sake shrink from the risk
Comparatively little space in the letter Is given
to the advocacy OF the election OF the Democratic
candidate. but he says:
MIR. Parker evidently is. by temperament and
edge. par excellence a Judge: and It seems to me
that just now after all the confusing experiences
that We should have a true Judge In the Preslden-
lie IN