The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says; 1T is evident that the Repub-
lican organs have an exceedingly poor
opinion of Theodore Roosevelt's al
legged biographies and histories from
the fact that they never mention one
of his books. They are especially shy
of mentioning his eulogistic biography
of that great Democratic champion
of free trade, Thomas Hart Benton,
and the book in which he says the
mechanics and workingmen of Phila-
delphia and other great cities are
not to be mentioned in the same
breath with the 1awless and ruffian-
ly cowboys of the plains. 1t is for the
Republican mechanics of Philadelphia
to say whether they accept the esti-
mate which the Republican candidate
for President puts on their moral
worth"
The Pittsburg Post Dem.) says:
Republican organs are announcing
that the Democrats are now going to
pour a large sum Of money into the
campaign, especially in the doubtful
states. The sums they mention are
entirely imaginary, and intended to
create the impression that the money
power of the country is giving aid to
the report is doubtless circulated for
the purpose of diverting attention
from the effort which the Republi-
can managers are about to make to
carry the election with money. They
have been bleeding the trusts, and it
is now their purpose to use the pro-
ceeds to corrupt as many voters as
possible. The Democratic managers
have no money for this purpose, and
will oil fIaA Il.
legitimate expenses of the campaign"
The Baltimore Evening Herald
(Dem) says Every claim that the
Democrats have made against the
President in this miserable Panama
business has been fully substantiated
by the evidence in the case, and this
last bit of testimony from the Presi-
dent himself disproves the fact most
insisted upon by himself and his
friends, that he was entirely in the
dark about a plan to overthrow the
authority of Colombia. Not only did
he know of that plan, as his letter
shows but he considered a PROPOSE
ton to give 1t aid; not only did he
know of II, but II required the re-
straint of American traditions and
public sentiment to hold him back
from consummating it with American
troops. Here Is the key to the haste
of the administration in recognizing
Panama. Here the clue to it's readi-
ness to outrage Colombian sovereignty
in its zeal to sustain the straw gov
eminent Of the insurrectionists."
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem) says:
1T all comes right down to the ba-
sal proposition that this government
is being run chiefly for the benefit Of
special interests, and only secondarily
for the benefit OF the people in gem
eral II the voters are satisfied with
this state OF affairs, they will return
MIR. Roosevelt, the partnership be-
tween the government and the monop-
olists will continue, and the average
citizen will go on paying the trust
tribute. II the voters are not satisfied
with this state Of affairs, II they want
new deal with the idea Of having
the government run for the general
benefit instead Of for special favorites
the voters will send Mr.. Roosevelt and
his assistants back to private life. As
Mr.. Shepard declares, the Roosevelt
tian administration offers very at
tractive spectacular features. but
nothing else. Do the American pep
pie mean TO rest content with gov
eminent operated on the principle Of
Barnum's circus7 The administration
evidently thinks so. but II may ind
next month that the opinion Is
wrong"