The San Francisco call., 1904-09-13
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.

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political opinions This necessity naturally develops Two leading
parties standing opposition each other But these normally
The interests OF the cou9sry divided by one simply object
g 10 whatever the other does opportunn When
party the result nothing Tor the people co not know what
policy viii take the place OF that which is retired The Democracy
Of has policy
urge upon the country but stands obectng the
permanent principles Repubanism and the policies rooted
President OF acceptance puts the case
exactly saying 1t IS difficult TO find out from the utterances OF
opponents upon which they to
wage this campaign unfair say that having abandoned
most OF the principles upon which they have insisted during the last
eight years thcy be a loss both what it is
lief IN anything In TACT 1t IS doubtful they venture resoteW 10
press single they raise they shrink from 1t
and seek explain Such attitude the inevitable
suit OF the effort mpoyse convictions for when thus improvised
is natural that the. should be held in tentative manner
The Democracy 1896 and abandoned deserted and
pudaed all of the principles had advocated and the policies had
pressed all of lis history to that time 1t turned its back upon
ali circumstances m 10 1870 had secured for the confidence of the
business classes OF the country Though perverted
Greenbasn Cleveland attempted bring back
position that issue and turned and rended him When
proceeded epudae its special principle and
substitute for the Bryan issues which, beginning with unsound
money naturally radad from that vicious OF attacks upon
right upon every safe
guard OF and of property rights Now it saying
nothing about the new issues OF the last eight years refusing to
the long held principles which those repudiated and
SIMPLY presenting ltse an am9rphous mass OF opposition relying
oT success solely upon personal attacks upon fesden oosve
The President speaks with entire frankness for himself and
his party describing such abnormal condition of politics He
describes the situation so exactly that all men, friends and foes
recognize justice. citing the administration
attack he from the
of the fight In addition those of the administration
which they assal only after misrepresenng hem there
which they coertI brno forward as reasons for fhe overthrow ~
the party In certain great and with great interests
make effort show that the settlement
strike individual President
the successful against the Northern Securities Company-the
merger undertaken by the Department of Justice
which the administration should be thrown power
condemn either
authoritative formal say that in either wrong
done committed the method of action choice of the
putting that action effect But what
manfuly day they seek furtivey and
through special agents perhaps that
Quoted should be made sometimes the ground that
sometimes the ground that little, has been done Some of
complain because under the and
because undertaken which would have been
successful"
That truthful frank dscoses the position
Of the Democracy position which good citizen willing
fend openly.
But the body blow party David B.
Hill Of the
with the anthracite coal strike by demanding deliberate
nal fashion, that the national should
oen the tact that there action by the President at ALL
though they know that only this
which prevented the for the national ownership of
coal fields from gaining what might well have been irresistible
impulse"
We invite sustained attention that paragraph of
Mr. Hill that appropriation plank of the New York platform
stood would have been elected Then does doubt that
the Democratic national platform would
the be the right of appropriation of
vate property whenever its denied
presence of a superior physical force?
The President individual settled the strike
evaporation relied by Mr.. H rapidly evaporated
escaped politics based
vzte property is robbery
The whole letter charge from
and appeals to ali Americans who believe in their country
TUT CTTTzENc DIITv