The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-26

into the campaign. is the following ed
torisl written over his own zig ma tare
by Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New
] YORK World.
To Theodore Roosevelt. President Of
the United States. Washington. ID. c;
The paramount issue OF this campaign
is not. you would have it, free trad"
or free silver. but YoU, yourself, Theo-
/ oore Roosevelt
This issue is forced upon the country
by your unusual temperament ana tai
ents-your own strong, able, ambitious
resogrceful. militant passionate per
| sonal!ty, your versatile and surprising
genius As the French King SAID OF
say of the Republican party. IT Is l.
More absolutely than any of your pre-
decessors in office ever did, you pro
| cured your own nomination. You die
/ fated the platform. You edited me
nominating speeches. You appointed
/ your cabinet officers like pawns TO
meet the eSigencies of your game OF
! politics. BY an act OF executive usurp<
/ alton you added many thousands OF
pensioners to a roll already containing
q million names, in order TO make votes
for yourself-the first open use ever
made of the national treasury as a par
| tvs campaign chest.
You have glorified war and threat
| ened the future peace of the country by
| proposing a bullying overlordship of
! the other countries in this hemisphere
and Offering to constitute the United
/ States the constable and collector Tor
1 Europe in the rotten and irresponsible
states of Central and South America
You have. by your recommendation
to Congress and your signature TO- its
expenditures during your term to more
than $500 o,ooo-an excess of s2ll.-
President McKinley's term (which in
Guided the expenses of the war with
SPAIN. and exceeding the cost of Pres
OO0.O
You and the Congress of your party
have converted a surplus of $4,000 oOV
IN 1900 into a deficit of more than $40
100000 for the fiscal year just closed.
This extravaganza is encouraged and
In fact made inevitable by the nigh
perialism of which you are the most
strenuous champion. The greater the
revenue from customs the greater the
temptation for lavish expenditures. The
more colonies and dependencies we
have, the greater the need for more
warships. more Notifications. more
high protectionist is a lingo and every
lingo a high protectionist. These car
dinal features Of the Republican pSliey
They stand to each other In the relation
of cause and effect
In view of the SURPRISING record of
extravaganza. 1t is perhaps not strange.
but will be regarded by the taxpayers
as significant, that the words ''econo-
once the rule Of the nation and the
shibboleth of statesmen do not once
appear II y9 aTG en!ire speech of accept
You say in your speech of accept.
ance that prosperity has come at
home" Are there not many thousands
of workingmen who have great reason
to feel that prosperity is departing?
Does the army of striking. cotton oper--
atives whose wages have been reduced
wages are higher than. ever before?'
Do the tens Of thousands of employees
dismissed by your great railway syys-
participants in or the victims of the
strike against the exactions of the beef
trust throwing up. their hats over the
full dinner pail?"
DESERVING your early convictions in
favor of a freer trade you cultivate the
monopolistie campaign contributors OF
in higher in it's average duty than the
highest schedules of the war time-a
tariff which the Republicans OF Iowa
nopoly" which the Republicans of Wis
consin demand shall be revised in the
interest of consumers and which tens
chusetts and elsewhere insist shall be
modified by reciprocity treaty with
Canada.
The principle of protection has been
maintained by every party that has
held power in this country since the
ing the ADMINISTRATIONS Of eight Demo
Clark, chairman OF the St Louis con-
vention truly said that. the Demo,
cratic party is not a free trade party"
Protection however necessary under
some conditions is both needless and
come hoary nonopolies. 1t is espe-
cially oppressive and eYasperating
when perverted to enable favored man
ufacturers to maintain arbitrary high
de tisei M FGreien competitors in the
markets of the world.
The free courage of silver, which was
the decisive issue in the last two cleo
tons, is no longer 2 living question.
though there are Indications in your
The ove sr verdict Of the peo-
ptss, elections; the law of 1900 OF re.ese
nous a Increase in the worlds produc-
and no public man Of Importance, not
silver; and. beyond all. the declaration
of your opponent, Judge Parker, that
he regards. the gold standard as firm
declaration unreservedly accepted by
the St Louis convention by vote of
that the silver issue is dead and buried
You boast ti'at your policy is TO do
ing no heed to whether man is rich
or poor Can it be maintained that a
tariff Aw which enables favored man
ufacturers in return for big campaign
contributions. to levy tribute on the
of 'faIr and equal justice?" Who repre-
sents anti-monopoly and the rights of
labor in your Cabinet? Is it Secretary
Of the Treasury Shaw. the banker, who
breaches that high. prices are a bless
ing--or Attorney General Moody who
has not lifted a finger to enforce the
antitrust laws?--or Secretary of the
Navy Morton, lately n vice president of
the Santa Fe railroad. an ally of the
beef trust or Secretary OF the Navy
Metcalf. political representative of
| the Southern Pacific railroad?-or
| Postmaster General Payne, long the
| legislative and lobby agent OF rail-