The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-30
THERE SHALL BE WHALING
AND CRASHING OF TEETH
Because of the Strangely Un-Rooseveltion Sounds
That Have Begun to Issue From the Mouth
of Representative Mccall.

ticle by ex-U. S. Senator Schurz, a
lifelong Republican. 1t is a memoir
able production, and q most vigorous
exposure in a statesmanlike way OF
Roosevelt, his policy, and his corrupC
party. l have had my attention called
TO another discussion of equal candof,
honesty and directness by another
Northern Republican, Represent' tive
Mccall, of the Eighth Congressional
district in Massachusetts. 1t is on
The Issues of the campaign, ana
appears in the October number OF the
Boston Atlantic Monthly" 1t is a
model of frankness, plainness, and m
dependence. He discusses men ana
measures with ability, integrity. and
vigor, and lifts himself above narrow
partisanship and party subserviency.
His constituency is said to be specially
intelligent Instead of weakening him
self at home by plainneSs and candor,
he has strengthened his stakes, and
although threatened with defeat he
has been elected six successive terms,
and his last majority was his greatest
nearly 1000. That ablest political
the n. Y. Nation" now in it's goth
year, says of Representative Mccain
that he is IAN author and student as
we'll as Congressman, and that he
writes With the impartality of an
historian" 1t is itself candid enough
TO say, and it was long a Republican
in politics, but now Independent, that
Mr.. McCalPs calm verdict upon the
struggle for the gold standard makes
kindling wood of the Republican plat
form, and reduces much Republican
oratory on that subject TO mendacity."
What ] have seen of his discussion
is very erroneous and unjust as to one
point. He charges that the Demo-
cratic party deserted and execrated
Cleveland. That is absolutely, unquaI-
ifiedly false He deserted them and
hence the very deserved and deserved
eXecration that followed. History
should be kept correct, and this is a
rather poor specimen of candor and
truth and information he gives. The
President who deserts his platform, his
party and his principles, and causes
his party to be defeated in two sue
Cessive campaigns, surely merits the
denunciation of the party. 1t would
be recreant to duty or honor if it did
not bestow it. Mr.. Mccall fears if
Parker is elected, because of cour-
age and Independence. he would be
deserted by the Democracy if he imita-
ted Cleveland. That would not follow
unless he deserted his platform. aban-
doned the principles he espouses now.
.
Parker is not that kind of politician.
He is moral, upright, faithful, brave
for the right, true to the Constitution,
true to himself. He is surely no
Cleveland in any sense. Mr.. Mccall
believes in tariff revision. Republican
as he is. He is not afraid even of q
radical revision and sees that be
tween radical revision and no revis-
ion at all, the former is preferable"
a schedules
soon changed they viii impose the
payment of a tribute as directly as 1t
that were the declared purpose of the
law and the plumber and contIsca-
ton of today become the vested inter-
ests of tomorrow This Is simply aw-
full, coming from a Republican, but
worse is to follow. Mr.. Mccall actually
ventures to hold an opinion differlnS
from President RooseveltS! He says
that it cannot seriously be contended
that the tariff has not a direct rela uon
with trusts. This is a cruel character
ization of Mr.. RooSevelt'S serious con-
tention in his letter of acceptance,
and may bring down upon Mr.. McCalI
the Presidents charge that no man
who talks about attacking trusts by
means of tariff reduction can be an
earnest enemy of the trusts Yet the
Congressman is ready with the reJoin
der, since he says of Mr. Roosevelt
famous antitrust proceedings: II may
be questioned whether they have abaL-
ed by a single farthing the profits
which the trusts have wrung from
the people,
He is also vigorously against the alb
surd. wicked, un-American policy OF
Roosevelt & Co. in the Philippines.
He holds wisely that we must change
our relations with the Philippines, OF
readjust our system of taxation al
home.
"'Our revenue says this Republi-
can member of the Ways and Means
Committee, is insufficient to supper,
us with our colonial appendageS. IN
deed. for all the staggering abous
the Spanish war--'a war between I
cripple and a Colossus'-Mr. McCali
has only contempt. After malt
Oxen years of boastful eNaggelatl0l1
and 'world-power' fustian, which have
brought us to the point. of bullyin2
and beating our little brothers amons
nations the time has come for the
republic to resume its serenity.
1T is well to have such words OF
soberness and truth from an able, edu-
Gated New England Republican. 1t IS
a good time now for uprlghtness OF
action, fidelity to conscience. ana
manly devotion to the Constitution ana
the people. What is to be the future
policy of the government. With Roose-
Welt and his party in power, ana as
10 the final outcome of the Philippine
outrage. may be in doubt, for they are
divided among themselves as to what
TO do. The nation has this; There are
many Roosevelt Iartisans who declare
that anv one who should haul down
the flag in the Philippines mt To
he shot as a rebel. President Schur-
man. on the other hand. speaks and
works for an early independence. while
Secretary Taft talks of independence
as wholly remote and practically I'M
possible. The Republica1 PLATFORM
ignoring the wishes of hundreds OIL ne
publican professors, college presidents
and clergymen, remained silent upon
the question of the future dlsposltlol
of the archipelago"
Roosevelt has wavered cnan9eu
front forgotten his lessons. For III
stance, in 1902, he declared tha'
peace and freedom-are there tWo
better objects for which a soldier car
fight? These are precisely the objects
for which our soldiers are fighting T.
the Philippines"
See how he wired in and out ike
the we'll known snake in the couplet
At Lawrence. Mass. on August 70
1902. his view was: Nov we will gov
ern them primarily in their interests
but in our interests also" In April
he 9SSorted that .STbp Govern