Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-15
SATURDAY EVENING. OCT. 10, 1904.
scnlnz. lhe eloauent and learned

Roosevelt is an unsafe man III tue ptesi-
dental office, owing to his military
leaning. whether real or imaginary, and
his rashness in deciding public ques-
tons, especially those affecting our
dealings with other nations. Mr..
BRYAN in one of his Indiana speeches
referred TO President Roosevelt as fol-
lows:
| am not willing to risk new questions
if we have warlike spirit In the Wnl'e
House. A man who loves war and has
military enthusiasm may when brought
In decide between peaceful and warllke
means choose the more violent ana IN
volye US in a great war lt you want
to know what may come in four years,
remember what occurred in Panama
Republican speakers and republican
partizans pooh pooh such statements
and attempt to whistle them down.
The man will not be checked by his own
oarty; he is now in measure the imam
on bareback" The word comes from
Washington in a strong but conservative
letter TO the Baltimore Sun from one o.
its talented and reliable correspondents
in which the President is spoken OF as
Roosevelt as the ruler" "the govern
nent his instrument in this campaign
President, believing he personiheS
government, strains every handy re
source TO vindicale both" The corre-
spondent says:
The campaign for the election OF
Mr.. Roosevelt to the Presidency is
being conducted very largely by the
Government Of the United States.
Mr.. Roosevelt being the government,
the full force of the government service
is employed to secure his election. The
civil service system, which precludes
mere clerks in the classified service from
participating in perDicious political actlv'
ity, is respected, inasmuch as the classl-
fed service may be com posed of repre-
sentatives of any party and is withal too
insignificant To be counted in political
battle. But all the power of the govern
ment is being exerted to influence the
election in favor of the present executive.
The operations OF the entire government
tai institutions are being utilized In the
interest of Mr. Roosevelt, on the theory
that he is the government and that all
opposition to him is opposition to the
government. The entire departmental
service has been suspended as far as 1T
relates to the transaction of business IN
respect to any matter which might affect
adversely the interests Of the republican
candidate for President. The same pol
icy which dictated to Congress the post
ponement of all controversial legislation
antil after the election dictates to the de-
partments the suspension of all business
relating to subjects which might excite
discussion based on differences Of opinion,
and policy of absolute inaction has
been adopted pending the election. An
injunction OF Suspension and silence"
has been putupon the departments. Cab
met officers aud government officials are
participating in the campaign, but the
ordinary work of the government is sus-
pended and the only activity permitted
il that which is productive of campaign
material for the administration. The
campaign bureau of the republican party
consists chiefly of the various departments
of the government, and nothing not CAL
culated TO advance the interests OF the
republican candidate for President is
permitted to come out of any department
The employment of the governmental
force to conduct the campaign for Mr.. |
Roosevelt is not confined to :he selection |
Of Mr.. C0rtelyOu, retired for that pur
pose from the Secretaryship of the De-
Dartment OF Commerce and Labor,
as chairman of the national commit
tee. Mr.. COrtelyon was accompanied
10y several specialists of that depart
ment, who are serving on the national
committee during the period of tempo
rary retirement, and those who remain
in authority in that department and
those who are 10 the confidence of the
administration in other departments of
the government are as completely at the
service of the national committee as if
they were upon its payroll. An exami-
nation of the printed matter furnished
che departments and an observation OF
che suspension Of publicity of matters
which in the ordinary run of government
business might place upon the admins
tration some responsibility which it is
not regarded as desirable to meet during |
the Presidential campaign, will disclose
to anyone taking the trouble to look into
the matter that the present campaign for !
Mr.. Roosevelt is being specially con-
Quoted by the government. 1t has teen
commonly understood that Mr.. Cortel-
you, having retired from the Secretary !
ship OF Commerce and Labor, where he
had access to all information with refer
ence to corporations, to be made chair
man of the republican national commit
tee, in which capacity he would desire
access to the exchequer of these paying |
corporations, would be made Postmaster
General after the election. The Post
Office Department is of hardly less i'm
portance than the Department of Com
merce and Labor when utilized as pc.
litical machine.
The great civil service reformer is run
ming the whole government as a work.
shop for himself now, and in 1908, if
elected, the Empire in its incipiency
will he hare ROosevelt tSas,b tho r,,lar