The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-06
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT HARMON
lOUS.

Elsewhere we publish a splendid car
tocn, by courtesy of the Washington
Post, illustrating the harmony at pres
ent existing in the Republican party. In
a private letter on the outlook, Senator
Simmons says that the Democratic out
look has greatly improved there is but
l:ltle enthusiasm on the part OF Repub-
licans and anything but satisfaction in
the situation.
The news from all quarters is that the
Republicans, while tied up to Roosevelt,
do not really want to vote for him and
are tired of President who has a con.
frned habit of running away. The able
Washington correspondent of the Boston
Herald, one of the best posted and judicial
Of the correspondents at the Capital OF
the Republic, in a recent letter to his
parer goes into particulars to show the
real sentiment as he has obtained 1t from
tie best sources. We quote:
The opinion of the Republicans in
Washington concerning Theodore Roose-
welt, and concerning recent party policy.
is freely expressed, and it is very hostile
l. is a much more hostile feeling against
President by his fellow partisans than
have ever known-and l do not forget
Mr. Clevelands second term-in an ex
perience i'll Washington of more than
twenty five years. Such hostility is in
deed, likely to be formulated in cxagger-
ated expressions, but there is warrant
for the feeling. The opinion of Washing
ten Republicans of MIR. Roosevelt may
be summed up as follows:
He is lawless and arbitrary. Republi
ms in public life believe him entirely
ignorant OF the sanctity OF ,ne law. OF
the absolute necessity OF obedience to it;
and much of their resentment to him is
due TO his arbitrary ignoring OF the law,
of Congress, and even OF his Cabinet.
It ought to be unnecessary to say, but
it is not, that in this belief there is not
involved any question of Mr.. Roosevelt's
character, of his integrity, OF his patri
otto motives.
ct is also the Washington opinion that
Mr.. Roosevelt is as blind partisan as
Andrew Johnson turned out to lie, with
out the restraint of Andrew Johnson's
respect for the Constitution.
1T is the logical belieI from this that
Mr.. Roosevelt puts above the welfare
of the country, and above the welfare of
his party, the advantage OF the party's
machine as controlled by the Senate oil
garchy.
ct is further believed that Mr. Roose-
velt's disposition-which may properly
be described as policeman's disposition
uncontrolled by superior authority-is
permitted to run riot through an under
standing between himself and the Senate
oligarchy, by reason of which he may be
as lawless. as he likes as long as the Sen
ators have the patronage and control him
when, Tor business reasons, they desire
to do so.
Putting his party above the country,
AMI his will above the law, he is thought
by Washington to regard his own cleo
ton as so essential that he is employing
all the powers Of his office to secure
Roosevelt delegates ito the coming Ma
t:cnal Convention.
Washington believes that the President
has again indicated his lofty conception
Of his official power by becoming angry
az Justice Holmes for refusing to decide
the merger case in accordance with when
he has never studied. Washington may
be wrong in this, but its opinion is based
upon the study of the Presidents char
acter and conduct
This bears out Mr.. Berryman's graphic
cartoon in the Washington Post, repro
duo ed on first page.