The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-03
ROOSEVELT THE ISSUE.
His Record Shows What nm Unsafe
Man He Is.

New York World.
The worlds open letter to President
Roosevelt, with its definition OF the
ten vital issues OF the campaign, nus
| elected instantaneous and unQuanned
approval IRON Democrats and lnoe
Judge Roger A. Pryor describes 1t as
"a powerful arrangement OF Mr.. Roose-
welt and his administration, and pre-
sents an unanswerable argumen'
| against his retention In Office. Ed
ward NJ. Shepard said of 1t that 1T Wal
splendid, forceful, magnificent pre-
| sentation of the reasons for Opposing
MIR. Roosevelt" Wheeler II. PeckhaIn
! calls it 'forcible and timely" In
most things" he adds, Il agree with
you" George Foster Peabody refel
| TO 1t as "masterful." and believes iii
| ought to be reprinted and given the
widest circulation"
These expressions of opinion are rep
resentative of Democratic and inde-
pendent sentiment as TO the justice OF
| the Indictment The World has drawn
again Mr.. Roosevelt. who is the real
| issue of the campaign.
| Mr.. Roosevelt today Is the best
known public man in the United States
| TIe has been a conspicuous parsonage In
politics for more than two decades
| He has lived his life In the. open, In
| the sight of all men. No mist OF ira
| dition or romance obscures the. clear
| outlines of his figure In Justice 10
| him it must be said that he has rarely
hesitated to reveal himself in his true
light. He has displayed with equal
| conspicuousnesS his best side and his
| worst side. There Is nothing to be
| added to the record or substracted from
| it. The American people know him as
he is. whatever Illusions may exist as
| to the true meaning of his personality
| in public affairs.
| And knowing him as he Is, can they
| afford to elect him President in his own
| right, give him a vote of confidenc"
| and assurances that the impulsive
| lawless tendencies that now strike at
the root of constitutional government
| have their unqualified approval, as evil
denced in the will of the majority?
| But his election may sober him. his
| friends say. Will 1t? When in tho
| country has a strong and masterful
executive been tanned and sobered by
a vote of confidence? When has NJ
| hesitated to interpret II as an endorse
ment of all the acts, policies and ambi-
| tions which his enemies denounced
| When has he regarded ii as anything
| less than complete vindtcation
| When has he failed to accentuate in
| denotes that were previously considered
| most dominating and most dangerous
| Theodore Roosevelt will not apd can
not be anybody but Theodore Roosc-
| Welt however much he NAV try to re-
| strain himself for temporary purpose =
| One might as well expect the Kaiser
| to become n ST. Francis of Assist as
| TO EXPECT Mr.. Roosevelt to be sobered
bv authority and chastened bv power
| Eagles do not turn into doves when
their wings grow stronger.
| An accidental President who In three
wears has trampled all Republican OPP
position under foot and made himself
| the absolute master Of his Party could
| be relied on TO extend his authority
| over the country by the same processes
| nv which he extended II over the party.
That would fulhll his conception of
| "the greatest good"
| In Mr. Roosevelt's scheme of things
the most fortunate condition in which
the country can find itself Is to be gov
| erned by hts will and according to his
| notions of what is best for II. Not
| that he has anv studied intention Of
| overriding the Constitution. Not that
he is deficient In patriotism or in low
aItv TO American institutions These
cannot he questioned. The Presidents
deficiencies are temperamental. He has
| no clear contention If a constitutional
| government Of limited and defined
| nowers. with departments indenendent
| ~ one another His restless. unstshlc
! 1'snosition ran host hi desnrihed nc
| Ris-oarclS described tho Katser-"TTe
naws Mt everything like q young
| hound"
Mr.. pooanvelt raws AZ everv+hinr.
TOO. Nothing human is foreign 20
| him his primary impulse is to neddle
with ~. in the belief that he can prob
| ahIv better Il.
| Whether It is a nuestion ~ race sui
| ride or race enUalitv Or race sunrenn =
| anv. or the Ten Comma ndmants. or the
1 relations between Aroolover and s-,-
| ~ countries or the obligations of ~ :
| tiors IN the v~atter ~ n4v',1 the'r
| aahsq ~ Tho extension NJ trade or tho
latest popular novel, or the ethica Of