Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-24
Roosevelt Outlines His Issues.


be other issues, but these are the
ones on which the President intends
to make the fight. No doubt they
will be inserted in the platform by
his friends, but in any case they will
be emphasized In his letter of ac-
ceptance and in every other way
open to Mr.. Roosevelt by which he
can shape the campaign policy.
These four issues are
Fist. The Administrations policy
in the Panama matter.
Second. The attitude toward cor
porations shown in the Northern Sc
curities case.
Third. The attitude toward labor,
shown in the Miller (open shop)
case.
Fourth. The attitude toward the
differences between capital and
labor, shown in the settlement Of
the great anthracite coal strike.
1t will be observed that all these
issues, taken together, make Mr..
Roosevelt himself the great issue,
for every one of these four achieve
ments were his. But Mr.. Roosevelt
himself would unquestionably be the
issue in any case, and the President
thinks that these four deeds of his
are the ones on which he can best
make clear his policy and purposes
to the people.
TO CARRY THE LABOR VOTE.
Two of them are labor issues
The settlement of the coal strike un-
questionably made the President ex-
tremcly popular with the union labor
element and he is willing to rest his
case on that.
On the other hand, the Miller case
was square declaration for the open
shop, and the Presidents friends
think that properly understood it
should show employers that there is
nothing extreme or radical in his at
titude on the labor question.
The selection of these two labor
planks, then, means that the Presi-
dents campaign attitude on the labo,
question will he that of resistance ot
the extreme attitudes of both capita
and labor, and that he will take the
position of ian Executive who viii
not permit unwarranted aggression
by either. The open shop and the
victory of labor in a great strik,
convey, his friends think, this lesson
DEFINES TIE TRUST ISSUE.
The Northern Securities case, in
the opinion Of the President, makes
the trust issue clear enough. BY i,
the Republicans expect to steal al
the Democratic thunder on the trus,
question. In Congress and else,
where the Democrats have for foul
years been ringing the changes or
the trust question, except in the
House, where more attention has
been paid to the tariff. All this la
boriously collected ammunition, it il
held, will be useless in the face Of {
Republican campaign vigorously
conducted on the Northern Securities
case.
AS to the Panama issue the Presi
dent is confident that his policy il
that matter is highly popular ant
sure TO be approved by the people
and he is eager to put it to the test.
He thinks the opposition to it ii
no more serious than what has beer
urged against other great steps for
ward in the development of America
such as the Louisiana purchase, foI
example. lie is sure that the Pana
ma canal is a thing desired by Anne
ricans and that his policy in getting
it will be approved. His foreigl
policy he considers one of the strong
cards in his hands.
This selection of issues, Mr.. Roose
velt's friends say, will leave the De
mocrats practically without a gun to
fire. They cannot make coEvinc
ing presentation of the trust matte,
if tne Northern Securities issue il
vigorously insisted upon. They viii
be on the unpopular side if they at
tack the coal strike settlement, and j
they denounce Mr.. Roosevelt as al
enemy of labor, in the Miller open
shop case, the coal stride matter vii
be q sufficient answer. Not onl,
would an attack upon the Panam;
policy prove unpopular, but the De
mocrats themselves are divided OF
that and the treaty is going through
by Democratic votes.
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
In the House the Democrats hav,
steadily avoided all these issues, ant
have sought at every turn to NOV,
upon and occupy the abandoned Re
publican ground of reciprocity ant
tariff revision. They are using the
ideas of Blaine and Mckinley, anC
are working hard to make success
full flank movement upon the Repub
lioans. 1t is reported from the
Northwest that they have succeeded
in vastly exciting the voters up there