Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-23
II r II II II.


News (Ind.) that there are many
chances for trouble involved in the
adoption of the presidential policy"
and ''for our part" declares. eve
should rather see the Monroe Doc
trine limited than extended" The
Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.), too, re-
CARDS as unreasonable the notification
to the South American Republics that
they must be orderly. "They ought
to be orderly, put they certainly will
fight at some time or another" and
the Venezuelans, for instance should
not be made to Submit tamely to the
outrageous tyranny of Castro" In
short, it adds:
IF we adopt the Roosevelt policy in
its bald entirely, there is prospect OF
interminable embodiment for our
troops in keeping the republics good
and decent and orderly, and in the
use of myriads of customs, admins.
trative and executive officials, whose
business it will be to govern efficient
ly disorderly and inefficient republics,
when great many people think that
our own problems are quite sufficient
for our wisdom and strength"
The Boston Transcript (Rep), how
ever, is encouraged to see "a decided
recession from the language and
methods in and by which the pres
dent, last winter, enunciated his in.
depreciation of up-to-date Monroe
ISM" and it adds:
There is no blast of challenge and
defiance. In it's place we have the
assertion of policy to use our best
offices to bring about mutually salts
factory settlements of debt contro-
versies and the preservation intact of
the principle underlying original Mon
roeism. AS this tender of good offices
has always been among the possible
eventualities of the Monroe Doctrine
in any stage of its development, even
in its enunciation in fact, President
Roosevelt's policy will not startle."
Insurance Scandals and Political Co..
ruption.-The proposals for federal
supervision of insurance companies
and for the publication of politics by
new laws against bribery and against
contributions by corporations for poll
teal purposes, are naturally discussed
under one head by the press, on ac-
count of the connection discovered be-
tween the two during the investigation
of the big life insurance companies in
New York. There can be no doubt"
says the Philadelphia Record (Dem.) l.,
that there is a strong popular desire
for something of this kind" recon-
mended by President Roosevelt I'VE
are heartily in accord" exclaims the
New York Press (Rep), with Mr..
Roosevelt's wish for law to compel
publicity of gifts" by corporations to
national political committees. While
the majority of papers think that the
president has handled the subject of
procuring campaign funds from insur-
ance companies vigorously and direct
ly," as the Richmond News Leader
(Dem.) says he has done, yet there are
quite a number of papers which tax
him with lack of energy and courage
in the matter The New York Ameri-
can (Dem.) in speaking of the mes
sage says:
But it touches with great delicacy
upon matters which involve the pres
ent life of the people, not merely of
New York, but of the nation. It refers
vaguely to the swindling of the people
by the insurance companies and very
suspiciously suggests supervision of
these companies by the Federal gov
eminent. Every body who knows any
thing about this knows that that is