Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-10-03

acute stage of the contest the presi-
dent found il necessary 10 request Il
conference with the leading demo-
cratic senator's. They gladly conferred
with him and the papers made great
note of this unusual act His posi-
tion at that time was that which for
years the democrats had occupied.
but he was forced by the opposition In
his own party to give ground and 90
break faith with his democratic con-
feroes by consenting to the 'brold
court review
I'm this way the present law-thc
very best that the people could got
from republican cOngress-was
passed
IF the republican senate had done
half its duty there would have been a
railroad bill passed into law long BE-.
fore 1887"
Democrats Friendly 10 Labor Unions
With relation to their attitude to-
ward organized labor the book asserts
that the democrats were first to give
1t recognition. Its position is SUM-
marized rs follows:
at is safe to say there has lot
been statute enacted by congress 'nr
the relief of the workingmen Of The
United States or organized labor that
the democrats have not given their
hearty support"
President Hostile TO WorIIlngmcn
Taking up President Roosevelts po-
sition on the question it declared he
lis 'hostile to the labor element He
has expressed it in his books. in his
official utterances and by his acts"
1t is stated that he regards repre-
sentatives of labor unions as members
of the "rogues' gallery" sleek, oily
fellows" bulls Of bashan," 'la1y.
selfish. brutal, violent murderous,"
"a moh,'
RoCseVclt's Tariff Record,
Returning to the subject of the Ia =
if, the book asserts that President
Roosevelt at various times in his ca
reer has been free trader. tariff re-
former and n stand patter. and th"t
he may lead movement for tariff
revision in 1905" and then it has this
to say;
"Mr. Roosevelt has written nothing
distinctly and unequivocallY statipS
his rnSitinn since he withdrew from
the free trade club, but it has been
given out at oyster Bay this sumner
that he is fully in accord with the
views of Speaker Cannon and M
Sherman, which have been summarized
in the language of gamblers and beg
gars, stand pat and pass the hat"
Monroe Doctrine Perverted.
"I'nder the caption, "the motive be-
hind the big stick " 1t is charged that
the president favors big corporations
in Porto Rico and the Philippines ami
that he would make laws advantag-
eous for them; that he wants a big
and naval force. to include
subsidized merchant marine and thGt
he has perverted the Monroe doctrine
in the interest of the Asphalt trust IN
Venezuela. 1t is said that not until he
found It necessary to win democratic
support for his policy of imperialism
did he ever say word in praise OF
any democratic statesman or demo-
cratic achievement. Quotations follow
from some of the presidents books re-
rerrinG in alleged uncomplimentary
terms to jefferson, Madison, Benton
and others:
These libclous and scRndolous say
ings," 1t is declared. reflect the true
spirit of Theodore Roosevelt, What
he now says Is said only tn win ap-
provai for the big stick policy by in
hat saeh. policy WAS real
~ inaugurated by Jefferson and Mon
roe and not by the big American cor
porations which he Is serving and
which he seeks to enthrone i'm the
Philippines. Porto Rico. Cuba and
Santo Domingo Even when he tells
the truth, he does so in order To dis
guisc an evil purpose or to justify by
precedent the wicked policy. Surely
no one who values sincerity will he
influenced by the uttcrances of Mr.
Roosevelt"
The charge then is made that "tan
president favors certain railroads and
accepts gifts from them-violated the
interstate commerce law--demand"
and received money from favored
banks without interest-diverts funds
for one purpose TO an-
public money to pay for
Il literary bureau 10 boom his policy.
Mr.. Roosevelt has shown greater
regard for the interests of corpora
tions and less regard for the law than
any other executive the country has
ever had.
Maintaining that the principles If
the democratic party definitely ana
always have opposed monopoly, 1t IS
stated that the democrats were the
first to Introduce antitrust bills,
whereas the first resolution To invesri-
gate the trusts was not accepted by
senate"