The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-06

OghAAklhaNAhNNuha AHNhMu HOW 10 AHNtOWfAy
hampered and In q measure, defeated by
returning, AZ OF the coordinate branches
Of the national Legislature, a body anxious
for partisan reasons to embarrass him and
his Administration
Mr.. ~EoosEvELr's PoLIcY.
Mr.. Rooseyelts policy IL TO secure. by
within the somewhat narrow range OF
Federal jurisdiction over interstate COM
merce, effective control Of those who manage
and operate organized capital, 20 a. to
Hrsvsnt them, 6E the misuse Of The PC~ss;;
capital affords. from lnlawfully suppress
ing competition, establishing monopolies.
and thereLJ making impossible tAe benefit
from such organization Of capital'o OF a re-
~veniences which otherwise would and
ought to inure to the public.
With respect to this general policy which
has been carried forward by Mr.. Roosevelt
and the Republican party to a point whore
a SUCCESSFUL Issue is reasonably assured II
a consistent course OF legislative and ex-
ecutive action In permitted, the Democratic
party asserts that IL IL the original patentee
and that Mr.. Roosevelt and the Republican
party have TS. merely n 7 intrtnEsd their patent ,S,:
claim Of exclusive ownership by the Demo-
cratic party in MIR. RoosevelE's policy I
shall not stop TO discuss. The Democratic
leaders who understand the hold Mr.. RoOse-
VGAb uAH upon LUG NOVSTB Oh J09 COUNTY,
would have them believe that a Democratic
majority In the HOUSE. Of Representatives
will sympathize 90 much In Mr.. Rooeevelt's
policy in regard to trusts and railroad rate
discrimination and will so seoond his ef-
forts hat IL really is not important in fur
thering this policy to elect a Republican
House. But nothing can be further from
the fact.
A DEMOCRATIC HoUs WOULD NOT AID
Mr.. R~oosRvELr.
The Democratic party, instead OF helping
on the work Of the Administration with a
Democratic House, II II should be elected,
proposes to devote it's chief energy to a series
Of Investigations into the executive depart
ments, to show, as Chairman Griggs says,
that the departments ARE ~h&neycombed
with graft For this reason he solicits
from loyal Democrats dollar contributions.
The new Democratic House OF Representa-
tives, IL elected, il then to paralyze the
Executive and by attempting to find
something OF i~rregularity which by par
tisan distortion and injustice Ia to be made
the basis OF a national campaign, In order
that Mr.. Roosevelt's successor may be a
Democrat. Doubtless the great executive
departments OF the Government should
always be kept under close supervision to
see that Irregularities and abuses are sup
pressed and are not permitted to grow into
corruption and misfeasance in Office and
that the widest publicity should be given to
everything that il done by the peoples
servants in order that the force OF public
opinion may have a cleansing and purify
ing effect in the peoples business.
Under the present Republican Congress,
however, there has not been shown the
slightest disposition to conceal or cover
up the work OF any Of the departments,
and the fullest legitimate latitude has been
exercised by both branches OF the national
Legislature in III inquiries made by COM
mittees and otherwise into departmental
management. A full. fair Investigation.
Ia one thing, but a narrow, partisan, unfair
fishing excursion and misconstruction Of
every executive act, an attributing Of cor
rupt motive to every policy adopted for
the purpose Of furnishing campaign ma
terial to yellow politics and Journalism,
In quite another. Such Investigations are
productive OF no good result, and merely
paralyze the executive arm of the Gov
eminent by absorbing the attention OF its
agents in a defence OF their past course
and in making them nerveless and timid
In assuming responsibility to adopt and
needed for the benefit and in the interest
NJ the public. Mr.. OriGGs and the Demo
cratic leaders do not propose to elect their
House OF Representatives for the purpose
Of carrying on the policy OF which they
CLAIM, to be the inventors, and In order to
uphold the hands OF the President in doing
that which has public approval; hut they
propose to use a House hostile to Mr.. Roose-
welt and the Administration for purposes
WOlOn CHnnOJ DuJ 8GTlOuHIY nAnQlCnD DIS
efforts in the direction already indicated.
The history OF the trust legislation and
prosecutions shows conolusively that the
most active cooperation and sympathy
between the Executive and Congress are
necessary to meet and overcome the diff
work. 1t is, therefore. just and fair
to say that the issue OF the present cam
paiRn does not involve merely the approval
or disapproval Of Mr.. Foosevelt's policy,
but il involves the question whether that
policy shall be carried to a successful issue
or shall be defeated by a vote Of want OF
confidence.
Mr.. rs THE ISSUE.
II has been suggested at times, as II IL
were a ground for criticising the Republican
party and the Congressman who now go
back TO their constituents for a judgment
upon their course, that they propose to
make Mr.. Roosevelt the issue in this cam
paign. They do propose to make Mr..
Roosevelt the issue in this campaign be-
cause he is the issue; not in what he has
said, but in what he has done and what
the party has upheld him in doing. The
Republican majority in the House and
Senate have Loyalty accepted Mr.. Roose-
velt's leadership. have approved his recon-
mendations and have stood by min in
formulating into legislation that which
should enable him to carry out his policy.
Is IL wonderful then that the Republican
party asks, and the Republican members
OF the House OF Representatives ask, that
the electors Of the country in determining
whether a Republican or Democratic ma
jority shall appear in the next House Of
Representatives shall make their decision
turn on the question, Ok we approve the
course Of Theodore Roosevelt as President
of the United States, or do we disapprove
it7" The magic Of Theodore Roosevelt's
name in winning votes, and the deep seated
confidence hat the American people nave
in his patriotism, in the sincerity Of his
sympathy with all the people, rich and
poor alike, in the courage Of his convic-
lions, in, his great ability m tremendous
energy, and in his intense interest in effect
ing results which shall inure to the benefit
of all the people, and especially the less
fortunate. may be legitimately used TO
secure a return OF a Republican House
to support and sustain him for the remainder
OF his administration
OTHER OF THIS CONGRESS.
But the antitrust and the railroad rate
legislation are not the only important re-
suits Of the first Congressional session OF
Mr.. Roosevelts administration. The record
Of this Congress for great statutes work.
in1 reforms for the benefit Of the nnhlic