The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-03
were variously denounced by President
Roosevelt in Q public letter.
Parker. Spoke the Truth.
rontfnuinv The hook savs.

| Continuing the book says:
| The report OF the Armstrong COM
mittee Of the New York Legislature
| published since Mr.. Roosevelt made
his sweeping and apparently impas.
stoned but really crafty denial, proves
| that Parker spoke the truth, and that
Roosevelt was mistaken when he said
the charge was unqualifiedly and arto-
ciously false"
| The proposed ship subsidy legisla-
ton is discussed at length. 1t is alleg-
| ed that the real purpose of the bill was
not disclosed by its title but rather it's
| object was legalized robbery of the
masses for the benefit of few per-
sons engaged In the shipping BUSH
| ness"
| The subject OF rate legislation is dis
cussed in extenso and with regard to
the recent law enacted 1t has this to
| say:
"The present congress enacted a rail-
road law, amending the act of 1887.
| 1t would have been law, had the Re-
| publicans been so disposed years ago
| so controlled by the railroads
were many Of the Republican senators
that this bill could not have passed
this time (59th congress without the
| unanimous action of the Democratic
and the President big stick who
drove and kept enough Republican
senators in line to pass 1t. At very
| acute stage Of the contest the Presi-
| dent found 1t necessary to request
conference with leading Democratic
senators. They gladly conferred with
| him and the papers made great note Of
this unusual act.
His position at that time was that
for years the Democrats had occupied
but he was forced by the opposition In
his own party to give ground and to
| break faith with his Democratic con-
feres by consenting to the broad court
| review"
Extravagant Appropriations.
Attention next is called to tn eeXtra-
VACANT appropriations of the 59th con-
gress and in connection Herewith re-
| ference is made to the creation of de-
ficiencies in violation of the law. IN
der the head of Departmental scandals
Secretary Shaw is charged with neg
| lecting the duties ok'his office. travel
ing about the country making speech
! es for the stand patters and crying on
a campaign for the presidential nomi-
nation in 1906 but still drawing sala-
ry which he does not earn and setting
a bad example for his subordinates.
The comptroller of the currency Is
declared to be inefficient but reason OF
the failure of the Walsh enterprise and
other banks. 1t Is declared that the
little rogues are prosecuted but the Dig
ones are allowed to escape.
| With the relation to their attitude
towards organized labor. the book as
serts that the Democrats were the first
| to give 1t recognition. Its position il
| summarized as follows
| ut is safe to say there has not been
a statute enacted by Congress- for the
relief of the workngmen of tbs
| United States Or organized labor, that
the Democrats have not given it Their
hearty support"
| Taking up President Roosevelt's po-
sition on the question. it is declared
.he is hostile to the labor element. He
has expressed 1t In his books. in his
Official utterances and by his acts"
Roosevelt and Labor.
1T is stated, that he regards repro
sentatives Of labor unions as members
OF the "rogues' gallery" sleek, oily
fellows" Bulls of. Bashan," lazy,
selfish, brutal, violent, murderous.' "a
mob"
Returning to the subject OF tariff. the
| book asserts that President Roosevelt,
| at various times in his career. has
been a free trader, a tariff reformer,
and stand-patter. and that he may
lead a movement for tariff revision IN
1905" And then 1t has this to say:
| Mr. Roosevelt has written distinctly
and unequivocally stating his position
since he withdrew from the free trade
|
| ter Bay this summer that he Is fully
in accord with the Views of Speaker
Cannon and Mr.. Sherman"
Under the caption, The Move Behind
| the Big Stick" it Is charged that Pres
ident Roosevelt favors big corporations
| in Porto Rico and the Philippines. and
that he would make laws advantageous
for them; that he wants big military
and naval force, to include subsidized
merchant marine, and that he has per-
yerted the Monroe Doctrine in the in
terest Of the Asphalt Trust in Vene-
zuela.
| 1t Is stated that not until he found
| 1t necessary to win the Democratic
support for his policy Of Imperialism,
did he ever say a word In praise or
any Democratic statesman of Demo-
cratic achievement.
| Quotations follow from some of the
Presidents books. referring in alleged
! libellous and scandalous terms to JEFF
| fcrson, Madison, Benton and others.
| The charge is then made that the Presi-
dent favors certain railroads and ac-
cepts gifts from them, violates the in
| terstate commerce laws and receives
money in favored banks without inter-
est; diverts funds appropriated for one
purpose to another; allows public
money to pay for a literary bureau to
| boom his policy.
: ENDED BY AGREEMENT.