The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-06

discuss. The democratic leaders who
understand the hold Mr.. Roosevelt has
upon the voters of the country would
have them believe that democratic
majority in the House of Representa-
tives will sympathize so much in Mr.
Roosevelt's policy in regard to trusts
and railroad rate discrimination, and
will SO second his efforts that it really
policy to elect republican house.
fact.
4 Democratic House Would Not Aid
MIR. ROO~evelt
The democratic party. instead of
helping on the work of the administra-
ton with democratic house, If 1t
should be elected, proposes to devote
its chief energy to series of investi-
cations into the executive departments
to show, as Chairman Griggs says, that
the departments ARE hOney-combed
with graft For this reason. he
solicits from loyal democrats dollar
contributions. The new democratic
house Of representatives. If elected, is
then to paralyze the executive hand
by attempting to find something of ir-
regularity. which by partisan distor-
ton and injustice is to be made the
basis of national campaign. in order
that Mr.. Roosevelt's successor may
be democrat. Doubtless the great
executive departments of the govern
ment should always be kept under
close supervision to see that irregular
titles and abuses are suppressed and
are not permitted to grow into cOrrup-
tion and misfeasance in Office. and that
the widest publicity should be given
to everything that is done by the peo-
pies servants in order that the force
of public opinion may have cleansing
and purifying effect in the peoples
business. Under the present republic
can 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 legis-
lature in the inquiries made by COM
mittees and otherwise into depart
mental management A full, fair in
vestigation is one thing, but a narrow.
MISREPRESENTATION of every executive
dSt. du VI uAollNS
to every policy adopted. for the pur-
pose of furnishing campaign material
to yellow politics and journalism. is
quite another Such investigations
are productive of no good result. and
merely parable the executive arm of
the government by absorbing the at
tention of its agents in defence of
their past course. and in making them
nerveless and timid in assuming re-
sponsibility to adopt and carry out the
further affirmative policies need for
the benefit. and in the interest of the
public Mr.. Griggs 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 inventors. and
in order to uphold the hands of the
president in doing that which has pub
lie approval; but they propose to use
a house hostile to Mr.. Roosevelt and
the administration, for purposes which
can not but seriously handicap his eff
forts in the direction indicated. The
history of the trust legislation and
prosecutions shows conclusively that
the most active cooperation and SYM
pathy between the executive and con-
gress is necessary to meet and over
come the difficulties constantly arising
in the great work. 1t is. therefore.
just and fair to say that the issue of
the present campaign does not involve
merely the approval or disapproval