Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-10
The TURN OF The TIDE


from Oyster Bay agree in noting that
the President OF the United States,
who had travelled thither matter
OF two hundred and fifty miles more
OF less merely in order to exercise his
right as an elector and to do his duty
as citizen. spent anywhere from
four and half to five minutes in the
voting Tooth preparing his ballot for
the casting; year ago he did the
same thing in less than forty sec
onds.
May we not herein discover evil
dences OF . newly-born elaboration,
consideration and caution in Theodore
Roosevelt, n something possibly prom
ising ere long n remuneration OF the
mpulsiveness. the half-cockedness.
the here-goesedness, the recklessness
indeed, that have conspicuously and
increasingly marked most of his off,
cial acts for fully five years past? IL
he stops TO count ten" before he
throws his vote. is 1t wholly incon.
ceivable that he may speedily come
to count at least two before he shouts
TO his countrymen all his intentions
FOR the next sixteen months along the
line of Regulating" their business
Tor them. of asserting wealth by sizes
through process OF shrinking 'swol-
len fortunes" of filming and imprison-
ing rich indicators" while letting
me "small-fry" lawbrealers severely
alone and of putting new and revolu-
tionary interpretations of his own de-
vising on the Constitution OF the
United States?
a ray of hope CLEANS on us in that
direction through the apparently au-
thentic announcement from Washing
Ton That. while the President has per.
sistently declined to make any for
maj statement just at this time whose
effect would be TO reassure those who
are concerned over financial condi.
tons. it is evident that in his annual
message he will adopt n mild tone
that will be interpreted probably ne
an indication that the President re-
aiizes the danger that would result
from n resumption of his radical pol-
icies-not that Theodore Roosevelt in.
,ehas to take hack anything that he
mas said in the past in his several
iIhessages and scores OF speeches on
,he SUBJECT OF corporations: but that
he mas Mt length concluded that he
nus saiu these things and resaid ouite
oi.eh enough already. There was Il
tine' let 1t right here be recalled
wnen presidents of the United States
didn spend their days and nights In
ooriousiy thinking out threats and
my policies to be promulgated s,,c.
cessiVeIy as fast as opportunities for
'helr spectacular projection were nre.
scented, but commended themselves
win doing their full duty. as they nm.
uerstood it, from day to day and with
acting always without any preliminary
linegaphonia from the house.tons put
that was when Plancus was con.
IsuI'-in the days of Washington of
Lincoln. of Cleveland and of McKin.
IeE' we are living In n brand-new
enlef executive era at present-more's
.ne pity: but still with a prospect of
pusslhg through ii without any per-
lndnent injury to our free institutions
ana our material interests.
10 speak OF my policies" with per.
Iec. irankness, most OF them possess
no inherent viciousness in them
lsei'es; they are. indeed, highly ethi.
sai ana non-assailable in most in.
,, a,US' ~ is the manner of their
nanahhg that hurts. Let q ward con
s.aoie IN Kalamazoo, Michigan. an
no, that he Is going to arrest and
a." every last burglar and footpad
| nODOuy DaHS any
particular attention to II: lot him ~" ro
peat the warning next day with in.
creased emphasis. and the residents
Ut mat ward VIII begn to suspect that
there are some burglars and footnads
abroad there-and there will forthwith
ne apprehension and nervousness 9.
among them; let this constable keen
up TINS sort OF threat day in ana dav
our and finally plaster II in red and
yellow letters on every tree. fence
ana hitching-post. and there win Ina
barred doors and windows. sleepIess
nights a cessation of domestic duties
closed schools and enough cases ~;
nervous prostration to keep the doc.
,orS gig going twenty hours ont of
ana. stu. running down and i'm.
prlsoning burglars constitute a bichiv
oIS,nihehdable occupation. the dis.
r rra,i1o OF stern constabulary duty
burglars 10 be caught.-New yor,,
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