The sun., 1907-08-27
TEE DESTROYING ANGEL IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
Remarks ny o Republican VINO supported
Abraham Lincoln IN lShO.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: have
read THH Sun many years lts recent COM
ments on the course Of the national Executive,
while severe. are mild In comparison 70 what
IL deserved. An ardent supporter OF Abra-
ham Lincoln In 1890. have besn In national
politics Republican since that date. have
never expected to see q Republican President
adopt and put IN force law tending to ha-
rasa and possibly annlhilats business. and
with ie capital. a condition heretofore deemed
impossible under our system OF govern
ment.
There IL trouble ahead for the political
bosses OF the Republican party In the Empire
state. The crusade by law against corporate
property. at the insti cation Of the labor union
socialistiO element 10 fast closing the door
between capital and business, and It 10 also
fast shattenng party lines. The greenbsck
and free silver crezes ran their course and
died without serious lasting results, and the
crusade by law against capital may do ike"
wise. but present conditions as now exhibited
throughout the United states do mos Indicate
such favorable result Citations OF special
cases OF legal confiscstlon now being at
tempted In the different States are not neoss-
sary 20 show the peril In which capital dnds
itself at the hands OF n mob OF legislators sup
posed to bs acting for Its protection rather
than for its destruction or Its misuse by law.
With the executive and legal departments
OF the national Government acting the part
Of DICK rurpin. can the several States be
expected to abstain from following the rev.
enue instincts Of this celebrated philantbro-
pist?
History. IL In said, repeats itself, and there
is at tho present time cumulative evidence
that the assertion II literally true In At least
one case. The last New York Legislature
no far forgot itself - to attempt 10 follow
in the footsteps OF the national Executive
in his raid on capital, but fortunately there
was q man In Albany with mentality and viii
enough to nullify. for ttrnc at least, the acts
Of lot OF STRIKERS intended TO harass and
depress the great business interests Of the
State Of New York. And for What purposep
The most casual observer OF the course of
legislation at Albany at the last session of
the Legislature needs no answer to the ques-
tion. 1t seems to the majority OF business
men resident in the Empire State that IL for
tune evsr favored their great Commonwealth
1t was when 1t gave It Charles Z. Hughes a.
It's executive head. and It can be said that
these men are now looking to him as the only
barrier between them and business chaos
and possible ruin.
Politicians, national and State, may fool
With each other In trying TO shape the polit-
ical fortunes OF Taft. Fairbanks, Cannon and
as many others as may hatch out between
now and next June. but they do not
want TO overlook the fact that New York has
the peer Of them all. and Ia behind him now
and all the time. and the quicker the political
white flag is shown the less humiliating will
be tho surrender. The dema 70 gism of the
last Legislature cost the taxpayers Of the
State a great sum OF money, and the temper
Of the people regarding 1t is anything but
normal. The independent voter never was
more determined than at the present moment,
and rolitical bosses may govern themselves