The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-15
THE EDITORIAL COLUMN.
ARE THE PEOPLE FOR ROOSEVELT?


ARE THE PEOPLE FOR ROOSEVELT?
Are you for Roosevelt? Do you believe in him?
Do you wish his policies carried out? Are you
with him in the matter of Railroad Regulation? Are
you with him in checking the Rebate evil? Are you
with him in curbng the power of the Trusts? Are you
with him in demanding Honesty in Public Life? Do
you believe that his straightforward fearless
has opened the eyes of the people and has made the
law respected as it was before?
Nowis The Time to Say So
NOW OR NEVER is the time to express yousrself
Now is the time when the President needs an Elk
PRESTON of your faith and good will He needs
your backing NOW. He is assailed every side.
The enemies he has made your enemies. They are
the enemies of the Republic They represent all those
forces that have been preying you and against
whom the President has taken stand in your behalf
that has brought upon his head their deadly hatred
The Powers Of Evil are at Work
There hundreds of evidences that the concentrat
ed of malice and hatred backed by the millions
of the Captains of Finance already at work.
The signs of plotting every hand. Great News
papers have been bought political leaders have been
seduced. the "interess' have combined Their effort
is not alone prevent the people from demanding that
Roosevelt shall remain at the helm to carry his
great work for another four but they seek to
discredit him NOW. They seek to destroy his power
AT THE PRESENT. They want of railroad
regulation. They want to have the trusts let alone
They want stop put to the persecution of the poor
but honest millionaire They raising a calamity
howl stronger than the popusts dared to raise in
their pamest days. They being interviewed by the
to the danger to the Republic if agitation"
is not stopped and business is not allowed to its
old channels which have been shown to have been but
of filth dishonesty and corruption.
The Chicago Tribune thunders that it will not sup
port the President should he be re-nominated The
Sioux City Journal spends columns to show that Wash
ington and Grant did not serve third terms.
lo.l lal., l.l...
the other, attack the President with and
with power.
What Is 1t All About?
These people KNOW that the President does not
wish to be re-nomlnated They know this. They know
that he would only consent if the people made such de-
mand that he could. not deny them Backed
by his repeated refusas by the uncertainties of poll
tics by the strivings and ambitions of lesser poti
cians they do not greatly fear that the President will
be candidate WHAT ARE THEY STRIVING FOR?
They striving to discredit the President NOW.
They wish to destroy his present usefulness. They
wish to the next Congress into doing nothing.
They wish practically drive the President from office
before his expires They not after Roosevelt
the MAN SO much as they seek to destroy Roosevelt
Principles and Policies. Can you not see it,
By raising hue and cry against "third term
they hope to break the of the President They
want to make him HAS-BEEN just quickly as
possible. They want the next Congress to
naughty and disdainfu air. 1.-The King is Dead.
Long Live the King They wish to turn the eyes of
the people to the rising sum- to Fairbanks to Cannon.
to anybody. just that they look longer to the
fierce and dangerous Roosevelt for guidance That is
the policy 1t is written clear and strong and bold in
every public act of the opposition.
They have the Presidents obituary written. score
of orators ready to mouth it in the next congress-
The capitaistic press has already printed it under
guises. Roosevelt is dead, dead. dead' is the
burden of their song They would make it 1dead and
damned if they dared. He is the latter far as
they concerned. They wish to be let alone. these
precious and the to gain the they de-
sire is to KILL. THE INFLUENCE OF ROOSEVELT
That is the plot The third term is but minor in
cident. Roosevelt a factor is to be killed. The
"safe and sane'' of both parties to unite. Their
purposes are First the Destruction of the President
PRESENT influence. Second the nomination and cleo
ton of man, ticket who shall turn his
back upon reform and agitation and allow the railroads
the trusts the insurance grafters the Captains of FL
nance" to pursue their of pillage and plumber
at will.
What Are The People Doing!
Nothing, nothing, nothing. That is the discouragng
part of it ALL Ninety percent Of the middle classes
of the United States with the President But they
not making themselves heard. They resting
their They allowing the President. who has
done so much for them, to fight his own BATTLE They
resting content in the fact that they for the
President. but they are doing nothing to uphold his
hands. to give concrete expression to their faith him.
That is why many public men go wrong That is
why the people have few real champions. The peo
pie take too much for granted They do not help
the time and help and strength needed. They
sit back and expect their friend to take all the abuse
of their enemies and say word in his behalf Rather
they to criticse about the small things. 81 like
everything Roosevelt has done. except-and then they
talk for hour about the exception and nothing
about all the good things with which they