Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-23

adopted ana advocated, but failed to
carry out. Why not let the man who
conceived the. policies be- given a
chance to give them effect?
The president has made a show of
getting at the railroads and other cor
porations that have violated the laws,
but he has failed to remedy the condi-
lions as they exist. His cabinet Is not
composed Of men who have been dis
tinguished for their attacks upon cor
porate wrongdoing. Secretary Root is
the man who told the big corporations
in New York how to do it, Attorney
General Bonaparte was the counsel
for more than one combination of cap
ital. Secretary Taft was an excellent
judge to issue injunctions against la
Dor. Secretary Cortelyou stands very
close to Wall street and its allied in
terests. Assistant Secretary Bacon of
the state department came TO Washing
ton directly from the Office of J. Pier
pont Morgan &; Co.
IF the president selects advisers Of
this sort. how can we believe that he is
really trying to carry out the princi-
pies which he breaches and which thus
far he has failed to enforce?'
Why Pettisrew is Right
Not very long after l talked with Mr..
Pettigrew l met man who had an
inquiring mind. He talked about
Roosevelt and about Bryan and about
trusts. and he asked me this question.
hich / fra nix IN I cannot
swer. Said he: "Mr. Roosevelt has
been the most noisy enemy of trusts.
He has been the most determined ad.
vOcate of the policy of Stacking cum
ming. He was elected as president in
1904. Can you give me the name of
one trust that has been destroyed dur
ing his administration? | can give you
have been organized and that have
thrived while he has lived in the
White HOrse. Can you give me the
name of one man who has suffered as
a trust magnate? Can you tell me
who has been shackled because of
using his cunning to defraud the peo-
pie? | cannot The Roosevelt pro-
| tory and very little action"
w. r. Hearst, Republican.
Here in Washington there is some
lively interest in the action of the Re
publicans in New York. who have fus
ed with Hearst's Independence league
a year ago Hearst fused with Tam
! many-or, rather forced Tammany Il
| fuse with him. AS result everybody
| on his ticket was elected save him
self This year he fuses with the Re
publicans. He divides offices will
| them, six for him and five for them
| The office which brings to its holder
| the biggest profit has been given tC
| Max Ihmsen, Hearst'S political man
, ager. He is nominated for sheriff, 6
place that pays almost twice the salary
| given to the president of the United
States.
Make no mistake about Ihmsen. He
| is an able fellow. For years he was
! the city editor of Mr.. Hearst's New
York American Prior to that he ha(
been press agent for New York the
alter Later he was the Washington
correspondent for the Hearst news
papers. Then he became the manager
of the Hearst politics. Now he is the
Republican candidate for sheriff. Wha
the Republican voters are likely t.
think of him remains to be proved
! But it is fair to say of IhmSen that ht
, would make as good a sheriff as New
York ever knew. 1t is inconceivabl'
to think of him as q CRATER. His ont
weakness is his Willingness to MAKE
political trades, and the combination
which he arranged between Hears
and the Republican organization is hi
latest triumph.-or his last disaster-o
thi: sort.
Roosevelt's Attitude.
One wonders what President Roose
welt thinks of this New York com
bination. Nobody has attacked Hears