The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-01

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orY Anpiac1 - 1ttMa0elfs
To rms MDrron 90 TRn suN-Sws n Waa
with MIXED smotiOna that Tennessee recsivUd
news that the President detiFed. a. was most
natural and becominG. 10 visit the tomb %
one Of the two Industrious men % renneasee
Who had been his predecessors IN once.
There are tbSse IN renheases aud IN adjacent
states VIM remember with resentment the
depreciation sxpreased BY Mr.. Roosevelt not
20 very many years aGo Of Jackeon and Polk
and the voters vi uphold their policies.
rhoas Presidents had been conspicuous In
two foreign wars. both Of which should excite
The admiration o. his lighting edge"
u should not now. however. matter much
perhaps that ROOSEVELT twenty years e
described Jackson AZ the ignorant. head
stronK and atraightforward soldier" for
the description was alleviated somewhat by
placing the hero Of New Orleans In the same
class with the Iron Duke. who conquered at
Waterloo and became Prime Minister Of his
country. Nevertheless. the sons now living
In Tennessee OF the admirers Of Jackson do
not relish a classification which puts their
fathers among the poorer and more ignorant
voters" who were misled by Jackson's as
saults on the money power Of his day. even
although Tennesseeans Of to-day realize hat
IL IL not In vain for the President to try TO
mlslead In a similar fashion. Such mlslead-
ing In ~ formidable to-day as then II the
eN'"Hs wa ~ ~ 'eJss eho heh
Of publicity. poses as the slayer OF the pred
atory corporation dragon which holds our
earnings and savings In Its grasp, and has
by the intquities Of which ne claims to have
knowledse FORFEITED all claim 70 public con-
ndence. such an attitude alarms the more
educated as well as the more ignorant.
Nor was II altogether pleasant Tor some OF
the fresidents listeners IN tennessee 10 re-
call that he had written and printed that the
two great reasons for JacksOn's success
throughout his political career were To be
Louho IN the stren4th OF the feeling IN ms
favor among the poorer ana least educated
glasses OF voters and In the ardent support
given MIN by the low politicians. who ny
Playing on MS preJudices and passions
moulded MIN 10 tneir wishes,
Inc Sons OF tennessee fathers ana mothers
who stood oy jackson felt and said that MT.
roosevelt would not hke 20 read or hear such
Things OF himseiI even II SAID oy those VINO
sincerely teit that ne had WIN exceptional
~shre"uness anu cunning almost unscrupu-
lous played Tor Young purposes the poor
AGAINST the nch'
Jackson In his presidential days encoun-
tered a great Federal corporation. as Roosevelt
during his term OF ONCE has had TO with
sand powerful state corporations. Ihe
sank was 20 Jackson much tho same as
standard Ol mas peer 10 hooseVelt. one
was nauonai ana the oIner isa STATE creatlon.
Ohs was hcoTporatou oy congress 10 au
u IN DONG nscal work required oy the Con-
Stltution; the other was chartered by this
OF thaC STATE Tor Suato purposes Inc wise
men VINO STOOD around jackson lone OF them
nved 10 stand In hke manner oy Lincolns
siue' diu not permit MIN 10 deny the constltu-
uohal power OF congress 10 charter a nank'
ne only insisted tnat some OF is functions
as chartered were not necessary ana proper
Ior the exercise OF any power granted by the
CONSTRUCTOR ana that therefore, Chey were
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
HOW troublesome ana veainS Tor Presi-
dents ana pohtcians nave oeen corporations
those useiul ana oenencent instruments
IN the WORLDS work without whicn a great
part OF our now setIled ana peopled SOUTH
west ana West would still De In the secure
occupancy OF lnoian trlpes'
Corporations ana the money power were
the issues Win which jackson dealt the wings
such tatal DIows win the same issues
hOosevetl Is now using ms unr1valed PLATFORM
OF publicity as a per1pateuc president ana
MS uneddaied partisan sagacity 70 tnWarC
the Bryan Democrats, who stand naked,