Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-06
Chancellor Day Says Acts Of Ro0se.
yell Are Harmful 10 Coun'rq.
sArs BRYAN WOULD Be SAFER
Head Of Syracuse University Says Me-
braskan Would Make Better Exec.
utive = Question Whether Country
Shall Be Governed by Mans whims.

Snali be Governed by Mans Wins.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-Dr. James
Roscoe Day. chancellor of Syracuse
University. already nationally well
known because OF his public utte..
ances about Standard OIL business
methods and President Roosevelts
policies. has increased his output on
me subject by an interview on what
ne termed the menace of Roosevelt
ism"
i shall not speak epitheticany Of
inc President" began DIR. Day. but
as II is the right and duty of any man
20 speak who feels that his country
rs menaced. speak of his measures
not of the man. use the word men
ace; no man should be arraigned IN
his person or in his business, except
~ due process of law and authority:
otherwise such arraignment is men.
ace to our institutions
81 see that in his CONGRATULATIONS 10
his Secretary OF the Treasury for hav.
1ng saved the financial situation. Pres
ldent Roosevelt said that the evils NJ.
Cortelyou had cured were only incl.
dental to our great national prospeii.
~.
Why Call Business Corrupt?
50? Then, why has the President
devoted himself so Professionally to
proving that the business of the coun.
Try IS corrupt and in need of Federal
regulation?
III we were only suffering from the
incidents TO our prosperity. why
should the President, in every speech
from the tomb of Mckinley to the
l'ar-haunted Extraordinarily
nave warned us against grave dan.
gers which threatened us from our
great business enterprises
The doctor was switched off from
me troubles Mr.. Cortelyou has cured
ny q question rs to his choice as be.
tween Mr. Roosevelt and MIR. Bryan
for President next term. Answerng
slowly. DR.. Day said:
My choice is for conservative
Tor President, but. under present con.
dlt'ons, would prefer Mr.. Bryan to
Mr. Roosevelt Mr.. Bryan would be
held in check by tho Senate. If Mr..
bryan were President the Senate
would again exercise It's. constitution.
nj iunctions-which 1t has not done
while Mr.. Roosevelt Inns been Presi.
uent. aud as ii could not do, probably.
II Mr.. Roosevelt were reelected. ~
what he would claim to he the peo.
Iaes endorsement of his policies
8 Coal Strike Was Beginning.
When did you first notice Presi-
dent Roosevelts interference with
business affairs. over which you he
lieve he has no lawful supervision?
His interference In the coal strike
was the beginning OF his whole cam
hpaign of interference-the beginning.
Spf his personal government He in
{erfered then under pressure brought
10 bear upon him TO induce him to
do SO, no doubt. He should have re.
sisted that pressure"
e But the county would have SUI.
fered had there been no adjustment
of the strike (" it was suggested.
The country suffers today fron.
that maladjustmcnt," the chancellor
replied sharply
Men who have admiration for some
of Mr. Rooseyelt's traits, his peaceful
cha. acteristics. are beginning to fear
mat that very force will project him
beyond the guards and Larriers which
Saione assure us safety and security.
z 1T is no longer political issue.
ms question of Rooseveltism. The
question is-and surely it is gave
and fundamental one-shall our conn
ETY. be i<,rerned by our laws, or bv
kthe whims OF man through com
mlssioners? That question is certain
To remain alive and grow until new
party may emerge from It."
a3 Financial FURRY Helpful
A question brought the doctor back
tfto the present financial question.
II hope what We are passing
through" he said. will have an uti.
mate good effect It's salutary effects
will not be so much in Wall street
as In Washington. think the worst
is oyer--so far as the administration
is concerned. ] hope so.
One of the most serious things as
regards the administration relation
10 THIS agitation is the fact that Mr..
Roosevelt has really accomplished
nothing-no reform, that is lie has
sent no offender to prison: he has
done nothing to improve any of the
conditions he has so severely arraign-
ed. but he has agitated the country
and filled it with disaster and alarm.
In fact, the attention of the coun.
try has been turned from the imagI-
nary evils to which the President call.
ed its attention and cent?, upon a
fear of what may result from the
Presidents policy The cure lie offer.
ed has sickened the patient.
The people are occupied today not
rs TO how business shall be managed
bllt as TO how they may save them
selves from Mr.. Roosevelt's manage
mcnt"
Lincoln "Back There in 49,"
In the November American Maya