The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22

I'ul,o:i 70 take. !!I WY Is ne taking
III: bcc;.use To! .'o'nsGn. fighting.
&len@ that line ~ lay certain kHowi-
"iiGe for !-oGe tH:.:I twenty Years. final
II enforced Oh I'll" 1,poi,lt. Of cleveland
tHe conviction t,.S- public franchises
bcion= to the people and should not
q. used Tor private profit Just eN
2ctiy as Nj. Bryan has blazcd the way
followed since by Roosevelt. who has
foInd much political profit therein. 50
rom johnson has lived Oh the plat
s:rm which Mr.. Barton now asks that
BIZ own party should allow him to-
mount
But ali the same BurioI-Shuws coGr-
age he has been the leader i'll the
fight on Senate. Foraker ana Senator
Dick. He has been one OF th" men
who advocated the elimination of
Foraker from Ohio politics. When he
announced his purpose 10 ran for may
or of Cleveland he gave as his chief
reason therefor letters he had received
from President Roosevelt. Secretary
Taft and Secretary Garfield. The last
eli these diGnitaries lives in Clcyeland
the other two know nothing abodt its
municipal needs. Mr. RuriUn seems to
be willing to run for mayor OH Il n;i
tional platform. Tom johnson. who
has served three terms is likely to
continue. as he has already done max,
ing himself the candidate Of he peu-
pie on a platform addressed to the
citizens of his OWE town and Oh Il
record of accomplishment and of trl-
umDE.
Mr.. Rooseveit's SIX Sceeches.
Upon the very best authority Z am
informed that the SIX Speeches which
Mr.. Roosevelt is now writing at DyS-
ter Bay for the purpose oi delivery
during his Wc>,el'.! ana southern "trip
in connection with the deep waterways
excursion are IL make his Province
town speech Honnd rs mild as the coo
ing of q sucking dove. Anybody who
thought that the president was going
to stop Seeding because cther pcupic
Scolded back viii he disappointed.
Persons w1o had 4 !ingerin" hope Of
q modification Of the form OF rreSio1-n-
tial oratory which, rs q New York pa
FER said. has made NJ. ItClr$t'S Even
ing Journal Il conservative organ arc
, likely to lie amazed Somehow rs the
abusive oratorT % Mr. Roosevelt be
comes more an,l more extreme one
can but remember one Of his famous
maxims f." the @uiGijnr" Of nations.
Speak SoItly' he said. "isut carry 4
big stick If any man has fallen
short of livin" up to this maxim it i
its author. No one has known him -
speak SnftI%. n lis present cr:ltorical
assault upon corporations. trusts alll
monopolies he has exhausted the Eng
lish svocabulary Of vituI,eration. But
no big stick has demolished tn" ?n"n
whom he attacked That "one rich
criminal in jail has not yet been dis
played to u. But the Ian suage OF
Jefferson Brick and his rowdy journal
has found new place in the speeches
Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Perry BeIr1ont's Development.
A long interview With Perry Belmont
in Paris has had some currency in the
United States this week. though main
~ confined to the press Of New York
ana adjacent states. Some portions OF
it well demand quotation. To my
mind-and | speak with some l,noWl-
edge Of the facts and with 1T least sin
cere conviction of the deductions
drawn from them-his discussion Of
the concentration of power in the pres
ident. his words about the tariff and
his plea for the publicity OF all cam
tant. These I quote:
The Concentration of Power.
Gradual concentration and accumula-
ton of power in the hands of our presf
dents has been such during the last twen-
ty years that chief executive has
been generally considered in Europe and
often in our own country as a ruler re-
sponsible only to public opinion. unre-
strained by congress or by the courts.
In his control are all branches Of the
federal government Upon his election
he becomes the chosen one who can do
no wrong. Criticism of the exercise of
the tremendous powers intruSted to him
is unpopular and is rarely undertaken
especially at the beginning of admin
istration. while sharp rebuke and con-
demnation are frequently visited upon
both houses of congress.
If to absolute and unrestrained eyecu-
tive power is added immunity from I'M
prejudiced and honest criticism. it be-
comes essential that the president shall
be possessed of calm temperament and
stable character. Fortunately the great
majority of our presidents have met this
requirement.
Tariff Father Of Trusts.
While loudly proclaiming its intention
to punish the violation of law and abolish
special privileges. it cannot be unknown
to the administration Of we are to believe
the presidents previous professions as
tariff reformer) that. whatever objection
able features there may be in railway
management. railway rates and rebates
and the so called trust evil. the enforce
ment Of existing laws would have pre-
vented many of these evils repeatedly
pointed out by Mr.. Bryan and his Demo-
cratic followers. and that the trust prob
lem itself is result of the high protec-
tive tariff system.
The National Publicity Law.
Vast fortunes have been made by the
tariff beneficiaries, who have stood at the
doors Of the ways and means committees
for forty years and who have for favor
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