The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-27


Shortcomings of Roosevelt Much
Talk and Little Action-Trusts Sill;
Thrive Despite the Vaunted Wh;ts
House Opposition
By WILLIS j. ABBOT.
Recently | was i'll Richmond with
Mr.. Bryan. He had been invited there
10y some Democrats Of Virginia t.
speak at the state fair. 1t had been
asserted that he would declare him
self on the matter Of his possible can
didacy for the presidential nomination
This he did not do. But he spoke very
strongly on certain matters that tha
Democratic party will have to hanll.
in the next national campaign. a..
Two things that Mr.. Bryan said at
Richmond seem to me matters of i'm
portance. To begin with, in his speech
there he took a much more uositiye
stand on the tariff issue than either he
or any other Democratic statesman
has taken in the last few years. He
HiSIstNa thdt ItIb11Il IlluSt he Ht-
complished by the friends of reform
and not by the friends of the tariff
Let me quote:
IF you are ever to have tariff re
form you must have it by these who
believe in tariff reform and not by
those who propose to practice it as n
political necessity. No bpnc-
ficiary of Il political industry will ever
let go Of the public teat until it is
dragged away by main force"
Mr.. Bryan's attack upon the tariff
was so forceful and so strong that it
has made his friends in the east be
lieve that he purposes to make the
tariff issue the paramount issue in the
next campaign. happen to know that
this is not his intention. If he should
be the candidate, and only the Demo
cratic masses can determine whether
he shall be or not, he will urge not
one issue. but three And all three
are so interviewer that they cannot he
separated. There is the tariff which
creates the trusts. There are the trusts
that contribute the campaign funds to
maintain the party which enforees the
tariff. There are the railroads that
give special concessions to the trusts
Nand contribute campaign funds for the
maintenance of the tariff You can't
American politics. II you touch one
the other two come to its defense. 1t
is what the doctors call "malign in
nuence.' as when mans heart and
lungs and kidneys are equally affect
ed The physicians say that they
might be able to cure one. but they
cannot make the cure complete with
out healing all three. And SO the tar
III. the railroads and the trusts are
equally vital to the body polite. and
II one is to be healed all must he.
Senator Pettigrew In Washington.
very shy of its ablest people The
best men it ever had have one after
another been elbowed out of any sort
of place or influence in its counsels.
1t sounds like ancient history. but 1t
Is fair to recall the way in which In
gals was quietly eliminated from the,
party, though he was one of the most
brilliant and one of the most honest
men that American politics ever knew.
He died poor Could anything better
than that he said for him? That party
set aside other mentor example.
former Senator Pettigrew of South
Dakota. AIR Pettigrew is one of the
vsfs.J Grr1 IN, Of I,fs
people. In the senate he was brilliant
In debate. and out of the senate he was
striking in discourse. | met him only
a day or two ago. and from him ! got
this comment upon public affairs in
Washington:
The Republican party ought to-
nominate Uncle Joe Cannon. He best
typifies the ideals of his party. He
stands for high tariff and oftentimes
against the interests of the people.
sThe Democrats will nominate Bry-
m. Mr. Bryan stands for the inter
ests Of the people. He has been urging
the policies that Mr.. Roosevelt has
adopted and 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 mate 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 counsei
for more than one combination of cap
ital. Secretary Taft was an excellent
Judge to issue injunctions against Ia
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.
sslf fha nraSi,lent selects advisers OF |