The Washington herald., 1908-08-07
POLITICAL COMMENT.

luat PRESIDENT Roosevelt should be care
ful about his public utterauoes. If only
| because OF the force Of example he sets,
and it points how labor organizations
! condemn him for his contempt Tor tne
courts. 1t says:
IF anything can give Mr.. Roosevelt
concern over the effect OF his hasty pub
[ lie utterances. It should be the way his
example heartens his felIow-citizens to
quote his rashness as their excuse. The
Central Labor Union of Indianapolis yes
terday passed resolutions whose pre-
amble declared that President RoOse-
velt. the highest executive in the land
mas recently shoyn a greater contempt
Tor the courts than has ever been shown
I by any officer OF the American Fedora
tion Of Labor or any member of organ
lzed labor The sting Of the declaration
lies IN the very considerable amount Of
truth II contains. One cannot effectively
preach good citizenship one day. and the
next day use his high position 70 casti-
gate openly a trio OF judges. merely
because their decision is a personal dis
appointment 10 the critic Lincoln ex-
pressed his opinion that a decision OF
the Supreme Court which the Chief TX
ecutive believed unconstitutional was
not binding on the President but no one
ever dreams OF citing Lincoln as a raner
against courts and judges But. then.
I there are more points Of contrast than
one between Lincoln and the present
Chief Executive"
The Chicago Record-HeraId thinks that
the political issue IN a nutshell IS which
party viii most surely continue the policy
Of progression Il declares.
After all the general issue. in a nut
shell. is which Of the tickets and parties
will most consistently and reasonably /
continUe the progressive policies Of the
present administration. Both platforms
are advanced. both leaders are in SYN
pathy with the spirit OF the times. Never
was there q better chance for good feel |
ing and sweet reasonabIeness in urging
the respective claims Of the parties and
tickets on the intelligent voters OF the
country"
The Terre Haute Tribune. while II will
hardly admit that Indiana is al all a
doubtful State. yet insists that the Re
pubHcans have got 10 hustle this year.
and IL points out the dangers Of indiner- /
.ence- It says
Republicans all over Indiana this year
must remember that there IS no possibil- I
ity Of separating the issues called State
from those termed national Principles
ship. county. Congressional district state.
or. We might say. national lines Local
conditions may temporarily align differ
ent interests under local banner Of Re
publicanism. but the success Of the party
IN the nation depends upon its success
IN the smallest political division In fact
it has been ascerJained by some one who
had a prediction for figuring that
even one vote at the polls might change
The NhraerTa~-r- aT4
the minor divisions. Especially must the
Congressional districts be safeguarded
everywhere Democrats announce with Z
a blare Of trumpets that they will have
the next House % Representative. There .
is always a possibility that The Repub- +
leans VIII be so blind 70 the country's in I
terests as 10 permit such a disaster
The Pittsburg sun says that Mr.. Taft-s I
declaration for cheaper justice for the |
people IS in the direction OF less law and /
simpler. II says;
The Taft declaration IN favor Of
cheaper justice for The people can mean Z
only one thing. less law and simpler No Z
other way is possible. And yet the whole .
effort Of the Republican party OF Pregi- l
dent Roosevelt, and Of Alr. Taft himself i
Is in the opposite direction Of more law I
and more complicated because Of its d. I
-l-''AA A- is Hl-f--1AAt-AA-- M At-L
speech OF acceptance calls attention 70 I
the enormous amount Of additional bu-
resucratic machinery that will be needed I
20 enforce the legislation he and MS "a
tron deem necessary 10 meet the exist I
ing situation.
The Raleigh Times gives its reasons |
for believing that Gov. Hughes viii be /
defeated for reelection II SAYS
sfTEFf-o--~ ~ e-r~,~s,-- 90 --- - j
ers. or with the lukewa-m support Of 4
them. Gov Hughes. 4 reaoninated VIII I
50 into the campaign this fall with small /
chance OF being reelected He has made .
hundreds Of thousands OF enemies BY his 4
policy OF shutting down on the race
track gamblers and. though he has done
10 more than what IS right, he has lost 4
many friends The diszTectioa n New
YORK state places the election OF a Dem 1
ocratic governor within the range Of I
prObs biIities."
The New Orleans Picayune believes that /
'expediency'' IS the watchword OF the D
present campaign. and il SAYS
It IS well known that Mr. Roosevelt
though under a sacred obligation 20 main /
tain and defend the Constitution OF the 4
United States. has not only himself over \
leaped the limits Of executive authority.
prescribed by that instrument but has
even urged that II should be changed as 1
exPediency may suggest, by Congress and I
the Courts Why. then should not his
closest friend and warnest adni-er take
a similar view Of executive discretion. as
he. for his part. has taken where the
organic law OF the land was concerned2 I
Expediency IS the thing Moreover. Judge /
Taft IS supposed 20 have incurred a se-i- i
Gus weight OF obligation 10 the so-csUed /
solid interest and he has been com
mended 70 those interests on the ground I
mat he IS by temperament less inpulsive
and more conservative than AIr Roose-
veit-that he belongs 10 the class to 4
which Caesar referred. when. according
10 Shakespeare he said.
Let ne have ren about ne that A. fat
sleek-headed men. and slch as sleep O. NIGHTS,
The Baltimore American is sorry that
Mr.. Taft has gone into what il calls the
canned .Oratory'' business. and thinks
he ought TO have left such devices 10
Mr.. Bryan. It says.
Such an adept in reaching the public
ear as Nj Bryan could not be expected
10 overlook the magnificent distrfbutfva
facilities offered by the talking machine.
He began canning his oratorv some
weeks ago. and it Is now possible TO
hear the Democratic candidate talk sim
ply by dropping a penny in the slot. The
canned oratory campaign Will, therefore
soon be IN fun swing. The speeches are
brief-frOm three 70 five minutes each ,
Each talking-machine address IS neces-
sarily confined to the discussion OF one
topic and even al such limitation the
argument must be boiled down to 2 con
oentrsted essence. in order 20 hammer
home the point before the machine