The sun., 1908-02-04
SHERWOODS ROOSEVELT
SAYS NE BORROWED MEASURES
or reform FROM BRYAN.

He Declares That Bryan In the superior OI
the strenuous One without 1IIs Tut
peFiAI SwaEger; II Broader In Culture :,
Better Poised and safer balanced.
WAsHNooN. Feb. S--Gen. Isaac Sher-
wood of Ohio. who returned TO Congress
at this session after an absence of thirty
four years, and who is now a Democrat,
delivered a remarkable speech in the House
to-day in which he assailed the Presid ent
and accused him Of ha wing appropriated
the policies for which Bryan stands. Gen.
Sher wood took as the text Of his remarks
the recent message OF the President to Con-
gress, In opening he reviewed briefly the
political situation as it was in Congress a
generation ago and recalled the statement
and deeds Of that day.
Il desire to discuss" he said. 'the re-
markable message Of the President. the
most remarkable in salient features Of any
ever delivered on this floor. ! shall discuss
it in sorrow and purely without prejudice
or party bias. as all the hot, whetted shafts
delivered with such terrific force and venom
are aimed at the men who control and DOM
mate the principles and policies Of the
Presidents own party. No member on
this side Of the House is hit or lacerated by
the President double edged and powerful
sabre
Gen. Sherwood then proceeded TO review
industrial conditions at present. the dis
content of labor and the distrust of capital
and said that the vast multitude are des-
perate and ripe for revolution.
And this" he said, lis no time for
political philippios, but rather a time for
calm judgment; As read the Presidents
message he offers no advice on proper
measure to relieve the distress Of his
countrymen. He hinges his message on
the Supreme Court decision declaring the
employers liability act unconstitutional
and he recommends new legislation. This
is all proper and important. but is there
any issue here? Is there any opposition TO
this proposed legislation l have heard OF
none"
Gen. Sherwood at length reviewed the
the President for his attitude in the matter
and then took up the case OF the Western
Federation of Miners, charged with the
killing OF Gov. Steunenberg. Here" he
said. was a chance for the President to
proclaim in laundering tones the great
fundamental right Of citizens guaranteed
by the Constitution. but instead he was as
silent as the oysters of Oyster Bay"
He took occasion to denounce those three
innocent officials who were. IL was claimed.
about TO he railTOaded to the gallOws as
undesirable citizens.
Il am not aiming 20 pose as the champion
of organized labor" he continued. L do
not assume 70 represent organized labor
alone. but | stand for men. l am for all
the measures of reform borrowed by the
President. | am for all the so-Called Roose-
welt policies. except mitarism, Imperialism
and vampirism The President stands for
nothing of any vitality that ne did not bor-
row from the Democratic platform of 1899
and 1900. l was for all these policies and
working side by side with the peerless
leader from Nebraska while the self-ap-
pointed champion OF these policies, now
in the White House, was before the Amer
ican people denouncing Bryan and his cause
as dangerous and anarchistic.
Il see our champion still is in the lime
light, as in 1896. He is the superior OF the
strenuous one without his imperial swag
ger. He never appeals to those who exalt
the cruel and brutal He would never hold
Japanese wrestling matches on the White
House carpet. He would never stab to
death a cub mountain lion amid the plaudits
of the COW punchers and bronco busters.
He never drank the british milk of the she
bear in the Louisiana canebrakes, but in
moral grandeur he towers above the dictator
of the White House as the WamOnquent
Our champion is broader in culture ripper
and safer balanced. His name is William
Jennings Bryan, and the shibbOleth Of our
Democracy shall be, The flag Of those
shining stars of States shall never float over
a country where the sword and the man on
horseback usurp the functions of justice.
liberty and constitutional law"