Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-01-15
Editorial Comment

gress, and the country will be happy
ana prosperous Tine present condi.
tious are due, plainly. TO the fact that
the people placed Roosevelt, instead ~
Parker, m the White House, for. he lie.
clsres
''if you ash nov credit shat bo re-
stored, can give you but this negative
answer Not by o. continuance " she
whole of the country " still other new
theories, nor 10y q continuance OF the
will Of our present ruler, nos any like
him, Of sporadic, spectacular attacks,
one following another, upon the yari.
Gus forms If invested savings"
Our present ruler" is to blame for
be all. u would not he thus. II Parker
ruled. % course In the same vein. ne
continues;
What Is wrong with our financial
condition. Can anyone say that We
are on an unsound financial basisi
What Is at fault with general mercan,
tilo conditions' They are excellent
What visible danger threatens our
pTosperity' None. a. far a. we can
determine, Why then, this abnormal
situation, which has startled the world
and reacted upon every European fin.
auciai center' The answer IL 20 be
found la the simple fact that there nas
been determined attack upon property
a. such
By our present ruler, Fl, must he
inferred Judge Parker is al intel.
iigcnI nan. supposedly Doubtless, he
has cad President Roosevelt =
speegHcs When he states that Roose
Welt an. made r. determined attack
upon property, 49, such, nc says
whni II not true. lie cannot bring a
scint,ils - evidence IN supper II this
monstrous assertion. In hi public
uttcranees the President has. invari
ably, defended honestly acquired
wealth io nas made il absolutely
clear. 40 mis- words and his deeds, that
only dishonest wealth has aught TO
fear from his administration. He has
not attacked wealth, AS such, either
IN his official capacity or In his dis.
eussion of affairs. Through the depart
inen' II justice, he mas sougat 10 en-.
force the laws against the predatory
and illegal combinations, these same
laws for not enforcing which Parker,
| when candidate, four years ago, de-
nonnced the administration Parker
made this leading sue ~ his cam
paign
Further than this the President has
j suggested new legislation lie has nd
/ vocated IN inheritance tax II tnis an
attack upon wealth, "as mchi Not
~ the sense Parker uses. for nearly
every state IN the Union has in.
! hcritan'c taS laws There il nothing
new IN that President Roosevelt mas.
also, favored mn 'ncomc ,ax law \
( Democratic congress once passed one,
and Democratic president, Of the
I Park conservative faction u che
rariy signed a Is that 40 attack On
wealth as sucht II so why. are
cleveland and Parker class,d as con
scrvht,ycsi
Ia enforcing ,ht sherman aud ~
kius acts, 'he President nas merely
done mis- iuiy and observed ms oath
Parker rimself promised 10 do 80, II
elected In recommending new legis
ioiion Tor taxation and for the control
81 subtle corporations Roosevelt ha,
mo- even gone '0 the extremes OF OK
isting models, IN England France
Germany canada and other 'eonscr
natives ,"untrics Laws Of this kind
~ other countries. are more drastiy
than ne most radical ones proposed
ny Roosevelt, Are they attacks upon
wealth. rs suchi''
We cannot even credit Parker with
sincerity, without questioning hi,
mental capacity.