The Irish standard., 1908-10-24
AS HE VIEWS IT
John P. Sutton, Of the Chicago Citizen
On the Roosevelt Dynasty.

On the Roosevelt Dynasty.
in Il communicate to- the Inter
Ocean OF the 7th inst, MIR. John P.
Sutton, editor Of the Chicago Citizen,
and successor Of the late lamented
John T.. F'inerty, ex,,resscs his views
OH the presidential succession scher:c
as follows: ~
The Republican party will, as nlnv
be expected, attempt TO heittlc the Sc
robustness of Mr.. Nicholas Longworth's
revelation of the true inwardness of
the Roosevelt Taft Roosevelt schelnc
While to tho man who skins the sur
face of political trendings the state
ment Of Mr.. Longwortl1 may have
seemed startling lin tie extreme, there
i; nothing in 1t but what VIC Demo-
Gratis have been fighting against for
many unsuccessful years. Perhaps. ali
| though We have not succeeded in
breaking the Republican combinatio1,
should not say We have been unsuc-
cessful. Mr.. Bryan, and those who
stand for his principles, have with
gratifying success brought the Amer
ican people face to face with this dy-
l1astic peril.
What matters it whether the reign
! ing family be named Roosevelt, Taft
or Longworth. il the power behind the
throne be the STANDARD Oil company.
and the kindred nonopolies that have
wiped out legitimate competition, and
left little. or no .futuress : I'd tl,s pner n,aa
outside the service If SSne or other Of
these great corporations. The people
are reused to4a sense Of their dangc ,
and the conduct of President Roosc
! welt is a menacing presage of what
may be expected from him III the flu
ture.
We have hitherto been taught to
believe that when a man was clect"t.
to the high Office of President of the
United States he ceased to be a psi
vate citizen, he ceased to be Il polit;
cal partisan, and ascended to the prcs-
+; idential chair as chief magistrate Gf
all the people regardless Of their p".
litical affiliations. President Roose-
welt has forgotten the dignity If his
position, has cast aside the Insignia OF
his rank, and has descended TO tie
political arena. to battle and brawl
within the limits Of it's ring. That
President Roosevelt ras acted .lnbe-
comingly no man will deny His con-
duct has shocked those Republicans
who still believe in adhering to !:.e
honorable traditions Of the presiden.
tia Office.
President Roosevelt has before n Nv
reprilnanded public servants who have
taken an undue interest in public p,l-
itics. Is President Roosevelt 81 publi.:
servant amenablc to The same laws
and customs to which he subjects 9TH
ei public servants. OF is he an au o.
crat above his own law, as nc has
hitherto administered it?
When we, as Democrats, behold the
cllief magistrate of the republic de-
scending from his high office to be.
come IL rabid political partisan, we
cannot forget that he wields u t:c-
riendous power, that our constitution
ac2ords him powers in some Instances
superior to those possessed by the
King of England.
Does it allay our fears Of consp:,-
acy to hold for certain privileged men
the hereditary control Of our country.
when we reflect that this partisan,
President is supreme commander ot
our army and navy? Does it give TIL,
working man and the man who lives
by his industry, from hand to mouth,
confidence in the future Of our coun
try, when they see the representatives
"f the trusts and monopolies that have
fattened OIL the people, without excep-
! ton, supporting the man whom Pres
ident Roosevelt nomtnates as his 10.
cum tenems while he himself is taking
8 few years vacation hunting bis
game in Africa or some other ooup-
, try?
It will be said that President Roo ;e-
welt and Mr.. Taft are honest m,n. We
do not deny 1t. but honest men lrt
not necessarily the ablest men. We
do know, however, that bulldozers,
corruptionists, and public robbers n.t
the trusts and n1onopolies. against
whom the whole American people ar,
arrayed, do not support honest mer