Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-30
QUOTATION FROM SUPPRESSED
WORK OF ROOSEVELT DAMAGING

them, and he was Undoubtedly right thco-
retieally.
Page 149-on the suffrage his views arc
perfectly defensiblc: he believed that II
should be limited to freeholders. He right
ly considered the question to how widely
it should be extended to be one OF exped-
iency merely. 1t is simply idle folly to
talk of suffrage as being Unborn or
natural right.
Page 151-Morris also enlarged on this
last idea. "Give the votes to people who
have no property and they will sell them to
the rich" said be. When tainted with his
aristocratic tendencies he answered that
he had long ceased to be the dupe of Words
that the mere sound OF the name "aristoc-
racy" had no terrors for him. but that he
did fear lest harm should result to the peo-
pie from the unaeknowledged existence OF
the very thing they feared to mention. AS
he put It. there never was or would be a
civilized society without aristocracy, and
his endeavor was to keep 1t as much as
possible from doing mischief
Page 156--He opposed the hurtful provis-
ion which requires that each congressman
should be a resident of his own district,
urging that congressman represented the
people at large as well their own small
localities, and he also objected to masking
officers Of the army and navy ineligible.
Page 157--Native American movement
against all foreigners. which was headed
by Butler of South Carolina. who himself
was of Irish parentage. He strenuously IN
sisted that no foreigners whomsoever should
~
proposition considering that 1t would have
excluded quite a number of the eminent
men he was then addressing.
Page 175-There can be no sounder rule OF
craftsmanship, and none was more nag
rantly broken by the amiable but incom-
petent political doctrinaires Of 17ss Thus
the American, as a far-sighted statesman
despised the theorists who began the reNo-
tuition, and as humane and honorable
man. abhorred the hlaclS-hearted wretches
who carried it His view of the people
among whom he found himself. as well as
his statement of his own position ne MINI
self has recorded.
Page 1s1-The marquis told him that he
was injuring the cause because MS sentl-
ments were being continually quoted against
'the good party" Morris answered tnat
he was opposed to democracy from regard
to liberty that the popular party were
going straight to destruction. and he would
fain stop them if he could; for thelr views
respecting the nation were totally inconsist-
emit with the materials Of which 1t was
composed and the worst thing that could
happen TO them would be to have their
wishes granted.
Is not that enough for Teddy?
l hope you will publish these quota
tions in full in The Herald, so that
everybody hereabouts may read them.
The copy that was i'll the public Ii
brary in this city a few years ago has
disappeared. l think the same is true
of every copy in every public library in
this quarter of the world. This book
cannot be found in any list now pub
lished in the magazines, which are said
to be Roosevelt's complete works. 1t
can be found listed in the library cata-
logue.
1t seems to me that every American
who has ever had any admiration for
Roosevelt should read the book because
of the damaging testimony it contains
as to his cratic mind and unamerican
sentiment. Yours very truly.
EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON.