The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
Political.


In his second Outlook editorial entitled
Where we can work with Socialists. ''
former President Roosevelt says there are
many high-minded men and women who
Ike TO speak Of themselves as Socialists.
I whose attitude. conscious or uncon-
scious. is really merely an indignant rec
ognitiOn Of the evil of present conditions
and an ardent wish 10 remedy them, and
whose socialism is really only an ad-
vanced form of liberalism" He goes on
TO say that many Of these in practice
wholly repudiate the purely materialistic
and therefore sordid" doctrines of those
others whose creed really is in sharp
antagonism TO every principle of public
/ and domestic morality who war on pri-
vate property with a bitterness but little
I greater than that with which they war
against the institution Of the home and
/ family and against every form Of reli-
gion.' These moral socialists. he says.
are often Joined temporarily with the op-
portunist socialists. who, believing in an
I impossible Utopia. do in practice try 10
I do away with some phase of existing
wrong With both OF these groups II is
/ possible. he thinks. for far-sighted men
/ 10 join heartily in the effort 20 secure a
given reform. AT the outset however,
! Editor Roosevelt points out that the evil
/ in our social and industrial condition IS
so great that men are likely 10 turn 20
/ false teachers who at least recognize ex-
/ isting misery. and admonishes those who
would work against socialism effectively
10 secure the enactment or laws against
! child labor. long hours, insanitsry condi-
/ tiQns OF work, and employers liability
I While admitting that the wage sytem can
\ be bettered in many respects. he says
/ that screaming about wage slavery is
1 largely absurd. adding that. for instance.
at this moment. ne is a wage slave Of the
Outlook. He insists that everything should
/ be done that is possible 10 achieve "a
measurable equality OF opportunity: an
/ equality Of opportunity Tor eacn man 70
show the stuff that is IN him" AS for
| the reward then let each man get what
he can He qualities this by saying that
! we must set our face against privilege Of
every kind. whether Of the lazy laborer
or Of the huge capitalist. and again he
/ insists that "he stands for equality Of
opportunity, and that the reward should
depend on the service"
Mayor Mcclellan of New York. in the
second of his lectures at Princeton on
/ Principles in Politics." occupying the
chair held by the late Grover Cleveland
I! accused both OF the leading political par
ties Of oppOrtunism. and compared Presi-
! dent Taft unfavorably with President
I Cleveland because the latter had tried to
be the head OF the nation. rather than
merely the head of a political party The
office Of the President, according to Taft
] Mcclellan said, was nothing but the prin-
ofr off in ha ~r,,
and that this resulted in weakness. fnefi-
cheney, and corruption This conception
he takes from Taft's speech before the
1 Ohio Society at New York Since 1895
our national campaigns have ceased 20 be
! founded on differences Of principle. In
both parties there had been a disposition
to misapply The general welfare" theory
of the Constitution in the interest Of col
! lectivisn. Both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis had embraced fraternalism. The
sole question was what would win the
election
In summing up the reception OF the
Payne tariff bill by the newspapers Of
the country the Literary Digest saws
Payne tariff bill by the newspapers OF
ments approval was the dominant note.
and that many independent and Demo-
cratic pepers were surprised" at the evil
dent purpose 10 revise downward A
later reading OF the opposition and in
dependent press shows that the first
judgment is undergoing a radical change,
as they discover what they believe 10 be
'.jokers" in the bill. which viii have the
effect OF an upward revision.
Pursuant 10 the programme OF greater
economy in public expenditures which
President Taft is understood TO
have adopted, the Cabinet has been or
TOD TT
the lines Of governmental finance In all
the nations OF Europe. The main object
is TO harmonic expenses and revenues.
Secretary Of the Treasury MacVeagh will
lay before the Cabinet the estimated
revenues. and then all heads Of depart
ments and bureaus Hereunder Will be ex-
pected 10 cut their garments according to
their cloth
The unofficial figures OF the first test
OF the three naval scout cruisers, Bir-
mingham. Chester, and Salem. in a run
of 1000 miles at a ten-knot speed show
that the Birmingham. which is fitted with
the reciprocating type Of engines. burned
thirty-two tons Of coal an hour, while
the other vessels having the turbine en-
gines consumed forty tons an hour The
next test VIII be a run Of 800 miles at
a fifteen knot speed.
On the oath the Department of Ag-
riculture issued an order raising the Fed
eral quarantine against the States of
Pennsylvania and New York for the foot
and mouth disease among cattle. except
In parts II Delaware and Lancaster
counties, Pa Elsewhere the disease is
not now known 10 exist.
The Marine Hospital Service has
brought out it's report on the long fight
against the spread Of bubOnic plague in
san Francisco From this il appears
that the disease was spread by a certain
kind II flea which infected rats About
1,Oo01y rats were killed. and almost 1OO-
600 or them were examined. OF which
more than 800 were found to be carrying
the deadly fieas. The authorities disin-
fected 2.796 steamships and $500 houses.
examined 1850 suspected cases. and in
spected 1913 dead bodies Up 10 June 80
there had been 159 cases of the plague.
and seventy-seven deaths therefrOm.
At Denver, Chicago. and other places
along his homewerd journey to New
York. where he arrived on his special
train Thursday, E. H Hartman was
interviewed. and talked freely OF busi-
ness and political topics But the burden
OF his refrain was that the Roosevelt
administration was all wrong in its fight
on the railroads in general and on him
self In particular The attention OF the
public should be turned away from the
railroads and toward making the govern