The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-02
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tho prcsldnniiaY chair ahoui seven
wears ana four months During this
lime he has made more than iouf
times as much Noise az the noisies'
President ought 20 have made. MS
immediate predecessor was quiet 3na
kentle. when he went 20 his grave
d nation was literally IN tears. re
alA not ia his office carry Shat awful
load OF responsibility which Lincoln
before him had been Obliged TO bear.
bnl he was faithful 10 his trust and
ht was beloved by The entire Amefi'
can people. says an exchange
Nj. Roosevelt retiros from once
leaving The country IN a bad condition
During The period In which be has pfe
sized. TIE earth has yielded cxce2
tionally bounlifil harvesls Bur IN the
last sixteen months the country sel
erally has experienced sad distress
Mr. Roosevelt forced both the nomina
ton and the election of his success
sof. With him. from FIRST to last, the
end has been everything and the
means anything lie has cmployed
the power Of vast patronage at his
command to orerbeaf all cppoailloa 70
his wishes and, white pTeachlng gran
dllu1uently Of low aud justice be has
dlah0nOred constitution, statnte enact
meats. plecpdenis and usages aud pa
den de ancc 70 an attempts 70 hold
him % account for anything which as
Chief Magistrate he his chosen 20 DDS
re has brought dlshpncr. upon the
Felleia government By f1rcln.
weaker republic. whole entire puliIical
organization was Fashioned after ours,
Ita submit tl d secession OF one Of iis
aiaes. thus dlscledstlng the sacrifice
made by this ion OF a vast amount
q ble0d and frcamio in war Of -four
years 60 maiSian intact the American
nnian
Roosevelt, leaves The chair with The
trusts ln tho sndd,e oXlortlns tribute
from The great mass o. the inhlbitants
81 lha Cnlicd states, He has weak
cntd the authority OF The government.
by exemplins MS favoi'rs from the
peaaliina due 20 the violation Of law,
by Judicial Interpretation suited To-
hls individual caprice, when by laW ne
Is relrsycd % consult cabinet oiAcer
learAed IA the l8g whose duty Is tp
give him judicial advice IN such
ct es ho haa arTogaied 70 himself ig
lass uroa judicial question: without
calling upon bis constitutional adviser
fcr an opinion Ho has wan,only nd
repeatedly tfespassed iwon the cons
atltuflonal powers OF the states. fle
has outraged Che secret service hg II
81 tenn az & Monage upon members OF
beth house Of Congress such adj.
miuistfatiOn Is scandalous and n il
suit 10 selifespecing people Tae
Time hA haen wren Mr ko9sevvif
could have lai al his Dack The whole
American people excepting . iew
plntocrats whose consplracie5 agaiEw
he paJlic hf was skcd 10 desboY
But nftead af dlscbarging his swafa
duty be haa often rebpked the peapi
Ter their nprelis 10 him fos nati1Anl
enforcement &C existing laws and b.
unsteady. uncertain vacillatmg policy
/ he has digslD tcd the Government
atfength and discouraged the pe1uie s
hopes. He has moi lacked Legislation
He hna uskel for the passage Of the
Elklns law, and Congress complied
vith hts demand Thni dM nor sailHfs
him and he tiped Tor something more
flexible anil df greater strength The
Hepburn blll was o measure afler his
own heart lhis ne could have had
passed 10 Il had been possible for niin
% Keep faith with angnody Dul when
Senator Allison 0ncred an ameaas
mpat Roosevelt went into eastacie
ever the proposed compromise. aud
ihlew overheard hts newly Wai
friends. sqmp OF whom be- cluslmea
/ 20 ice Ansnias club The Hepburn
/ blil speedily became q law. aud then
Aif Roosevelt discovered That "a did
net 3 The fenuisHe f1r whlcl 1t Aa8
/ intended end The Elkins aei waa
efilcl baca INTO service Finally Mr
RtascYen. after years OF experime H.
wanted lbe sherman autitrust laN
either sepealed on Reconstructed and
at length Congress has refused 10 sub
nit % mere foollng
And now this magician al trust huss
lng having spent years IN marching
md counlermarchlng. advancing and
reiiNaiing slde-stcpl Ing jumping ana
shouting has hnlsAed hia course. do
Ing nothing beyond making d nlise
Some % thc state governments, whose
authority Nr Roosevelt has persist
4 emily discrcalied have made d begin
nlpg towaFd requiring the trusts q
settle, while The giant With hts cluh
take his exit leaving behind him 4
Government fast passing into insolven
cv. and record Of absolute nasco
while he departs for darkest Africa
The American people have been de
lfefvedly huncaed,