The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-28

fAGE EIGHT.
the trusts, is Tar more conspicuous and
far more remediable in the case Of the
tariff Under guise Of the theory OF
protection the tarifT has been used as a
means Of giving special favors or Of
obtaining special privileges. II the
same aroused sense of justice and fair
dealing can be applied by Mr.. Taft to
the tarif question as was applied by Mr..
Roosevelt to the trust question we may
possibly obtain in the end some per-
manent relief from political DONNA
tion of special interests.
Perhaps the most conspicuous
omission Of a public question In Mr..
Roosevelt's administration has been
the currency question. Nothing has
been done to simplify and strengthen
our anomalous and complicated cur
rency system, for instance by the
elimination OF the greenback, the re-
duction in the quantity and converti-
bility into gold OF the silver dollar.
the creation Of an elastic bank cur
rency and the divorce OF bank notes
from the government debt. At pres
ent we cannot pay the national debt
without abolition Of bank notes. But
the worst evil of our currency system
is one which all gold using nations
are having, and this is the deprecia-
ton Of our monetary standard which
was at the bottom Of our panic and
will have in the next ten years more
effect in perverting the distribution OF
wealth than all the trusts or than any
other one cause.
Those nearest to Mr.. Roosevelt
recognize his greatness. He gives
many handles for criticism, but he is
unwilling to run away from criticism
when he has purpose to carry out.
Personally l have taken great sat
isfaction in that Mr.. Roosevelt has
taken up the public health movement
This is really a part, as he said in his
speech last May at the White House
OF the conservation Of the national eff
ficiency. the other part being the con
servation Of the national resources.
He has prepared the ground for Mr.
Taft to create in the Department OF
the Interior, by reconstructing 1t, q
great and efficient department OF ed
ucation, through which hundreds OF
thousands OF needless deaths and
great waste OF human productivity
can be avoided. Mr.. Garfield has him
elimination OF the bureaus in that de
partment which do not belong there
and the inclusion OF others that do he
long there"
Professor Henry Wade Rogers
Dean of the Law Department OF Yale
University:-"It is usually exceeding
" difficult to undertake to predict al
the time of statesman's retirement
from office just what estimate his
tory will ultimately place upon his
services. The opinion entertained Of
Mr.. Cleveland by his opponents at the
time Of his death was quite different
from that which was entertained by
them when he left the White House
The judgment placed on Andrew
Johnson now Is not at all that OF the
majority of the people at the time Of
his retirement. The fact that a man
is exceedingly popular with the people
when he leaves the Presidency can
not be accepted as any certain guar
anty that history will assign him any
very high place among statesmen
That is as true as the fact that q
mans unpopularity at the time he
leaves the Presidency is no guaranty
that history will not assign him very
high place and regard him as really
great President
.'Of one thing think we can be as
sured. History will, In my opinion
regard Mr.. Roosevelt as the most law
less President we have ever had II
the United States. He has had appar
emily very little respect for any au
th0rity except his own. That is a yer,
grave defect of character in any pub
lie official, and especially in a Presi
dent. His criticism Of the courts ha.
been frequent and shocking, and he
has been apparently entirely obliviouf
to the fact that the judiciary consti
tutes coordinate department OF the
government, and as such not within
his province. To undermine the con
hdence OF the people In the judiciary
is one Of the most dangero', and rep
rehensible things = public man car
do. and again and again he has as
sailed the Judiciary, and without rea
son. He deserves. and In my opinion
will receive. the severe censure OF
history for his lawlessness and hi,
lack OF respect for the courts Of this
country.
While he Is deserving credit FOL
some things. ! think that when his
tork carefully sums up the results d
his administration It will not give him
a place among the really great Presi
dents OF the United States. That he
is remarkable man Is not to be de
MED. We have had no President like
him, and probably will not have FOL
hundred years to come"
David Starr Jordan, President Of
the Leland Stanford, Jr, University
Roosevelt will have n very hirh