The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-04
TREATMENT OF TAFT
DENOUNCED
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FLAWS
FORMER PRESIDENT FOR
ATTITUDE
Says Man Who Condemned Eight
Presidents Has Turned on Ninth
Advocate Of Despotism and Dis
ORDER" "conclusive and Dogmatic
Answer to Riddles Of Universe"

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was given to the attack on Col. Roose-
welt and his new nationalism, by Mar
tin w. Littleton. democratic candidate
for congress in the Oyster Bay dis
trict, in an address at Carnegie hall.
The new nationalism, he said, has its
source in the abiding disrespect Mr..
Roosevelt has constantly shown toward
our form OF republic" which has
caused him to show dissatisfaction
with the public men of this country as
well as its institutions.
He (Roosevelt) has not yet COM
pleted his symposium of mediocrity,
continued Mr.. Littleton. "He has not
concluded his catalogue of incompe-
tents, but there seems to be another
President scheduled to fall under his
condemnation. There seems to be
another who will find his place with
the 'shifty and selfish poll
tician,' with Tyler, who was a 'politi-
clan of monumental littleness,' with
Van Buren,. who faithfully served the
mammon of unrighteousness, with
Jackson who was ignorant and head
strong, with Monroe, who was a
courteous gentleman of no especial
ability with Madison whose incapacity
brought shame and disgrace to Ameri-
ca in the war of 1872 W tn Jefferson,
the most incapable President that ever
field the Presidents chair with Polk,
the very smallest of the line of small
Presidents, who came between Jack
son and Lincoln.
A Pathetic Picture.
"And this President awaiting, no
doubt. his place in this hall of infamy,
is one that Mr.. Roosevelt himself
created. It is pathetic picture of
broken friendship; it is a sad COM
upon the stability of political
alliance to see patient, just, earnest,
plain and rugged judge, who occupies
he position of President, almost
out of his place and excluded
from the prerogatives of his Office by
/ man wno continues to reign where
ever and whomsoever he may.
is it any wonder then that he
breaches new nationalism? Need one
be surprised at this strange doctrine?
Having gotten his views respecting
eight of the Presidents of the United
States and having surmised his at
titude towards a ninth, need we be
that he finds no difficulty in
urging radical change in the struc-
lure of the governments change
which is the strangest mixture of
socialism and empire; most unique
notion of despotism and disorder?
'sFor has he not said that the exec
ltive must be the steward of the public
welfare?' and has he not said, IT is
not enough that the gaining and keep
ing of a fortune is no damage to the
We must see to it that
no man shall gain and keep a fortune
unless the gaining and keeping of it
shall be benefit to the community
Thus shall the steward of the public
welfare be established as tribunal
to determine whether the individual
has gained his property TO the benefit
Of the community and whether he is
keeping it to the benefit of the COM
munity.
"LaW-Made Race"
"The vast region of Mr.. Roosevelt,s
political economy he has peopled with
q law-made race of men and women
who grope their way in the very fog OF
diffuse and unrelated powers.
.Tn the wide range of his active
mind he mas never encountered struc-
ture Of authority which he would not
form of government which
he would not alter: society which ne
would not transform. In the long reach
Of his ample and enriched years he
has never met with philosopher
whom he would not advise; teacher
whom he would not instruct; 9 soldier
whom he would not command; q king
whose sceptre he would not WELD: g
book which be would not re-write; 9
religion which he would not reorgan-
ize; a civilization which he would not
I'm government, bound by no law;
In life. bound by no policy; In inter
course. bound by no attachments; In
debate, bound by no record: in society,
bound by no conventions; IN conduct
bound by no tradition; in attack,
bound by no strategy: ia retreat,
bound by no order; in ambition. bound
by no limit, he towers today the en-