The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-31
THE FONT or VIEW OF THE
TiFT REP BLIIiN.
RspIy 10 Mr. NhnrIdEe and VIZ.
Rect

ter m which YOU treat with cynical con,
tempt the deep convictions 81 thousands
; nf your fellow Republicans who are deter.
mln"i NJ this time TO put stop to Mr.
Roosevelt = efforts to Bryanize the Repub-
lican party. Your letter. while ostsnsibly
private letter written az mentor To a
misguided friend, IL obviously a campaign
document. and this IL confirmed nv the
fact that some -ninistering angel has
published IL as an advertisement IN one
Of the daily papers.
You Characterize W DiN's statements
a. 90 the menace offered 10 the various
institutions of the country 10y Mr.. Thee
dors Roosevelt a. pure twaddle- and
-ruhbiN,- With an amazing ignorance
~ hi-torN you boldly arirm that the
/ notion that any individual can overturn
institutions md destroy a people. free or
/ otherwise j. a. dead a. George III r.
! You forget that governments can change
! in cha racter altnouSG not IN name ar out
ward forR a. the late Chief jus, ice Fuller
waningly said IN the Lottery Cases
Our form of government, may remain
notwithstanding legislation or decision
and I may add the greater excess.- ~
executive power--bur. a. long ago OBJ
served u - with governments az with
( religions me 'oym may surrirs the sub
stdaos o. ne idih
d v sITca-tically challenge those who
thin. ;hat Mr Roosevelt j. "a dangerous
person 70 take "a cold bath and ten
minutes reflection and YOU confidently
predict that they will then reach your
conclusion that their deliberate Judg-
ments. formed after the cumulative and
very painful impressions 81 seven wears
81 Roo-eveltism. are pure twaddle
tn. '.,.' - that the critics Of Mr. Roo-e-
welt ha, - had a cold bath refer to The
panic OF 1877 from the effects Of " Inch We
are stiIl'-unering and which for the time
being cost the investors Of this country
az large a sum a. the c,vil war We
heheld the most splendid prosperity Of
mod~-7 times brought for the time being
to an INT timely end and he entire business
WI ava NFA ny - NbNlFtphrs FFlI-
-eeking and malicious dcmagogue We
nave seen in recent Years and as "A direct
result Of Mr Roosevelt policies the idle
ness and de-titutlon Of workinrmen Who
with starvation staring them in the face
have been IA no mood 10 indulge in fine
spun theories a. to the complex causes
~ the panic ~ 1897. The investors whose
incomes were reduced and whose assets
cannot share your attitude ~ ardent
admiration - the great destroyer They
too have had their cold baths and
their curses not loud bu' deep. a 70 likely
- be heard on the sth ~ next Novsm-
Ter Indeed Mr. Roosevelt affected
md gnation az b..inG regarded as a menace
TO business reminds me 81 the villain 10
the BoWery mel"trama who. having tried
10 kill IN" hsroin" IA the first four acts IN
four different ways asks her IN the hfth
act. Why do YOU fear me. darling
Business men everywhere realized the de-
s,rIctiV" bligh, Of Roosav-lIIsm when they
b-held go OOO cars idle upon the -idlngs
and he absolute stoppage Of new enter.
prI-..- and a serious curtailment q those
already begun. lfall those who have had
their cold baths since 1877 shall haN.
sufficient memories to record their votes
against the agent 81 destruction Mr.
IN this campaign the representative e
RnoseveltiSm and a. such mere pawn
upon the chess board will he buried under
a very avalanche - votes Iha-e Ip--~s ~
other people naturally do not give YOU
the clear vision q cold hath for a.
a result " the Roosevelt panic you re-
rsived rsc~ivership ~ an inSolvent
street railway. and a. you have abolished
many transfers. It promises to he To you,
Il not TO the travelling public. very
lucrative result of that panic
However tho resentment Of thos. who
have suffered IN mind. spirit and pocket
through the clumsy attempt Of MIR Roo.".
welt 10 r~organize the complex machinery
Of business with brass trumpet and a
"rpwbar may not cond'ICe 20 clear think.
ing On the main issue raised 10y your letter
which - whether Mr. Roosevelt and his
policies constitute n serious menace to our
republican form ~ government
No one - ~ foolish as TO pretend that
in our ram" MIR Roosevet or any one ran
convert this republic into a monarchy
"a name, but this cannot alter the fact
which mu-' he apparent 10 every lntelli-
gent man that IN" whole spirit Of our
Government has been changed during the
-"y"n wears - his regime and that the
change mas been IN the direction "
Government IN which one man power IL
predominant
Tn" evil effects 81 such power. whsther
exercised nv king or President. have al
ready been seen in the cheapening 81 the
manhood ~ the American business man.
The Roosevelt regime. with ts brutal eI-
erci-e Of Federal powers 20 reward friends
and punish "nomies. was very reign ~
terror" for men engaged in transportation
or manufacture for the old time faith in
the equality 81 Law was lost In an aign-