Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-12-08

mas new cham piou---a new sac
and sane" candidate for President.
In his attack ON President faft and
sour chaotic Government policy as re-
CARDS business he makes Wall street 9
grievance against the Taft Admins
tration his grievance
He nakes its objection to the SHEER
man Anti trust Law his objection.
He makes Its protest against the
Steel Trust suit his protest.
He makes it's contempt for competI-
tion his contempt.
He makes its demand for new legis.
lation his demand.
The value Of the service which Mr..
Roosevelt lie rendering TO Rig Business
cannot be over-estimated He preeents
Wall streets resentment against Mr..
Tafl more foreefuIly and cohsrcntly
than Wall street itself has been able 10
do.
He voices j. Pierpont Morgsn's GEL
estial Ire against the Government that
dared attack the Steel Trust more elo.
quently than MIR. Morgan has voiced
1t.
He comes to the relief of Big Busi-
ness at critical time, when 1t soreIy
needs All advocate who can command
the attention Of the country and smear
its schemes over with varnIsh Of po-
litical progress.
He provides the mask Of radicalism
which any movement to prevent Mr..
Tsft's denomination requires in order
to be successful
lie secures to Wall streets theories
Of trust regulation an audience that
NO other man could obtain.
He again richly deserves "the .infiu-
ence Of the great Morgan interests
which have been so friendly to us,n
even in his contemptuous references to
the "many" Progresslves who "repre-
sent in reality III this matter not prog
ress AT all but kind Of sincere rural
Toryism''--even in his generous in
dorsemcnt Of the Gary. Perkins theory
OF Government regulation of prices.
Less than week ago when Mr..
Roosevelt accepted William Barnes,
jr., as boss Of the Republican party IN
New York, The World asked If he
were not again candidate for Presi.
dent. The Outlook article may be ac-
cepted as full and complete answer.
Mr.. Roosevelts Is palpabiy u candi-
| date and his extraordinary political
genius has set for itself the task Of
bringing about n coalition between the
anti-Taft plutocrats in Wall street.
iOf this coalition he expects to 10 the
| beneficiary. Mr.. Roosevelt Is not given
to disinterested political effort.
The country may as well face the
fact that he is seeking third term
not in the open manner ofian avowed
candidate but by the indirect process
Of making Taft's denomination impos-
slble.
| That he should reach out for Wall
streets support for his ambition is no
| way inconsistent with his record. He
solicited Wall streets support In 1904.
His campaign fund came chiefly from
there. Two Of j. .Morgan's partners
assisted In the collection Of campaign
tribute and part Of the Insurance
money was handled by one OF them.
~ inuitad fha
| White House lew days before election
and returned to New York to raise the
$3.50 900 which, he boosted, turned
sc, 900 votes IN New York City alone,
"making a difference of 100000 votes
in the general result"
AS President he made one Of Mr..
Morgan's partners Secretary Of State
and Mr.. Morgau's son-in-law Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy. AT Mr..
Morgan's request he licensed the abb
sorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company by Mr.. Morgan's Steel
| trust, "A transaction that he Is still de-
Tending in the face Of the Govern
| ll}Cllh fDolbs A(ohih6 tA'~ NsNN~~'~"~
panicIhe turned the United States
over TO the committee Of financiers OF
which Mr.. Morgan was the head. No
other President ever denounced Wall
street so vehemently and no other
President ever took such pains to
make sure that the deed did not square
with the word.
Mr.. Roosevelt would be the logical
Morgan candidate for President In
1912. No other candidate representing
Wall streets present desires could
command such support. No other can .
didate with the faintest chance OF cleo
ton would more fully merit the conf
dence of Big Business. No other candi-
date could be more thoroughly relied
upon to help "unscrsmbie the eggs"
N. Y, World.