East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-06-08
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BRYAN AND TEDDY
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the last democratic national plat
form.
Fourth-On the trust question Mr.
Roosevelt stands for regulation rath-
er than for prevention, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he had seven and a
half years in which TO test regulation,
with the result that We had more
trusts when he went out OF office than
when he entered the white house. He
has recommended the national incor-
poration OF large industrial enter
prises, the very thing the trusts de-
sire, and he has endorsed the decision
OF the supreme court amending the
antitrust law in the interests OF the
trusts. I believe that a private mo-
nopoly is indefensible and intO'erable
and I favor laws. state and national.
making it impossible for a private
monopoly TO exist. l am opposed to
federal Incorporation and believe that
national remedies should be added to
state remedies, not substituted for
them.
Fifth-Mr. Roosevelt believes in i'm
perialism. am opposed to imperial
ism. l am opposed to Imperialism and
believe that the holding of colonies
is antagonistic TO the principles of Il
republic.
Sixth-Mr. Roosevelt is Hamilton
ian in his ideas on government, be-
lieving in a highly centralized organ
ization. l am JeffersOnian, believing
that the reserved rights of states
should be preserved and protected. on
the theory that the people can decide
best those questions with which they
are most familiar and in which they
have the largest.
/ Questions Upon Which Roosevelt and
Now Agree.
There are a number Of questions
I upon which Mr.. Roosevelt and / have
! differed in the past but upon which
{ We now agree:
First-We have differed upon the
election of senators by the people.
began this reform % years ago, and
| secured an Endorsement of it in our
national platform in 1900. Mr..
/ Roosevelt. though president for 1-2
years after 1900. never referred TO
/ the popular election of senators in d
message TO congress or in a public
/ speech until about two years ago.
Second have been advocating an
/ income tax for many years. He be-
gan towards the close Of his second
/ administration.
/ Third have for a number of
I years advocated publicity before cleo
ton as 20 campaign contributions and
. j secured the endorsement of this re-
form in the Denver platform of 1908
/ Mr.. Roosevelt at that time opposed
. publicity before election. He has
I since come around TO the advocacy Of
/ publicity before election.
FOURTH have favored the initia-
+ tive and referendum for 16 years. He
/ has opposed both until within the last
+ two years
/ F.Gh-We both believe in the pri-
mary. ! cannot fix the date when he
first began 70 advocate it. l have
been advocating it for a number of
years.
Sixth-We both believe that there
is a wall street influence" and that
there are subsidized newspapers but
1 discovered both many years before
he did.
In differing from men. l do not
often find it necessary to question
their motives. Differences of opin-
ion on political questions can usually
be accounted for by difference in bias
except when accounted for by diff
ference in information and interest.
The most fundamental bias found
in man is the bias toward aristocracy
on the one hand: toward democracy
on the other. Hamilton had the
aristocfatic bias; jefferson the demo-
cratic bias. They were equally hon
est, Hamilton in distrusting the peo-
/ ple-Jefferson in trusting them.
! Until within a few years there has
been nothing in Mr.. Roosevelt's
speeches or action to indicate agree
ment with jefferson IN this respect.
have late'y been gratified to note
some change in him. but l am not yet
able to judge how complete it is or
how extensive an application he would
be willing to make of Jeffersonian
I principles.