New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05
Colonel Roosevelt Signs for the war
on Wisconsin.

In his letter 10 Or. Lyman Abbott Colonel ROUSE
Volt expresses clearly and uncQuivocaly Pu'P'
which must have been forming for some "i"V :"
his mind After the campaign of l9l2 ne VIII"
drov in large measure from active pohtlcs' lie
,ce,,ried himself with writing and planned MS
lone South American trip diversion from Po-
veil ,,ros and RESPONSIBILITIES. Now he lntehuS
10 rcturn IN active public life. giving up an eu-
toi,l nos, ont of which he has gotten great SHtlS
faction in order to have more time Tor poI''''"'
leadership. .,o
Colonel Roosevelt is entirely frank about inc
reasons which have induced him 10 90 again 9"
,tolv into notifies one Of his objects Is TO hgh'
hossism Of the old stamp and to restore power
completely 10 the rank and file of the voters III
that fight he will have the sympathy OF the Pro-
crcssive clements in all the parties Ihere are
Depuhlican bosses. Democratic bosses ana even
Progressive bosses and all stand for the ola IDEA Oh
boodwnking the voters and leading them ABOUT "
tle nose instead Of the new idea of working "i'h
tho voters 70 accomplish what the latter have IN
view. The anti-bosS fight is the fight OF good anu
true men of all partisan affiliations. ana since 1t
must no made inside each party and not through
one party against another party. there Is httIe IN
# as an issue or which TO base a renewed career
OF national leadership.
The real significance of the letter TO Dir. ABBOTT
lies. therefore in Colonel RoosevetS declaration
Of warfare against the Wilson administration. In
that there is material for a real struggle between
partics. possibly ending in shifting of national
control Few other American politicians nave
ever couallcd Colonel Roosevelt in GauCinG pubic
sentiment and selecting the psychological moment
for an aggressive move. The time must he fully
ripe for challenging the policies and general de-
meanor Of the Wilson administration when lead
or Of Colonel Roosevet's keen intuition can say
fatty Of the Presidents record;
Inow feel that am in honor bound to stand in
strong opposition 10 the administration. feel that
as regards our international relations the policy OF
the present administration has meant the aoanGoh-
rnent of the interest and honor of America Fur
thermore ] feel that within our own boundaries the
corrse n,rsued by the administration has meant the
abandonment OF every sane effort TO secure the
abatement of social and industrial evils. It's legs-
lative and executive programme mas brought ABOUT
grave industrial depression and suffering 70 business
man farmer and Wage-worker alike, although per
haps most Of all TO the wage-worher
That is a challenge all along the line 1t is
probably the judgment Of a large majority OF the
voters that the Wilson Bryan foreign policy has
been a failure. IT has been extemporized. mushy
and wabbling And equally hard TO meet IS the
charge that the administrations economic pro-
cramme has failed to bring relief to the consumer,
while creating industrial depression and injurinG
both the farmer and the wage Garner
In this years elections this issue will control
and the supporters Of the President will be despcr-
atoly hard pushed to demonstrate that they have
not made the situation i'm the business world much
worse than they found it,
The fact that Colonel Roosevelt is going to de-
vote most Of hi, energies to wholesale attack on
the administration Is as unwclcome piece of
news as Mr.. Wilson has heard since his Inaugural
fon. That inauguration would never have come
TO pass had not the Colonel used up most of his
strength in 1912 fighting Republican candidates as
much opposed 10 wisconsin as he was. II those
who disapproye Of the results Of the Wilson poll
cies can unite. the Democratic party will again
find itself out OF office and in a decided minority.
The manner in which Colonel Roosevelt has
thrown his hat into the ring this time is therefore
extremely significant II is above all else men
ace 10 the unskiIlu inventors Of unwatchful wait
inc and psychological prosperity.