Evening journal., 1914-07-01
Colonel Harvey's Greetings
To "Our Colonel" Roosevelt

the Democrats will need all the help
they can get in the Congressional
elections. Consequently in the July
North American Review, he makes
an impassioned appeal TO Our Col
onel' Roosevelt to come to the rescue.
beginning with the text There stood
u man Of Macedonia and prayed him,
saying, Come over into Macedonia
and help us" he says in part:
Welcome, sir to our country
Grateful Us we We're for the momen-
tary distraction afforded by your
passing call, our craving Is for a pro-
ionged visit, such as distant relatives
are prone to make upon occasion.
Unlike their arrivals, however, yours
Is most opportune. We need you
all OF us. You have heard the call
of the Moose. Listen, and YOU shall
hear the hraying Of the donkey Even
tho elephant trgmpets with unhecom-
ing exultance cf spirit. And the
tired--the very tired-business mau!
From the depths Of his detection he
stretches forth his arm to grasp The
hand that once did smite him sorely
Wilson's tenacieusness is beginning
TO weary us. We are sick of Bryan.
We want Our Colonel
Now what are you going to do-and
say-to cheer us up? When you re-
turn from the Undoubted River you
appeared, not, OF course, beaten to
irazzle, but somewhat worn and
frayed. Clearly the nropounding Of
pertinent queries at that time would
have been inconsiderate at the least,
perhaps, indeed, unduly harrassing:
hut now YOU have lost your re-
semblance TO Job, have re-
covered from the inevitable effects Of
monkey steaks and mosquito bites.
have discarded the unWonted cane.
and have regained the. determined
vivacity which for so long constituted
Your distinctive personal charm and
your chief political asset The wed
ding too, we read, was both Joyous
and noteworthy. a pleasant occasion
having been reported by all: and the
royal geographcrs listened calmly TO
your tempestuous discourse upon the
hills and dales and unsuspected run
ming brooks OF far-off lands As
suming then that the traditional fld-
die Is not now more fit than your own
variegated self, we no longer hesi-
tate to exercise the parental prerog-
alive and to ask you plainly, What
are your Intentions? Honorable. no
doubt; but whit way" as the Scots
Inquire, does your fancy point? To-
ward the old love, so long so true and
yet so bruesquely Tilted or to the
new affinity who in your absence has
pined away to the merest shadow OF
her former robustness2 Or would
you turn polygamous and take them
both? Speak, Our Colonel. and tell
u.s. The President. to say nothing.
Tor once, OF the Secretary of State.
would like to know. And SO, indeed
would all OF us.
That times are psychologically some
what trying is reluctantly admitted
even IN Washington, where disagreeable
facts percolate slowly; necessary re-
trenehment IN personal expenditures has
followed inevitably and perhaps advan-
tageously; but there is no overcrowding
OF almshouses as yet, despite the quite
common dearth of employment in
manufacturing communities True. re-
gardless OF the ebullent Mr. Redheld's
inslstence TO the contrary, the cost of
living has not been reduced but would
it have diminished under Our Colonels
guidancel Did itg
What you might do and what we
wish the President would do is this:
Urge the enactment OF laws which
would enable American manufacturers
to compete with their rivals in foreign
markets upon an even basis. Every
other nation encourages combination
for that purpose, and there is every rea.
son why we should and no reason why
we should not do likewise. Whatever
may be our differences respecting do
mestie policy, whatever may be the rela-
tive advantages of regulation and
competition we eve il to ctr pro-
ducers, our manufacturers, our mer-
chants, and our workingmen to present
a united front in strife for trade
throughout the world 1t is wholly
practicable proposition, as we shall
demonstrate in due time; but IL seems
not to have appealed or perhaps oc-
Cured to the present administration.
But YOU. our Colonel, in your own we'll
remembered words to the late Mr. Har
riman, are a business man and surely
can realize the idoey Of a condition
which compels the export Of nearly two
billions in value OF raw products as
against only eight hundred millions Of
manufactures.
It is quite safe TO denounce Murphy
and arnes; they have no friends. The
reference to "all right-minded people"
is capital also, especially when taken in
connection with your previous express
sion of confidence in the nohleness Of
the rank and file Of the Republican
party" il illustrates your breadth and
tolerance on the eve Of an election. But
has nobody told you that, while you
were moving mountains and shifting
the courses Of streams, the New York
Legislature passed q direct primary bill
which confers upon the voters the power
to nominate candidates for all State
Offices ,Nou have no longer to advo-
cate this great Progressive principle; it
has been adopted The rule Of the peo-
pie is established. Murphy and Barnes
can cast but one vote each ont Of
total Of more than million. The
wrong minded bosses are down and out;
the right-minded rank and file are in
the saddle. So you perceive. Our Col
onel. that, mayhap to your regret there
is nothing further along this line 20 talk
about. Can YOU doubt for a moment
that "thc people OF this State. the hon
est people. the good citizens who wish
clean and efficient government" will
voice their "bitter Indignation" at their
respective primanesg Certainly not,
Almagedden is taken. The battle is
won. Now we shall see what we shall
see. Pennsylvania and Penrose point
the way.
We have always directed your at
tention to the obvious pining away Of
your political affinity. So, doubtless,
ala tho mara valiant nf your linutpn-