The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-03

public In an open letter ad'
dressed today to the colonel by
his former supporter and pro
ercsslse leader. Amos Pinehot
The New York lawyer. broth
or OF clifford plnehot. makes
the startling aeeusatlon--and
supports IL with a wealth OF de-
tall written from first hand
knowiedae--that Roosevelt In
collision with George Perkins
suppressed an antitrust plank
drafted by the 1912 progressive
resolutions committee, adopted
by the progressive convention.
and actually released TO the
press
Needed Trust Barons
II was recalled. Mr.. pinchot
says. because the only altorna.
tive left TO Roosevelt was TO
drive out Of the progressive
party the check books Of the
trust barons."
MIR. Pinchots letter follows In
full
In your Academy Of Music
speech at Brooklyn. October 2Sth,
you charged the president With neg
ligenc.. cowardice. and hypocrisy
because he allowed three and a halt
years TO 80 by without masking any
preparation for war You said MIR
Wilson's delay and yaclllation about
preparedness has cost Us seven
years in time and billions Of dollars
In money. and YOU spoke OF him
with contempt because he did no,
begin building up the navy as soon
as he became president.
r. r. a Paeifis,f
When Mr.. Wilson became prest
dent you. Colonel Roosevelt. we're
not for building up the navy. ON
the contrary. you we're a pacifist
You were running for the presiden'
cy on an out.and-oui pacifist plat
form. Have YOU forgotten as well
as rcpudiatcd your platform oi
1872
Peace and national defense,
was the title OF that ten'line sec
ton in the progressive platform
dealing with national defense. In
those ten lines II announced clear
and unequivocsi paciflsm worthy OF
Tolstoi. 1, denounced var as bar
barrie. II dcplored It's survival IN
civilization II pledged the party
10 settle international disputes BY
peaceful means.
Battleship Program
IT cut your four battlcship pro
gram OF 1908 In two-almost as pa
clflc as your one bat,lehhlp pro
gram OF 1905 and 1906 aud Il pro.
vided that the two battlcships pro
gram that remained should only
continue until an International
agreement for the Limitation OF nav.
al forces could be secured. II DID
no, mention the army. or the coast
defense. II was a pacifist plat
form from a TO n. and II vas your
own platform. the platform which
YOU ran on and constantly referred
10 as your contract With the pco-
pie
Was 7. r, Platform
This platform omitted nothing
you urged. contained nothing TO
which you objected. For instance.
the resolutions committee on Au-
gust 9Th. 1912. adopted a section
calling for the prosecution OF indus
trial monopolies under n strength
ened and simplified sherman Law.
The convention itself adopted this
section on August Eth by unanimous
vote.
Read by Mistake
After It had thus become an In.
tegral part OF our platform. YOU and
Mr.. George ". Perkins. secretly
sent request To the press aAso
Citations to cut this antitrust sec
ton from their reports Of the plat
form-on the ground that Il was
read and voted on by. mistake.
Political Bosslsr
Later. you and Mr. Perkins
caused the platform TO be printed
and distributed turnout the coun
try without that sectlon-an AFRO
CANT piece OF political bossism
You had to choose between leav
ing the antitrust section In th'
platform or driving out OF the pro
gressiye party the check books oi
the trust barons.' who we're at that
time under fire from congress anc
the courts. The only Importance
OF this incident now ls shown In thai
whatever remained as the pro
gresslye platform OF 1919. after
you and Mr.. Perkins got thru with
II. remained only with your con
sent and knowledge.
True, as you have recently
boosted. in l90s--a few months
before you left the White House
you sent a message to congress
bristllng with mllitarism and ask
ing for an enlarged four.battleshiI
program. But you must have
known that there was no earthly
chance OF congress carrying on
this belated eleventh-hour recon-
mendation Turnout your admins
tratlon you were certainly mllitar
istIc enough In your messages. |
not in your accomplishments"
Praised for Words"
so much 80. indeed that Won
Bernhard. the great Prussian gen
eral. who said that war was a bio
logical necessity az well as Chris
tian virtue. praised you enthusiasts
tically for your words
Now Is II too much to sugges
that you should pause long enough
from uncomfortable abuse of the
president OF the United States ia
teikth public why you ran for the
presidency In 1912 on paciflst plat
form?
You claim that you were q thorC
going militarist in 1908 Why. IN
1912. when you were out to beat
the party you belonged to In 1908
did you repudiate your prepared
ness convictions Of 1908 and be
come a little navy man, an APOSTLE