The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-06-30

any other country behed You would not suppose that
five years of the alpowerful Roosevelt Administration
passed before Mr. Roosevelt departed far enough from
that support of what he called great industrial guilds to
write to Congress in which he asked legislation
begin study of mOnopOies You would not suppose that
Senator Willard E. Tydings of Maryland against whom
Mr.. Roosevelt is conducting vendetta crying out
against monopoles and voting against them when Mr..
Roosevelt fostering them by all the at the COM
mand of his great office.
You would not suppose, hearing Mr. Roosevets con-
temptuous references to those who beve in the gold
standard that Senator Carter Glass had delivered
his famous speech in the 1882 campaign You would not
suppose that Mr. Roosevelt had courted Senator Glass to
deliver that speech in reply by Mr. Hoover in which
Mr.. Roosevelts fidelity to the gold standard ques-
toned You would not suppose that Senator Glass; aged
and then aing man. had spent weeks in preparation of
the speech You would suppose that Senator Glass went
to the microphone with physician at his back You would
not suppose that after his reply to Mr. Hoover Mr. Roose
welt had described the speech mastery philippe"
Mr. Roosevelt finds that he has victory in the fight
over the Supreme Court.
You would suppose hearing him state the terms of
that fight that he had proposed pack the Supreme
Court in a maneuver which his old lieutenant Gen. Hugh
Johnson, called too damned clever" He talks of other
features Of the fight You would suppose hearing him
speak of the change in the courts theories of consttu
tona interpretation that hundreds of critics of the
packing scheme had argued day in and day out that such
change inevitable without the violence to the depen
Gence and integrity of the court that involved in the
packing scheme
You would suppose that the time packing pro-
posed four of the nine justices battling for liberal
tepretaon and the debates within the court becom
historic You would not suppose that critics of the pack
ing plan pointed again and again that age and retire
would quickly bring members to the court
they would swing the balance to the liberal side without
any device that oo damned clever to be submitted
TO the people when they went to the polls.
Mr. Roosevelt makes play with the demands of critics.
under all the varying conditions of his Administration that
the confidence of business be restored
You would not suppose that the very violence of the
fluctuations Of business conditions under his Adminstra
ton made the call for restoration of confidence inevitable
at all times. We have had spurts due to the natonary
moves 1888 and have had recessons. We have had
spurts due to NRA manipulatons and have had
sions We have had spurs due to efforts to accumulate
goods in anticipation of labor troubles and have had
recessonSthe present collapse from the boom Of early
1887 being partly in that category We have had spurts due
the momentary economic and psychological effects of
colossal deficit financing of the Government and we have
had recessions.
Hearing Mr. Roosevelt you would not suppose that his
chameleon policies, resulting in spurts and dips for five
years and in huge pool of unemployment all the time,
had anything do with the call for actions thai
would restore business confidence.
Nor hearing Mr.. Roosevelt Friday night, would you
suppose that throughout these five years of profgate
spending of billions upon billions there remained in print
those words spoken by Mr. Roosevelt Albany July 80
1892 to-wt
We face a condition which at first seems to in
vove either unbalanced budget and unsound
currency else failure of Government to assume
its just dutesthe relief of distress and protection
against loss Of savings built up through the years by
numberless small investors. This concerns you, my
friends, who managed to lay aside few dollars for
rainy day.
This dilemma can be met by saving in one place
what must spend in others; by acquiring the
essary through taxation Revenues must
expenditures by one means another. Any Govern
ment like any family, can for year spend little
than it But you and know that contin-
uaton of that habit means the poorhouse.
To hear Mr. Roosevelt in these days. you would not sup
his present policies.
Having said much, it is pleasure to note that MI.
Roosevelt has been able at long last to make up his mind
in the fight between his FRIEND the boss of the o. ard
mis- FRIEND the boss of the Jersey machine.
In this fight the boss of the Jersey machine not only
invading the constitutional rights of free speech free
assembly which possessed by the followers of the boss
of the o. He also is undermining the rights of all ct
Mr. Roosevelt after due and proracted delberaton
upon this conflict between his friends has out for
free speech and free assembly In this he speaks with
out mentioning names, against Boss Hague of Jersey
City, powerful politician and important cog in the
Rooseve-Farley machine.
For this thank Mr. Roosevelt And we shall not bother
remember that it may be dangerous offend John
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