Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — Roosevelt a Peril. [ARTICLE]

Roosevelt a Peril.

In the course of his address before the Connecticut Democratic convention Henry Wade Rogers, dean of the Yale law school, had the following to say about Roosevelt; "Since he became President he has shown not only by his treatment of Panama and by his action in the pension matter as well as by his dictatorial assumption of authority in every department of the government such a disregard of the limitations of power as to lead many thoughtful men to distrust his wisdom. It is this distrust which perhaps more than any other reason has led the independent press of the country almost without exception to pronounce against him in this campaign and to regard him as ‘a dangerous pilot for a great ship.’ ” Senator Beveridge did not like the idea of being sent on the trail of Mr. Bryan in a special car with Fairbanks, and said flatly that he would not go. But the Republican state central committee so arranged the itinerary that Fairbanks would appear at places where Beveridge had previously arranged to speak, and it was either appear with Fairbanks or disappoint the Republicans who wanted to hear him. Of course he surrendered the point. That Beveridge does not like Fairbanks and that the sentiment is reciprocated with interest is one of the things that has been manifest for some time. ,