THE MORAL PERIL OF IT. Ju the current number of The Independent Inde-pendent there is an article by Jacob Gould Schurman, LL.D., President of Cornell University, reviewing tho moral aspects of the Roosevelt candidacy. EJresident. Schurman cites tho declaration declara-tion made by President Roosevelt abjuring ab-juring positively another nomination for tho Presidency, and contrasting that with his recent declarations that he would accept the nomination if tendered. tend-ered. Dr. Schurman finds theso statements state-ments to be absolutely contradictory, and he holds that the attempt to explain ex-plain them nway is "wretched sophistry," sophis-try," as very certainly it is. President Schurman dwells forcibly and at. length on the iuadvisability and peril to the, Republic of setting aside the example set by Washington, .leffer-sou, .leffer-sou, and all the early , Presidents, each of whom was importuued lo consent to serve for another term, but each of whom sternly rejected the solicitation, in the interest of the Republic, holding that the example of abnegation would set a precedent which would bo followed fol-lowed to all time, to tho advantage of the people. On this point, President Schurman says: There is no other Issue in our republic more fundamental than the rnalntenanca of the present limited period of office for the Chief JExccutive. Hence, if the Republican Re-publican party were to nominate Mr. Roosevelt next June iu Chicago, it Is safe to predict that the anti-third-term sentiment senti-ment of the American people must Inevitably Inevi-tably lead lo a split in the party. No other course would so certainly ensure the election of a Democratic President. At the same time, the organization of the Republican parly would pretty certainly fall into the hands of the radicals, who had secured tho nomination for their candidate. From this, President Schurman proceeds pro-ceeds to consider the problems which have confronted President Taft, and how he has doalt with them; and here also he find's Col. Roosevelt radically in default, and President Taft a progressively pro-gressively constructive, able, efficient, and effective President. President Schiirnmn finds an especial peril iu the "new Nationalism" projected pro-jected by Col. Roosevelt, and the engrafting en-grafting upon that radical subversion of Republican ideus, the further assaults as-saults upon the courts made by Col. Kuosovolf in his declaration for the're-i'M the're-i'M II of judged and of judicial decisions. All I hia President Srliurnian finds "at once vc oJ.uHoimiy and reactionary,'" ami he coniuieiids warmly President Taft'? nnnwer to the Roopovelt vagaries vaga-ries on these points. There Is no question but that The-sound, The-sound, trained thought of the country finds Koosovell, 's position on theso radical' propagandas to bo both nnwi&o and porilous. And that tho massess of tho people will coincide with this conclusion, con-clusion, thero is llt.tlo reason to doubt.