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TAFT CONSIDERS
INTERVENTION
IN NICARAGUA
Discusses Situation With Sec
retary Knox—Would Be in
Line With Policy.
ASHINGTDN. Aug. 13.—Angered
Jy the insment attitude of the Nica
■aguan rebels and the! - persistent ig
noring of the warning sent to them by
he United States. President Taft and
secretary of State Knox today dis
:ufsed a policy of intervention in Nica
ragua.
The secretary of state called at the
irhite house shortly before the regular
. 'abinet meeting, bringing with him
nessages from Minister Weitzel, tell
ng of bombardment, of the rebels and
he danger to foreigners and their
jroperty in Managua.
Both the p.esident and secretary of
state agreed that it would be entirely
'ompatible with the present foreign
policy of this country to take entire
’harge of the government of Nicaragua
ind maintain a military supervision
tver it until peace is restored.
IVhether this will be done depends
>n late: messages from Minister VVeit
tel. According to dispatches already
■eceived, no foreign property in .Ma
tagua has been seriously damaged, but
here is great dange: from flying shots
and crumbling debris in the native
luaiter. Gene als Mena and Zeledon
persist in ignoring the protest of the
■esideni diplomats and have announced
hat they will continue the bombard
nent of the city until President Diaz
’eyognizes the new government.
I hree hundred and fifty marines who
est Panama on Sunday wete due to
Drive at Uorinto today, reaching Man
agua tonight, unless halted bv the un
ertain railway communication between
he two cities. They will assist the 100
bluejackets from the Apnap.olis in main
lining order and protecting property
n Managua, and may be used at the
iiscretion of Minister Weitzel to al
ack the rebels if the latter fire on the
oreign section.
The protected cruiser Denver, ca rry
ng 300 bluejackets, will reach Corinco
late tomorrow night, "landing
ter crew immediately if necessary, in
Addition, the navy department is hold
ng 400 marines at Panama ready for
nstant movement.
HISTORY OF NEGRO
IS TOLD IN A DRAMA
OF “PASSION PLAY’’
Deep interest on the part of negroes
>f Atlanta is being displayed in th;;
\»gro Passion Play, which is to be
■ toducc l unde’ the auspices of the
Atlanta Colored Musical Festival as
ociation at the Auditorium Thursday
tnd Friday.
Though the third annual festival will
te largely musical. It is the intention of
ho association to devolve a higher
neaning on the occasion. The metn
rers have made their plans to have the
tccasion historical, dramatic and edu
cational as well a® a means of giving
Atlanta opportunity to hear the best
hat the race has produced from a
.oca! and instrumental viewpoint.
The center of the festival will be the
Passion Play. The play is written by
Tec. H. H. Pioctor, of Atlanta, and
'arries the negro through his three
reriods of development. Paganism. Sla
very and Freedom. Special scenery
tas been constructed for the produc
ion and an endeavor will be made to
display negro genius through the sev
’■al stages.
The poems of Paul Lawrence Dun
bar and Coleridge Taylor will form an
important part of the performance.
Ihe famous Fiske .Jubilee singers
will furnith the chorus work, with
Anita Patti Biown. the famous negress
010 atura soprano, as the principal so
loist. The proceeds of the festival will
go toward forwarding the work of the
First Congregational church, the first
negro religious organization to under
•ike -uch an endeavor.
GIRL (10) IS ARRESTED
FOR SETTING 38 FIRES
SPRINGFIELD. MO., Aug. 13. Elina
James, aged ten. has been arrested here
as a fj ebutg. She is suspected of
starting 38 flies within the past six
weeks.
SENATOR CRANE HELPS
SAVE LABORER'S LIFE
PITTSFIELD. MASS.. Aug. 13.
Senate' Murray Crane directed the
woriv of rescuing a laborer who was
caught in a cave-in of gravel at Dal
ton, nca. by. while the senator was
passing. „
REAR YOUR BABIES NUDE.
SAYS PROFESSOR KLEIN
PAN BERNARDINO. ''AL.. Aug. 13.
Fr< fosyso Louis Klein, lira dlsre tation
on raising babies, says that they should
not be clothed. He is rearing his own
children i ntirely nude.
CONVICTED SLAYER KILLED.
RALEIGH. N i'.. Aug 13. —Ro'omon
Shepherd, a neg:o who nas convicted
in Durham three teats ago of killing
Engineer Holt and sentenced to 30
years in the penitentiary, was ? hot an ri
kt .rd by a guard nett Aberdeen today
as the n>.g”o attempted to escape.
GIRL. 11. BECOMES MOTHER.
DAVENPORT. lo\VA. Aug. 13.—Thi«
eft' claims th< youngest mother. An
• < ven -\, a:-old girl, who*' name is
withheld, ha.- given birth to a bnby tn a
t.ieal hospital.
Atlanta Church BarsWcarers of Hobble
PRIEST RAPS TIGHT SKIRTS
Father 0. N. Jackson Calls
X zrfEiJjfcr — Craze of Women to Show
Shapely Forms Shocking. -Or 'llO
When tite fair and wel' formed wear-
ecbf the clinging skirt that has drawn
’be study of sociological workers since ’
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Today's Sidelights
On S ite Politics
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
AViliiam H. Fleming has, withdrawn
from the race for congress in the Tenth
district, and thus insures Mr. Hat-dr
wick's unopposed return to Washington
as his own successor. ■ ' ,
in withdrawing, Mr. Fleming gave to
thJH,public a particularly frank, lucid
and manly card. He found that it
would be impossible to continue his
fight without intensifying the bitterness
already rampant throughout his dis
trict. In retiring he seeks to deliver a
message of peace and good will that
should, and doubtless will, commend
him most cordially 'an'd sincerely to the
high esteem and respect of, his con
stituents.
In his card Mr. Fleming pays a re
markable and splendid—and deserved
tribute to Tom Watson. He and Wat
son were for years the most implacable
of enemies—Watson. Indeed, was the
direct influence: that repioved Fleming
from congress just wnen his career
was rounding into its finest forni.
Du-ing all these years of retirement
Fleming -has asked no quarter, of his
enemies. He- has lieid a dignified
silence.'and trusted tiine to right the
wrong of the long.ago. AVhen recently
Watson, of his own accord, came to
Fleming and asked forgiveness for the
injury of the past and sought to right it
in such measure as he might, it touched
a tender- spot ' in Fleming's heart, and
he responded to the advances of toe
"red-headed one." and agreed -to let
bygones be bygones.
William H Fleming is one of Geor
gia's brainiest and soundest men. He
deserves much more than he ever has
received. Georgia would profit by
Fleming's presence in congress, and
thousands of Georgians would have
been pleased to see him returned,
How ever that may be- —and some will
view it one way. thezwhile others view
it another —it will seem to -many that
Mr. Fleming's recent brief participa
tion in the politics of the Tenth was
worth while, after ail. for it has cleared
up the atmosphere down tha; way. tn a
measure—and that was something
worth the trouble of doing.
In retiring. Mr. Pielining takes high
and dignified ground. He gets out
gracefully, and with added prestige.
It costs a pretty penny to p'ay the
game of politics nowadays, any way you
look at it.
< >ne would think that so, high and
mighty an office as United States sena
tor. with all of its great dignity and so
forth, might be sought with compara
tively little expense—if one were care
less in his thinking—but It Is not so.
it costs to b“ a senator, —'even to ask io
be made a senate*.
' o'.onel H. H. Perry, who aspires to
Senator Racon s seat, has filed an ex
pense account Os $4,058.61. and the
items scheduled cove traveling ex
penses and publicity only—perfect!
legitimate and necessary expenses.
Senator B.aedn has spent about ha f
as much.
They framed up a smooth trick on
the Honorable Joe Hill Hall.’of Bibb,
in the house of represents fives Mon
day.
The gentleman from Bibb, as all the
world knows, is a candidate for gov
ernor and he spent all last week
stumping south Goo' gin. . Inevitably. in
those r-i'-.-um-lanet-s, he v.as conspicu
ous by his absence from the blouse.
"Old - Joo Hiil 1 Halil had' no business
being away fiom here iast'week." said a
memner yesterday tnoznihs "and z the re
are a number <>f things up that h*-
should have 'tak' n a stand on I even
think He may hkve been dodging here,
rii-o-r than so--(kina yonder. I am go
ing to fix him I .im geihg To ask (hi-
IHE AILA2v 1A A2\l> Ailu b. i I ESDAi, ALGLST 13. 1912.
its advent and the condemnation of
many wishes to perform her. devotions
at St. Anthony's Catholic church, she
must first rush home and change her
habiliments for something more like
the garments grandma used to wear.
Whan the pink possessor of one of
those' summery, low-rut. sleeveless
dresses desirfs to attend services in
the same church, she must don-some
thing more suggestive of the Solemnity
of the occasion tnan is implied in the
name "peek-a-boo.”
Father O. N. Jackson, pastor of St.
Anthoriys, has taken a firm stand in
the matter. He believes that these
vanities have no place in the ceremo
nies of the c hurch. He believes that if
the-women are forbidden wearing such
raiment in church they will cease wear
ing them on the s'treet. When they
cease wearing them in the street, >he
thinks, a great good -will be done wom
anhood.
Immodest Clothing Worn.
Therefore, he Has announced that in
the future there will be no persons pos
sessed of “peek-a-boo" in the pews of
his church, w-hile the hobble skirt wili
be greeted with equal disfavor.
"It i$ a deplorable fact that there
are many young women in Atlanta
streets daily who wear immodest cloth,
ing," said Father Jackson. "The Cath
olic church-is against such a custom,
and I mean positively to forbid such
dress in my church.
"By immodest clothing I mean the
clinging skirts and low -cut or sleeve
less waists often seen in the most pub
lic places. Such drosses will not even
be allowed in a church reception here.
"When in the business section of the
city-.] have often seen young women
dressed in costumes that are little Ips.-
than shocking. They bring remarks
from men on the streets when lite
wearers step into street cars 01 even
pass down the street.
Want to Show Pretty Necks.
"1 think the women do not intend.to
do the harm their suggestive costumes
bring .about. They are vain—have
pretty shoulders, a beautiful neck or.
shapely, arms, and simply like to show
them. Fashions are formed by this
same vanity. New dresses are some
times introduced for no other reason
than they display the graceful lines of.
a woman's form—and a dress that does,
this is always a popular one.
"A suggestive dress is jnore harmful
than a vulgar costume. The latter
would arouse disgust in men. As it is.
some dresses of the latest fashion bring
ideal; of lax morals to the young men
who view them. That is why they wjll
not be allowed in my church. At serv
ice worldly thoughts should not be
aroused, and I believe one of the most
common causes for them is the dress
of some of our women. Tney must have
the entire body covered w ith the cloth
ing approved of by our modest people,
if they wish a part in St. Anthonys
church."
Father Jackson spoke of the present
day costumes of .women upon learning
of such dresses being barred from
services by Cardinal Cavaliari, at
Vienna, recently. The cardinal spoke
from his pulpit and stated that lie
would in future bar such dresses from
his church.
rules committee to fix it so that mem
bers will be refused permissTon to ex
plain their votes—that will get the old
man, for if the house refuses him per
mission to cX-plain, he wili explain every
vote he casts, in spite of the warm
place and high' water!”
Am) the thing was fixed so tliat mem
bers could not exp'ain their vote- -and
true to prediction. Joe Hill Hall ex
plained every vote he east under the
operation of tke rule, in th® teeth of
the house and despite its most sic n
decree.
When the gentleman from Bibb starts
out to explain or protest, all the rubs
dreamed of in Ah’ parliamentarian's
philosophy not to mention ihe written
ones, can nut stop him! «
Tlie house judiciary committee. a« a
practical unit, firs' indorsed the candi
dacy of Judge Robert Pottle to suc
ceed himself op the ceiurt of appeals
bench, and a particular’,' strong card
has been issued in bls behalf, signed by
the follow Ing ofnineiu Georgians: \n
drew .1. Cobb, ol AtWens: Samuel H.
’Adams, of Savannah. Spencer It At
kinson. A-;.ntti: WUllam A. l,i >l<-
of <‘oiun \ .Horace M H ..lien, of Au
gu-ta !» . i Dean of Gainesville : J T
H.ill. <>f < ■».<•«-. V>" 1., f; i< i of Haw
kihevHie: s. 'A illingham' of Um -
Sy th. Jorl fi.anhim, of Rome. 1.1
B’is't. of Camilla, ttr.d Leon A. Wil.-'n,
<>f W S ■ !'■ O't
Father (). X. Jackson, pastor
of St. Anthonys. who has an
nounced that women wearing im
modest clinging skirts and low
necked "peekaboo'’ waists can
not attend his church. On the
right and left are two Atlanta
girls, snapped on the streets.
Such dresses as these are criti
cised by Father Jackson.
REBELS,BEATEN.
MASSACRE 20
Zapatists. Defeated by Feder
ate, Slay Garrison of 100
and 100 Townsmen.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13—Two hun
dred person- were killed, one hundred
of them townspeople, following an at
tack on the town of Ixtapa, in the state
of Mexico, by Genevevo De l<a Or’.-;
band of Zapatists. Today the soldiers
have withdrawn from the town and are
marching toward Toluca, the capital ot
the state, which is only fifteen miles
distant.
The fight and massacre at Ixtapa oc
curred late yesterday after the rebels
had been repulsed by a garrison of 600
federate at Teriancino, a town in the
vicinity of Ixtapa. A garrison of 100
rurales guarded the latter place. The
rebels charged and drove the rurales
back into the narrow streets of the vil
lage. There they began a murderous
fire, and hardly one of the rurales es
caped.
Thon the rebels marched through the
streets, shooting and -tabbing any one
they met. Among the dead, it is said,
are a few women and children. Two
hundred bodies lay in the streets, ac
cording to reports today, after the reb
els had withdrawn.
Rebels in the vicinity and at Toluca
are in a state of panic because of the
activity. There is only a small
force of federate at Toluca, and it is
believed they can not withstand tiie
rebel attac k. Man? |„cons ha . < lied
from the city.
BODIES OF 5 ITALIAN
SLAYERS WHO DIED IN
CHAIR LIE “IN STATE”
NEW YORK. Aug 13. In the res: of
a little undertaking establishment at
236 Mulberry street, in the heart of
"Little Italy." each in an open va-do t,
ate the boa.es of five of the murderers
of Mrs. Mar. Hail, who pail fol the!
crime with thei- lives in the death
chai- at Sing Sing yoterdav. Drc.-sed
in shrouds the bodies lie in a kind of
State white Italians f mt tin quarter
pass before the coffins.
The funerals will be held on Satur
day. A collection is being taken up
and if sufficient monev is ateed the
dead will be interred with high eete
moninls.
SPOONING BARRED IN
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS
WASHINGTON. Au-. 13.
Ing not aliow, I." is the in-eoption or
notices hung upon | ’ boa'-- oi
lite Potomac river,
ROBBED LANDLORD TO
GET MONEY FOR RENT
WASHINGTON, Aug I'l .lam, -
Lymbours wa- »tned in polio, ,-our.
r*: for •obhiri; h'.-' uindlord in order
to get mono? to | >i.y hi:- • nt.
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TYPO HEAD RAPS
CHICAGO STRIKE
WTNES
Slimy Hanci of Politician and
Venal Labor Leader Behind
It. Says Lynch.
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug. 13. -Dis
cussion of the Chicago newspaper strike
had a prominent place in the annual
report of President James M. Lynch, of
the Typographical union, at its conven
tion here.
The report, although not naming the
Socialist-, refe" reel to them by un-I
mistakable inference, criticising them
Sha ply. Regarding the Chicago strike.
President Lynch said:
"1 have no intention of ‘criticising
any member's political belief or at
tempting to influence- his political opin
ions; those are sacred and they are for
rhe individual to form.
"But where the questionable phase of
politics is Injected into trade disputes,
where, in fact, politics is responsible
for those trade disputes, whee indus
trial disturbance is fomented and prop
agated in order to advance or disas
trously affect the political fortunes of
some particular party or individual,
then those members of the trade union
movement who allow themselves to be
used for sinister purposes are open to
i > iticism. if not contempt.
"Malicious Revenge."
"If the Chicago situation, to which I
refer exhaustively in this report, was
not caused in the first instance by un
de:-the-Surface political effort, then
the slimy hand of the professional poli
tician and the venal labor leader was
in evidence before the incident had
progressed very far. Opportunity was
presented for the w reaking of .malicious
revenge against one publisher who is
prominent in national politics.
"I i are not the pa ty w hich stoops to
avail Itself of the tactics I outline; that
party or those members of it who are
responsible should be promptly con
demned. The International Typograph
ical union is the tail of no political
kite."
One of the Chicago delegates asked
that L. P. Straube. of the Chicago
Stereotypers union, be given tlie privi
lege of addressing the convention on
the pr'essmen’s st: ike.
President Lynch ruled that L. P.
Straube was not a member in good
standing of any trade union.
I DEAL FOR STATE’S
MANSION DEBATED
IN LEGISLATURE
With the senate and house commit
tees playing at cross-purposes, it is
doubtful if the present legislature will
hit upon a scheme for the disposal of
the executive mansion at Peachtree and
Cain streets.
Several arrangements have been pro.
posed and at least three of them are
now before the lawmakers. Senator
Copelan. chairman of the committee on
public buildings in tile upper house,
wants the state to swap the mansion
for the Peters property in Peachtree
street adjoining the Georgian Terrace
hotel. Representative Allen is urging
a resolution for the sale of the''man
sion at public auction for a sum not
less than $400,000. If this plan fails,
Allen wants to lease the mansion to the
B. M. Grant Company and purchase the
English property at 468 Peachtree
street.
It is evident that the Copelan plan
to swap for the Peters tract and a boot
of SIOO,OOO will receive consideration in
the senate and may pass, but the rules
committee of the house has failed as
yet to listen to Allen. His resolution
has not been placed on the calendar.
In view of the fact that the house is
I; aded with senate bills still to be acted
on and that the senate will have its
hands full with the special appropria
tion bills soon is come from the house
a settlement of the mansion dispute is
ver., doubtful.
Legislator-, at least those members
of the public buildings committees who
have wrestled with the disposal ques
tion, are w illing for a succeeding legis
lature to settle the matter.
PINCHED WOMAN'S CHEEK
JUST FOR JOKE: SIOO FINE
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. —Because lie
pinched the 1 cheek of a woman sitting
ahead of him in a street cat, "Just for
a Joke." William Keating was fined SIOO.
HALL TO SPEAK IN TOOMBS.
1 IDALIA. GA., Aug. 13.—The politi
cal friends of Joe Hill Hall have mad.-
arrangements for him to address tlie
voters of Toombs county at this plai <
when he apsses through this section op
I'D automobile campaign of th» stat- I
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ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
TELLS WHY HE IS FOR
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
The Republican party was long ago
seized upon by Money. It is instinc
tive in Money to make slaves of men.
Money. in Republican control, used and
still uses the party to drive the people
to the shearing sheds of criminal priv
ilege. The Demo.-fa’s protested and
still protest against this in their plat
form and from thei- stumps.
But the Democrats are no more to
be trusted than the Republicans. They
promise, they protest. But when, from
1893 to 1897. they had not only the
white house, but both houses of con
gress. they most carefully did nothing.
They have shown that as a whole party
they are as much beneath tite callous,
calculating thumb of Money as are or
eve: were tne Republicans. Where
fore. for one at least, my preference
goes in this campaign to the new third
party and to Mr. Roosevelt.
Government Is business: president
picking is business. The country is but
a corporation, a company: the citizens
ate the shareholdcis. An election is
the shareholders’ meeting. The com
pany, the country, is intended to pro
duce in favor of the shareholder-citi
zen protection to life, limb, liberty and
property.
Questions For the Citizen.
Upon a plain business principle of
the most and best for the least, the
citizen-shareholder in casting his bal
lot should consider government from
the standpoint of what he pays and
w hat he gets, what it costs and w hat it
comes to. As to what the citizen
shareholder Is getting in this year of
political ungrace—l9l2-you may form
your own conclusions by reviewing the
conditions—the higher tost of living,
for example—which surround you. By
casting a wary eye abouk you van -ct
tle, in that matter of government,
questions of quantity and quality for
yourself.
Am I not right In comparing the
country to a corporation? What is it,
indeed, but a merest stock company in
which each and all of us hold equal
shares? And a president, what is We
but the country's business manager
when all is in? Also, the post of busi
ness manager is of all positions that
one where an iron courage and a
swe: veless honesty should mokl abide.
A feeble or dishonest congressman
should mean no more than just a rat
aboard a liner. A feeble or dishonest
president might well become the' leak
that sinks the ship.
Here lies the trouble: The every-day
American is politically lazy. It ‘grows
each year more and more difficult to
make him work at his politics in per
son. His public idleness arises doubt
less from the fact that. with the
mounting census of the country, ht
feels of less and less account. His self
importance gets swamped in a popula
tion of 96,000,000. He owns not one
twentieth the weight that was his a
century ago.
The Idler in Politic!.
Our duty-shirking idler o' politics is
right go far as lie seeks to measure his
own shrinking importance to govern
ment. And yet lie should remember
that while his importance to govern
ment has diminished, not a splinter has
been whittled from the importance of
government to him. The citizen, with
96,000.000 for the country's population,
should feet as much concern in select
ing a right president as was felt by
those who voted for Mr. Marli.on 100
years ago.
As practiced and taught by the pat
ties. politics becomes the art of arous
ing the ignorance of mankind, in this
ignorant particular I shall not follow
the parties.
For myself I am glad that Mr.
Roosevelt was robbed at Chicago. It
compelled him to create a third party,
a party of progress, which is w hat tlie
age demand-. True, there are Demo
crats who will hesitate to abandon
their old pa' ty standards, just as there
are Republicans who will find it hard
to break their own old party ties. They
should not hesitate for that.
They should put aside a sentiment
which i« eosting them their liberty.
Who would tail to pull down a bastMe
lest be kilt the ivy on the walls?
Parties are like st-’cet cars: no one
not a fool will stick to one after it
ceases to carry him in the di: ection he
shoulei go. The man who is always a
Democrat, like the man who is through
thick and thin a Republican, is the
sheet anchor of the scheming trick
turning, managing politician—of the
Boss Murphys and the Bois Barneses,
who in their evil turn ate but the
merest packmasters of criminal privi
lege. Also, these changeless folks of
party have the same place in politics
that the balls have in a game of bil
liards; the bosses acting for criminal
privilege, knock them about and count
off them.
Against Petrified Politics.
Politics stagnant and without a cur
rent. is disastrous for the individual.
Nature In her wisdom and beneficence has provided, in her grea
vegetable laboratory, the forest, a cure for most of the ills and ailments o
humanity. Work and study have perfected the compounding of these bo
tanical medicines and placed them at our disposal. We rely upon their
first because of their ability in curing disease, and next because we can us»
them with the confidence that such remedies do not injure the system
e Among the best of these remedies from the forest is
S. S. S., a medicine made entirely of roots, berbf
and barks in such combination as to make it th<
greatest of all blood purifiers and the safest of all
tonics. It does not contain the least particle ol
harmful mineral. S. S. S. cures Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Malaria, Skin
Diseases, Contagious Blood Poison and all othei
diseases dependent on impure blood. As a tonit
S. S. S. builds up the system by supplying a suffi
cient amount of vigor and nourishment to the body
S. S. S. always cures without leaving any unpleasant or injurious eSects
It is perfectly safe for young or old. Book on the blood and any medica
advice free. n;£ sr//fr s n EC IFI C CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Own your party; don't let your party
own you. A healthful uncertainly, a
hopeful ability to abandon a party
going wrong or decline a candidate who
lacks fitness, should work for good—
good for the public—good for the indi
vidual. In politics, as in commerce, no
one buys his own. but sells it. Where
fore. if you would be listened to and
not ignored, enriched and not stripped,
become uncertain. <'ease to think that
progress consists in standing still or
your politics is better for being petri
fied.
Because I feel that Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Tift are too small for the white
house. I am opposed to them. They
aren't, in my opinion, white house size.
Mr. Taft has been weighed and found
wanting Mr. Wilson has not been
weigh'd; but. judging by what he has
w ritten and w hat he has said, by his
shifts of principle and corkscrew twists
of feeling. 1 should say that, considered
from the standpoint of a. white house,
mankind would find him only inches
where lie should be feet, ounces where
he should be pounds.
Not that I impute to Mr. Wilson and
Mr, Taft their innate smallness as a
moral fault. Rather, it should be.
charged to the thronged conditions into
which they were born. Big populations
bear fruit in small mfn. In a crowd
the infinitesimal finds its opportunity.
To herd men stunts men. Big trees re
quire loom and what plant subsists
itself upon a fool of earth will never
kiss the 1 c louds. It may do for a fish
ing rod: it will never furnigh timber
for a bridge Not that Mr. Taft and
Mr. AVil-on should find fault with their
own littleness, it was their littleness,
their lack of height and weight and
strength whic h gave them their nomi
nations.
Roosevelt Defies Environment.
As a mere man-producer an elder
day was a better day than this. As
lately even as 50 years ago, there were
bears and panthers in the political hills.
Those bears and panthers of politics
have passed away. Commercialism
and the press and crowd of population
provided for their disappearance.
Commercialism fears the bears,
avoids the panthers; population refuses
them room. They go. and in their stead
come rabbits and Wilsons, red squirrels
and Tafts, offending no one, threaten
ing nothing. Mr. Roosevelt is big. ir
defiance of an environment. After s
fashion he is a throwback of politics,
and would have better matched a Jack
son clay than this.
Mr. Roosevelt would fit into the
white house day like a picture into a
frame. The demand is for laws and e
scheme of courts to bring about ai
equality of right. We make laws t<
prevent the physically strong from
beating the physically weak. Shall wt
not make laws to prevent the finan
cially strong from beating the finan
daily weak? The law should be as s
pot in the hand of man, s<
that when one dips up more than the
justice of nature intended, the unfai
excess will instantly overflow and re
turn to the common store.
Os the three named. Mr. Roosevel'
is the only one whose force and cour
age are equal to the white house
work ahead. Also, he knows the peo
ple. knows where they and their inter
est belong in the procession of govern
ment. And he is equal to saying “No!"
whenever a negative would make sot
popular right.
T. R. Strong »nd Bold.
Moreover, Mr. Roosevelt is not toe
nervously nne. The white house is
like unto a stone quarry. It is a place
for drills and giant powder. Nothing
is honestly done there save by heavy
lumbering work —work for the crowbar
not sot the lancet. All is as ruoeij
coarse as any’ canebrake bear. It it
no place for wool-foot weaklings or ar
tists of the back stairs.
Tour great president will be on<
whose nature is not too sensitive!’
clrawn. Ho will possess qualities of the
buffalo-bull kind. In the white house
quantity is often greater than qualitv
and momentum counts for more that
being quick.
lor myself, give me men of the
Itooievrlt type. They always fight an<
never skulk. They are firm in friend
ship, fierce in war. To come withit
eyeshot is to know -the worst and the
best of them. And to know it once is t<
know it al 1 ays. It is their boast tha
they would sooner do good than de
light, that they prefer a white purpo.='
to a white principle.
It was while he was on the civil serv
ice commission that I made the ac
quaintance of Mr. Roosevelt. Common
iy. I much dislike you;- officeholder
since commonly he is overblown, pomp X
oue, self-glorious and stands stiffly or
the toes of what he conceives to be hi
cflenlty—like a dog proud of its bras
collar.
Taking officeholders as they run. th<
caste shows a strong per cent both o
fool and hypocrite. Especially the iat
tor. when one compares what they de
with w hat they say. Wherefore, I "keej
aloof from them, it being part am
parcel of my religion to avoid a foo
and hate a hypocrite.
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