The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Mr.. Roosevelrs Chance.

Mr.. RoOsevelt's Chance.
There is no Republican in whom we have
greater JOY than We derive from the Hon.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. the Cowpuncher OF
Civil Service Reform. He is young. he is
not stale. he is mighty hunter. no doesn't
revere the Hon. HANS WANAMAKER or any
other German silver sample. he would
rather fight than eat. he believes what he
| says.though he is not averse to conversation.
and he has n healthy and hearty political
hop-skip-and-iump which is a constant de-
light. We fancy that IL the Hon. BENJAMIN
HARRISON were asked to give his opinion Of
the Hon. THEoDoRus ROOSEVELT and COM
piled. the Hon. BENJAMIN HARRISON
would say that Mr.. ROOSEVELT is
indiscreet. Mr.. RoosEvELT's indiscretion,
however. takes usually the form OF
never caring n rap who is going to be hurt.
We may add that. although Mr.. ROOSEVELT
is not entirely mute, as We have said. he
has had just rs many grandfathers as Gen.
HARRISON has had. and never talks through
their hats or his own dome-canopy. Mr..
ROOSEVELT was in Boston last Tuesday
night. and had a most beautiful opportu-
nifty to make remarks. Boston likes re-
marks: in fact. 1t lives on them. The stock
of remarks in Boston. native aud imported.
is always large and an imported remark
maker always is encouraged when he is
called to that appreciative town. Talk has
become. If not n fine art. at least a
trade there. The rich men of Massa-
chusetts have their own way OF enjoying
themselves. They don't come to this town
SO often or stay here for such long periods Us
,s,t~ >x>y >tl 4
do. They go to clubs and hear remarks
Tho Massachusetts club is not the sort OF
institution which prevails here. or course.
there are clubs with houses in Boston. We
are informed that there is even a club in
Worcester. though you can't get anything
to drink there: and there is club in Che-
sea. and another in Plymouth. a stern and
rock-bound club. and there is in Canton the
ELIJAH A. MORSE Polish and Purity Club.
unlimited. like tho self-possession OF its
founder. The ordinary clubs of Massachu-
sets meet in Boston. eat in the afternoon,
eat little. OF course, for little goes good
way in the Bay State. where frugality is
wealth, and then listen to storm OF
speeches. The amount Of talk one gets at
Massachusetts club dinner is. to the amount
of civilized food and drinks he gets. as q
River and Harbor bill to one cent, or as
Democrat to GROVER CLEVELAND. But Mr.
ROOSEVELT is used to living we'll. and so he
can afford to go to Boston. and he did go
last Tuesday night. 1t was dinner OF the
Massachusetts Republican Club and it was
held in the Music Hall. in the interest OF
harmony. 1t was held in the evening. con-
trary to the usual Massachusetts, custom.
Tho afternoons are not long enough for the
amount OF talk which n bean and sarsapa-
rilla banquet renders necessary.
1t was large banquet all tho same.
The Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REED con-
tributed striking and Stratfordian head.
The Hon. JOSEPH NUGGET DoLPH.
Senator in Congress from Oregon,
was there with an Old Testament
beard and n speech against silver. Silver
is regarded by Boston as almost as bad as
arc two negatives. Tho Hon. WILLIAM
ERASMUS BARRETT. Speaker OF the Mussa-
chusctts House OF Representatives. was
there. Mr.. BARRETT is about one third as
old as Senator DAWES and expects to be
that worthy persons successor. 1t was Mr..
BARRETT. then a correspondent OF our
esteemed contemporary. tho Christian
Union. who stopped simeon with his
check in Al Muddy Hal-fa-nhalf in 1855. Tho
Hon. WILLIAM WALLACE CRAPO Of New
Bedford. who has beaten three Republican
for Governor and never been
nominated himself. was there. wise. gray.
a lovelock hanging down to the marge
OF his right eyebrow. Tho whaling
and Mr.. CRAPo arc II not
at least sympathetic.
The Hon. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BRACK-
EFT. who was Governor OF Massachusetts
for one year. and might have been still
II tho fatal CRAPO hadn't hoodooed him.
was there as beautiful IL not as joyous as II
the Commodore Club were about to have an
outing. Tho Hon. THOMAS N. HART, who
was made Postmaster because he couldn't
be Mayor any more, contributed his beauty
to the occasion. Mr.. JOHN l.. DODGE
President OF tho Harvard Republican Club.
was on hand to show that the powerful
non-voters of Cambridge
are not all Mugwumps. 1t was galaxy OF
talent and Mr.. ROOSEVELT was In good
II we may single out as especially worthy
OF mention any part OF a speech 80 full OF
meat. 1t will be the part In which Mr.. RoosE-
WELT talked about civil service reform. IL
have yet one more possible fight with some
of our party leaders ahead OF me-" said the
OF Civil Service Reform. land
in this fight am confident can reckon on
the hearty help OF the Massachusetts, Re-
publican Club" How about the hearty
help OF the Hon. BENJAMIN HARRISON Mr.. |
ROOSEVELT may have fight sooner than
he expects. although not sooner than he
desires. We understand that the friends
OF the Hon. JOHN ERIGENA MILHoLLAND OF
de 'Lev'nt' district are preparing tho docu-
ments in his case for the Civil Service Com
mission to look at. The Milhollandists