Rock Island Argus., 1900-10-20

DROM|OS.
Roosevelt'S Double Found In
Mark Hanna. :
BLUsTBRBR OF THE FIRST WIND

From n sbrewd Political Manager
He Has Been Transformed Into IL
BrngEart and HurIer of Billings
Iate-AhiIcted With q Bad Case of
Timber Jaw.
A few weeks ago the cowboy govern
Or Of New York started out on the
political warpath with q series Of
blood curdling yells. such as put to
flight the Spanish armies in Cuba and
which he expected would throw the
Democrats into hop2iess confusion and
panic. But his ludicrous antics and
foolish denunciations frightened the
Republicans instead of the Democrats,
and DR.. Hanna was called in to lower
his temperature anG to reduce his
tongue action to the normal rate Of
speed. Although the job was not an al
together successful one, ii was as good
as could have been expected consider
ing the subject, and the Republican
party Dreathed q sigh of relief at the
thought that Teddy's wild western
tongue would wag more gently for the
rest of the campaign. SBut from Dr.
would seem that in reducing the pro-
portions OF Teddy's tongue he must
have grated n considerable bit of it on
his own.
There is scarcely any other theory
which can account for the complete
transformation which has taken place
in him recently. From Il shrcwd. crafty
and comparatively quiet political man
ager, whose actions spoke louder than
his words, he has suddenly become 4
political braCgart aad blustcrer of the
first water, or. rather. Of the first wind,
with an irrcpressiblc desire to be talk
ing and posing all the time.
All the silent. oily. Hannacsquc quail
tiles have disappeared. and all the
ROOScycltian characteristics Of fierce
bravado and unmitigatcd contempt for
lIis adversarics have taken their place.
1t might almost be Roosevelt I'm Ian
mas clothes. He is eager 70 crate, he is
dying to meet his opponents on the
stump. he fairly rushcs into the arms
Of every interviewer who comes along.
and lie fairly out-Tcddies Teddy as 4
hurler Of cpithets and invective. In
fact. we have In DR.. Hanna and his
impatient patient two political Dromios
except when they are labeled and who.
are furnishing the amusement features
Of the campaign to the Democrats. The
Democratic party has right to think
itself lucky when the Republican ma
tional convention presented it with
Teddy. but Il special prayer of thanks
giving seems demanded when the gods,
send them Il second Roosevelt in the
person OF the once polite and unctuOus
Hanna. Il
No Democrat can read his recent,
speeches and the utterances in his
Cleveland interview without n feeling
OF sincere gratitude to the manager Of
the Republican national campaign. II.
hc VIII only continue on this line until
election day. he will go down in polit-'
ical history as one OF the most efficient
allies Of Democracy. His elegant de-
nunciation of Mr.. Bryan as IAN ass Is
an overwhelming piece of logic that
will convert many doubtful voters.
while the humor OF his description of
the Democratic nominee as "A man
burning up with the desire TO hold Of
fee" Will appeal irreSistibly to the risi-'
biliticS Of the whole nation. especially
when he adds: democratic politicians
all over the country are promising
party workers all kinds of positions. III
don't know how many cabinet posi-l
tons Bryan has promised. but l guess
he will have to create several newt
places If lie expects To make good hisl
promises II
There was time not so long ago