Washington sentinel., 1900-08-25
Teddy Partisan Bigot.

leSSneSS and disorder, Tor diSnon
estY and dishonor, tor license AM
disaster at home and cowardl'
shrinking from duty abroad"-iI
brief, for "a policy OF intamy"-i
quite as bad as his original offenSe
says the Baltimore SNH. Wher
TEDDY" first opened his mouth or
this subject he put his loot in i
with his accustomed blunderinG
"strenuousness." Now that he ha:
opened his mouth the second time
in apology, he put both feet in It,
Teddy" says that he did not mean
his insulting Characterization TO
apply to all Democrats, but simply
to those who framed the Kansas
City platform. The delegates to
that convention he explicitly de-
nounces as towards" as "dis-
honest and dishonorable" and as
advocates Of the policy Of in
fanny" OF course. the reflection
applies equally to the more than
six millions ot Democratic voters
who stand by the declaration of
their party at Kansas City, as well
as to hundreds OF thousands OF in
dependent voters who are opposed
to the Republican policy of impe-
rialism. AS a matter OF fact, the
Democrats who support the Kan
sas City platform are as guilty, &C
cording to "Teddy's" logic, OF dis
honor, dishonesty and cowardice
as the representatives Of their party
who framed the platform. So,
wriggle and squirm and evade as
he may, Teddy" has deliberately
insulted more than half Of the
white voters in the United States
and has attempted to place a stigma
upon every man who does not
think as he does.
1t IS not good politics for any
man-not even the hero of"Alone
in Cuba"-to fling ugly ephithets
at millions OF his fellow citizens
and ,hen attempt to escape the re-
sponsibllitY OF his utterances by a
lame and illogical excuse. There
seems to be no remedy for
"Teddy'S" garrulIty except an in
terview with his Uncle Marcus
Alonzo Hanna in the political
Woodshed. whsrs perhaps an ener-
getic spanking may bring this
bully boy with a bad eye" 70 a
proper sense of his folly and wick
edness. His Uncle Mark should
lose no time in correcting him,
otherwise the carefully planned Re-
publican campaign may collapse
with a crash and the party NAV be
destroyed in the wreck. Meantime
the millions Of Democrats whom
this incorrigibly bad boy has fool
ishly affronted will continue to ad-
vocate the policy which commends
itself to their intelligence and
patriotism, When the time comes
in November tor them to take
Teddy" out to the woodshed and
teach him better manners they will
give him a dose OF repartee which
he will remember while he lives.
Hanna's bad boy will realize then
that he cannot say naughty things
with impunitY about halt OF the
white population OF as big
country as the United States.
Other bad boys have been tanned
before Teddy and made to realize
the error OF their ways. When the
disgusted Uncle Mark and the in
dignsnt Democratic voters get
through with Teddy" he will wish
HG Hdu ICludlAG hlOuG ia NuOh
shooting fleeing Spaniards in the
back. Tha anger OF the American
voter is not easily aroused, but
when it is at boiling point he is a
much more formidable proposition
than the Spaniards whom TEDDY"
slaughtered I'm his rind) at San
Juan. Hereafter Mr.. McKinley's
running mate would do we'll to
cultivate a meeker and humber
spirit and dispense with some Of
his strenuousness. There are hosts
oil old soldiers who have seen more
Of war in day than Teddy" has
seen in his lifetime. 1t is not alto
gether prudent to call them cow
ards, dishonest and dishonorable
and champions of policy of in
fanny" All Of them have votes,
and they won't hesitate to take
any candidate who offends them
into the political woodshed and
apply retormatoTy treatment.
III