The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-02
MAKING SURE OF rHa APPLAUSE.

The ridiculous ROOSEVELT Was
there ever more conceited or Of
fensive braggart, or swellheaded
swash buckler than this fellow
offered for high Office in this
The esteemed Boston Post has
just-exposed another amazing effort
Of the republican hero" candi-
date for the vice presidency to per-
petrate contemplate little fraud
upon the public.
Newspaper men are all familiar
with the pious deception practiced
by budding local orators, almost
everywhere. to give their ambitious
flights the proper eclat when put
into cold type. Advance copies
come to the Office plentifully inter
lined with such keys to the situa-
ton as applause, - laughter. y
great applause, I" great laugh
ter" just in proportion as the
vanity of the author may lead hin
to see the wild enthusiasm. or riI
roaring hllarity of the charmed
audience. Newspaper folks opl.
smile ordinarily at such concei
and pass the orator down a peg o.
two in their estimation. Most o
these advance copies" however
so prepared, come from ambition
but immature geniusess who cal
| not conceal the fact that they ar
'fresh," and new in the bushes
of hunting fame. and no seriou
afterthought is given to thei
pleasant attempts to work tn
press and public.
But here comes Teddy with thi
old racket-a candidate for tn
vice presidency with the gall an
indelicacy. the puerile vanity an
the unspeakable conceit to han
out to the press of the nation a
advance copy" of a politics
{ speech ON national issues, with a
. the parenthetical marks of its i'm
agined enthusiastic reception b
his auditors.
. Referring to Teddy's speech &
9 st. Louis recently the Boston Pos
has this to say:
!. Before the speech was delivere
it was known to all who had col
les of Governor Roosevelt's propl
etic revision that when he hs
d spoken two paragraphs there woul
: be applause and laughter j
9 brackets. That three sentence
further along would occur cheer
and laughter. That 'renewe
q laughter would break forth at fir,
g quent intervals. That, as tt
n orator warmed up, the audient
g would burst into general Taught,
and cheers That when he spok
of courage in staying to do OF
duty in the Philippines, his hearel
could no longer restrain then
selves, but emitted loud cheering
. and cries of good! good!' Flu
: ther than this, Governor Rooseye
% discerned by his prophetic visic
|. several days ago that when
i mentioned the fact that he vi
elected last year over Van Wye
his audience in st. Louis won
e respond with applause and cri
It of Goodl good! You will
a elected again.
Il All this and much more of Il
same sort Governor Roosevelt for
Il saw would be said and done by Il
1t people of st. Louis when he shou
+ come to let loose his eloquen
e upon them. And so he careful
- inserted fifty-three of these chunl
of enthusiasm in the advance co
,. . les of his speech prepared for Il
q press"
II And this bowling and puff,
70 counterfeit. who has been posir
6. over the country as the ideal
y "strenuousness" and the man wi
q whipped Spain, this unbalance,
q egotistical and insulting bully
'e presented for the suffrages of Il
u American people as the possib
3 successor to the presidency of th
q great republic. Houston Post.
- For the serious diseases that attat
the kidneys. frickly Ash Bitters