The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-02
ROOSEVELT, THE EAKIR.
Denver Post.l


Governor Roosevelt possesses many of
the qualities that men are accustomed to
attribute to the fakir. After having re-
peatedly and vociferously announced on
every possible opportunity for months
that he would not accept the vice presi-
Dental nomination, he iourneyed TO
WASHINGTON to imDlore Mark Hanna to
preserve him from his friends. Mark
promptly gave his promise that he would
not permit the convention to be stamped
ed. Teddy went to the convention, not
unostentatiouSly as one seeking to avoid
attention. He went as the conquering
hero. He wore his Rough Rider hat and
instead of slipping into the convention
hall, he waited until the delegates were
all assembled and then stalked in, wear
ing smiling invitation for a popular
demonstration
In the past il has been the custom of
convention candidates to remain away
from the convention This practice, found
ed on a decent regard for the proprietieS,
didn't appeal 10 Roosevelt. He was
unless he were there By his experience
on the plains he knew the stampeding
cause had TO be present or the stampede
would fail to come off.
During the convention Roosevelt sec
onded A1cKinley's nomination. and in the
course of his speech used the following
language of the Democrats:
They have raVed. they have fOamed at
the mouth in denunciation of trusts and
now. in my own state, their foremost
party leaders, including the man before
whom others bow with barred head and
trembling knee, have been discovered in
a trust which really is of infamous and
perhaps of criminal character-a trust in
which these apostles of Democracy,
sought OF wiring fortunes from the dire
sought OF wiring fortunes from the dire
need of their poorer brethren"
This is in part true, but very largely
false. The ice trust of New York was or
gained by Republicans and is owned by
Republicans The trust was uncovered
and destroyed by Democratic newspa-
per, which showed up the weakness and
venality of a couple of Democratic lead
ers who have been repudiated by, theil
own organization. The man before
whom the others bow with barred head
| Croker, presumably is not implicated IL
| the ice trust. He has depoSed Deputy
| Leader Carroll for his connection with II
and he asserts that if Mayor Van WycA
! has used his official position to aid the
| schemes of the trust and 10 better his
! financial condition, Governor Roosevelt
! should depose him.
But the governor, to whom the facts
have been submitted. and who is the
| judge in the case, has not acted Instead
| this fearless champion, forgetful of hi:
! QUasi-judicial position, attends partisan
| convention and makes a rabid speech in
volving the case being heard before him
! He makes charges that are untrue, anC
! acts altogether as a hireling attorney
| There is about him none of the cheValiel
| who is seeking only to redress wrong anC
! TO aid the weak
Teddy's cause has always been similarly
VainglOriOus and directed by the passing
/ popular wave. He has some persona
! courage and much inherited wealth, to-
! gether with distinguished lineage, bu
| he is. nevertheless, a self-confident, con
! ceited fraud. He has all the assurance
and much of the cheap wit of the fakil
! who sells medicine or soap or brass jew
! elry or the street corner. He is the