The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-30
END OF ROOSEVELT.
Webster Davis Discusses the Future
of The ImpetuOus Young Man.
HE WILL BE NOMINATED
By the Machine Which He Will Be
Able 10 Build Up
AND DEFEATED BY THE PEOPLE
Who Remember that Dewey Cut the
NE and Schley Was in Command.
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THE FAMOUS ROUND ROBIN RECALLED
Former Assistant Secretary Says the
Rough Rider Should Have Been
CourtmartiaIed for 1t.
AND DEFEATED BY THE PEOPLE
Who Remember that Dewey Cut the
ne and Schley Was in Command.
THE FAMOUS ROUND ROBIN RECALLED
Special to The Post

Kansas City, Mo, December 2o.--"Roos,-
welt will be reuomlnated for the presi.
dency and defeated for the office"
This Is the opinion of Webster Davis
formerly assistant secretary OF the in
terror and a man who knows the president
well Discussing the man, rather than the
situation, Mr.. Davis said today: president
Roosevelt Is not halter-broke. He has not
shed his milk teeth. He signed round
robin for which he ought to have been
courtmartialed inasmuch as he was in tho
the face of the enemy and last week de.
graded the general commanding the arm
and the admiral commanding the first line
o. defense for a little breach.
while Mr.. Roosevelt himself was IN
diting letters criticislng LIZ superior off
GERS aud challenging the National admin
istration for leaving the army in Cuba,
the Millions from President Mckinley
down to myself and the other public citi-
zeus on the Sidewalk. were weeping for
joy at the sound of the names Of Dewey
and schley.
I'm sheer good nature, II not hrondnlnded
ness. President Mckinley let go unanswered
that round robin to which the signature %
Roosevelt was attached, and in the breadth
OF his common sense, which marked his
administration, he even needed it. Now
comes the sgner Of that ohfense against
the articles Of war, Colonel Roosevelt Of
the round robin and refuses to pass
newspaper Interview uncensored and, so
far from needing 1t, disciplnes the author
Of a minority report President Roosevelt
delivers a disgraceful scoring upon the
head of Admiral Dewey al clrough the
press, humiiltates old General Miles.
"But this does not surprise me. While
In office I was on an even footing with
Mr. Roosevelt He was, like myself, an
assistant in the cabinet. He was dlstln-
gushed then among the rest of the as
sistant secretaries as an Ishmaelite At
social functions his neighborly qualities
were confined to shutting his eyes and
gnashlng his teeth and in official circles
he was no more communicative. His chief
Mr.. Secretary Long, was constantly prod
ded by him. One of the most genial OF
men, much like the late president Secretary
Long was sadly distugSed by his turbulent
assistant secretary and the outbreak OF
the Spanish war afforded him positive
relief when it inveiged Roosevelt to 80 In
the field. The tail had shaken the dog,
/ IL It did not succeed in wagglng it. Presi-
/ dent Roosevelt is enthusiastic and unbrokeu.
| He is not bridIewise and his fol!ies are q $
! own He would not listen to the advice
I of any one when he was an assistant sec
rotary, and that propensity seems to have
been much enlarged since being called to
/ the executive chair.
mo one will charge him with neglectlng
! to further the interests of the Republic or
arralgn his patriotism, hut no one In Of.
fetal circles will accept his judgment The
audience in the parquet, the orchestra cir
Giles and the two first balconies will pay nc
attention to him He Is taking his lines
and Will not stick to the text. He came
In on n gust OF wind, and when the storm
! has exhausted Itself he will find his level
/ Il will be his felicity to escort demo
crat to where the chief justice is standing
to administer the oath to the next prcsi
dent. The republican party surely will &c
down by Roosevelt's weight. Republicans
will defeat him.
"ln the convention he will prevail, be
cause almost any president save some mag
nlfcent fellow like Chester A. Arthur, car
control convention through the medium
of his Federal office Soldiers. Nominated
by himself. Mr. Roosevelt will not br
if0le to elect hlmselI. Inose VINO felhtmoti
that brief dispatch from Manila one May
day will not forget last weeks censurC
wen again they come TO vote. They once
thanked God when they read on the bulletin
boards: 1T is believed Dewey has cut the
cables He was his own master then, 80,
900 miles away, with an enemy>ta negctiat,
with. The country believed in him. They
thanked God twice when the story was told
Il have destroyed the Spanish 1set.' The