Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
NO "REsToRATIoN.n
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Daniel" queried the portly prophet
at small table in a secluded and cozy
corner of the Princeton Inns famous
tap-room. Il trust Daniel, that II
didn't inconvenience you much to come
over here today? There must be many
and varied drafts on your time these
days, Danel?"
Yes sire'-and the instant effect OF
this affirmative is a shadow of distress
athwart the features of the prophet
II meant mo- SIRE" explains Daniel,
that is, l meant 'no-that 1t wasn't
announcement for me to come; yes
that there are many demands on my
! time nowadays"
/. The face of the prophet brlghtens
perceptibly Is this Scotch tipple quite
to your liking, Daniel?"
/ Yes. sire
And the cigar-how about that.
Daniel?"
"Out of sight, sire!"
Tell me, Daniel, of this man Roose-
welt. What think the people of him
out in your great world?"
That he's all right all right-most
of EN-
Don't any of them think, Daniel
that he'll make some big blunder bye
and bye-some fatal mistake of policy
Tor statement or action-that will arouse
a popular revolt against him and like
enough break up Mark Hanna's great
machine, and the whole party go to
pieces with it?"
| I've not of late gone up against any
OF that sort, sire. / do meet promi-
nent persons now and then who say
that Teddy's good for another term all
right, and who predict that his party
will hang on for another twenty years,
at least"
You'll be an old man then, Daniel"
Yes. sire. and you'll be id sight
older! and the younger of the pair
steals an impatient look at his watch
while the prophet is relighting his cigar,
mumbling meantime:
"Tut-tu Daniel, softly! You didn't
use to swear Yes, we are both no
longer young Tell me. Daniel. did
this man Roosevelt coin any phrase in
his message quite equal to "innocuous
desuetude'?"
/ mo, sire, that was corker."
Nothing quite up to my condition
and -not-a-theory,' hey. Daniel?"
Nothing. sire, that was crack-a
Jack, sure!"
| II don't quite admire those express
sions-they seem to rpe to lack dignity.
But tell me, Daniel was there aught
in that Roosevelt affair that anywhere
approached the positiveness Of the ulti-
mata in my famous message OF 1872"
4 Nothing, sire. Teddy seems some
how to have an absurd notion that he's
the executive not the legislative branch
OF the government"-and the prophet
thereat squirms bit, but hides his
confusion in a napkin as he resumes
with:
| 1--WE been reading good deal Of
late. Daniel. about the Charleses OF
England and Cromwell and the Res
toration, and then thinking of our old
party, Daniel. and its former leaders
and principles and victories and all
that, and then wondering whether or
not-whether, Daniel, 1t might not be
possible. you know, whether, whether
well, Daniel, don't you think this great
country of ours is big enough to have
a Restoration that would, Of course,
include you and
Hell. no, sire! Is that all? You might
have asked me that at the start-and
there comes my train!"
| The prophet finishes his Scotch
high" alone and then toddles over to
his favorite alcove In the Princeton
library, where anon he gets absorbed
In the 'steenth volume OF Carlyle's
Charles the second. and How Good He
Felt After He Got Back"