Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-04-11
WATTERSoN ON ROOSEVELT.
he Says All Kinds Of Harsh Things About the
Man on Horseback.

In Washington, last week, abou,
$50 guests were present at the bieu,
NAL banquet of the Virginia Demo.
cratic Association, held in the dining
room of the Metropolitan Hotel
Henry Watterson, the principal
speaker, urged upon the Democrats
the general union of forces in opposi
tion to Imperialism in all forms. In
the course of his speech he said:
awe are Democrats. We love our
country. Our hearts beat true to its
institutions. We would rescue the
Government from the hands Of those
who are converting il into q Govern.
ment OF the trusts, for the trusts and
by the trusts, and restore it to the
hands OF those who will have some re-
gard for the rights of the people.
The Republican party is q syndicated
party. Arbitrary power is its motive,
the almighty dollar its trademark.
If it be not checked in the gait it i.
going, it will in the end surely Mexi.
canize the Republic.
"Once again in the White House
We have the man on horseback. AZ
fecting the simplicity of the cowboy
beneath the self-confdence and queer
manners of the broncho.buster the
sentiments and ambitions, if not the
talents, of a Diaz. To him, a little
thing like treating an Admiral of the
navy, wearing the laurel leaves of i'm.
perishable renown, as if he were a
baby in arms, now to be dandled and
now to be spanked, is merely an un-
dress affair, begun and ended during
OFT moments between breakfast and
luncheon. To him, the reprimanding
OF the Lieutenant-G General of the army,
grown gray in the fighting of battles
OF his country, becomes an amusing
horseplay meant to relax his muscles
and illustrate his high mightiness
whilst warning lesser officers of the
army to obey orders and say nothing.
"But turn from the White House
to the capitol and look at the Repub-
licans in Congress. The trail of the
trademark is over them all. Old
High Tariff dances the can can in tho
House, whilst Old Ship Subsidy does
the regular cake walk in the Senate.
Everything for the syndicate; moth
ing for the people. And, not content
with their arbitrary power in the
White House and their mercenary
power in Congress, the leaders OF this
party OF federalism and false preten.
sion would trip open Pandora's box to
filch thence the black, practical flag
OF negro domination-the equal dis
reputable and bloody shirt OF sectional
agitation-and in order TO make sure
Of the House they are proposing to
bring forward another force bill to
smite the South. to blight the North
and to convert land teeming with
love and peace into land reeking
with hate and strife. Such is the
banquet to which the exit OF McKin.
Icy, the statesman, and the advent OF
Roosevelt, the rough rider, has in.
vited US.
Gas these things 60 forward, per.
tanning somewhat of the character OF
feats to divert and blinds to hoodwink
public opinion. bill Of army reorgan.
ization is prepared and urged upon
Congress which, if it becomes . law,
will make the power of the President
absolute and which, it is not too much
to say, ought to be entitled An act to
make tho President of the United
States q military Dictator