The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-01
THE PRESIDENTS HARVARD SPEECH.

THE PRESIDENTS HARVARD SPEECH.
The president has made another speech. On
Wednesday night at the Harvard alumni dinner at
Cambridge Mr. Roosevelt eulogized Leonard Wood,
Governor Taft and Elihu Root OF the three, Leonard
Wood is the only Harvard Governor Taft is a
Yale man. Ehu Root is graduate of Hamilton col
lege But the president had predetermined to make
his euogy trogy and in spite of the Inappropriate
ness of the occasion persisted in celebrating the three
graces he had picked out for the honor.
Leonard Wood went to Cuba, the president said,
and has rendered services to that country Of the kind
which, If performed three thousand years ago would
have made him a hero mixed up with the sun god in
various ways" The president is wrong about the
god Bacchus is the god he should have referred
and judging by the prodigous wine bills in his Cuban
accounts which Governor Wood submitted to the gov
eminent to pay, the reference would been
appropriate
Next we have Governor Taft whom the president
paints all round admirable character, Indeed is
not this wonderful virtue? The president says
nor Taft said to him:
Mr. President it has always been my dream be in the
and at the time congress should take off entirely my
salary should go straight back the Philip
back and believe Won't desert Pfip em ''u anu expect
Without doubt such unusual virtue deserves the
loud applause with which the report of the speech
chronicles received But is not Governor Tafts
When come to Eihu Root however the doings
of that worthy known of the people be too true
to be good, Not to the president. To him Elihu
Root is man of wonderful ability, industry and
scientousness He actually compares him with Abra-
ham Lincoln. II he has not done the best that was in
him he has done the best that conditions would allow
Of" The critics of the administration are to blame.
They have "hampered" Root by their ignorance and
worse than ignorance" While Root has only been
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presidents point of view his critics Sill to blame
because Root "hampered" by the knowledge that
they would be after him.
The French have proverb about the close relation
between excusing and accusing. The president meant
to Read his speech between the lines and the
accusations which the president would dearly like to ST.
lence are found written plainly SO that he who runs
may read
RUSSIA would have waed until England and Africa died
IN clnch, and then absorbed both The great
white is great big peach.
CoNoREss sees its finish.
Now IF King Edward doesn't die OF convaeseence. as
Mckinley did the English people will indeed have for
rejoicing.
THE king is slightly feverish. This is a sort of royal
flush.
JArrsm1ru is on his journey home If Texas conten-
plates building oeha, she'd better order her babed wire
now,
DALLAS needs do a little judicial and judicous hang
ing, herself
JESSIE MoRRsoN OF Kansas appealed from veyear
ence and got years Doubtless Jessie will now be good
II WILLIAM the races sailed to suit him he
woat play.
HARRISON FISHER the artist he doesn't ideaze his
girls that the real thing is good enough Same here
Nor having prayed fer King Edward Ireland will no
doubt be surprised II he RECEIVERS.
IT be interesting TO know just how much money
Gomez has got salted down anyhow.