Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-24
ROOSEVELT vS ROOSEVELT. Is


 Mir. Roosevelt delivered an interest ing address at the commencement ex- rcises of Harvard university. He had much to say concerning the criticism of a number of his appointees. The substance of Mir. Roosevelt's remarks in this respect are we'll stated in a telegram to the Chicago Record-Her- ald by William E. Curtis.
 Mir Curtis reports Mir. Roosevelt as saying substantially that it was the custom in England to reward men who did great work with titles and lands. while in this country a hero is rewarded by malignant attacks and is fortunate if he is permitted to take up the threads of business life left in a tangled condition when heresponded to the call of his country"
 The Commoner thinks that this is the most remarkable of the many re- markable utterances made by Presi. dent Roosevelt.
 No attempt has been made to de priye the men to whose defense MT. Roosevelt rushes of the credit which properly belongs to them. For cer- tain things they hve been criticiseS and no serious attempt has been made by the administration or the friends of these men to provide intelligent defense.
 The charges against Secretary Root of keeping the people in the dark con- corning the conduct of affairs in the Philippines has been amply confirmed if confirmation were necessary, by the republican press.
 General Wood was charged with us ing public money for the purpose of aiding a lobby engaged in an effort to pass a certain measure through con- gress. Instead of denying the charges General Wood has frankly admitted it to be true.
 But what an arraignment President Roosevelt made of his own admins tration when he complained of the practice of "rewarding' heroes by ma ngnant attacks"
 MT. Roosevelt would have done well to have looked at the notches on the handle of his own bright blade before l.,
 Dewey, Miles and Schley did not receive titles, for this government had no titles to bestow: they did not re- ceive lands. for this government had no lands to give; they did receive. and they yet retain the love and the gratitude of the American people who complained of the manner in which American heroes were treated? What manner of treatment did these heroes receive at the hands of Theodore Roosevelt?
 Every one of these heroes has been the targett for the most persistent at tacks by this administration and its representatives. Dewey has been re- peatedIy snubbed; Miles has been re peatedly insulted and humiliated while Schley, the man to whom Amer ican people have given the title of Hero of Santiago Bay" has been branded. even by Theodore Roosevelt himself as a man who weighed too nicely" the dangers of great battle "a great battle, too, in which Schley was the active leader and in which he established his courage and his lead ership to the satisfaction of the Ameri. can people.
 It requires considerable courage on the part of MT. Roosevelt to com. plain. in the presence of an intelligent audience. of the manner in which he ros are treated in this country.
 Wood and Taft and Root are the heroes" to whose defense Mir. Roose- welt rushes. Whatever heroism these gentlemen may have displayed was largely shown in civil ofnce; and while it'is true that heroism may be displayed in civil office as we'll as up. on the battle field, it seems strange indeed, tht Mir. Roosevelt is so ready to rush to the defense of the men wbor, he regards as his heroes of civil life while he has had nothing but criti- efsm and harsh words to apply to Dew ey, Miles andSchl ey, whose breasts have been bared in battle in the ser 'ce of their country and whose works