Arizona republican., 1902-09-29
Cruelty to Root.

The Hon. Elihu Root, secretary of war. returned to his native land the other day after a somewhat brief visit to Europe. ''I had q splendid time in Germany" he said, and feel hun dred per cent better than when l went away" Republicans will be glad to learn of the cheerful state of Secre tary Roots mind. for they have been prepared to extend to him their un- qualified sympathy. The democrats have played a trick on the seer etary which is nothing short of cruel.
 It will be remembered that during most of the late session of congress the democratic orators and statesmen were so wrought up by the Philippine imperialism question, the horrors of the water cure, etcetera, that they threw several kinds of fits each day. The atrocities committed by that aggre- gation of imperial janiZaries called the United States army cast lurid light over thousands of pages of the Congressional Record. It will not be forgotten that even away out here in Arizona the thrills and waves of horror which had burst forth from the oratory- smitten halls of congress lapped and beat upon the rocky ribs of our ever lasting hills, and almost drove people in Tucson to drink. It was awful. An tissue" had been raised upon th= trail whereof the journalistic Trays, Blanches and Sweethearts of the de- mocracy set up a most doleful bowling. Who then would have dreamed that "tariff reforIn"-the dull subject of the sleep-inviting tariff-by the last of this September would be the sole question presented by the democracy to the vot- CTS of Arizona and the states? But thus it is, wherefore the unfortunate state of Secretary Root.
 AS is well known, MT. Root has an uncommonly keen intellect. He is one of the strong men of our time. More over, he is really a great orator. Well, as the man most responsible for the policy of Mckinley and the policy of Roosevelt in the Philippines, MT. Root heard what the democrats were saying, and he proceeded to prepare a speech. And 1t was a great speech. It went into the Philippine situation and marshalled the facts in such a manner that the dullest might understand. He was pre- pared to take the gas out of the demo- cratic airship in a breaking man.
 F. a short rest Meantime, the democratic leaders-if we except Carmack and one or two others-had been hearing from the country. Congress had adjourned. and there had been an opportunity to mix with the people. The most stub born mossbacks, as well as the shifty skirmishers, found that there was an ominous rumbling of the political earth. It was plain that the people would not stand for scuttling out of the Philip pines. and would not stand for foul abuse of the army. It was sadly evil dent that the hot air in the imperialism balloon would not float the thing through the campaign. It was per mitted to collapse. with not mourner for the abandoned tissue" Secretary Roots great speech is made useless by a flying switch of the democratic train. The,"tariff reform" route has been se- lected, and as tariff reform means everything and nothing, according to the individual democratic view, there is little left in this campaign for Sec retary Root-or any other republican, to discuss.