Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-25
/, = Man on Horseback IN the
White House,
Affects MUCH SIMPLICITY
.,usoth the queer Manners OF
proaeho-Bustler Are the se"""'""
And Ambitions Of D,az'

uoshlneton, March 2i..-About $50
.,os,s were present tonight at the BIZ
nrol banquet Of the Virginia Demo
',1, essoeiation, held IN the banquet
.aon Of the Metropolitan hotel They
,noIuded Democrats Of national proml'
"ouce and most Of the political leaders
and democratic members of Congress
,,or the old Dominion. Henry wat
,srson the principal speaker. urged up
4 !, tho Democrats the general union of
,orces in opposition to imperialism IN
4 ~ ,orns In the course OF his speech,
4 he said ~. lao. o,,
country. Our hearts beat true TO Us
A institutions We would rescue the gov
n eminent from the hands of those who
ore converting It into a government of
,be trusts for the trusts and by the
tr,sts and restore 1t to the hands OF
n nose who will have some regard FOR
n ,bo fights Of the people. The Repub-
4 lean marty IL a syndicated lfrty Ar
II lIrary mower Is rs motive, the al
N ,niohV dollar It's trade mark. IL It be
n noi checked In the gait 1t Is going IN
n 1, viii in the end, surely Mexicanlze
" the republic,
aonce again in the White House we
n have the man on horseback. Affecting
The simplicity of the cowboy he con-
n Goals beneath the self-conildei1ce and
u oneer manners of the broncho- buster
II ,he sentiments and ambitions. If not
N me talents, of a Diaz. To him, a lit
a vS thing like treating an admiral Of
N tbe navy. wearing the laurel leaves OF
" mperishable renOWn, as II ne we're a
"a baby In arms, now to be landed and
a now to be spanked, Is merely an I'M
N dress affair begun and ended during
"a on moments between breakfast and
IN luncheon TO him the reprimanding Of
IA me lieutenant general of the army
81 grown gray In the tightng of the bat
N lies Of his country, becomes an anus
"A np horse play meant to relax his mus
"A cles and Illustrate his high mightiness
~ whilst warning lesser officers of the
q army to obey orders and say nothing,
IA as these things forward pertaining
n somewhat Of the character OF feats to
VA divert and blinds TO hoodwnk public
Ia opinion q bill OF army reorganization
MI prepared and urged upon Congress-
81 which, II Il becomes a law, VIII make
VI the power Of the president absolute,
N and which II Is not too much to say
w ought to be entitled An act to make
/" the president of the United States a
IA military dictator Because the repri-
an manded lieutenant-ge general, answering
a.. .tF "a. mi fAn aI
IN. peBs--as was his duty--expresses an
81 opinion adverse to this bill Il Is pro-
"a posed to retire him from the service
f Taken In connection with some other
M matters Of more or less sinister sug-
n geston these are menaces of most
N ominOus import
Al "Hut turn from the White House to
N the Capitol and look AT the Republicans
Il in Congress. The trail Of the trade
~ mark is over them all. Old High
4 Tariff dances the can-can in the house
I& whilst old Ship Subsidy does the reg
w llar cake walk In the senate. Every
A thing for the syndicates: nothing for
~ The people And not content with their
H arbitrary power In the White House
n and their mercenary power In Con-
n gress the leaders Of this party Of fed
4 eraism and false pretension would rip
Il open Pandora's box to fitch thence the
y black, piratlcal flag OF negro domino
II tIon--the equally dlsreputable and
q bloody shirt of sectional agitation
\ and IN order 70 make sure Of the
house. they are proposing to bring
4 forward another force bill to smite the
south to blight the north and to con
vert a land teeming with love and