Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-07
GRUBBISG THE VOTES.

Is there no new political adventure
our strenuous President might under.
take to insure him n unanimous election
in 1901?
For n time he INDUCED in n spectacu-
lar exhibition II trust busting without
harming a single trust. This WAS to
make himself solid with the common
people.
Next he tried to build up Il lilly white
Republican PARTY in the soutb. with the
co operation OF Senator McLaurin OF
South Carolina. This he fondly imag-
ined would cause the white voters OF
the south TO Hook to his standard and
carry the solid south for him. In two
or three states the scheme progressed go
far that Republican conventions re-
fused to ~reconguize colored dele
gates,
This stirred up the colored people OF
the north, who practically hold the bal
ance OF power III Ohio, Indiana,i Illinois
Pennsylvania and New York. The loss
OF these states would mean ruin for
Roosevelt even il he should succeed IN
capturing some OF the southern states
with lilly white" bait.
So the strenuous President tried to
square" himself with the cclo-ed voters
OF the north by inviting Booker Il.
Washington TO take dinner with him at
the White house. This infatuated The
lilly whites and to appeasc them the
colored people were insulted by the
explanation that Booker +. Washing
ton did not dine with the President, but
that luncheon" was served to him at "A
separate table in the White House annex
instead Of the great colored philosopher
dining Mt the table in the White House
dining room,
Then came the Indiauuia, Miss,
postoiiice melee and the Crum cullcc.
torship for Charleston to Offset the
insult to the negroes, so rs to square"
himself again wi = the sons Of Ham.
only to stir race hatred to its very
depths.
After this came the trans continental
tour as a general all around vote catch
er. At one place the President tailed
to SWedes TO catch the Scandinavian
vote. Atanother he talked to n colony
OF Russians to catch the Russian vote.
lie rode races with the cowboys to make
sure OF the cowboy vote. He talked to
Indians To win the Indian vote. He
said, Speak softly but carry Il big stick"
to capture the Conservative vote, He
had declared that Reed Sm0ot should
not be elected United State. Senator,
so rs to make himself solid win lie anti.
Mormon vote. When he got to Utah he
h~ob.nobbed with Smoot to line up the
Mormon vote. y telegram from Walia
Walla demanded the Ohio vote. Just
now he is playing for the jew vote 10y
Needing with Russia's internal affairs;
and a dispatch from Rome to an eastern
paper only a few days ago stated that the
President was using his political inllu.
ence to have Archbishop Ireland raised
to the ran OF carolina! III the hope that
1t would win for him the Catholic
vote.
And while all these machinaiIons are
in progress he is patching up a truce
with j. Picrpont Morgan SO Hs to cincb
the Wall street vote.
Was there ever in the history Of Amer.
lea such an ingIorious exhibition Of pu-
htical jugglery? Was there ever in the
White house such Il lightning-changc
prestidigitator and trimmer? The
trusts 20 OH in their career Of plundcr
and not one is "bugtcd" unless it hap
pens to founder in it's own fool Of wa
ter, and probing OF OIL :ial rottcnness liz
become Il farce since in exchange for
the Ohio Endorsement %IIanna's notice,
"llRpds DIR il needed to protect the
rascals not yet exposed whom Hanna
has placed in the public service.
No thought whatever OF tho interests
OF the people, Of the general welfare; no
thought OF anything except how to get
votes in 1901.
Such Il v~Ute.grubbcr deserves To he
buried under nm avalanche OF votes ns Il
rebuke for his chicancry md double.
dealing. May all thIa grubbimg for
votes In 1901 result in Il harvest Of dc,
teat that will prove a wholesome PEE
cedcnt for all Presidents hereafter
Columbus CO., Press.