The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

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M and YOU cnn TIL tfiaE itAis spontaneous
BY The way he uses IT. ;g.5. x (. *. u
Sometimes lie gets almost. through
without looking at,a single word. ii.
as sarirg; f,f AZ q. = ii ,i,i
#'st,ntlics ana gentlemen ana fcllow.citi-
znrs, !" without ginncng ptihls paper oiicc,
but thnt wns farther thnii iisunl. That
was well toward the8cnd Ii ~
Usually liz doesn't fisk going beyond
"Latlics nnd gentlctnnil;'s5 after that "a
man like lin rlocsn't feel like tnkingJ TOT
{mlicl rslt With reporters present SI
~ Oratory Is out Of style iii politics now.
# Is mostly used by counsel for the
x plaintiff IN damage cases and by the
& Maine Judges iii charging J,lries III crlin-
lnnl trinls 3 ts n
( Wien got TO Growers pln.c, he was
ri sitting on the doorstep OF tho back porch
splicing u fishing rod. III II Is
Il hcsitnted ul,o,it interfering with him.
If he had been writing " letter Oh 'hnr-
moiiiops peinocracy'''8 or debating Ills
10Th, dcclination Of d thirtl term, /
shouldn't have cared so much, because
such things sit lightly upon HIM, but
when a man OF his tnstes, habits and
ability Is giving MI Of llis gigantic IN
tellcct and deep lreadtliiof thought to
making two pieces Of bnnl,oo cane unto
| - Nv ~
cept SO yards OF silk Irvine, 1t is a bad
i time to butt In. la7 ,tB8 J3sif $is s tH4
However,, i did. IA,
said; a,a \, n III
| HOW 90 you 10 Mr. Glovcln nj Y
At first hardly knew what to Gull
| him. IA Fl
| f IL he had been n country Justice OF
! the pence.%t1 should have called him,
"Soul. honor II lie had been n COVER
nor of a 3x9 state like Delaware, I should
have called him Sy your eXccllency. Il
he had been Roosevelt I should have
said. ''l1ow are Son?'' but he was only m
! cS- president and so not being acuualnt-
ed with him well enough to call him
Grover. y called him ~ that general term
| which mas covered a mllltitudct OF sinners,
| Mr. E5t I'LL " n
IT was all right guess. 5F
At any rate. he didn't find snnS@faillt
tie stopped winding tWlne round ms
| fishing rod for while, looked me right
In the face and said: * $.4 g,3
| WHO III the devil are you ?"'
| That seemed Just like him.
SO thoughtful. SO tactful. SO smooth
and considerable of the feelings Of others
| 1t Is that. think which has made
him SO popular withEt masses.
His munncri4lsg SO good. t
| lie handed me that question a good deal
! like you would hand AMMAN a brick, If
| you were OH one side OF the street and
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The great trouble with Grover Cleve-
land, in politics. was he got into the
i wrong department.. 81
lie ought to have been in the diploma
tic service.
He would have shone there. That is
If he had been sent to the right place.
lie wouldn't havc been much OF a man
to send to London J or France, but he
1 would have made an; excellent minister
to the Iickapoo Indians
| OF course, in answer to his kind IN
| ouirv. | told cleveland who was and
/ where was from and reminded him that
4 I showed him where the bass fishing was
/ best last year. 4 down home.
| thought perhaps that something
woud happen then.
/ 7 had seon the meeting between Roose-
volt and -Rill sscwalI ~ siha Ranror ihniise
i the wear Beal exhibited them both at lis
/ cattle show, and j thought perhaps Gro
1 yer would get historical and fall on my
neck as Teddy did on Williams.
ETe didn't
He was very calm and collected, and
| after the look he gave when had fin
| ished Introducing myself, was pleased
! to think that lie kept away from me.
| would just as soon tumble down in 4
| a snowbank as have Mr.. Cleveland en-
brace me.
With Roosevelt it's different.
(. He was reared in the warm, impulsiyc
ulIHuSpucIcH Ol Tue L)utCnga lF1SLOCTaCys
Of New York, and it Is perfectly natural
| for him to hug guides, kiss policemen
| and take dinner with gentlemen of color.
meant to talk. politics with Cleveland,
and as soon as could get his attention
| off of the fishing rod said to him:
| Mr. Cleveland. who is going to be the
| next PRESIDENT
Mr. Smith" said he slowly and pain
fully. Il don't know as can answer
that. but can tell you several men that
amt going to be- amt" says he.
nor Bryan nor William r. Hearst"
m my ,a kho ~ edge OF politics to give
President or anything else. Anybody
can pick loser. But how are you
sure 80.
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