The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-21
REGIME OF ROOSEVELT
MARKED BY EXTRAVAGANCE

(Ios OIL IN Atlanta Consutuionl
Washington, D. c., March 21-A
million dollar home ia the suburbs for
the presiJent aad the Increase of his
salary TO $4,000 a year are the latest
steps toward extravaganza fa,hereJ
by Republican leaders very close 90
the present occupant ct the white
house. Coming o. these DO coiucident
with the reques for an appropriation
of $4,000 fer new stables to guard
lagainst The Roosevelt horses contract
ling colds, they have served to draw re-
lnewed attention to the unwonted ex
lrayagance which has marked every
phase of the Roosevelt administration.
Tine wiser Republican politicians are
manifesting no little alarm over these
developments, since they realize tha
such evidences of extravaganza may
prove a dangerous weapon in the hands
of their opponents in campaign be
fore the people, and there IS much ef-
fort in consequence to cover up the
facts.
Despite the running TO cover which
followed the disclosures brought out
by the $500. .000-stable bin. it has been
impossible for the Republican politi-
clans to conceal the many unpleasant
fac which serve to Illustrate the
wanton extravaganza of the present
administration This has been &C
companied by a reckless disregard of
the sacredness OF the relics of former
Administrations which has shocked the
lpeople who seem to hold to the idea
that there have been a few presidents
worthy of a place in the memory Of the
American people.
Restoration Is the Word.
Restoration" is the word used by
the president about che way in which
the white house has been ransacked
of every tradition it possessed ana
made over into an imitation of new.
ly mnionaire's modern palace. There
are many who viii take exceptions to
This comparison. claiming that it is toe
i. favorable to the white house visitors
from New York. who were recently
inspecting the improvements, and de
= clared hat the white house closely
resembled & Grand Genital depot
!, When Mr Roosevelt entered th,
white house lt was supposed that the
old building had been put In excelien
. condition. True he corridors wer
furnished iu simple taste ana there
was an absence from the rooms o
.. anything like tawdry hangugs. bu
I, there was en- every side rhe suggestion
= of historic interest ANA the mansio
was certainly a comfortable. homellh
residence benuing the Democratic
Idea OF what a president stands for
In striking contrast with an this ar
The gold panels that meet the eye oI
every side. fanclful contraptions shad
n ing yellow green blue ana purpi
lights; al sorts of essentially moder
decorations. which painfully clash wit
,. the simple colonial lines of the built
ing
One is astoundel TO read the cos
the nation has been forced to pay fo
e all this extravaganza First an appr'
q priation of $475.445 was slipped int
q the sundry civil service bill in Jun'
4 1902. 10 cover the cost Of this 81
called restoration" Instead Of cal
d. ing on the army Of architects whic
r. the government employs for the con
structidn Of its public building
70 throughout the country, and whic
numbers in It's ranks some OF IN
z leading architects In the Unite
States. S65'OO0 was paid 70 a Ne
a York firm, The head of which had n
h good fortune to be a personal frien
of the then secretary of war, N
Root, TO furnish the plans for wha
4. proved TO be the most nagrant piec
OF vandalism which any president ha
" ever had the nerve 90 commit uUo
1 one of the treasured traditions q
I this country. Bu tais sum was no
. enough. ana from time 20 time th
) general appropriation for tho "resto
ton was Increased until it aggr
= gated $3.50 600 Nor does this nclud
. The S65 o0Oappropriated FOR the pres
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