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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-13
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt is a rare COM
bination of genius. common-sense, i'm
pulse, reflection, sagacity, and fly up
the creek" His dominant Characters
tic is a virile conscience, which though
free from PharisaicaI parade of itself
yet causes him to follow his convictions
of duty persistently wherever they may
lead him. As a private citizen he is
not lacking in liberation for human
frailties, as a public officer he will not
spare an offender. AS a citizen he
would act the part of good Samaritan
toward wounded stranger, and let
the thieves go. AS an official he would
have followed the rascaIs to Jericho
and punished them mercilessly.
Roosevelt was anxious to personally
engage in the Spanish war on lines that
would give scope to his individuality
and he organized a body of fighters
whose speciality was to be their rough
riding.
But in order to get a chance to fight
at all they were compelled to leave
their horses behind them and they
charged UP the slopes of San Juan hill.
the first body of horseless cavalry in
the world.
In brief Roosevelt reaches for results,
and is not a slave to methods. But he
is probably the worst practical or rath-
er the most impractical politician in his
party. AS a private citizen there would
have been no Improperly in his seating
at his table one of the greatest and
most useful colored men in America,
but an invitation to dine at the White
House extended by the President of the
United States to a negro needlessly Of
Tended the prejudices of millions of
white voters. and was of no substantial
benefit to the colored people. Prejudices
however unwarranted will exist and to
an extent they influence the political
action>of those who entertain them.
Even the Union soldiers during the
war voised this prejudice in the refrain
of Private Miles O'ReiIley's song
1--WE are friends of the Union, ali it's
foes we abfIor
But we amt for the niger though we
are for the war;
Later yet these prejudices found ut
terance in the caustic comment of
Petroleum V. Nasty. "Our colored al
Iy," said he, now that he is no long
er needed TO stand between a white
man and a rebel bullet, is the same
damned niger that he always was"
1t is no credit to the intelligence of
the people that indiscreet utterances
and indiscreet acts will often inflict
more injury upon a candidate or a
cause than a life time of wise public
service will neutralize. The Rum,
Romanism and Rebellion" paragraph
of Preacher Burchard's address enrag-
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of brains," for heart and brains are
close partners in his makeup.
! President Roosevelt is equally we'll
! equipped to dispute with a Harvard
Professor on the character of PericIes,
| or to engage in a war of wit on the
| hastings. He faced the iron hail at
| Santiago unf1inchingly, and few
months later he extorted from the crit
! les unmeasured praise for his historical
essays on the American Revolution.
The history of his career affords a
lesson which may well put hope into
the humblest heart. 1t is the proud
boast of our government that it is able
to furnish a pedestal for such gifts
and such goodness as are embodied in
the character of our President, and It
is boast not less proud that the peo-
pie were wise enough and just enough
to accord to him the position that he
has achieved.
Not all who win the race may wear
the laurel but one such selection re-
deems many of the errors of our poll
tics, and atones for many a corrupt
or cowardly choice.
The writer of this Article was I'm
washington for a few days in the
spring of 1908, and called at the White
House to pay his respects. While
waiting in the small ante room adj
joining the Presidents private office,
there entered upon a similar errand of
courtesy the grand old poet. Joaquin
Miller. Joaquin and my wife and I
have been close friends in sunshine and
in storm for thirty years, although we
had not met for some time. We en-
gagged in close conversation and did not
No. =, l.
Senators and Representatives who had
the privilege of entering and who came
to see the President on business.
President Roosevelt entered the room
suddenly and almost brusquely. With
rapid mods and greetings to the occu-
pants he passed them by and placing
both hands in thos- IF Joaquin greeted
him warmly and engaged him in con-
versation. It was hardly conversa-
ton, for it was a monoIogue of
criticism and praise of one OF
the later effusions of the poet. ''Wait
a minute said Roosevelt. and he ran
like boy into an adjacent room and
with the manuscript in his
hand. See" said he, II have quoted
these lines of yours in this article"
And then he recited some verses OF
Joaquin's while the old poet stood
like a boy. That is all that
I can stand at one time. Mr.. Presi-
Dent" said the poet. Goodbye and
with parting wiring from Roosevelt's
hand he started for the door.
And the Senators and Congressman
waited and listened and looked and it
seemed to be gradually dawning upon
them that there are nearly five hum
bred Of them all told in this republic
If ours-and only one Joaquin Miller.
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fellows as to define an outline against
such a horizon must be giants indeed. >
| The proverb which says that some
men are born to greatness, some achieve
| greatness and some have greatness
thrust upon them may be questioned.
| 1t is doubtful whether a man who is not
! born great can ever achieve greatness,
| for if fame be thrust upon a man of
common nature he will be apt to con-
tradict the proverb by proving unequal
| to the occasion. 1t is doubtful if cir
cumstances or accident ever made a
great man. They may develop latent
genius, but God Almighty enjoys a
| monopoly of its creation.
Theodore Roosevelt is a leader of
men, leading not merely by superior
power, but by superior moral qualities.
Men follow him because he impresses
them with the idea that his own pro-
motion is not his first care. His
thoughts take directions from self
sacrifice, from care for others. In few
natures are to be found poised with
such perfectness and exactness the
poetfcal and the practical elements of
mind. His early inspirations took
scholarly ways. He likes to unravel the
mysteries of science, to anallyze the
legends of history, to untangle the paths
of philosophy Then he faced I'M
fiinchingly the exigencies of a western
frontier life.
He borrowed dignity and grace from
the untamed grandeur of physical ma
ture. courage was his by instinct and
inheritance His hardy, hopeful zeal
saw high purpose in every storm that
beat upon his cabin. AS one result
of this noble education he presents his
thoughts in English as terse and Wig
orous as it is pure. He takes the
model for his expression from the
classic philosophy of the ancients; he
draws the inspiration of his action
from the practicaI philosophy of the
day His bow has the sweep and
beauty of one welded by an ancient
archer; the arrow strikes the mark
with the precision and power of bull |
let from a Mauser rife. He thinks |
in Greek and acts in Anglo-Saxon. He |
walks with Socrates along the streets |
of a Montana mining camp, and COM |
peIs the philosopher of antiquity to /
for the Republican ticket
He is the Chevalier Bayard of his CEN
fury He has all the singleness or /
purpose and devotedness of the Puri- |
tan, and all the grace, courtesy ana
dash of the Cavalier. He would De |
equally at home in Athens or Chicago.
The restless hurrying life Of the West
suits his ardent spirit. the calm phi
losophy of the ancients is congenial to
his classic mind He is the type OF
Northern chivalry-the spirit of gem
arous daring and defiance of conven-
tionaIties mingled with ardent love of
Justice. a spirit born of the marriage
If correct. cold. erudite, determined New
England with the enthusiastic. earnest.
and daredevil west. It
will never be said of him as Fontenelle
said of a French statesman, He has
as good a heart as can be made out )
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nah panty, but love nah lkuhnel, and
! if 1 wah a votah heah 1 should vote
| fob him, fob suah he is a great man.
Some Kuhnals 1 have seen marched in
| the reah, but nah Kuhnal always
| marched in the front, some other Kuh-
nails followed their regiments accordin
to the army regulations. Did nah
Kuhnal do that? No muffriends he al
ways led US, he led US like sheep to
the slaughter And there the speech
ended amid roars of laughter and APP
plause.
When Theodore Roosevelt, as candi-
date for Vice-President, was on his
stumping tour in the West, prepara-
tons were made to give him great
reception on his arrival at Salt Lake
City. The committee provided mag
nificent horse caparisoned with the
American flag and an escort of twenty
of the best horsemen in the State.
Colonel Roosevelt on being informed
of the program declined absolutely to
carry it out. II will not" said he,
turn this campaign into a circus. l
shall be very glad however after tie
reception is over TO take little horse
back exercise around the city" This
was agreed upon and the guest was
taken in a carriage to the rooms of the
Alta Club where, after a lunch and
Misunderstanding and speech-making, the
chairman of the committee-himself
one of the rough riders and accredited
with being the best horseman in Utah
said to the guest: IF you do not feel
too tired to take a ride about the city
now, your horse is at the door, and !,
and few of the boys, will escort you
and show you the way
Roosevelt accepted and his animal, |
a magnificent bay. was led to the front |
Mount" said the committeeman to the |
escort and twenty cowboys leaped into |!
their saddles. Shall 1 assist you to |
mount, Colonel ROOSEVELT" said the |
urbane committeeman. 1T win not, !
think, be necessary" said the candi- !
date for e-President, placing his |
glasses in his pocket and buttoning his /
coat.
II will ride alongside you and show
you the course" said the committee I
man. Thanks said Roosevelt, gath
ering the reins and bounding into the
saddle.
The committeeman did not ride along
reasons, and all that the COM
or the escort ever saw of
their guest on that ride was a streak of
dust from one hundred TO FIVE hundred
yards ahead of them until after ten
mile circuit. Roosevelt drew rein again
at the starting point.
To be esteemed great among the men
Of this day and ger Grafton requires
qualities and achievements in excess of
any ever before demanded. As was
said in substance by a great English
poet: 1--WE are dwarfs in knowledge
N our relations to the physical and
mental universe. but we are dwarfs
oerched upon the shoulders of the
giants of the generations which have
zone before and our eyes scan hor1-
zon which theirs could never reach
Those who can so tower above their
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ed a sufficient number of Catholic Irish
to defeat James G. Blaine for the Pres
idency.
Possibly the unnecessary negro guest
at the White House, and the unneces-
sary negro office-holder in South Caro-
lima may work a similar disaster to
President Roosevelt.
Yet the great lines of strength which
tie Theodore Roosevelt to the public
heart may not be easily broken. Many
public officials regard public office a
personal possession, President Roose-
welt is saturated through and through
with the idea that it is a public trust.
There will remain no corrupt men in
public office under him if he knows it,
yet he has not sought to fit the qualifi-
cations and capacities and characters
of his appointees to any Procrustean
bed of his own making. He has not in
any instance been ruled by the ma
chine, neither has he attempted to de-
stroy or ignore it, for he well knows
that any party composed only of purists
would be apt to dwell in the lonesome
ness and unusefulness of a minority,
and that in practical politics every ele-
ment that is essential to success must
be considered. Gentlemen said a can.
a
the nomination for State Printer, Il
am as you perceive fairly we'll drunk.
My honorable competitor who has a
larger carrying capacity than 1 have
has by repeated solicitations to imbibe
led me into this shameful plight. Cen
tlemen, if L followed my individual con-
victions I should withdraw from this
contest, but I feel that have duty
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ours is representative government.
Gentlemen, the drunken element of
Nevada demands representation upon
this ticket (And it received IT'D
Inclination and circumstances led
Theodore Roosevelt during his earlier
years to labor in the library rather
than in the forum yet his campaign
in 1890 and his tour of the country in
that year proved that he has the nat
ural aptitude and qualifications of
great debater. He FeSs a wonderful
memory and power of instantaneous
absorption, and every new idea be-
comes at once a part of himself.
His mind is chemical solvent of
thought into which great ideas can be
thrown with the assurance that they
will come forth clean, crystallized and
compact. His syllogisms are iron
limbed and no sophistries can live in
their embrace. His power of rapid
and correct generalization is supreme.
No man can reason more rapidly and
more cogently from cause to effect, or
from circumstance to principle. All
the vast and varied resources of his
extensive reading and experience, all
his capacity for instantaneous and cor
rect conclusions, all the intuitive
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Chinese dealers are sending a trial
shipment of bananas in the Doric to
Yokohama.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-19
TACOMA CAFES BEING ROBBED

the fad is costly one for the hotel. AS
these spoons and forks are used only when
the more expensive meals are served, it
is evident that the spoon collectors must
come from among the better class of peo-
pie, who do it merely to satisfy their
craving for souvenirs"
1t is estimated that it costs about $40
month to replace articles purloined as
souvenirs from Josselyn's cafe Spoons,
forks and salt and pepper shakers are the
articles most generally taken. On one oc-
casion an unusually jealous collector
managed to get away with sugar bowl.
At Carlyles cafe the same sort Of thev-
ing is practiced Articles are continually
being missed. This is particularly notice
able in the boxes, where meals are served
in private, and the conclusion is irresisti.
BILE that the same find their way into the
collections" of the. souvenir hunters.
A class Of people most TO be feared are
actresses. In some Of them the mania is
said to have reached the fullest stage Of
development.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-19
LAST RITES OVER REMAINS
OF LATE SENATOR HANNA

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. l9.-The great
event of the day here was the funeral
of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna
Business is almost suspendedt
In compliance with Governor Herrick 8
proclamation and the mayors request all
street cars, machine shops and other in
dustries stopped work for FIVE beginning
at o'clock.
Shortly before that time the body was
removed from the Chamber of Commerce,
where it had been viewed by $1,000 people,
and was taken to st. Paul's under police
and military escort The streets were
again lined by crowds Of people, who stood
with barred heads. Admittance to the
church was by card
The mourners were followed into the
church by the governor and staff and con
gressional delegations.
The church was almost entirely flied
by delegations from the state legislature
and different orders to which Senator
belonged and members of the National
Civic Federation. Bishop Leonard deliv-
cred the eulogy.
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The county and state politicians are be-
ginning to get busy and those people who
expect to take hand in the game this
year are beginning to announce their in
tentions. Among the long list of aspirants
for office are the following:
James H. Davis, county auditor, who
has announced his intention of making the
race for the position of state auditor.
Z. L. White will come up as candidate
for the position of county clerk at the
Republican convention this fall. Mr..
White is known throughout the county,
having held various positions in the differ
ent county offices. He was for several
years deputy in the office of the county
clerk.
Captain /. M. Howell has signifed his
intention of giving the people of the coun-
ty a chance to place him in the position
of county auditor next term.
j. NJ. Layhue of Puyallup aspires to the
office of state superintendent of public
instruction. Professor Layhue is well
known to the teachers of Pierce county.
Deputy County Treasurer E. M. Lakin
and Frank D. Hill are both considering
the matter of entering into a political
contest for the office of county treasurer
Both men are popular in political circles in
this county.
L. NJ Mead, the present county commits
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-19
ARTFUL DODGER, DOUGLAS,
MAKES ANOTHER Get -A-AWAY

officials around the court house are not
saying much about a little affair that hap
pened yesterday. 1t seems that the sher-
if had received notice from Sheriff Me-
CLARITY of Olympia, asking him TO arrest
one Douglas, who is wanted for EN-
bezzling $500 from woman in California.
The Olympia officers had gotten a tip
that Douglas, with his wife and children,
was coming TO Tacoma, and wired the
fact, with description of the party, TO
the Pierce county officers.
Accordingly two deputy sheriffs met the
Olympia boat and arrested a man whom
they thought anhwered The description.
He was in company with a woman and
two children. They were taken to the
county Jail, where il was soon made ap.
parent that the officers had the wrong
man, although the woman admitted that
she was the wife Of Douglas.
The man in the case proved to be II. e.
Ames, student at one of the colleges in
Tacoma, and quite well known here, II
can be said, however, that he became in
volved through an innocent desire to do
a favor for the Douglas family, with whom
he had had some previous acquaintance.
The story is told that Douglas arrived in
Tacoma few days ago and went straight
to this man, told him that he had Just
arrived from California, that his wife had
preceded him month or so and was shop
ping in Olympia; that he was hurried TO
pass on north and would be pleased to
have him go to Olympia and bring his
wife and children to Tacoma for him.
The unsuspecting Tacoma man kindly ac-
quesced. He got Mrs. Douglas and the
children at Olympia, and they were safely
aboard the boat and bound for Tacoma
before the sheriff discovered they had
gone. Then followed the message to the
Pierce county officers and the subsequent
arrest After a thorough sweating" all
parties were released and the search for
Douglas continued.
1t has been said that Douglas was on
the boat the night the other man was ar
rested, but this is denied by the sheriff 3
office.
Douglas is a rather smooth one and
has kept the officers guessing for some
time. A few weeks ago, after swindling
the California woman, he was being taken
from Modeca TO Santa Cruz by a deputy
sheriff. Mrs. Douglas accompanied him
and during the trip was taken suddenly
i'll. The deputy sheriff was duped into
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The collecting mania" does not seem to
be confined to professional thieves and
burglars. A good many women and girls,
some of them moving in the best social
circles, have also been collecting together
other peoples goods, in the shape of table
spoons, teaspoons and the like.
Over in Seattle few days ago a party
of well known society women were "held
up in the Butler hotel by the manage
men and relieved of a number of silver
spoons belonging to the restaurant, which
they were carrying off as souvenirs. In
Tacoma restaurants have reported losses
of spoons and even knives and forks, taken
by women and girls from the tables as
"mementoes," though just what value the
purloiners attached to some of these things
it is hard to guess. Certain it is that
many public eating houses have been driv-
en-, in self-defense, to hand out to their
patrons wornout cutlery, from which the
plating was worn off years ago But still
the thefts continue.
The kleptomaniacs who gather up this
ware like to boast of it among their
friends, and even tell male acquaintance
how they took a spoon from this res
taurant or a fork from that hotel. They
goat over these acquisitions as though
they were jewels of great value, instead OF
cheap iron or steel.
The existence of such a mania. wide
spread as it seems to be, is certainly sad
evidence of moral degeneracy.
The spoon snatchers in Tacoma have
been doing big business at the Donnelly
hotel cafe, and inside the past year TWEEN
ty-two dozen small dessert spoons and
oyster forks have been sacrificed to the
souvenir fiends. These cost from $S to sl1
dozen, and it can readily be seen that
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M. Harvey informed Times representa-
tive that if Larsen should die from the
effects of the wound within a year the
man who fired the shot may be held on
the charge of murder in the first degree
OF course, if other complications shoEld
set in and death result before the end Of
that time, not entirely from the effects
of the bullet wound, that might make
some difference in the charge.
Burke continues to be a sort of a
puzzle. He makes no complaint about
being locked up and will say very little
about his past career. He seems entirely
satisfied to let events take their natural
course and abide by the consequences Of
his acts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-19
TACOMA PEOPLE AT
THE SEAT OF WAR

Among the crew Of the steamship Pleia-
des, of the Boston Towboat company 8
line, which was held for short time at
Port Arthur on account of hostilties in
the Orient are several Tacoma boys.
Allan Fairweather, son Of Deputy Col
lector Of Customs William Fairweather, is
purser of the vessel and has host OF
friends in this city.
A. d. Ostrander, chief engineer, makes
his home here.
j. j. Joyce and Nelson Spaulsbury, the
latter fourth engineer and who has been
married but short time, make their
homes here.
The Pleiades is now at Chefoo.
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WHAT The POLITICIANS ARE DOING

sioner from Puyallup, will be candidate
for reelection.
Sheriff Denholm is serving his first term
and will be a candidate for reelection.
DR.. j. j. Smith, when seen by Times
reported at the Donnelly hotel, said, re-
garding his proposed candidacy for COVER.
nor: "At present l have nothing to say
about my being a candidate here. The
fight is now on in King county, and until
that is settled l prefer to say nothing
While in Tacoma Dr. Smith say some OF
the local politicians, and it is hinted some
work was done that will strengthen the
doctors candidacy in this county.