Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-17

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consists il executing the laws as they
were written. l need now tell you
sir. that if you should be elected vice
president it would be one of your du
| lies as sort Of heir-apparent TO the
| crown 10 train yourself and to influ
| ence your chief-JudSe Parker-in the
| way Cf uS'irping the other departments
If the Crnmcnt. Your opportunity
| viii not he as great as that of tESl
| president himself, but, as president OF
! The senate. yOT may have some oppOr'
| tunity: the opportunity of changing
| the senate rules on your OWE motion
| or doing some other revolutionary
| thing. which. as 4 play 10 the galleries,
VIII make your good old Welch name
| famous. rs that of one OF the most
spectacular and strenuous of men.
| Men. sir. are not responsible for the
| size of their opportunities. They arc
responsible for taking advantage of
| them sometimes for not making them
as in re Panama republic. for in
stance.
LoO;l Down on Congress.
II viii he your duty. aS a part of
the executive branch Of the govern
ment To look down with contempt upon
| the legislative branch. You will soon
learn that the cattle" who inhabit
the senate chamber and the other
wing of the capitol the lower house
which has been getting constantly
lower and lower every day for many.
years are but little. if any, better
than the other cattle who sent them
thnvp bA fa u
doctors and preachers and merchants
Of the United States. Influence the
president to feel rs you do. He will
be told, perhaps, that an executive off
Ger can go too far and finally outrage
the feelings of these cattle. He may
be told that ANY man who has such
IA profound contempt for the lCEsla-
tive branch of this government is I'M
fit to- be the head of it's executive
branch" What s;"ff, And vet this
last sentence is an actual quotation
from Il member of congress, Tell your
chief that the man that uttered the
sentiment was only Il Southerncr and
not even a soUtherncr of the right
sort-not an image of God in ebony
but just Il white man of that coarse
and brutal strain. which turned loose
upon the world George Washington.
Thomas jefferson, John Marshall. Rob
ert +. Lee. Abraham Lincoln. Gen.
George ID. Thomas. Admiral Farragut
sydney Lanier and Thomas Nelson
Page.
As To the common herd. who send
these cattle" to Washington. all you
need with them is to talk platitudCs
about civic righteousness" and the
strenuous life" What they want to
do is to sit in the galleries and witness
the play. Make yourself the star per.
former, according to your opportuni-
ties.
Remember especially that all pros
pCrity amongst the people is due to
government; that government in TAX
ing with the hand of taxation from:
one man in order To hOt-h0usc the pros
p~rity of another. has, in some way or
other, benefited and enriched both.
Do not stop to explain how this is pos
sible. 1t would take too much time
II might. besides that. be embarras-
sing. If anybody is impudcnt enough
10 insist upon knowing how it could
possibly come about. tell him that you
arc not teaching a kindergarten, and
tell him, moreover. that il is your duty
to do things" and not to be bothered
with any consideration of whether yOl;
are doing them right or wrong.
In conclusion. sir. pray for war
nobody can tell what great things war
will end in when once begun. II
might result in making of your chicf
.
of the western hemisphere" You
would of course. in that event as heir
apparent. share his glory Your legal
title might become Prince d'Outre
Mere" | know you would run some
little risk of having him designate
his secretary of war as his successor.
but | believe / would chance it. Be.
sides. peace is a tame and UnstrCnu-
Gus thing, and "smothcrs ont some of
the finest instincts of manhood"
Shakespeare said: In thy right hand
carry gontle peace to silence cnviOus
tongues. Our forCfathcrs. even down
through the times Of Lincoln ana
Grant, Thought this sentiment sound
morality and sound policy. for nations
as wei! as for individuals. We know
now that the right policy is ito tread
softly and carry Il big stick
Who was the fool who said war is
hell" anyhow? Ny word for it, be
never saw real war
Quotes Roosevelt.
remember above all things that our
chief duty as citizens. but especially
as rulers. is not to he ''wCaklings' or
towards \ wCaklinE. sir. is a
strangely dnmcstiCatcd animal. who
listens before he acts. and who weighs
evidence before he decides. who mod
cstly vcnerates Srcarncss-in others.
who actually prefers piping times and
peace TO the " pOmp and circumstance
OF glorious war" Weaklings are men
who fear the strenuous life. the only
national life that is really worth the
living the life of crowE-co!Ony-con-
quest, the life militant. in word. We
are getting to be pCnplC-yOur com