The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17

Of our past. boldly aver that we need
not despair OF the Republic.
Another error Of our grandfather In
connection with our foreign affairs has
comes over my soul with weighing down
emphasis. George Washington - who,
however was nothing but q plain Nir-
slnla planter, sort Of brOad-acr
farmer. and. therefore. one Of the 'baSest
set not to be thought of in the same
Dreath with such platfOrm-makers as
the Senator from Massachusetts or such
Nlrile hlStCry-makerS as our fpllOW-citl-
zen IN the White HOuse-GeOrge Wash
ingtOn thought and possibly his Score
tarN OF state. Thomas jefferson had a
great deal 20 do with inspiring him to
thlnk-tnat our wisest and best and most
patriotic foreign policy consisted I'm ami
Ctble relations with all the other ma
tons Of the world. and entangling ALI
ances with none OF them, in clear words.
that our chief duty was TO keen our
own house IN order. with the notion In
our stupid minds that the sum total
OF the rightful purpose of all just gov
eminent - the freedom and happiness
or men. How wonderful fl IS that we
prospered with that sort of foreign
policy and maintained, WithaI the re
Spect and good Will OF the world-won-
derful, indeed. when we consider what
"e now know 10 be accepted sound
aNiOms cf international policy.
Powers Of President.
''What queer oId-ti,ne. childish idea
was that Of our ancestors that the Pres
ident of the United States Is simply
. Chief Executive and that his duty con
sists in executing the laws as thev ar.
written. ] need not tell you. sir, thaC
when YOU are elected Vice President il
Will be one Of your duties as a sort of
heir apparent to the crown to train
yourself and TO influence your chief
Judge Parker-in the way Of usurping
the functions Of the other departments
Of the Government. Your opportunity
will not he as great as that of the Presi-
dent himself. but az President OF the
Senate YOU may have some opportunity
the opportunity of changing the Sen
ate rules on your own nOuOn or doing
some other revolutionary thing which
as play to the galleries. viii maxi
your good old Welsh name famous as
tndt OF one of the most spectacular and
strenuous Of men.
Men, SIT, are not responsible for the
size OF their opportunities They are
responsible Tor gOt taking adVautaut. Of
I lhem-someiimes for not S,r. tham.
as IN Ins Fanama republic, Tor Instance
1t VIII De your duty. as part OF tba
executive branch Of the Government 10
look down with contempt upon the leg
lsiauNe branch. You Will soon learn
that the cattle who inhabit the SENATE
hamDer and the other wing OF The
Cap.tol-thc lower house (Which mas
very daN Ior many ycars)-are out lit
tie, II any, better than the otnef. caftIo
who sent them there-the farmers and
MECHANICS and doctors and Breachcr,,
and merchants OF the United Stafae
I influence the President to feel az Won
10 He VIII be told, perhaps. that AN
executive officer can 20 too far and
nually outrage beyond tolerance the
. Feelings Of these cattle. He NAV he
loid inat any man who has such a pro
found contempt for the Legislative
DT4nHn fH
De tie head OF its executive branch
w nat stunt And Yet this last sen
tcnce Is an actual quotation from
member or Congress. Tel Your chicf
1 that the man who uttered the sentiment
was only a SOuthcrucr- and NOT even !.
Southerner Of the right sort. MOI 81,
Image Of God I'm eDOuy-but lust "a wbira
man OF that coarse and brutal strain
which turned loose upon the world
George washington, Thomas jefferson.
yohn Marshall. Robert r. Lee Abraham
Lincoln, Gen. George ID. Thomas Nd
mirdl FarraEut. sydney I.anirr. and
! THOMAS Nelson Page.
Thou Art an Old Man"
1T has been a pleasure to us % do
our duty. TO notify you Of your nomfnl-
. ton This has been pleasure notyvitb-
standing the fact that YOU have already
been In manner notified by Hon Eli
hu Root, who. while pretendedIy notify
Ing Senator Fairbanks. could not Get
his mind off'H YOU as the darltIcs saw
and whose speech principally consisted
In saying. Go TO. thou art an old man
and in bemoanlng the fact that ven
might possibly die before you lsot To- h..
President So might he. for that mar
ter. That would be bad enough. bur NOT
az bad as case / know oE-th- cas.. M
{ a man who was once elected Vice PCS
ident, and who becoming President LAT
or, 'uckled the ears Of the pyrOuudliD.-s
but made the iudiciOus TO grieve
In further comment upon Hon T,IfbIl
Roots notification Of your nomiuafi,,
i viii hazard The remark. in renIv IN
one Of exceeding good taste on his mart
That IL Is better 10 run the risk II in
curing, as in due course Of the tIesb
we all must, physical inability than 10
have been born with that peculiar mon
tai and moral inability for any pOssj
bic task which consists in taking o1Ir-
selves too seriously and nobody eIsa
with respect or reverence
In real conclusion. Mr. Davis II ia a
/ sincere pleasure. indeed, 70 know upI
TO be able 10 help TO place in high most
uon, a man Of your character and sense
and mOdesty; man, who, as the r.s,1Ir
OF a life Of confluence, temperance
self-cOntainment, and useful and honest
industry. presents a picture I'm viriIa
though advanced. age OF that mems san
In corpOre sano which is delight to tho
eye, "A satisfaction To the soul and
was taught by wise ancients to be- the
summum bonum Of individual earthly
existence"