Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

Washington, ID. G., August 26.--In no
| other country in the world but this could
one see the Speaker of the National
Legislature sitting on the grass just out
| side the office of the Chief Executive.
| telling funny stories to the Secretary of
| War, and both of the men absolutely
| unconscious of the exquisite democracy
of their attitude So long as such things
! as TINS can take place just outside the
| White House. the American people may
well be assured that their lives and their
liberties are in good hands. Foreigners
who come here always fail to recognize
! the real democracy of the public men
of America, and frequently they 90
away with the impression that the Amer
lean citizen worships only the dollar, be-
cause they do not realize that the men
they run up against on the street ears, or
the people they jostle on crowded cor
ners are the elected rulers of the Amer
lean people who step up one day and
down the next, and who are not injured
either by their elevation or by their
period of subsequent retirement.
Speaker Cannon and Secretary Taft.
Joseph G. Cannon, the Speaker of the
House vf Representative is an c..,rel-
lent type of the sturdy western agrieul-
tural class. He has not stuck-up hair
in his head, and while he never does
things which are out of place. he is
never afraid to do things for fear some
one might accuse him of lack of dig
nifty. 1t was perfectly natural in him
when coming out of the White House
the other day to plump himself down
on a grassy terrace for the express pur-
pose of telling series of funny stories
to his companion who happened to be
Secretary Taft The Secretary of War
is big man in every sense of the word
physically as well as mentally. 1t was
no easy job for him to get his $50
pounds down on the White House lawn,
and so he leaned against convenient
tree and the paSsers-by who saw two
ordinary Americans laughing over a good
story had but little idea, perhaps, that
these were two of the great men of the
country who had been intrusted by the
people with vast power. but who never
tht ieSs had lost none of their Republican
simplicity.
Secretary Taft but a year ago was the
Governor of the Philippines. He re-
signed that office to accept the position
he now holds only because he believed
that as Secretary of War he could do
more for the Filipinos, the little brown
people he had come to look upon as his
own children, and who in their turn be
lieve Taft is their best friend. 1t was
the Secretary of War who declined
position on the Bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States because he
wished to finish his work for the people
of the far-away Pacific Islands, and he
would not abandon their interests even
to accept an Office to which he had hon
cstly aspred every since the day when
he rowed with the crew at Yale and was
known as the strongest athlete in that
great University.
1t was perfectly natural therefore af-
ter the funny stories had been told, and
the last hearty laugh of the big-cEested
Secretary If War had tioated around the
White House corner, that the cohverst-
tion should drift toward the subject Of
the Philippines.
Would Haul Down the Flag.
Il wish we could make the campaign
on the Philippine issue" said MIR. Can
non The Democrats in their platform
have pronounced fer the ultimate indie
penience Of the Filipino They have
denounced us for endeavoring at the
present time 10 AtGi4HN e. ttilflAititN III tiif
Island, and they have in effect declared
that if they had the power they would
haul down the American Gag at the first
opportunity. think ] know the poo
ple If this country | know they are
in hearty sympathy with the policy of
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