The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-03
LETTER FROM MR.. MAaYE
He Writes Of Politics and the Russian
Officers.

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Washington. d. C.. oct 3lst. 1904.
20 The Free Lance.
"Bg thu Apostle Paul, shadows tonight
Have struck more terror TO the soul OF
Richard
Than can the substance Of ten thousand
soldiers,
Armed 10 proof, and led by Shallow Rich
mond
Ii hy vAcating the great Executive De-
partments of their ads weeks in and
weeks out. that these secretaries u ight
urge his election throughout the land, II
by commanding fhe adjournment oiCon-
gress. with its duties unperiormed, lest
some agitation might imptril his pros
poets: It by the appointment 10 the head
Of the National Committee Oi the Secre-
tAry of Commerce. who had made him
nelf conyersant with the tile of the trusts,
and their proptiOueness and propitia-
tion: If hy such measures K RDOseve pulls
through, ne may well say with Pgrrhus,
after a technical victory over the Ro.
mans, that the victory wae worse than
defeat. The Republican leaders are en-.
dravoring to conceal their anxiety by
denv ny it, presence. but their words
bewray them. they are really feeling
their way a. cautiously as cat over
broken bottles
! am in much more hopeful ietile than
have been. II elected am confident
that Roosevelt will take counsel OF his
experience as well ~ of his impulses. lie
"a l. n aaunr.l fHtIltnna
OF Americans have Il way of thinking Tor
+ themselves and emphasizing their con
clusions with their ballots ln fine, am
confident that the President. at this very
writing. i ike the lrishman's owl, doing
a divil Of thinking. Parker has scared
him FIR Keeps: and there's right smart IN
that. AZ Jolly old lady remarked when
she nut her foot in her stocking. Besides
he has not been elected yet-a besides
which Possesses substantial proportions
By the way, senator Gorman gives a
perfinent illustration Ofhis alarm. D" Ou
can't find with search warrant gov
ernment official that Roosevelt has not
sent out to collect money or make
speeches or do something TO help elect
him President. All our Ministers abroad
have been brought home, except one, the
Ambassador TO England. and be was re-
auested 70 write q letter saying what
an efficient and even-tempered man
Theodore Roosevelt IL.
An intense partisan OF the President
chsracterizss him a. the perfect type OF
the West-s compound OF ginger,
gumption and get up'-the precise ele'
ments which, at the psychologist mo
ment. disclose the genuine lingo
Has It never occurred 70 you why we
have no lists of the Russian officers kill
ed in this wanton and prohigate war
MIGHT not the names break apart on the
cable2 Byron essayed the record OF the
most distinguished Russians serving
against the Turks, ! think az fsr back
as 1906. before their names were fully
grOwD
"StilI III record a few il but to Increase
Our euphony; there WAS Strongenoil and
StrokOnoh,
Meknop. Serce, Low, Arsniew OF Modern
Greece,
And Schottsshakoff and Roguenoh and
Chokenoff
And Others of twelve consOnsnts apiece
Schsrematoff and Chrematoii, kolophtl'
Koclobski. Kourakin and Mouskin,
All proper men of weapons sse'er sconed
high -,
Against a foe, or ran dagger through
skin"
don't believe the cable companies
would guarantee the transmiss on.
As. Marye.