The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-07-14
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RESPONDENCE
From the Nations Capital. The
Chicago Republican Conven-
ton a Decided Frost.

interest last month has been the city
of Chicago, which had the doubtful
honor of entertaining the great star
comedy company, otherwise known as
the republican party, in its rendition
of several comedies, chief among
which was "The Inescapable Candi-
date or the Canned Convention" and
"How We Handed Roosevelt the Ice
Pitcher" It was the coldest and the
most frigid affair of the kind ever
pulled off in the United States. |
attended the republican convention
four years ago when everything was
cut and dried for Mckinley and ]
thought that it was the limit for
frigidity, but this thing at Chicago
was colder than the heart of a conr-
tesan. They seemed to do things,
however, with a view to the nature
of the eternal fitness of all things.
The enthusiasm had been absolutely
nil up to the meeting Of the conven-
tion and most Of the delegates had
been wearing overcoats, but when
the chairman of the republican na-
tional committee introduced the Rev.
Mr.. Frost, Of Alaska, everybody had
a chill and imagined they were at
tending an Ice Festival instead of q
convention. TWAS not a convention,
but lot of schoolboys got together
to recite a lesson that had been
taught them by the boss, Roosevelt.
He dominated the convention as no
other man has ever done in the his
tory OF American politics and filled
the hearts Of the old-time leaders
with a bitter animosity that will not
wear off during the campaign, They
dance to the music which is the
French Carmagnole and their lips
shout Roosevelt but their hearts
are saying "Now let the democrats
get together and nominate a good
man and we are through with this
jack-in-a-box and monkey on a stick
for all time" They hate him because
he has humiliated them and been too
strong for them. Their loyalty to
him is counterfeit, but he has made
courtiers and sycophants of them alt.
When state machines have been
averse to him he has troddan them
under foot, and stands to-day, tri-
umphant and erect, upon their pitia-
BILE ruins. He has taken all the repub-
lican organizations in the country
and converted them to his uses. He
leads the republican army and all its
captains and lieutenants take their
orders from him and are his humble
s"rvitors. Fl" is the repnh|'c'H Col
ossus and Tie old time boss = p ep
about his huge legs looking fos a soft
place to fall.
And what of his running mate, The
elon. ated sycamore of the Wahash,
Mr.. Fairbanks? It is again in The
i.uture Of the eternal fitness Of tD,ags
that a refrigerator convention should
turn out cold things. Fairbanks is
the apotheosis Of frigidlty and frozen
1i nifty; you can walk into Ii pres
cnce and tEen spit on the fl AND
skate out; he possesses m rc di nifty
than a nigger preacher or a blind
iackass in snowstorm; he is the
sumlaa summarum and the Il TINA
thule of cold conservatism; he is SO
conservative that if he were soldier
he could enter a campaign with a
thousand men in his regiment and
come out of it with not less than
fifteen hundred. He was lever
known to give direct and un' qlivo-
cal answer to any question. Ii he
and q friend we're to see drove
Of freshly sheared sheep and hip
friend were to say: "Why, Fairbanks,
these sheep have just been sheared,
haven't they y He would answer.
They look like it, from this sideSI
He reminds one OF the story OF the
father who told his son who was
going to q party to keep his mouth
shut u every one would find out he
was q id fool. Fairbanks seldom
opens his mouth except to eat.
Fairbanks. not only is cold and
naughty, but he is stingy. II he has
ever, since his advent into the Senate
Of the United States, said one thing
worthy Of remembrance or attached