Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-02-11
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summer. He was proving TO an amaz-
ed world that while under the law be
was old enough TO be retired. having
reached the age of sixty-four. as
matter Of fact he is young and Wig
orous enough to be president of the
United States. 1t is not uncharitable
to assume that his prominent partici-
patton in the Washington peace con-
ference was to force contrast with
President Roosevelt. whose voice is
supposed. somewhat enormously. no
doubt, to be always for war. Now
comes another development showing
which way the wind blows. Colonel
Roosevelt's popularity grows largely
OUT of his short career as cowboy.
This is said not to disparage him. but
to state historic truth. Individually
| am glad that he was a western
rancher That experience makes him
a better president than he otherwise
would have been, but clearly General
Miles does not intend that Colonel
Roosevelt shall as a presidential can
didate monopolize all that sort of
glory. as is shown by the following
dispatch:
Cody, Wye, Jan. 27.-General Nelson A.
Miles will reach here tomorrow to meet
with other members of the company of
which he is president for the irrigation
of the Cody-Salisbury segregation. They
plan to build dam across the Shoshone
at the mouth OF the canyon 400 feet high
and water 1900 acres.
Another plan of General Miles and Colo
mel Cody is the establishment of a school
to train youths from the east in the art of
rough riding. This has long been pet
plan of Buffalo Bits. At the time Of
General Miles retirement he secured his
cooperation. They will have school
where out of door sports like riding and
hunting big game will be taught. Mili-
tary tactics will be a part OF the training.
Of course opening irrigation bitches
is not as strenuous or hilarious per-
Torrance as rounding up, roping and
branding wild steers. but it serves to
westernize General Miles as a candi-
date and is intended to take some of
the wind out of the Rooseveltian sails
as the friend in chief of irrigation.
But the above dispatch discloses the
fact that General Miles proposes to
still further infringe the Rooseyeltian
patents by opening up a training school
for rough riders, with Buffalo Bill as
principal teacher! General Miles won
fame as an Indian fighter, but his ap.
pearance at the age of sixty-four in
the role of buster of the obstreperous
broncho is decidedly novel, not to say
spectacular.
A lady long resident in Washington
wife Of a distinguished ex-senator, told
me the other day that she dotes on pol
itics. Then she enlarged on General
Miles good points as a Democratic can
didate including all said above. She
is an intense Republican, but then the
reader must not forget that there are
two camps of intense Republicans just
now-one for Colonel Roosevelt and tht
other against him. There is an old say
ing about the necessity or wisdom OF
fighting the devil with fire." an adage
of which the proponents of the Miles
boom have evidently heard-not thai
Colonel Roosevelt is the devil. but that
they propose to fight him with his owr
weapons. 1t would certainly add to the
gayety of nations to have two rough
rider candidates for the presidency al
the same time. Still it might be vel
for the proponents of the Miles boom tC
remember that those things which they
seem to think increase to a great ex
tent the strength and availability Of
General Miles as a candidate were
brand new in president or presiden
tial candidate when they contributed Il
the popularity of Colonel Roosevelt, as
they undoubtedly did, and that they
helped him upward and onward be
cause they were new.