Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-26
VIEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Gifted Orators Will Laud Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the Chicago
Convention.
Pre- Eminently Fitted for
Chnirmnnship-SOn Of Lntc President
Garfield Prominently Mentioned as
Probable Head Of the Dcpnr ment
Df Commerce and Labor.

What the Chicago convention lacks in
excitement of contest it will make UP
in enthusiasm and oratory. Delegates
and visitors to this convention are prom
ised series of nominating speeches. of
unusual power and eloquencc. says the
Washington correspondent of the Phila-
delphA Press. II has become known
that the President would like to have
speeches made, scconding his nomination,
BY mon from the South, the Middle
West. the Northwest and the Pacific
Coast. Ex-Governor Black who will
make the nominating speech. is from
the East. The sections of the country
named are now vying with each other
to produce high-gradc orators for the
occasion.
So far two mon have been selected
to make scconding speeches. The South
will be represented by Harry Stillwcl
Edwards, postmaster at Macon, Ga. His
address upon the occasion of President
Roosevelts visit to the Charleston OK
position attracted much attention and the
President has expressed a desire that he
be one of those to second his nomination
at Chicago Mr. Edwards comes from the
| land of nowcry speech and Is one Of tn"
| gifted orators of the South. The honor
OF representing the great Northwest has
been accorded Representative Robert q.
| Cousins, of Iowa. Few men could make
a better impression on a convention than
| he lie is six feet tall and of massive
| frame. A round. clean shaver, mobile
| face lends itself to the art of persuasive
speech. His voice has the carrying quail
! ity and command of classical English
| completes the grace of his oratory. His
address six years ago last March, in
| support Of an appropriation for 'hc sur
VlVors and the families of the victims
Of the Maine disaster. which, after a
lofty, patriotic flight of cloqucnce he
concluded with an impressive recital of
! kipling's Recossional." lives as one of
the great speeches of that period.
The Pacific Coast and the Middle West
/ nave not yet put forward their masters
| or elopuencc, but a treat is bclic'"d to
! be in store for those who attend the
convention. There is some talk Of Rep
resentativc William Alden Smith. of
| Michigan. the man who stampeded the
House for Speaker Cannon. being Sc
lectod. Mr.. Smith is one of the most
eloquent mon in public life and he could
be relied upon to stir up the convention
to the highest pitch Of enthusiasm
ROOSEVELT NOT A DICTATOR.
There has been lot Of political clap
trap INDUCED in during tho past few
days about President Roosevelt himself
assuming the management Of the nation
al convention and the national campaign
! because he was seen fit to discuss the
! political situation with some of the most
! experienced leaders of tho party it has
been charged that he is seeking to make
| TINS one-man campo ign by being both
candidate and political manager. This is
absurd and on a par with the stories
told last winter that he was running
| Congress and making the House ana Sen
ate bend to his will. Tho latter crti-
cism had the same basis. namely, the
| fact that the President daily consulted
| with the leaders of Congress about leg
! islation and national affairs.
| President Roosevelt consistently pur-
sues the same course in politi al and
party matters that he does in lec- Station
ana questions of statosmdrsQp. lie seeks
the advice and counsel of tho very best
minds and the most experienced leaders
and statesmen. He is amenable to coun-
| sci and his course since entering the
! White House emphasizes the Con.crVa-
tive policies he evolves from his own
study of questions and the advice Of
his official family and men Of great ex-
perience and know ledge in public affairs
| Instead of President Roosevelt debating
political plans and directing the yan-
paign ne is Yiclng to the suggestions
| and counsel Of men who nave grown gray
| in the service of the Republican uarty.
like Platt, of Connecticut Allrich. of
Rhod" Island Lodge, OF Massachusetts:
| Pldtt and Odcll. of New York, Quay and
! PenroSe, OF Pennsylvania. Postmaster
General Payne, cX-Secretarv Bliss. ex-
Secretary Root. Spooncr. of Wisconsin
Cannon, of Illinois and host OF other
| wheel horses who are competent to an
alyze political situations and estimate
results.
The Presidents selection of Secretary
of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou to BE-
chairman OF the national committee was
only made after earnest consultation