The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-08-08
ToNING THINGS DOWN.

Secretary Ol wa '"iN 80" 49,
scinded the order, of his predecessor
Mr. Root. which compelled army ON
cara on duty at the war department
~ wear their military uniforms col'
tinuously. From this time until
further orders the officers are 70 DC
nermjtted to go about the clerlcal
work TO which they have been assign
ed in civilian dress.
The Interpretation placed upon TINS
latest move by those who are in touch
with things al Washington is that inc
until further orders means untli
after the election In November III
other words, that the action OF sec
rotary Taft hassfs inspiration ID po'
litical expedietey II there is one
faculty which Republican politicians
possess in a degree more marked than
any other, it is the ability 70 scent
danger These gentlemen have peen
assiduously keeping their ears TO the
ground. and they like not the mutter-
jngs against the militarism OF the
Roosevelt administration which they
are hearing from all quarters. Just
nov therefore, they are devoting
good deal of energy to toning down
everything appertaining to the admin
istration in the hope of ayerting the
storm OF criticism which they Tear the
campaign may bring forth. and this
change in the war department IS an
incident TO that effect.
When Mr. Root issued that military
.rappings order. everybody under
stood. OF course. that il was in ac-
cortiance with the wishes and desires
of President Roosevelt, whose mind Is
filled to overlooking with the conyie-
ton that he belongs to the class OF
ordained by the Lord" rulers, OF
which the German emperor. whom he
initiates in every possible way. is the
most brazen and hence most glitter
ing example. The mania-lt can hard
ly be called anything else-to pose as
a ruler" explains his constant mix
ing i'm the personal affairs of the
American people. hts preachings of
various kinds whenever he can make
the opportunity. his race suicide ray.
ings, and the hundred and one other
acts that have stirred to resentment
the feelings of sober minded, sensible
people without regard to their poiti
cal affiliations. 1t is this personal
characteristic which has made Roose-
welt disgusting 10 those who still cling
to the old-fashioned Idea that the gov
eminent OF the United States is a re.
public and not an autoeracy.
President Rooseyelts desire to have
military officers in full uniform
around him at the White House and
parading about the corridors of the
war department Is part and parcel OF
the policy which has led him to retain
for the use Of himself and his family
as president yachts" the vessels OF
the navy. That abuse has, for the
year. been corrected upon the insist
ence of the Republican leaders. Meth
err the Mayfower nor the Sylph are
on duty at Oyster Bay this summer,
as they were last. but instead have
been assigned to the legitimate uses
of the navy for which these vessels
along with the other ships of the
navy, are kept in commission at the
expense of the American people. II
may be a little hard upon Mr., Roose
welt to have TO remain on dry land
when Emperor William is disportlns
himself upon the Meteor, bur the ex
igencies of political campaigning must
be met.
The military spectacle at Washing
ton has been less expensive to tn
people, but i. is rather more In EVIL
dence, and on this account is 10 b
done away with-for the present
After the election. should these va
rious devices 20 fool the people prov
successful, there can be high carni
val: but until then the Roosevelt ma
tural tendencies must be held in chez
-there must be general tonin
down. This is the real meaning q
! Secretary Taft's order. Atlanta Coz