The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-06
wATERsoN ON ROOSEVELT.
CHARACTER Sketch Of usa.usI Power

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Louisville Courier Journal
The Vardaman incident, trivial in it
self, throws a food OF light upon the
character of Theodore Roosevelt. II is
of piece with the withdrawal of the
dinner invitation in the case of Sena-
General Miles; the needless ebullitfon OF
man of imperious disposition and
lordiy bearing easily excited and un.
able. when excited, to control his tens
of the sense of personal pursuance and
superiority. of the royal claim to ru
Iership by right divine.
such q man Is out of place In sne
born upon the Rhine and have lived in
tina Sixteenth century. He would, un
doubtedly, have made an excellent Rob
Der Baron; Truth to say. seeing how
the Tariff, he Is no SLOUGH of a Robber
Baron as 1t is, Gotz Won Berlichingen
come to life; though the matter Is tee
serious when we consider 1t as leaf
out of American politics and current
history to be decorated with historic
comparisons and lightly dismissed.
stripped of all ornamentation the
President, when angered. becomes an
spects nobody and considers nothing
In his eagerness to strike.
He has always rated himself above
other men. He is an Aristocrat. HIS
| CoHtc"pt IoT law ID OHiy cqudicu Nv
his disdain of men. He uses each much
as he would use a doormat. The Mug
wump was good enough to help him
climb the Self Righteous rounds of the
when a succession of lucky accidents
have brought him to the top. he cries
Take this clumsy, ropy thing away
and fetch me one of those staiwart
dicks, and be quick about it. damn
you!"
If the President had not been born a
Gentleman, he would surely have beer
PriZe-hghter. He possesses some OF
the most telling idiosyncrasies of the
Prize Ring. He embodies and cxempIi-
fles many of the features of the Star
performers; the physique of Sullivan;
OF Lanky Bob. He is the hero of the
Reservation. the delight of the Fancy
And inevitably; for did he not learn
his lesson IN the plans. where muscle
muscle united to culture and brains
gets the blue ribbon? Is he not a
scholar among broncho- busters, a bron-
cho-ouster among scholars; an intel
lectual cowboy equal to all the stunts
of Wild West show, yet doing tn !
Spectacular on the Stage of World
Power: alternately creating fy-by
night Republics in Panama and turn
Ing down rural Postoffices in Missis-
1t Is just splendid. why should a
man OF such surprising genius for SEN
satfona1 enects-equallY great in little
and In big things-waste himself upon
the White House-even as enlivened
by his own picturesque. ever changing
militancy-when he might go to China
and, kicking the stufhng out of the
old lady. reign as Emperor. or. may
hap. snatch the Russian brand from
the burning, and rule as Gar? Why,
be cares no more for United States
Senator, or even the Governor of a
sovereign State. than he does for the
common serving man who shines his
boots, or for the stable boy who grooms
his horse. TfIlman, who is Tillman ?
Vardaman. Vardaman. Off with his
headi Ho, eaitiff. bring me bowl Of
Ethiopian soup. with blood in 1t, and
bid Addicks attend me! If Oder waits
In the outer hall, tell him to wait. And
Plat. he, tool
Yes. having been born outside of
Russia, he ought to go to China. Yet,
Washington In case he gets his foot
well in the stirrup and is able to mount
into the Diaz saddle for a few terms
in the White House on his own account.
1t is good TO be Car; but the Man-on-
Horseback is not so bad after all .
Given a World Power to play with a
big army and an invincible navy-the
navy by Crowninshield-lVan Bean
to work the PARMA end of it-Root to
find the law-there ought to be splen :
did sport ahead. True, there is a big
deficit already. But. what's a defcSt
as among the Gray Wolves of the SEN
ate and the Committee on Rules of the
House. with an Angel in the Executive
Mansion, having brass boot-heel and
hob-naiIs in the palms of his hands, as
II weref "