The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-08
CLAIMED THAT THE ROOSEVELT PERSONALITY
IS THE CHIEF HORN OF PEOPLES DILEMMA
In His Singing Dnunciation of the Administration Said
That the President Was Fine Gentle
man as Ever Scuttled Ship
or Cut a Throat

New York, Sept. NEARLY 500
democratic editors from all parts oi
the United States met at the banquet
at the Waldof Astoria tonight, the
occasion being a national conference
called at the instance of the demo
cratic natioal committee.
The toast list included several OF
the best known Democratic editor
Ill :hc country.
All OF the toajts were on political
subjects Col. Sylvanus Il. johnson
Washington correspondent oil INC
Cincinnati Enquirer enc forme;
president of the Gridiron club was
the toastmastcr.
A large orchestra furnished music
during the dinner. When Dixie
was played, the diners, many OF
whom were from the south jumped
TO their feet and the rebel yell was
given several times.
Enthusiasm was at the hlghcsl
pitch when the selection was ell
corcd.
The Kentucky Inspiration.
Col. Johnston. in a brief speech
introduced Cox Henry Wattcrsoi
who responded to the toast Ih'
Issu. and the Outlook
lie sadi:
"In order to allay curiosity ant
supprcss conjecture--or words l.
that cfrcct--lct nc say in the d."
ginning that | believe we can WI
the presidential battle. | Will e
even furclhr and say thai with an!
thing like an even show down o
powder and ball, it will be our oWl
fault if We lose it, The two partlc,
will go to the finish fairly unite"
Each will poll very nearly, II no'
ouitc. it's normal strength. The lndo
pendent vote therefore, Will declu'
the result.
"In the five dcbatablc states O
Now York, New Jersey and Conncc
ticut in the east, Indiana and WlSco'.
sin in the west, there arc on a rouG'
estimate, a million q fthcsc importah
voters. Half million of them arr
Germans. The other half are mug
wumps and floatcrs. For the ne D
me, cannot see how any sen re
$pccting muGwump can vote lo
Roosevelt, the recreant civil SERVED
rcrormcr, nor how any intclllSeh
German much as the president re
eomblcs tho Kaiser, can be Willie
to tal,o even lottery chance IN
war with the mother country, prccl!'
taicd uonn the drop of hat, TO go
rify thn administration
"Parlcr. the iurist. means peace
with an nations, cntangling alliances
with none. Roosey.;;, the war lord
means complications abroad and cor
ruption at home, designed to proiohl
a single party dynasty and to perpe'
uatc its favoritcs and agent in pow
Cr.
Every economic question mus
PAUSE before an issue so transcend
ant"
Mr.. WattcrsOn said if he wcro
republican nc would vote for Parkc
and Davis and he gave many rcason'
that would prompt htm to do so.
Chief Horn Of Dilemma.
lie continued: "Inovitably the per
gonality. the character and perform
apccs of Roosevelt, occupy the fore
most place in the public mind. Tho!
will constitute the chief horn of The
pcoplc'g dilemma in the coming cam
paign. They arc rs it wcrc, the he
ginning and the end of the chapter
yet because We propose u
discuss the president. and Il
hoId him TO a just measure %
accountability. we arc accused %
abusing him. would not. for my
part. utter an unkind or discourtcou'
word 7 admit that he Is as sweet :
gentleman as ever scuitled a sh'l
~ cut a throat. Indeed, very mucf
trat kind of a gentleman, for hoisiinl
tho black 1au over the south has h'
not scmtled the ship Of civil service
reform and cuf the throat Of recip
ruritv2 Has nc ever obevcd the law
fn rasc d. stood in the way Of his hu
r1D-. from the tine whon. over IN
ag.ruifffr.u rou1rr " sis own com
mission. Do removed a state a'for
rrr f-ru tho Office t0 which tho peD
r.is had elected him. here IN the cit1
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