Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-20
MOTHER WOMAN'S
THRILLING APPEAL
hRS' MARY BLACKBURN lad MADE AN
IDEAL OF ROOSEVELT.
nan a. She Lad Deemed a Glorious Hero
shs Now With Deep Disappointment
e'nisssss is a Menace to Every
Home in The Land.

va, ome years ago Mr.. Theodore Roosp.
~. SEEMED 10 Ine one Of those younp
neh 10 whom mothers could nolnt ond
Say 10 tEelr growing sons. There js !
man, u man for you to take ms vour
nlouei. confess / did so. He saemod
10 Ine 10 be the incarnation of n chival,
.ous Knlghtly gentleman. with an am.
oition TO serve his country and Inv H.
nAanlpie and his influence to promote
~ nis Fellow countrymen a love for all
mat Is great and noble. MANY of his
acts as Police Commissioner which
were duiSotic | ascrlbed not so much IN
MS lack OF judgment as TO his z~paIo,s.
ness When he resigned his post as
Assistant Secretary of the NAVY IN on
Ter active service my own nature was
thrilled with love for my country and /
a%pplauded his act. 1t seemed TO mo
incl mat the call to arms had acted
upon him as 1t had upon me. that he
wanted to give the country the best he
haa' MS life, IL need be; |, the best |
had-my son. | felt that | understood
him. believed that the almost clerklv
routine OF his work as Assistant Secre.
tary OF the Navy had become madden.
ing when the drum and the bugle fired
the patriotic soul. But | was not al
lowed to dream long that my ROose-
yeit was of the stuff from which heroes
are made.
1t soon appeared that a new role ON
a stage set with wal had been seized
upon by my ideal. The character of A
dashing cavalry officer in the Buffalo
Bill trappings Of Western prairies had
appealed to him as the best method of
emerging from the comparative obscur.
lty OF a Washington department into
the full glare of national publicity.
Again he had become a character n
combination of Phil. Sheridan, Buffalo
Bill and Don QuiXOte. His adventures
on foot as described by himself or
chronieled by eye witnesses or criti-
cised by military experts certainly will
not pass into song and story.
watching him these many years and
experiencing in myself a transition of
emotions from perfect admiration for
his seeming nobleness of character to
calm contemplation of his masterful.
ness as a spectacular politician, l now
venture to say. that in my opinion
President Roosevelt is the most dan
gerOus parsonage who eyer held the
office of President.
Theodore Roosevelt has one passion
ambition. Since he became President
he has one thOught-election. Senators
and political leaders for three years
have been made to feel their master
was in the White House. He held pa
tronage over them as a whip. When
Senator Hanna passed away all that
there was to the Republicanism of Nc
Kinley and Hanna passed with them.
Roosevelt has managed the party as
his fears and his hopes Of nomination
stirred him. If elected he will want
the pages Of history to record his adj
ministratlon with an event. God help
the mothers, the wives and sisters
when Roosevelt sets out with "a
mailed fist TO make history.
: President Roosevelt has been called
strenuous" and then our law abiding,
peaceful, home loving husbands and
sons. who are called ~"cravens," weak
lings," towards" There is a frenzy
about this that alarms. Like Napoleon
he applauded large families. Is 1t be-
cause they will yield soldiers TO his re-
publIc-empire?
President Roosevelt Is dangerous be-
cause If elected he will be more than
ever the master Of Senate and House;
more than even the director Of the for
eign policy Of the nation; more than
ever the commander-ln-chief of army
and navy. His feet will trample the
Constitution. lie is strenuous enough
TO be the law, having proven bis abil-
ity TO step outside constitutional llmi-
t%atiOns.
If we who saw our fever-strlcken
sons come back pale and wasted, some
prematurely aged and others lncapacl-
tated from bread winning, could cast
our votes; IL we who are told that gem
tie woman's chief function in life is
TO be strenuous in maternity, could
cast our votes; if we who believe that
the peaceful, restful home, me love OF
husbands and sons and the companion
shin of kindly neighbors is mans hap
piest lot on earth. could cast our votes,
how many would be for Roosevelt? He
is a menace to the home. He casts the
red glow of war on the hearth; the
sombre shadow of the grave on the era
die. He is a man OF fire, Of blood, of
dangerous ambition.
MRS. MARY BLACKBURN.