The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-07
Good at Promising.

special correspondence OF Hk Inns WASH
ington, d. c September S, 1896.
OF all the juggling with the inter
ests Ci the people that ever has
cursed the country, the same is 60
ing on right now In the ranks OF the
Republican party leaders who will
control the things that are to be
done by the next Congress. The Re-
publican President promises much
to the people, while the men who will
do the performing have their fingers
to their noses and are winking both
eyes at once They know he takes
no chances in promising them the
great round earth for play thing.
So does be. That's why he is so
prodigal In his promises. IL he
meant to keep any of them he would
have called that extra session last
spring or at the iarthest in Sep.
TENDER, but we have seen him funk
every time the party leaders went
after him, until finally when he had
made up bis mind to call 1t on the
18th OF November, they went after
HIM again like chicken after June
bug, and he has, as l said he would,
nunked again, and there will be no
extra session at all. The trouble
with Roosevelt is that he has more
side tracks on his line than any
politician in the country, and hasno
terminal facilities. He is also q
great political fakir. When he starts
out he means we'll and to do the very
things he says he is going to do, for
he thinks straight; but when he gets
so far, some political mounteback
meets up with him and throws the
switch and he Is afraid to protest
and founders where he Is. In this
he shows the spirit Of the political
coward and the opportunist. He
fears to make mad the leaders OF the
party and at the same time he Is
bending to their wishes, he is making
a grand play for the peoples delecta-
ton. He Is making another one at
the present time by butting In Oh
the peace business between Russia
and Japan. All OF 1t is done In the
hope that some OF his plays may
land, and make him the center Of at
traction in the great round world.
He wants to head off the German
Kaiser as the leader OF political
pyrotechnics on earth and then he
will be satisfied, whether the people
are or not. He cares nothing for the
people or their interests. He is work
ing Tor his own glorifcation. He is
standing in with every play the
political leaders OF his party Is max
ing, and whether he is playing for
a denomination or attempting to
work the party so that he may die
tate his successor, 1t is yet too early
to predict and will be until we read
his message next December.
The Republican party has promis-
ed every thing to the people and will
perform nothing during the next
session. 1t will be do nothing
Congress. The "standpatters' will
talk railroad rate legislation and
internal revenue taxes to keep down
genuine tariff reform. That will
make the opposition fight so much
harder against rail road rate legis-
lstion, and internal taxes, that there
will be nothing done from any stand
point that will help the people.
When the session ends there will
have passed the usual appropriation
bills and some private steals, and
not one thing that the people can
point to and say, it was done in the
interest Of the people.
The trouble with the average
American citizen is that he will never
look at things as they ought to be
looked at until his belly is empty.
With q full stomach be looks COM
placently on all steals and gratis by
the Republican party, but let him
get hungry and he will utter a yell
that will reverberate from Tadmor.
in.the. Wilderness to Yuba Dam.
Then 1t usually is too late and the
Republicans have got things nailed
down for another four years. Some
day their pipe will 60 out and they
will wake up.
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