The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-11

that 10 credit for II could Eeloh6 ~
him
TilIman Remembers Insult.
This. for Roosevelt, Is almost un-
tainkable. Moreover, Tiilman has al
ways been one Of his most oat- pokeh
or ties in the senate, and RooseVeit
orce deliberately insulted him III me
matter of social invitation. How can
there be any accord between Two meh
thus politically and personally hostile?
Nevertheless, it is fact that R2os2
welt through Senator Rainer, has
made oyertures to Tillman to consult
with him at the White House. Tillman
! has replied that he will never enter
| the dools of the White House untii
| the president shall have publicly
apoogized for the slight put upon
him. Shall we picture the scene OF
Roosevelt apoIogizing 10 the South
Carolinian? Let MS leave il 10 the
writer of the next great Wa 9hington
novel.
But between the T.llman and the
Aldrch extremes, there is a middle
ground. being hell by g~onps OF both
! Democrats and Republicans who are
willing to run with the hare ard hold
with the hounds Why hould not our
/ yeg.atle executive ally himself with
these. and by his countenance bind
them into solid party which he
could appropriate as his own. keep ne
them in subjec'ion hy playing Demo
crat. against Republicans meanwhile
appsopriating u himself all the
credit of whatever g.slatioa was car
ried through?
| Cpon this hypothesis might be eX
planned the presidents extetema ac
tiyity du' ing he last week or ten days
in calling private conferences at the
White House Having thus assembled
/ mis- composite ANA Heterogeneous aggre
gate let him frame some so.t Of com
promise amendment, sounding as well
and meaning as little as possible,
which would be accepted by a senate
exhausted with a long bew.ldering
| and fruitless struggle, and go once
more before the country as the ever
sigorous Roosevelt. champion of The
laople. and with the prospect OF the
bird term looming right ahead.
To Appeasc the Senate.
And now what of the Saturday at
tack upon The magazini.ts and news
1ape- critics? Why, cur magnanimous
statesman in the White House. be
cause he shall have defeated the sen
ate. need not therefore go father out
of his way 10 make enemies Of them.
On the contrary, with all the cards in
his hands, why should he not go out
" his way to place them? And what
better method could he select than TO
attack their fommon enemy? The sen
ate has been yisibly disquietcd by the
newspaper onslaughts made upon
heir dislutcrostejness and integrity;
aud symptoms are apparent in the
local pres. and cl ewherc of the effort
to stem the tide and put another light
upon the natter
What more oppOrtune juHcture-
then. could be chosen by president,
who. after the manner of Lord Neru-
lam. takes all business to be h's
province to swoop down with open
mouth upon The detractors Of the sen.
ste--amorg whose members Aldrich
Kcau and Others OF that conelavc have
not Ieen and are not ia b. the least
suferer--and bodily devour them
Nay. his appetite may perhaps be
shaTpencd by certain insinuation-
made here aud there against his own
august pc-on. And. having desoure1
them. will not Aldrici. kean and their
brethren arise and call him blessed
and extend the glad hand Of f0rg We
ness To a Ieeply plotting eNccu i've
ID may nor seem unplausiblc.