Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-07
PRESIDENT IN PiLLoRy.
Chief Executive Has Shown Himself
to Be a Blunderer If Moth
ing Else.

One of the leading newspapers Oh
the country, referring to the disclos-
ures made by Senator Tillman re.
specting his conspiracy with the
president" says of Mr.. Roosevelt that
he has been finally caught in the
trap of his own duplicity and Gagged
there for the regretful gaze Of q
mortified nation"
Another great newspaper land a
Republican newspaper, too) declares
that too much has been made pub
lie" in connection with the Tillman
exposures ito please those who wish
to retain esteem for the occupants
of honorable positions in the public
servics;" and suggests that "the pub
lie can be best served, and the dignity
of the presidential Office best sus-
tanned by the sober performance Of
its duties and non-interference with
other branches of the government"
In regard to the presidents denuncia-
ton of William E. Chandler, the same
paper (the Baltimore American) says
in an editorial:
while it is as patriotic to assume
that the executive is always right and
every n else always wrong, it would
seem to be the part of wisdom not to
strain that sentiment too much. Here.
tofore there have been some wise and
virtuous people in the land besides
the presidents, and it is possible that
there are still a few scattered over
the country"
And the Washington correspondent
of the same paper goes on to say, in
relation to the presidents reply to
Senator Tillman: The Republicans
were averse to the presidents max
ing any statement. Tonight
they thought they had best be care
full about commenting hastily. They
want opportunity to look it over, lest
there be traps for them in the unpre'
tentious recitals."
The president has shown himself tc
be a blunuerer, if no worse; and it is
clear from such expressions of pub
lie opinion as we have quoted, that
he has at last forfeited the confidence
and respect Of Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike. 1t is evident, moreover,
that ven while dealing with him,
senators have been obliged to use the
same precautions against fraud and
duplicity which prudent men use in
dealing with known tricksters, by Sc
curing documentary evidence of the
nature of the transactions in antici-
patton of bad faith. This documen-
tary evidence sustains the charge OF
duplicity made by Senator Tillman,
which is, in substance that Roose-
welt, with the design of appearing to
be the real author of rate legislation,
secretly t%raficked at the same time
with both factions of the Republicans
and with the Democrats; and that
after receiving the support of the lat
ter, he betrayed them and his Repub-
lican allies, and, sought to deceive
the country by means of false accusa-
lions against William E. Chandler
whom he had authorized to treat, in
his behalf, with Senators Bailey and
Tillman. Fortunate, indeed, it was Tor
Tillman and Bailey, that they used the
precaution, now ascribed also to Re-
publican senators, "lest there should
t be traps for them"
: The president says: there was no
j.. the slightest opportunity for any hon
est misconception of my attitude
But the evidence shows that there was
ample ground for suspicion, though
| possibly the very existence of that
well-grounded suspicion shows that
/ there was no real misconception,
either of his attitude or his character,
t The suspicion was justified by his past
to life, and was verified by the result OF
the transaction.
The president has been convicted OF
prevarication; and he has told us in
> his ermons what to think of a liar
3 1.-THE liar" he says, SIS no better thar
!, a thief" And, again eff anyone lies
il he has the habit of untruthfulness
you cannot deal with him, because
there is nothing to depend On" "Trutf
telling is a virtue upon which W.
should insist not Cnly in the school!
and at home, but in business and il
politics just as much" The bust
i ness man or politician who does no
tell the truth cheats, and for the chea
we should have no use in any walk o
life" These are some of the abhorismi
uttered by Roosevelt. They are no
the children Of his own brain, but hav,
been appropriated by him as the devi
quotes Scripture to serve his purposes
l. They are as true as if he had neve
9 uttered them; and unfortunately flint
Q application in the present case, to tn,