The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-24
THINGS HEARD At
THE WHITE MOUSE
PRESIDENT CALLS ALL WHO DIS.
AGREE WITH HIM CROOKS
AND DEMAGoGUES.
CONGRESS- is AMAZED
-Damns the Eyes of Those
Who Dare to Have Self
Opinions.

Washington, Jan. 23.--"Are those
who oppose the president necessarily
crooks, demagogues or fools?"
Congress is asking that question.
The inquiry is based upon information
brought from the White House to the
| capitol The president has never been
ayerse 10 expressing his opinion Of
! per ons and things, but never before
/ has congress had so many reports of
opinions 80 freely expressed by him
! A few days ago a man came TO the
capitol with his ewes popping out. He
| had been TO the White House to see
the president, and was asked. as
nearly every visitor IL born outside
the District OF Columbia; DO you
find my popularity decreasing in the
kcountry?"
! The president wants to be the m0st
/ popular man in the United States He
thinks he is but he is instantly wor-
ried lest he be falling away in public
| esteem.
This man told the president he had
not discovered any evidences of de-
creasing popularity. But he added,
Il find some of the senators have no
very high opinion of you nor of some
of your plans of legislat on, !"
who are they?' demanded the
president
Crook, Crook, Crook"
The visitor named the senator's The
president ticked them off on his
fingers.
Jones" said the visitor.
Hes a crook, snapped the presi-
dent.
Smith"
He's demagogue."
Robinson"
| Hes crook too"
Brown
Il wouldn't trust him In anything"
| The list was continued. The presi-
dent expressed himself similarly about
each man. Some of them We're men
who have regulations quite contrary
10 the presidents designation.
Another visitor came to the White
House. The president asked him what
congress thought of him and what II
would do. The visitor told the presi-
dent frankly that congress is angry,
rebellous, incensed at his usurpat'on
of its prerogatives and at his attempt
to dictate legislation by threats or TO
get II by promises.
"Pshawl" said the president What
does congress amount to? ! have more
power in my little finger than all con
gress has in its loins"
There are numerous similar stor e.
They all how the contempt the pres |
dent has for the law-making body |
Congress has heard them and believes |
them. Congress is getting sorer every |
minute.
The presidents ideas concerning |
those who oppose him are followed by |
the faithful band Of cuckOos he has at
MS call Let any man say he does not !
favor a policy of the presidents and |
he is at once set down as a crook"
The cuckoos use no other term To
their minds nobody is honest but those
who agree with them. they being !
twelfth carbon copies of the president |
One Cause Of Revolt
If congress opposes anything the |
president wants congress Immediately I
becomes a body of thieves and rascals. !
and lands outside The pale. There Is
no patriotism no unseliish interest, no
disinterested motive outside the White /
House. and the breasts of the chorus /
of glad acclaim that fingers around TO
:hout the virtues Of their hero and to |
damn the eyes of the unfortunate who
dares to think different
This is one of the reasons Of the re-
volt In congress. So far as H. outward I
and visible sign is concerned that
revolt will come 10 showd down
Wednesday If the house leaders per
.isr in their programme TO bring out
the Statehood bll Tuesday and bring
In the gag rule Wednesday that will
forbid amendments and make IL impo
'ibie to psss the bill except in its Two
state form.
II may be that the insurgents will
iDt HdfE A0At- tibNAu 10 bfat NNt
'ule by combining with the Dem3crats.
L Is the hi tory of insurgent move
nent- in the house that there are
yeak-kneed brethren who sneak over
o. the orgauiza' ion az the eleventh
lOnr. Their may be some of these on
Babcock's list. II not
{ will be because there are enough ],
men in the house to Withstand enor-
nou pressure.
Neither the president nor Speaker
'annon has left anything undone thar =
sould bring a timid insurgenf back J,
uto line The individual, have been .
Ielabo-ed. caioled. promised pap AMI "
aft in The wise They have been hauled :
o the White House and iectured and =
dubbed. They have been herded into =
he speakers room and spanked and y
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