The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-01-01
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

| dlOI L oIakei ABOUT HILL way diOuuU
the circle, and as my friend knew him
we'll, I got the honor Of an introduce
ton to the man who had been, to me,
the most fascinating man in the sem
ate, and to whom I had listened in
tently on every possible occasion, al
though, SO far as a newspaper CORES
pondent can take sides or is supposed
to, nearly everything he said was di-
rectly opposed to my view of things.
Senator Foraker turned and walked
back with us, and after a most de-
| liehtful walk we escorted him to his
home-which is also in the high hat
neighborhood. I told him that he had
been delightful to me and that I en-
joyed him particularly because he had
such a magnificent and fascinating
way Of saying what isn't so. At this
he laughed and I thought it was all
very fine. Since that time I have felt
it a high honor to have a speaking
acquaintance with him. And yet |
know that this very name is probably
obnoxious to many Of my friends in
South Carolina, because he is taking
up for the nigger.' That's because
they don't know him.
Pleasant to Newspaper Men.
Senator Foraker is very pleasant to
newspaper men. He is altogether an
exceedingly pleasant man. But he will
not talk to us about this Brownsville
matter now. Yesterday when some Of
the boys went to see him he said that
he would do his talking in the senate
when that meets again. The presl-
dent said to four newspaper men he
invited to visit him the other day that
he would veto any measure that con-
gress might pass restoring the negro
troops who we're dismissed for
"shooting up" Brownsville. He fur
thermore made the very remarkable
statement to the effect that if con-
gress should pass a bill over his veto
he would refuse to execute it, and that
if congress should then want to i'm
peach him he would gladly welcome
the impeachment proceedings. This is
pretty big talk even for a president.
All that Senator Foraker will say
about this is the following:,
"I think that the story about what
the president intends to do is too silly
to talk about, and you must excuse
me from discussing it,
An Interesting Fight.
There are sevearl little supplement
tary circumstances which make this
an exceedingly interesting fight be-
tween the president and Senator For
aker. In the first place Foraker has
not liked Roosevelt in a long time:
Mighty few people who know Mr..
Roosevelt well, in these parts at least,
do like him; or if they do like him to-
day they don't tomorrow. The prin-
cipal reason for this-and there are
number Of reasons is that the
president has a way of promising one
thing and doing another, and another
little way Of saying one thing and
when he is criticised for saying it
issuing statement Of denial, always
celebrating this statement so as to
include the more or less emphatic de-
claration that the man who says he
did say so is liar. But that isn't the
reason Foraker has it in for him jus,
at present. At least that isn't all Of
the reason. Foraker wants to be
president, as everybody else does,
or most Of us anyway. But Mr..
Roosevelt doesn't want Mr.. Foraker
to be, president. tits said, and some
people are easily enough duped to be-
lieve it, that Roosevelt wants Taft to
president. Those who are on to the
game have a pretty strong conviction
that the astute manipulation and CAL
culator in the White House already
knows that there is not ghost Of a
chance for Taft, for the reason that
he cannot carry Ohio, his own State.