The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-16
SIMPLIFIED DECEPTION NEW
FIELD FOR THE PRESIDENT.

FIELD FOR THE PRESIDENT
Theodore Roosevelt has learned Ia
use the English language with due re-
gard TO its elasticity. He says, "With
Mr.. Cannon as Speaker, the House has
accomplished a literally phenomenal
amount Of good work"
II the President means that the good
work was phenomenal for a Repubi-
can House we agree with him. But
to ascribe any of the glory of accom-
plishment TO Speaker Cannon is worse
than ridiculous; il is deliberate at
tempt to make a false impression ON
the public mind. President Roosevelt
knows as well as anyone. and know,
better than most people, that il was
Gin spite Of Mr. Cannon as speaker
that any good work was accomplished
by the House Of Representatives. The /
speaker was opposed TO the Pure Food 7
act; he was opposed to the Meat lu,pec- I
ton act; and there was no. a bin inc
troduced in behalf of the people. where
the interests of the trusts and ,yndi-
Gates were attacked, that he favored.
The President is famou, forth, kind
Of jugglery with words He is not So
subtle in the art of equivocation a.
some others-Rockefeller and Rogers.
FOR example. He does not rise 10 the
plane Of an artist But he turns some
very neat phrases and, ne does not
hesitate 10 attempt TO make a false im- q
preston. Sometimes he gets caught q
he got caught when he denied Judge
'arker's charge about insurance money
icing used to help elect him President.
lie got caught last winter when Till.
nan and Bailey and Ex-senator Chand-
er not only charged him with lying.
'ut proved it on him "
Notice how nicely the statement '
eads: "With Mr.. Cannon as Speaker,
he House has accomplished" This
an read two ways II can mean. v
Mr.. Cannon was Speaker The
louise accomplished a phenomenal
mount Of good work " Butwhat the o
resident meant TO impress on the ].
ublic mind was that because Mr.. CO
annon was Speaker, the House ac- 10
'mplished good work. That the ="
resident il playing Speaker Cannon Il,
sucker, is evident; though for be
hat purpose is not yet known. J.
Now that he has endorsed simpli- ''
ID way Of spelling 300 words. he
ght to make out 300 sentences that
III read two ways and that can be sh
ed by Republican speakers and 81
wspapers for any and every occas- r n.'
/. For example, if called on TO help DIR
eve Elkins in West Virginia. he
aid write letter to this active plum
-er Of the public and say, Only dear
lator Elkins:-With you in the !
late, the Rebate Bill was passed de'
If Chairman WadswOrth Of the Io
nmittee OH agriculture, who violent the
the Meat Inspection act are
ded help in this district, the Presi- IN
Il could say, "With Mr.. Wadswonh doso.
chairman Of the committee on aeri. the
ture, the House passed. the Meat and
pection bill" lect
ratitude is not the Presidents long We,
}, but if he wished to do a good turn lea
a friend of the past, he could at the aud
per time say Of President John A. u 10.
all, of the New York Life Insur. y,
e Company, hocontrbuted thous- Wa
OF dollars Of the policy-holders' cons
icy to the Republican campaign long
mittee, "When Mr.. Mccall was j l1,
head Of the company, it had mil in d
; Of dollars as a reserve fund and the
time was the company insol- s" ,sl
~ These are only a few crude cent
trations Of new field In which rent
resident could exercise his great that
Sy and his equally great capacity s .I,n
anding out 10 the public verbal itent
bricks. iecte