Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-02
Washington Gossip
BY SHELDON S. CLINE 80 49, =====I &

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Especial correspo ndenc.,
= Washington, December 30.
Now it Is claimed! that Theodore
Roosevelt aims to be the political
bass Of the United states. S'S:.a. . =,
The Washington correspondent of
a New York paper ate a big dinner
ON Christmas day. Then he came
down to his office to work; hut there
was the usual Christmas dylllness; and
he couldn't find anything much to do.
Tilted back In his chair, feet on desk,
he drtfted away into dreamaand!
There was nothing very alarming
in this; and there probably would
have been no serious results had it
not been for the turkey, fruit cahe
and, most likely, mIfnce pie. I ann
not certain about the pie, but results
would seem to Justify it's Inclusion In
the menu #:r W.. III G3r@
Anyway, the correspondents dreams
were troubled. He saw hobgublins,
dragons with fiery eyes and other
monsters of terrific mienI But, most
alarming Of all, was a huge giant with
eye glasses and prominent teeth. THIS
giant, In the dream, refused all food
but the flesh and blood Of political
bosses, great and small. One by one
they went wrigglingly to his awful
mouth, were crilnched between those
terrible teeth, and disappeared for
ever. S-&5s,,s r.. (.
What might this fearsome monster
be?" inquired the correspondent of his
dream guide. 5tS5 s5 s| s
"Ss-sh!'' whispered the guide, who
had horns and a forked tail, ..that is
the Political Boss Of the United States.
They call him Teddy the Terrible!
He eats 'em alive t
The correspondent couldn't help but
be impressed by his dream, and the
more he Thought of it the more he
became impressed. sss31S
He sat down, then, and wrote a
piece for his paper The coloring was
as vivid, almost, as had been his
dream. The contest waging in New
York over the speakership Of the as
senUbly. he said, was but the prelim4
mary skrimish in a struggle that was
to be country wide. The object OF
this struggle was to be the undoing of
all other political bosses and the es-
ta!bl isIhment OF President Roosevelt as
the supreme dictator Oh his party and
the nation. When New York was
conquered, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, were to be taken ,lp
in order and other states were to fol-
low as rapidly as Mr.. Roosevelt could
digest the bosses he had swallowed.
Root, in New York, Taft in Ohio,
Knox in Pennsylvania, and Lodge in
Massachusetts, were depicted as les
ser monsters whose business it was
to nun down and capture the bosses
whom the president wished to devour.
The correspondent hsd it figured
out that all the bosses would have
been eaten by the time the Republican
national convention met Id the SUM
mer OF 1908, and there would be no
one left to dispute the will Of Roose.
Eelt. Then, the dreamer had it, ROCK
was to be nominated for president,
while Taft and Knox and Lodge were
to have soInthinlg "just as, good. z MT.
Roosevelt was to retire from the
White House, hut was to be the power
behind the throne.
When the correspondent Of another
New York paper read this story, his
soul was filed with burning, bitter
envy. IN unfair advantage had been
taken OF him, he declared, because
the eating OF mine pie had never been
recognized as q proper way OF getting
news. The emergency demanded Id.
slant and heroic action. Il
Like the poor, benightad Hdndpo.,, =
vowed the envious correspondent tI'fl
| DO the best kin do =
Rushing wildly to a nearby restas,r.
ant, he ordered Welsh rabbit, lobster
a Ia Newbatrg, and ham and cabbage.
"Ha, William, !" he maittered, as he
swallowed the last anoslthful, Il have
We nDwin
His dreams. as he had planned, also
were troubled. He saw Mr.. Hoose-
veQt retiring from the White House
on March 1903, ana Immediately
talking oath as q United States senat
tor from New York He saw the ex-
president from his seat ia the sen.
ate, ruling the country with an iron
hand. Both the republican and demo
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