The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-05-16
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Bryan and Roosevelt.

The Baltimore Sun one of the
I9eding democratic newspapers
'hst opposed Bryan's election III
1896 contained recently the follow
ing signi6cent 9 litorial:
"Dismissing the speculative
phases of the question, ii may be
observed that the spirit which AMI
mates President Roosevelt is more
hat of the demooratio candidats
md platform of 1896 and 1900 than
the spirit of his own party plat
form in the last ten years His
condemnation of corporate iDjus-
tice in his public addresses and his
messages to congress may fairly be
regarded as the result of the seed
sown by Mr. Bryan in 1896 and
1900. The attitude of the public
toward tie insurance revelations,
'te attitude whenever other great
corporations have comeinto conflict
With the interests of the people.
has been determined largely by Mr..
Bryan's utterances in two pre- siden-
,ial campaigns and the spirit which
he aroused then. Mr. Bryan has
good reason to feel fl uttered at The
,ommendetion which economic
theories have received from Presi-
ient Roosevelt. Imitation is said
to be the einoerest form of aattery.
The president is not only initiating,
but he is making no concealment
If the fact that some of Mr.. Bryan's
principles suit him better than
those of his own party. Mr.. Bryan
is no on a second tour of the
world. Nothing broadens man's
mind so much as travel. He will
be able. no doubt, to take large
minded aud philosophical view of
the presidents boldness in array
ing himself in democratic plumage.
Since the president thinks it lie for
the good of the country. however.
Mr. Bryan will patrioticllly ac-
quiesoe. But anything more cnri-
Gus than The present political situs-
ton it is not likely has been seen
in any quarter of the globe"
A most sensational escape was
made the other day from Boston
jail The fugitive too was far
more unreliable person than
mere murderer or thief, being an
everyday dealer in the black art.
1t was the wizard Houdini, who
had set up the claim that neither
dungeons nor irons could hold
1im, and who had offered to prove
the same before a chosen commit.
tee. which consisted of Gen. Miles,
ex Senator Holden, several mem.
bers of the Algonquin Club and a
number of newspaper men. beside
a score of police officials.
Arrived at the Jail Houdini, after
removing his olothes. which were
to be looked up in a cell. had his
hair, ears and mouth searched by
the police superintendent for possi-
BILE tools of offence. but none were
t. und. He was then handcuffed,
and his feet shackled with the
heaviest irons the institution af.
torded aud he WIS placed in a cell
on the second tier and locked and
barred in. The party then left the
corridor aud went to the guard.
room to wait. Sixteen minutes
after the incarceration of the wizard
he was seen by the committee
climbing the prison yard wall and
boarding an automobile in Somer-
set street. and seven minutes later
he telephoned his keepers from
Keith's Theatre.
A search of the prison disclosed
the open doors If the two cells
where he and his clothes had been
placed and also the opened hand.
cuffs aad shackles
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