Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16
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interfere iu state elections. h his 'messasr to congress h. advocates a
 ias2e increase in both iHe army and
 navy. and af the same time suggests
 .aat enlarged powers pc given the eX
 eeutige He also intinates that if lie
 sAiaks it necessary he will employ he
 military aua uana, power VI The gov
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 5eu nave fi4hl 10 foce themselves
 zat4 lae aI5lie schools os California.
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 himself will aa official aFtstocracY4
 5s:e=- s.aV5 arc tu harmony wi.h his ONE sfAe taas sre= =neiH2 silently. bat
 -su.piy drawn aboat the people His
 aBRptite for aHtoeratie power grows
 .pFuet and more Unsuitable as it de-
 isiyes-tae people of their rights. The
 American people are given to hero
 worship Mr Roosevelt. like the
 French general of old. Marched up lle hill and then marched down
 again mid the beating Of drums and the blare of trumpets al San Juan. He had his subsidized press agents there 10 magnify his exploit. The charge of the six hundred It tzBalaklaya. the defeNse of Thermopylae by I.eonidas and his three hundred Sparians. or the charge of Picket's division at Get 1Esburg. all pale into insi@niticance by the side of the lHrid descriptions of the charge lip San Juan hill of I.ieu- tenant colonel Roosevelt and his rough riders. as written up 3y the aforesaid subsidized press agents. i5ut it paved ihe way tos Roosevelt to become president-frst Dy acci- dent. and, second. because the Demo- cratic party Was temporarily out of E business.
 Mr. Roosevelt has become accus- toned to the habit of being president and il is going to be difficult. it not impossible to break him of it fer some years ta come The American peo- ple rather like to be bossed by q mas terfu man so long as he is smart enough 10 keep them in ignorance of the fact Of his domination. He will make just enough movement against the trdsts to make the common peo- ple' think he is their champion, and that he iS looking after their inter- ests, while at the same time he will wink the other eye" at the mag mates. and satisfy them that it is all buncombe He has declared that he will not again accept the presidency, out wait and see. He just as posi- lively declared he would not accept
 he nomination for vice president. but le allowed himself to oe persuaded. When the time comes. sOnle of the prominent statesmen some Of his political supparterS-@ho are or eN- 1ect to be beHaticiaries of his political success wili--ss previous arrange neut-go to him and say something ike this: Nov Mr. President. yoa luow that the people and congress alked for wears of digging an isth- nian canal burt it availed nothing It vas only talk Unti you took hold If the matter in your oWn inimitable md strenuous way We immediately began to see results. By your con summate statesmanship and masterls you promptly oyercame the obstacles to the great enterprise which were thrown ln our way by the objections Of Colombia. This master stroke of policy was ac- by creating the new re- public of Panama and securing from her--for the mere pittance of $40,- 000000-sueh concessions as would guarantee the digging of the canal,