The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30
.CREkTE.ST! !. SHOW
ON EARTRIOpEuS
NEXT 8 4 week !.
Now
In Rea dimes

| Tue great tWO.rlHR CIRCUS, the greatest
show on earth. which will positively
open its doors in our city two days
hence. rain or shine. See the famous
Big Stick. which has cracked the
crowned heads Of Europe and Asia.
Hear the voice Of the Great am speak.
ing In the legislative wilderness.
See Fairbanks, the human icycle. and
his 92--count 'em-92 trained per,
formers. See Joe-Joe. the bad man
from Illinois, and his troupe OF s91 OBJ,
structors OF legislation. gathered to.
| gether from all parts OF civilize
America. See Tilman. the only orig.
lnal. name.blown.in-every-bottle fire
eater. The greatest display Of oratori,
(, cal fireworks ever let OFT In any age or
cline is positively guaranteed. Get
/ yonr tickets at the door and don't
tease the animals. They have trou,
bles Of their own"
In some such manrie. congression,
al barker might recount the wonders
OF the great show which is to open
i Monday in Washington. II he werc
truthful-which would be too much to
expect of a barker-he might add that
almost the safe reason for the big
show is that the people may Judge
/ between the two great parties which
divine between them the terrible re.
sponsibilities Of the government of a
great nation. least done, soonest
lmended." is to be the motto OF the
/. coming session;runless violence is done
to all precedent Words. words,
words" there will be in abundance.
OF the passing Of important laws
there will be nbne. unless-and here's
/ the rub for those legislators who be
lieve in the traditional do-nothing pol
! iicy--unless congress is forced to ac
tion by the menace Of the Big Stick
The man behind the Stick is a man o.
action. and behind him. stand the Com
mon People. viii the honorable sen
ators and the esteemed representa-
tives be able to Withstand such an i'm
pulse to getting busy? Who knows?
True. 1t has never been customary
to pass important measures during the
session Of congress preceding presi
dental election. But what, pray, Is
precedent, when the Big Stick waves
aloft and the Common Peonie-who
nevertheless have votes-demand re
lief from the Ills which they find hard
to bear?
Popular clamor demands new rail.
road and corporation laws. currency
legislation, tariff revision and a score
Of other measures designed for the
public good. The congressional mood
Is so sicklled over with the lurid cast
Of campaign oratory us to lose the
name Of action. Congress wants moth.
ing so much us peace. In which to dis.
cuss its differences OF opinion and
make political thunder. But in the
Rooseveltian vocabulary there Is no
such word as "peace' and congress
will soon discover this fact to It's sor.
row, Thirty-seven times last winter
the president sparred congress to ac.
tlon with sharp.pronged messages.
There is no evidence that the presl.
Dental typewriter Is worn on that the
presidential spirit is less strenuous
than OF yore. J,
Apparently, there is nothing to it.
Congress must make at least prs.
tence Of being legislative body, and
not merely debating society. 1t may
Re damned II It does, but 1t will Ger.
tainly be damned II It doesn't.
President Roosevelt's first message
10 Congress, which Will probably be
submitted on the second day OF the
session. after the House shall have had
opportunity to re-elect Uncle Joe Can.
non speaker and provide seats for It's
sa1 members. will unquestlonably be
.he most notable contribution to the
Congressional literature OF the entire
coming period Of legislation, and lItera.
ture. 1t is generally believed that Il
will be the longest, II not the strong.
est, message ever penned by Mr..
Roosevelt, although his messages here.
totore have lacked neither in length
nor strength. 1t will outline his leg.
islauve programme not only for the
coming year, but for years beyond,
clearly expressing the policies which
as "myl policies, !" have come TO receive
the cordial Endorsement and hearty.
support Of the country at large. Many,
of these policies viii for tie present,
remain Inert unsuppo ted by staht.;
tory enactment nebulons foreshndsi
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