The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27
For President:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
For Vice-Prcsident:
ROBERT BRODNAX GLENN.

Now both of these men are strong
men physically and as chief execu-
tives; they believe in doing things;
they are strenuous in the way they do
things. But, beyond this personal
characteristic they ave no such COM
mon convictions pom public questions
as to make them a suitable presiden-
tial ticket.
Mr.. Roosevelt is a Republican of the
school Of Hamilton. He believes in a
centralized government Of unlimited
powers. Mr.. Glenn is a Democrat of
the school of Jefferson, believes in a
strict construction of the Constitution.
with strict recognition that the FEEDER
al governm is one of limited power.
How. could Roosevelt and Glenn con-
sistently run on a ticket with such
Numerically opposite views?
Mr.. Roosevelt is an imperialist OF
the most aggressive type-believing
in the sort of world-poWer that gov
erns the F%ilipinos, sets up Panama
when he prompted it's secession. Mr..
Glenn opposes the whole program OF
imperial expansion which Roosevelt
glorifies. How could they pull to-
gether?
But, aside from the basic a~bsurdity
Of the proposition, what has Mr.. King
against Governor Glenn anyway?
Lightning does not stricke twice in
the same place and it is not TO be
thought that the pistol of an assassin
would again resurrect a Roosevelt
from a Nice-Presidential grave Roose-
Welt is entirely too lucky and entirely
too handy with. his gun" either to
be killed, if shot at. or to after a
temptation to an anarchist to shoot.
Doubtless, in his rare moments Of
relaxation the President sits down on
the trail of the nature takers and
thinks with a shudder of the bleak
days Of his Vice-Presidency when the
killing of bobcats" was the measure
of his prominence. Would Mr.. King
put such a fate upon Governor Glenn?
Would he confne his emphatic ges-
lures in the straight JACKIE of a dig
nifty without power? Would he reduce
him to butter-milk and babies? Who
can doubt but that, immured in such
desuetude. Governor Glenn would pine
away, would loose his curves, would
fret against the bars Of circumstance
until worry had sad ironed the smile
from off his countenance and infinite
detection had hushed the silver timbre
of his ringing voice. Imagine. If you
will, the Governor of North Carolina
reduced to the position Of referee
without authority of the Senatorial
debaters. Think of him in
of excitement, when the pitchfork of
Tillman shall be flying, and Beverage
reaching upward for the stars, and
Lodge injecting hypodermics Of spleen
and Isodore Rayner expounding the
law and Foraker ringing the fire bell
think of our Governor Glenn, at
such a moment, sitting still and inort
in company with an enervated counte-
nance and sustained by tapping with
a gavel as a lady yields a fan! Think
of this and drop a teart
No, Mr.. King, either you do not
know Governor Glenn or you are har-
boring against him a fate that is as
impossible as it would be cruel. What
ever Governor Glenn may be, he is
IltilflcI d statue nor d UCOT-uadL- we
are sure that he would not have the
job if it were rendered him, ever with
Booker W~ashington's endorsement.
And it is equally certain that, with
Roosevelt as President and Glenn as
Nice-President, there would be a
commotion which would create a
precedent out of all keeping with the
ira Hifian 90 canoifr haru-aor Tho 49,
encumbents Of the executive office.
Roosevelt and Glenn would mix"
but the mill would be one tina would
make the country forget that Jenries
and Sharkey ever did battle for the
championship.
If for no other reason than the