Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-06-13

favor Of DR.. Long. He asserted, for in
stance, that a big wolf can kill a carl
bou-not only that, but that a big wolf
has killed a caribou. On this detail the
president joins issue and declares it to
be a mathematical impossibility. That's
where Colonel Roosevelt fell down. DR..
Long proposes to prove it, and if he
succeeds he will, if his present anger
continues, clap the president into an
Ananias club, thereby giving him a
lose of his OWL medicine. AS long as
the president confined himself to gilt
tering g%eneralities he was all right, but
going into details is likely to give DR..
Long the victory.
1.-THE Execution of Archibald."
In America rich, bubbling humor
breaks out in the most unexpected
places, and to run across a piece Of it
is decidedly refreshing in this age,
when almost everybody is in the mad
rush for the almighty doHar. AS a rule
the southern people are busy, sober
minded and in deadly earnest about re-
facilitating the south, and as a rule the
Nashville American is q most sedate
and solemn publication, frowning in a
majestic sort of way upon anything
light or frivolous, but lately under the
above caption it published an editorial
so rich in humor that it deserves a
wider circulation than the American
can give it. So here it is in full:
The scalp Of Colonel Archibald Hughes
reposes among the collection that hangs
In the tepee Of the big medicine man Of
Moccasin Bend, but the coloneps vocal
chords are still in working order. He did
not yield his plume until after a stiff fight.
He did not yield 1t at all. They simply
threw him Town and took 1t away from
him, but not before he had engaged in
animated verbal exercises with the big
stick. Our own John Wesley, who is the
friend of everybody except the tobacco
trust. secured him an audience at the
White House, and, in the language Of the
street, he talked hot talk to the president.
The incident took place several days ago..
but accounts Of it have recently appeared
in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune
and other papers. The American also had
a slice of it, but we quote part Of it as it
appeared in the Chicago Tribune:
Representative John Wesley Gaines,
Democrat, of Tennessee, escorted Hughes
to the White House. The president re-
ceived him in the presence of several 9TH
er callers who were waiting their turn.
Hughes stated his case without any at
tempt at Cancellation and wound up with
this, emphasized with a waving fist:
"'You wouldn't dismiss a messenger
from the White House without a hearing,
n yet you dismiss me without one, and
on the ex parte statement of a man who is
interested In getting my place.
"'You shall nave a hearing replied the
president. L will introduce you to the
postmaster general If you will wait
presently Postmaster General Meyer
came in, and the president said: This is
Colonel Hughes, the postmaster. at Column
bia, Tenn. l wish you to give him a hear
ing
"Mr. Meyer said he would, and Hughes
started to go. The president turned to
leave the room.
Zone minute, Mr.. Presidentl' cried Colo
mel Hughes. There is n thing more 1
want to say to you, and l may never have
another opportunity
"'What is that?' asked the president.
81 had two Observation-Disclosures at
Kings Mountain, one Of whom was
wounded cried Mr.. Hughes, and my own
grandfather commanded old Jackson's
b%odyguard at Talladega and the Horse
shoe, and 1 ont come from stock that
will submit to this kind of treatment with
out a fight!
1OOoS very SOOO, SdlQ LII pIGSlUGIl.
The president knew he had been marked
for slaughter, and while he doubtless per-
sonally synpathized with an old 'com-
rade," he was not disposed to interfere
with the guillotine which was operating
in the direction he himself had pointed
out. After Colonel Hughes had said all
that is quoted and a good deal more he
strobe down to see little Mr.. Hitchcock
a pestiferous little politician from Ohio
who holds the office of first assistant post
master general and who is a good friend
Of H. C.. Evans. To him Colonel Hughes
said:
IT want to say one word to you, Mr..
Hitchcock. You think you know some
thing about politics. l was voting fol-
Grant at Chicago when you were in dress
es, and yet you think you can teach me
something about politics in Tennessee.
I'm going back there to be elected a dele
gate to the national convention, and as
soon as I'm elected I'm coming back here
to shake my finger in your face and ask
you to take a few kindergarten lessons
before you go into the south again. You
remove me because / have been absent
with permission" shouted the old cavalry.
man to Hitchcock, and yet you have
been absent the Lord knows how long
going down south on political missions"
Colonel Hughes protested so vigorously
that Hitchcock sent a man to Columbia
to make out a stronger case against him
The man did as he was told. Now Colone
Hughes, who was a Roosevelt third term.
er, is an ardent Taft man. He is also ouI
of a job. If he had lost a $4,000 position
with some private concern in Columbia
there would have been about a six line
notice of 1t in the American, and the Chi.
cago Tribune and New York papers nevel
would have heard of it. This shows the
difference between a private position ane
a political job.
Recently my esteemed contemporary
the Nashville American, contained al
elaborate editorial under the title
what Is Roosevelt After?" Just a,
present he is after Senator JOSEPH
Benson Foraker, but what he is aftel
ultimately must for the present b.
classed with the time honored query
who struck Billy Pattersonw
Smith of Georgia.
The Hoke Smith club Of Atlanta il
preparing to put the big pot in tn.
little one and to pull off n Of thu
most spectacular of public functions
When its favorite is indicted into
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