Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-25
A Master Mind Analyses Roosevelt.

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marked ability carries much weight
with his opinions. At the Jefferson
banquet in New York. criticised with
much vigor the personality OF i'r'>l-
dent Roosevelt. He declared that
his profrs>cd honesty was studied
cunning akin to the methods of the
cuttlcii>h. whose suckers are always
extended in all directions for prey.
and whose ink bag is ready to becloud
the water during retreat and to
escape observation.
Col. Harvey saw in the President 5
acts "a bully game Gan expression
from RooSevcltS own vocabulary
staged Jor his own pleasure. De-
nouncing as an insult and Il menace
t. American citizenship his efforts to
ccntralizc government. 10y browning
the ruler with monarchial powers,
while degrading citizenship to the
level of grossly selfish and idola-
trous people, and to ensure this by
claiming the extraordinary privilege
Of virtually naming his successor, the
speaker cautcrized the President as
one who would stoop to no subtcrfuge
for subvcrting the basis of free con-
stitutiOnal government.
Col. Harvey took as his text Ec-
clesiastes NIB Is, which reads:
"Woe to thee, o land. when thy king
is a child. The beginning of the words
Of his mouth il foolishness, and the end
of his talk is mischieyous madness"
The preacher had in mind, said
Col. Harvey, a ruler, not necessarily
young in years. but boyish in mind,
in temperament, in impetuOsity, in
love of excitement, in passion for
notoriety, in needless disregard of
considerations born of sObriety and
calmness; a daring leader, though an
unsafe guide; possessOr of talents,
but not of knowledge; noisy, con-
fused, contradictory, inconsistent,
illogical, irrational. yet SO emphatic
and insistent in expression as in
effect to pose as the discoverer of all
truths, while. in fact, only an enun-
ciatory, inconsistent, illogical, ir-
rational. yet SO emphatic and in
Sistent in expression in effect as to
pose as the discOverer of all truths,
while, in fact, only an enunciatOr of
the principles or fallacies of others;
maintaining each tenet with uncOm-
promising arrogance until compelled
to abandon it and then shrouding re-
treat in impregnable ambiguity; a
constructive statesman by profession,
a destructive politician in practice;
in seeming, a chivalric Orlando, in
fact, a Bombastes Furioso! Such
was the king whom the preacher de-
picted as likely to bring woe upon
the land, whose talk beginning in
foolishness ends in michievOus mad
ness. Lest there arise any misunder-
standing as to the pertinence of the
present application, let us admit at
the outset that such also is the ruler
under whom we now live and have
the remnants of our moral and polit-
zeal being. We are told that Pres
ident chosen by the people is immune
from criticism; that he is thing
apart, not a mere executive officer,
but tribune enveloped in the order
of sanctity which safeguarded the
kings of Old"
But the most astounding character
istic of tbs Presidential entity, is his
impotence under criticism. He quar-
rels with everybody who differs with
him in opinion, from Gen. Miles and
Admiral Dewey down to public ex-
ploiter Hartman, precisely like a
child, and he tramples ruthlessly un-
der foot all the traditions under which
our country has become prosperous
and powerful. His mischievOus
madness" has received approval Of
such eminent men as Root, Taft,
Lodge and others of the tory build,
who favored kingly rule when oul
government was founded.
To criticise official conduct always,
till now, has been a prerogative oil
American citizenship. But that time
has passed. The heavy hand of fear
rests upon the land. The audacity
of one has triumphed over the cour.
age of the many. The mighty organ.
izatiOn known as the Republican
party has become a mere persona
machine. Its former leaders have
drawn back affrightedly into theil
corners. Their wishes are no longer
regarded, their consultation no long
err desired; obedience to edict is not
only exacted from, but enforced upor
them. So too, we regret to observe
it is with the representatives of thu
party founded by Jefferson, who fai
to take those energetic steps that
may serve to unite and give conf
dence to the people in this dir
emergency. 1t is time to break tn
spell that has been thrown arount
the people by the bold erratic acts O
this despot, who has personally in
suited the General of the Army, tn
Admiral of the Navy, and denounce'
as liars everybody who has dared t.
disagree with him in opinion.
THIRTY-FOUR affidavits were file
in the Federal Court Wednesday, a
Seattle, by single manufacturer
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