The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
odsll on Roosevelt.

tariff reform ia 1892.
.t Odell on Roosevelt.
The Republican party at this partlc-
ular juncture would hardly be selected
as first rate sample of happy fam.
lily. II has been known for long time
that there Is no love lost between Pres
ident Roosevelt and Benjamin Il. Odell.
ex-representative In congress, ex gov
ernor of New York. ex-chAirman Of the
state Republican committee aud ex
boss of the state, man who before
Mckinley was asssssinated harbored
presidential aspirations himself. In u
recent speech he uses language which
everybody understands was whack
at the president. Odell said:
Every age has it's folbles. its vagaries,
Its strenuous men and times, when the
voice of the reformer, like that of grass
hoppers. IL burden In the land. Tie
time comes when there are fewer dis
eases Than remedies. more charlatans
than physicians and more apparent faults
than virtues. There IL a microbe OF poll
ties az well az a rnicrobe OF disease. and
one Is as dangerous as the other.
encircle themselves within the boundaries
of their own egotisn. Within this circle
II is impossible to bring their fellow men.
because with keen perception they are
liable to discern the false the untrue and
the sham.
Give to me the simple man in prefer
ence TO him whose constant hanRsring for
power and pelf has distorted his imag-
ination and led him 10 the belief that his
honesty Is the only simon pure article
and that all other members OF society
are cheats. frauds and liars
That's rather hot stuff, but 1t isn't
marker to what ex-United States
Senator John NJ Thurston of Nebraska
said in speech recently at a banquet
| In Philadelphia. Odell never mention.
ed the presidents name, but Thurston
| came right out and talked about him
| by name and said that the great duty
| Of the hour was to unload him. Mayor
Reyburn Of the City Of Brotherly Love
who resigned seat In congress. said
"Amenr' to Thurston's remarks. SO
seems that the Rooseveltltes and anti
Rooseveltites are lining up everywherc
for tremendous fight, preceding
| which Senator Foraker recently fired u
1
big gun at Canton, O., In "A set speech.
| 4.
Need Rest.
| For some occult ereason-it may be
the earth's juxtaposition to the comet
| for all we know--the rulers OF thu
earth seem to be Ia a most irritable
frame OF mind. Everybody in thi'
country knows that President Roose
velt Is In state OF high nervous ex
element and IL rapidly Increasing til,
membership in his Ananias club. NJ
Clemenceau, the French premier, VIII
was once u country doctor In the Unit
ed States and who married an Amer
lean woman, Is now yelling "Llar!' Il
his multitndinous enemies as frequent
ly as does President Roosevelt III
czar OF Russia Is said to be losing hi
mind and to he on the eve OF abdicaI
Ing. King Charles of Roumanla Is Il
hot water, and so 1t goes to the end o
wigs good.
T-
The Color Line,
| IN washington right under the AZ
gust nose OF the president, the COLO
ine Is peing constantly Drawn III ope
denahce OF the Dig stick' A shoi
ume ago the whi'e uraughtshlsn IN th
architects once oi the treasury Ut
partment objected TO working SIDE D.
side with colored Drother VINO ma
passed successfully the examination
: : : !; !: = = !: ! : !: !: :
colored lawyer, ana the white lawyer