Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-11-22
THE DYNASTY OF MR.. ROOSEVELT.
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weight from here across the Pacific and
there make speeches uncalled for be-
fitting the Oceans name. Cortelyou is
good deal like Harrahan, only he has
not yet graduated from the class. One
and all of the select few Mr.. Roosevelt
was willing TO have take the reins have
fallen from grace, pushed by unthinking
fate. Mr.. Roosevelt offers the plum,
and then circumstances rush in and seem
to withdraw it if there is any chance of
it being gobbled. There is only one left.
and he might be termed ''the last re-
serve" right bower or high ace.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself must be pushed
through the wings by all stage hands
to meet the vociferous applause of the
multitude waiting who refuse to accept
any of the proffered understudies. viii
the applause be ealor simply the work
of ''claquers" furnished by sentimental
manager without the stars knowledge
| have said to myself often that Mr..
Roosevelt's hold over the people of the
United States was so genuine that there
was no question about it. So often have
l acknowledged this that new begin to
doubt. Like the alert mariner I feel a
storm brewing though the sky is abso-
lutely clear and only an occasional gust
ripples the blue seas.
1t is difficult to describe sensation
one does not feel. 1t is easy for the
we'll fed and housed person to write a
treatise on how the poor would be much
better off if they did certain things they
leave undone. The cry of the i'll fed
and starved "I'm hungry cannot be
stified by furnishing neatly printed
tracts entitled Delicious food and how
to prepare it." 1t is easy for Mr..
Roosevelt to smilingly say that the
lesson he is giving the financial world
will Go them good. The harm that is
inflicted at the same time does not af-
feet his pocket-book. His salary is
paid by the Government regardless of
the stringency of the money market.
He certainly has sufficient business
acumen to keep his own private invest
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public enterprises which he is under
mining. 1t is right that he does this,
but it is also rather rough on the ordi-
nary citizen who is not on the circuit of
the wire transmitting the spark. Mr..
Roosevelt might not smile so blandly at
the castigation he is giving thigh
finance" if the lash accidentally struck
his skin.
He tells us it is time to call halt.
That is very true, but Mr.. Roosevelt's
idea of hating is somewhat after his
own impulsive nature. 1t is done so
rapidly that everybody crashes into the
one behind, and all are stretched fiat on
their backs. Of the two attitudes it
seems worse than having allowed them
to remain on their bellies.
If the harm DONE which believe will
become more apparent with each day of
the coming year If this harm ended in
the corporation itself it would be one
matter. Those whom it is intended to
reach are sufficiently we'll garnished in
worldly possessions to weather this or
most any crisis with little personal dis
comfort. 1t will simply mean to them
that they will pull in their horns for the
time being, give out a stop order on all
contemplated improvements and extern
sions, lay off hands and cut down wages,
just employing sufficient help to keep
the wheel moving slightly. In all prob
ability having seen their orders executed
they will lock up desk and go to Europe.
They do not care to be importuned by
tales of poverty and distress told by old
and trusted employees whom they have
been forced to turn out. 1t is more
amusing to motor in France and one is
less likely to be called upon to testify
about ones own or someone's else bust
ness methods.
Perhaps if Mr.. Roosevelt had Just
been going into office, not coming out,
he would have been more lenient from
a time standpoint. If being ''Trust
Buster" is to be one of the stepping
stones to new appointment, l regret
the wanton destruction of innocent life
crushed underneath.
Pro bono publico ? No, only for a
few! Some that are out will have a
chance to get inl
am happy and at peace with all as
my eye wanders over the green pasture
belonging to my Virginia farm. When
am tyrannical, little suffers by it.
Nature is too large for any arm to crush,
and there is not stick, be it little or
big, that Mr.. Roosevelt might white
which in time would not rot and sink
back to the Nature from which it came.
ID. w. WYNKooP.