Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-11-22
tCommuuicatedl
THE DYNASTY OF Mr..
ROOSEVELT.


and ward.-fcunysou.
There was once a time when many
doubted the assertions of MIR. Roose-
velt's friends-that he would be a
Maker of History. No one coolly
viewing the events Of the day can
longer have such doubts. To some it
is an irritating fact which stares them
in the face twenty-four hours of the
day.
Mr.. Roosevelt has made an indellible
thumb-priRt on the entire makeup of
the United States. He has made a
turning point in everything, even to
the twisting of the time-honored Con-
stitution. Now that old customs have
been smashed, revered traditions dissi-
pated and new regime installed, what
are we to look forward to as a future?
There are number of humble minds
quite inactive from a political stand
point-which, nevertheless, remember
years of the past and still keep abreast
of the times, reading and analyzing the
news of the day. The writer is of this
rather forlorn and decrepit list. He
believes an opinion from any of this
silent body-which Mr.. Roosevelt might
term Estate delinquents" would be a
just and unbiased one, without party
prejudice. With this as a justification,
| shall continue as David to prophesy
and become the mouthpiece of the un-
heard croakers.
Most of this thoughtful band believed
that sooner or later an end would come
to the Democracy of this country. In
vague way they anticipated strife
either the West arrayed against the
East, or Labor clashing with Capital.
The time limit for this anticipated tur-
moil was placed at fifty years. The
country was prospering too rapidly.
The mental deductions of newly landed
emigrants were not given chance to
acclimatize. The wage scale outstrip-
ped the quality of work done.
A few years ago it would have taken
little to fan into flame the entire West
against the so called ''Gold Bug'' of
the East. By humor of fate rather
than craftsmanship it petered out.
That Labor has not yet arisen against
Capital can be accounted for by there
never having been a true leader of
Labor in this country to amalgamate all
factions. Most of its promoters have
succumbed to temptation, and do not
doubt there has been as much grating
done in their ranks as in any other.
Thinking it over, it is odd that we
should become periodically incensed or
the subject of graft: How absurd tc
fancy ourselves so superior to the rest
of the world and its history:
We anticipated that strife would come
sooner or later, and out of the rabbline
chaos one man would arise with Crom
wellian grace and announce himself
Dictator for life, and give to the select
few titles and perquisites befitting tn,
occasion. Our sanguinary visions never
conceived Mr.. Roosevelt, nor the tame
ness of the citizens of the United States
Our fighting heroes of '76 with thei
motto of Independence and Freedom
seem TO be another chimera dissipated
Did Mr.. Roosevelt enter office wit
the conviction that it was pre-ordaine,
by God that he should be the leader an
mouthpiece of this entire country? lie
US presume this was his belief. Un
trampled by party ties or pledges
stepped into the highest Office of State
If you think as do that his feeling c
being chosen from on high animated hi
being, you at once have the riddl
solved. In honest self-communion h
must have doubted his knowledge an
fallibility on some subjects; neverth,
less he felt that nothing was too diff
cult for him to ultimately grasp, eve
in q comparatively short space Of tim
If man had devoted his entire life
one specialized subject-say railroadir
could not he by looking up certa
lexicons and statistics get to the ma
row of the mans work within a fe