The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
Conservative, He Fears Re
public Is on Way to Pefdi-
ton of Radicalism.
HOLDS A DIM HOPE
HE MAY BE CALLED
Publicly Praises Progress, Privately
He Weeps Big Weeps as Nation
Plunges to Destruction.
By JAMES HAY, JR.

| CINCINNATI. Ohio. oct I.-Above
the wild hurrahs and huzzas of
| the campaign there rings a mourn
| full cry. Down the glen and up the
| mountainside, there walls the voice Of
a wounded heart The cheers Of the
merry villagers and the applause Of the
| elated citizens are drowned by lamenta-
| tons. ana TO the frozen earth there
! drops a tear with heavy and thunder
| Gus thud.
The Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw despairs Of
I the republic The Hon Leslie NJ Shaw
former Secretary Of the Treasury. form
er candidate for the Presidency, former
| head OF a New York trust company.
| and former political optimist. weeps
and refuses comfort and consolation.
! Crepe hangs upon his countenance and
| tribulation commands his tongue.
| He despairs OF the republic because
radicalism and progressiveness are.
! abroad IN the land Casting his fearful
/ eye upon tive situation. he can discern
not 4 single man who viii take hold OF
/ things with conservatism and saneness.
1 To his sorrowful sight the republic is
! founded on faIlacies. destined 70 dis
( aster riprapped with ruin. He weeps
/ bitterly because Of this lack Of a man
| who will grasp the voters by the scruf
| Of their necks and beat into them the
| conviction that they dislike radicalism
an6 the principles Of Roosevelt.
Active in Campaign.
Mr.. Shaw is active in the campaign.
| Upon the platform. in the view Of ad-
| hiring and listening thousands. he jokes
| and revels in merry Quips- but the jOl-
/ lily is . mask, a crafty device TO con-
| ceal from the public the real suffering
/ of the man, the desperate woe OF his
/ heart. The real Shaw is a mOurner
d pessimist. and a male Niobe. When
! talking TO politicians and newspaper
man, his seIf-cOutr0l slips and slides
| and slumps away. His gTief is evident,
| his despair Ditiable and his lamenta-
| tion a huUabaIIoo- Bring into Mr..
! Shaw's presence an old-time conserva-
tive who. by the aid Of a powerful
organization and unrestrained oratory,
can pile up 20 votes. and you viii give
| him jov and smiles
He disapproves or Roosevelt Al
though 1t is NOT pertinent 10 this story,
| il is remembered that not so long ago
MIR. shaw rode forth into the snares
] and pitfalls Of private and banking life
on the official boot He was separated
from his place in the Cabinet and there
was no prolonged hand shaking and
/ g0od-luck-tO-yOu when he left
| He got out Of the official circle on a
/ fast express, and the gentleman who
gave hin, his fare neglected the trivial
/ formality of handing him a return
ticket. From all OF this il may be in
/ ferred that Mr.. Shaw disapproves of
+ Mr.. Roosevelt It may also be inferred
| that Mr.. Shaw's disapproval OF Mr..
| Roosevelt Is not a patching 10 Mr..
! RoOsevelTs disapproval Of Mr. Shaw.
That Presidential Bee.
There was one other important event
previous 20 his mountaineering ride
from the glamor of oficiaIdom 20 the
gloom of a bank vault AS he sat in
| MS office in the Treasury one day, a
bee, emaciated and exhausted, thumped
against the window pane and fell un-
| conscious upon the sill. With that rare
| knowIedee Of bees which Mr.. Shaw
possessed, he saw that this was O Pres
| idential bee. and ne tenderly rescued
the stranger from the window sill and
nursed him back TO consciousness. The
buzz of that bee became very cIamor-
Gus to M. Shaw's ears, although 70 the
ears Of others il made nc appreciate
noise.
| The Secretary Of the Treasury got
into such state that he would sit up
late at night listening 70 the buzz.
When the bee got sleepy he tickIed il
with a straw or sprayed it with a milo
solution of carbolic acid to keep il
awake. Sometimes the buzzing sounded
so loud that he heard himself being
nominated in Chicago as the great con-
servative leader OF this great radical
] 10 nh f,r-4fT
scene, the delegates. the bands, and
the votes. His only regret was that
one Of the electric lights was arranged
in such a manner that It's glare hurt his
eyes
| One day he put the bee in handsome
glass cage and took it to q Cabinet
meeting. When the conference was
over the Cabinet table was strewn with
bits Of broken glass and infnitesimaI
fragments OF the legs and wings and
BUYERS Of the bee
Gets His Advice.
a few days later Mr.. Shaw was in
formed that. while the Administration
hated TO see him rum 1t was delighted
to see him go He impressed neither
Mr.. Roosevelt nor Mr.. RoOseveIt's ad-
visers as a man who could carry out
the policies of the Administration.
! Why, then, Is Mr.. Shaw active in this
campaign Why does he praise Will
1 lam Howard Taft when Taft is pledged
/, Z to carry out the Roosevelt policies
When he is engaged in privately wor-
shining the GOd-Of-things-as-th they
, ought-to-be, why does he publicly pro-
claim his support Of Th'ngs-as-they-
are? Why does he come aboard the
| Taft train, cheering the audiences with
optimism and hope while really de-
1 spairing OF the repubEc2
| The answer is easy and patriotic II
shows the devotion OF the man to the
| party and the country He hates Bryan
1 and abhors Organism. There is nc
| other course left 10 him except to take
I'D the cudgelS for his own party-tht
/ party which some day may return tC
/ the ideals and policies Of Shaw himself
J ! Disliking Roosevelt, he is compelled by
the force of cruel circumstance tc
: praise the things Roosevelt has done.
It Does Him Good
Z Although the Honorable Leslie NJ
{ Shaw has not thought of it himself hi.
Z "a nina ie-71fngr dies him good To may