The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-13

Roosevelt insists that he will not be
again a candidate. but no man gets so
quickly into the imperial presence as
does Bourne. The mere fact tina,
the senator IS starting headquarters
for the purpose Of pressing the pres
identia denomination does not seem
TO affect Mr. Rooseclts friendship for
him. OF course If the Bourne actiyi-
ties were offensive to the president,
mere word to the doorkeepors at
the White House would serve to dis
courage these daily calls But the
word has not been spoken, and the
daily calls continue 1t is little in
cidents of this sort that make Wash
ington skeptical concerning Mr..
Roosevelt's putting aside for third
time the presidential crown which
he has made as Hngly as the one
which Caesar accepted at the third
proffer
Congress expect daily a message
from the president announcing a sue
cessor to Public Printer Stillings who
| Is now under suspension. II is anti
cipated that Mr.. w, II. Rossiter, now
of the Census Bureau, will be ap-
| pointed by the president to the place.
From the day Mr.. Stillings became
Public Printer he antagonized not
merely organized labor, but even the
mechanical force of the Government
Printing ONCE not allied with the
union. President Roosevelt defended
him until the volume of evidence as
to his extravaganza, incompetence or
worse became so conclusive that he
had TO be suspended. Now the presi-
man Of the same type equally or more
offensive to organized labor A pro
test has already been made by the
representatives of the International
. Typographical Union and a resolution
will be introduced into the senate
this week by "A distinguished democra
tic senator asking for all the evidence
concerning the management of the
/ government printing office by Mr.
Roosevelts former pet, Stillings, The
3 government printing office is the big
p gest printing shop in the world. II Is
t one of the biggest employers of skill
r ed labor in Washington. And mrll
S ing in its great archives are records
, that would make trouble for public
q men In the last three republican
= administrations If the facts can b'
= brought to light. But without {
D change of administration none Of tn,
g notorious scandals in the Washington
70 departments can ever be made mat
e ter of definite proof
?. This is in answer to several cor
: respondents who have written m
I concerning a speech made by Dalzel
OF Pennsylvania, one OF the "Bii
Five in the house of representatives
! in which he made an attack botI
hippant and mendacious upon Mr. Is y
an, The point that ! am asked abou
4 Is the authenticity Of an alleged res
!, olution passed by the Virginia demo
1 cratic association abusive of Nj
j. Bryan. have not space for tn
j resolution. However Mr.. Sulzer d
New York in congrss produced in ala
wer TO Mr.. DalZell an afldavlt sisne
d by a member of the Association an
{ its former president saying that tn
% resolution was introduced by ma
j. without standing in the association, r.
ceiyed no second and was no. Dc
/ bated.
Dalzelrs defence was that he rea
d the resolution in the Washington Pos
e paper owned by John X, McLeal
II famous for his association with IN
le Washington Gas Company the stree
3 car lines, the Cincinnati Enquirer an
~ the Cincinnati public service co
e porations. Dalzell being the hand
|. man of the protected monopolies {