The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
ROOSEVELT AS HE Is.

Congressman Jack Beall of Texas
in a speach the other day sized up
President Roosevelt in the following
caustic Language. 1t is a vivid
picture of what the president pre-
tends to be and what he really Isl
Now Mr.. Chairman, | am not one
of those who regard the slightest
utterance of the president as oracular
in wisdom, nor am | one who would
deprive him of all credit for the
virtues he may possess. He some
times does good things in a way to
maize them look bad, and he some
times does bad things in way to
make them look good.
He sometimes thinks without act
ing, and oftentimes acts without
thinking.
He is sometimes right and some
times wrong, but always picturesque.
He is patriotic enough occasionally
/ to seize upon some of the poll
cies of his political opponents and use
+ them TO his eountry's good, and some
times partisan enough to cling to the
/ policies of his own to his country's
i harm.
He is the apostle of simplicity. He
believes in simple life and simplified
spelling.
He is ambidextrous He wiedrs the
big stick" in one hand and a
fountain pen in the other and creates
equal havoc with each.
When he gets into action his en-
emies are in danger and his friends
in peril.
He is tickle in his affections. In
1904 the name of Hartman in the
code book of the White House was
Donation. In 1908 it is Dam
nation"
He is a broncho buster and a trust
buster, the difference being that
when he breaks broncho he blind
folds the horse, and when he at
tempts to bust" trust he blind
folds himself.
He is a nature student. He has
counted all the stripes around the
body of a mountain lion, but he has
never seen a stripe upon one of the
trust magnates.
He is a great hunter He can draw
the finest bead upon a bobcat, but he
cannot get sight on the constitution.
He is progressive. For years he
chased the bears, and now he is
chasing both the bulls and the
bears"
He is trusting. He took In God
we trust" from the coins and then
trusted 200.000,000 of them to the
banks in New York.
He is a contradiction. He declairs
against race suicide, but he insists
on keeping the tariff on safety pins
and baby buggies.
He cultivates the artistic. He
whitewashed Paul Morton and is now
frescoing the reactionaries with a
tint of blue.
He is peryerse. He was given the
vice presidency in the hope that he
would bury himself, but has con-
stantly refused to deport himself as
a well disposed corpse should.
He can see a war cloud in the
heavens before breakfast, but is color
blind about lunch time.
In the south he has more admirers
than supporters, and in the north he
has more supporters than admirers.
He can make a noise like poll
tician. He discharged the colored
troop OF soldiers in an OFF year when
they committed murder, and now
recommends their restoration in an
election.
He is generous. Given the power,
with the advice and consent of the
senate to make treaties, he is willing
to to relieve this body of its onerous
duty and do il all himself.
lie is a magician. He can trans
form our Uncle Joe. who is roaring
lion in the House into purring
kitten in the White House.
He is sympathetic. When he sees
the Senate suffering from ennui ne
gives il diversion by permitting it to
eat ont Of his hand.
He IS considerable. He permits the
supreme court 10 construe a part of
the laws a part of the time, instead
of himself e8astruing all the laws all
of the time
He is Thoughtful. Instead of in
troducing into fhis House legislation
prepared BE- himself. he permits the
"Carnation Club" of the House 10
look over the finished product.
He is the sandow OF The century
He can hold tne Senate in one hand
ard Houa n the other and keep roth
of them r. fha 81 most Of the time.
He Is patriot. Realizing from
past Observation That bis party often
times make axes IN nominating
its candidate far the presidency, he is
seeking to el.eye It of that RESPONSE
billy end making Tie nomination
himself.
He r. TIE araneest combination OF