The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-04-16
PRES. ROOSEVELT.
A Life Size Picture BY Represen-
tstive Jack Beali, of Texas.
SeRET.RES Right, SOMETIMES WRONG.
From HIS speech in Congress april
Glib on the Agricultural Appfo-
pFia;Iol Bill.

Now, Mr. Chairman, I am not one
of those who regard the slightest
utterance Of the President as oracu-
lar in its wisdom, nor am / one of
those who would deprive him Of all
credit for the virtues he may posses.
He sometimes does good things in a
way to make them look bad, and he
sometimes does bad things in way
to make them look good. He some
times thinks without acting, and
oftentimes acts without thinking.
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He is sometimes right and some
times wrong, but always pictures
que.
He is patriotic enough occasional
Iy to seize upon some OF the policies
Of his political opponents and use
them to his country's good, and
sometimes partisan enough to cling
to the policies Of his own to his
country's harm.
He is the apostle Of simplicity.
He believes in the simple life and
sinplitied spelling.
He is ambidextrous. lie wields
the "big stick" in ore hand and q
fountain pen in the other and creates
equal havoc with each. Laughter
and applause on the Democratic
side.l
He is fcllle in his affections. In
1904 the name Of Hartman in the
code book Of the White House was
Donation" In 1903 it is ''Damna-
tion." Laughter and applause on
the Democratic side.l
He is a byoncho buster and trust
buster. the difference being that
when he breaks 2 broncho he blind
folds the horse, and when he at
tempts to Dust a trust he blind
folds himself. daughter and ap-
plause.l
He is q nature student. He has
counted all the stripes around the
body Of q mountain lion, but he has
never seen q stripe upon one Of the
trust magnates.
He is great hunter. He can
draw the finest bead upon bobcat,
but he can not get sight on the
Constitution. Laughter and ap-
plause on the Democratic side.
He is progressive. For years he
chased the bears, and now he is chas-
ing both the "bulls' and the
"bears."
He is trusting. He took ''In God
we trust" from the coins and then
trused 20O,OOO,O00 Of them to the
banks in New York. daughter and
applause.
He is contradiction. He declaims
against race suicide, but he insists
! on keeping the tariff on safety pins
and baby buggies. laughter and
applause
He cultivates the artistic. He
whitewashed Paul Morton and is
now frescoing the reactionaries with
a tint Of blue.
He is perverse. He was given the
Vice-Presidency in the hope that he
would bury himself, but has con-
stantly refused to deaort himself as
a well-disposed corpse should.
He can see a war cloud in the
heavens before breakfast, but gets
color-blind about lunch time.
laughter and applause Oh the Dem
ocratic side.l
In the South he has more admirers
than supporters, and in the North
! he has more supporters than admir-
ers. Laughter and applause.]
He can make noise like politi-
clan. He discharged the colored
troop Of soldiers in an off year, when
they committed murder, and now
recommends their restoration in an
election year. Laughter and ap,
plause on the Democratic side.l
He is generous. Given the power,
with the advice and consent OF the
Senate to make treaties, he is Will
ing to relieve this body OF its oner'
GUS duty and do it all himself.
! He is a magician. He can trans
form our Uncle Joe, who is a roar
ing lion in the House, into purrine
kitten in the White House. Laugh
ter and applause
He is sympathetic. When ne see'
the Senate suffering from ennul h'
gives it diversion by permitting 1t t.
eat out of his hand.
He is considerate. He permit
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