The Jewish outlook., 1908-05-22
Roosevelt Calls The Frs, lew
to the Cabinet
By G.. RANDALL SPARKS IN THE OF
FICE TATTLER.

we all UP our mats TO leQuy teetn
and are delighted to pay their Gus
todian homage Though his face in ac-
ton makes one think of Kansas
cornfield laughing through the
shucks, there is something in it as
strangely fascinating as Carrie s
ways, or the love sonnet in school
girls giggle. His is the first smile
from the Republicans side since the
days of Lincoln, sincere enough to
drive the lines from the frOwning face
of Democracy, and make it possible to
live in Dixie and vote with Maine and
the coon without getting cussed or
killed.
Behind the smiling face of the
moon is the goodness of God-bcyond
the grin of the Rough Rider is broad
craftsmanship, backed with will to
do, tempered with plain, common
sense. Rooseveltism is so isotropic,
and withal so sane, you must mint the
model to describe the man. He is the
didapper of new political invcstiga-
ton and the finesse of free -lanceism.
He takes the current where he finds
it. and with brilliant excavation
changes the river bed to suit his every
ship of state Like the great Napoleon.
he acknowledges no ancestry. crosses
the Alps on dare and damn. with
grin and grim destroys and builds,
while back-allcy colleagues, under the
lash of his dominion. snceze with the
snivcrs and grunt with the grip. When
he smiles he seems divine. When he
fights he's hell. lie is such medley
of contradictions-sow wayward and So
mastcrful-that to describe this intel
lccSual lslmaelitc would be very much
like trying to trace the genealogy OF
the muddy Ethiopc through the cen
turic.' by the light of the moon. from,
the Congo to Louisiana razor fight.
or an Alabama cotton field.
An aristocrat by birth. Mr.. Roosc-
welt is scmi-commoncr because he likes
il. and-bcca,lsc it pays. lie studies
everything and forgctS nothing. In
his repertoire there is always ROOM
lie takes AmbroSia from the tray oi
lIcbc for the sake of caste. and meat
from the hands of Thcsil,s To make
him strong. lie claims the North as
the place of his birth. and the South
ms the home of his mother. He locks
arms with Morgan on Fifth avenue.
and hunts grizzlies with "grcascrs
in north Idaho. lie holds the labor
vote with a writ of injunction. and
slips biscuit to Booker to corner the
coon. lie charges fraud i'm family
matters. demands baby crop. an hon
est count Twins if possiblc). and thu,
bids for votes yet unborn. lie scans
the political horizon with the trained
eye of scout. and with smiling a,l-
dacity skaters the faith of Constan-
tine. as it has been interpreted under
our constitution. by calling Il Jew into
the cabinet s sanctum. Can you beat
it! Not if you mark the cards ana
double the deck. In this official act
there is broad libcrality and crafty
craftsmanship. The Gentle hears tn,
news that Oscar Solomon Strauss has
been given cabinet appointment
remembers that every fourth voter in
New York is Il Jew. and traces i'm the
recognition a masters political scoop
but to the Jewish race. there is an
other handwriting on the wall. From
far away Judca, from Orient and Oc-
cident. wherever goose is meat and
pork is sin. the song forgotten when
Titus butchercd and Jerusalem fell.
has been sung again. If Mr.. Roosc
welt had rendered his country no 9th
rr public service. his unqualified faith
i'm Oscar Solomon Strauss would have