The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-02
VA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1908
EPlCRAMSs0N
ROOSEVELT
congressman Balls Unique De.
scriptiOn.
Admirers Who Don't Support Prssidsn, And
Supporters Who Don't Admire Him

hrpr, sentative Ball. Of Texas. uot an
hour the other Jay To make "A steech IN
Ihe houSs and he wound up his r. eferenees
10 fH silent Roosevelt in this fashion:
lie Is the wielder Of the big stick
hen he gets into action his enemies are
ia danger and bic frieuds in peril
ne Is amoldvXtrOus. he WieldHstbe
SWORD aud the pen, creating equal havoc
win both. tie l. tickle in his affections
Ia The White House code book of 1904
uarrimans = name was Donation. in
1905 II is 'Damnation.'
lie II b tn a b-snc o-buster md n
trust-buster, the difference being tbat
when he breaks a bronco h.s blindfolds
the hOrs', aud when he starts To bu.t "A
trust he bludfOlds him. eli
lie Is "A nature student. lie has count.
"a the stripes upon the mountain hon
but he ha- never seen the stripes upon
one Oi the trust magnates.
de Is great hunter. He can dIaw
tue nnest bead upon a 'bobcat, butcan't
get a good sight on the Constitution.
de Is progressive. For years be
CHASED the bears alon.; now he chases
both bulls ami bears.
He is cosfidinH. He took In God W.
liust on tue cOlns and then copaded
200, ,OOO. 900 Of them TO the bankers oi
New York.
lie is "a contradiction. He declaims
against race suicide, but insists on Ieen.
ing the duty on safety pins and baby
buggies
lie cultivates the artistic. He white
washed Paul Morton, and is now fresco-
lug the rractiOnaries with "A tint OF blue
ne Is perverse. He was given the Vice
resl1ehcy Tor the purpose Of buryinc
III nS'h. lie has refused To conduct him
sell as "a well-disposed corpse should.
he eau rec a war cloud in "A clear
heaven before breakfast, but becomes
color blind by lunch time.
IN the South he has more admirers
than supporters; in the North more sun
pOrters than admirers.
lie can make a noise like u politician.
de discharged negro soldiers in and of
year aud recommends their restoration
IN an election year.
He is Il magician. He can transform
Uncle Joe from roaring hon In the
house 10 IA purring kitten IN the W hite
House.
He is sympathetic. When he sees th,
Senate suffering from ennui h. gives IL
diversion 10y permitting il TO eat out OF
his hand.
ne - Coueluerate. lie permits the Su-
preme Court TO construe a part OF the
law part oi the time, instead Of himself
constituting all OF the law all of the time.
He Is thoughtful Instead OF intro
ducing legislation prepared at the White
House he permits the 'Carnation Club
oil The House TO look over the finished
product first.
He is the Sandow OF the country. He
holds the Senate in ons hand and the
House In the other, and keeps both in
the air most Of the time
He is a patriot. Realizing from past
observations that his party sometimee
makes mistakes In the noEnination of
their candidates for President. he is now
seeking TO relieve them OF that danger
by making that nomination himself
"He Is the strongest combination OF
wisdom and folly, of honesty and OBJ.
stinacy, OF the patriot and the politician.
oil courage and rashness and Of the spec'
tacular and the grotesque the republic
ever saw. Just what niche he Is TO oc-
eupy IN the temple of his country's his
tory God and the future alone can tel. ~