The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-23
BEALL'S ESTIMATE or PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT.
Texas congressman Furnishes
Some Funny Copy For Con-
preSSiOndl Record.

Some Funny Copy For Con-
gressional Record.
The Congressional Record con-
tains these interesting references
to President Roosevelt which
Congressman Beall, of Texas,
made to President Roosevelt in
his speech on Thursday.
He is the wielder of the Big
Stick When he gets into action
his enemies are in danger and
his friends in peril.
He is ambidextrous. He
yields the sword and the pen,
creating equal havoc with both.
He is tickle in his affections. In
the White House code book of
1904 Harriman's name was Do
nation In 1903 it is 'Damna-
tion.'
He is both a bronco buster
and a trust buster, the difference
being that when he breaks a
bronco he blindfolds the horse,
and when he starts to bust q
trust he blindfolds himself.
He is a nature student. He
has counted the stripes upon the
mountain lion, but he has never
seen the stripes upon one of the
trust magnates.
He is a great hunter. He
can draw the finest bead upon a
lbobcat, but can't get a good
sight On the Constitution.
! He is progressive. For years
he chased the bears alone; now
he chases 10th bulls and bears.
He is confding. He took In
God We Trust, off the coins and
then confded 5000, 100000 of
them to the bankers Of New
York.
He is a contradiction. He
declaims against race suicide,
but insists on keeping the duty
on salty pins and baby buggies.
He cultivates the artistic. He
'White-Washed' Paul Morton and
/ is now frescoing the relacionaries
with a tint of blue.
He is perverse. He was
given the vice-presidency for the
purpose of burying himself. He
has refused to conduct himself
as a we'll disposed corpse should.
He can see a war cloud in a
clear heaven before breakfast,
but becomes color blind by
lunch time.
In the south he has more adj
mirers than supporters; in the
north, more supporters than ad-
mirers.
He can make a noise like a
politician. He discharged negro
soldiers in an off year, and rec
ommends their restoration in an
election year.
He is a magician. He can
transform Uncle Joe from a roar
ing lion in the House to a purring
kitten in the White House.
He is sympathetic. When he
sees the senate suffering from
ennui he gives it diversion by
permitting it to eat out of his
hand.
He is considerable. He per-
mits the supreme court to con-
strue part of the law a part of
the time instead of himself con-
STRUNG all Of the law all Of the
time.
He is thoughtful. Instead of
introducing legislation prepared
at the White House he permits
the 'Carnation Club, Of the
House to look over the finished
product first.
He is the SandoW of the CEN
fury. He holds the senate in one
hand and the house in the other
and keeps both in the air most of
the time.
He isa patriot. Realizing
from past observations that his
party sometimes makes mistakes
in the nomination of their can
didates for president, he is now
seeking to relieve them of that
danger by making the nomina-
ton himself.
| He is the strongest combina-
ton of wisdom and folly, of
honesty and obstinacy, Of the
patriot and the politician, of
courage and rashness and Of the
spectacular and the grotesque
the republic ever saw. Just
what niche he is to occupy in the
temple of his country's history
God and the future alone can
tell. !"