The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-19
TAFT'S LESSON
In MEEKNESS

co., 49, cred IN the Mormon edifice
in Salt Lake City, Taft selected subject that surely will
make T. Roosevelt take long walk the Jungle for the
purpose OF calm meditation and blowing off steam The
matter Mr. Taft preached about and tried impress on
ms hearers was that losing ones temper is grevous
fault The Orentas not in the habit of losing their
tempers said Mr. Taft, and that's where they have it
on u.s. The AngloSaxon is all right maybe and it
has done few things that got it position TOP
alongside reading matter in the world history but we
ought to take few lessons from the Orentas in smooth
ness OF temper poteness and courtesy So said Presi
dent Taft.
All right, let's Speaking of history we want to
mention to Brother Taft two things that might
or might not have bearing his sermon There are
precedents for his asking never to lose our temper
all right. Here's of 'em:
A bunch of French nobemen, whose families had lived
Tor generations without doing anything more useful or
meritorous than occasionally sticking each other under
the fifth rib for point of honor suddenly heard that all
the common folks were going strike. These
folks had been robbed and beaten and starved for
Sur1es with no diversion except to work all day for
monsieur and then keep the frogs quiet about monsieur
chateau at night strike? How annoying! Monsieur
and madame did hope that these rough persons woudn
lose their empers But they did, They off monsieur
head, and-v'la! madames S, too. Very shocking! And
1t could all have been avoided if those low fellows hadn
lost their tempers.
Another-a recent one. At McKees Rocks Pa
were several thousand workmen, owned by the steel
trust as surely the French peasant was owned bv
monsieur OF course, it wasn't called slavery, except
maybe it sometimes referred to as 'wage slavery
but names don't make much difference when fellow
works long the boss for the wages the boss
wants to pay and then is always in debt to the boss be-
the boss the hove that rented to the aborer
and also owns the store where the aborer buys his
Sites Of course the thousands of workmen had no bust
ness losing their tempers. They nearly all Unspeak
able Poles and Impossible Huns, anyway, so it didn It
make much difference if they had to pay graft get
COB that didn't them any money after they got it.
or if lacking money, they had to give up wife sister
daughter or sweetheart to civilized If they
didn't like it they could on couldn't they? There
were plenty more coming over.
And then the Unspeakable Poles and the Impossible
Huns lost their tempers.
Well of all things! To think that those roughnecls
and owbrows want to tell US how to OUR business!
Hhey actually want more money, do they? What on
earth do they want more money fort Why, they'd only
drink it up if they got it. Send for the mounted police
those fellows got the Legislature to give u.s. you know
SO, along came the state constabulary The workmen
still mad They threw bricks and things and were
scientifically and mechanically dubbed ridden and shot
into submisson-temporary submission
All, listen! Isn't that the voice of Col Roosevelt we
hear in the depths of the unglei Yes he is commenting
on Brother Tafts sermon It's far away we can t
pc sure Of hearing just what he says But what that
word the jungle breeze to bear again and again.
sandwiched in between others of shorter and uger i'm
port Iisen--is it not "mollycodde.''
How disappointing that we can't hear distinctly
and be sure.