The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
@heO Roosevelt Socs 6wt
and Satk Soes SN
BY JOHN T. M'CUTCHEON.


fxVT ? ELL, soodby and good u elk, Will"
wv The speaker, a short, thickset man of about fifty and a half
summers, seized his friend hand in a vheHkc grip, pressed it
as oe % press flowers INC then leapns o a ndghborns horse, dashed
'Ap Ptnv on tn rvnara aares n.+anoa t.u.,v -. .na,. 81 ,u. m
fainter in the northward until al last the sounds died away.
At last all "a quiet IN he Potomac!
1t was the th of March, and the great square to the east of the capitol
miles % applaud every utterance Of thu new appointive power. The inaugu-
ration ceremonies were in full swing!
bound William Howard Taft to support the Constitution. s variously con-
strued, n made him our twenty-sev enh President by the grace Of Theo-
dore. 1t as then that the words thai open this story were spoken. A mo-
listening ears.
The occasion W as historic and IMPRESSIVE. For a fun moment n lot a word
and swept Tresistbya lone until it en- yJoned tn Jouse Of Renresentatyes
at the other end. From there it eeape ed to Wall street, via the World and
Sun offices and thence onward thrOug bout the country, touching only the
high places.
A senator prematurey gray, leaned oyer to a member Of the House
also prematurey gray. and smiled.
AT last" said he significantly.
Yes, he's gone at asst" answered the congressman. hastily touching wood
The senator glanced guardedny about him.
They say lion hunting is a very pernous sport" lie whispered eagerly.
Very" goomIy replied the congressman. for he lions. But" he added
brightly perhaps a lion will bite him"
There vas a little pause broken only by raucous laughter
in SLOUGH hat and long whiskers' who at that moment edged up behind his
Are those vfskers rea" h wondered. The stranger moved ayay, how
ever. and his onward course "a coincident with ripple Of nervous agitation
DO you suppose he heard anything" asked the enato anxiousEy
Only Or raucous laughter" answered the congressman. And it comes
to trial W e car swear we We're only coughing"
In III meantime the inaugural address had been Coating out o the chill
alarohN wind and little savos of applause arose. from those within hearing dis
anee on the speakers platform.
executive, dropping a hve-pound fist 0 the table before him.
A nervous start shook the grand-stand!
Did he say Roosevelt policies Or Roosevelt poice?" gasped the senator
"I hope he said policies " answered the congressman, feeling under his
chair and eytng askance a n old lady who looked a though she might be a
service man in partial disguise "rd rather have the policies han the
A cold drzze OF rain sweDt down from the north an a penetrating
me nc 1m aSnat the s great t hs eu aahereo a, at tn s, capitol -, ,,n.,
IT'S cruel this thing o. having the fnaus,naton law in early March. 1t
ought to be about the last Of April when the weather is settled"
The congressman smiled grn1y.
"Td have voted to have II the first Of January this year" he muuersd
with a world of significance beneath his words
7h atOx is he wg Ior 7. Ncuelnn bgs his amusing sketch in til, Marb
hPpf@fS under the hh, "CbaHgHe Ffoaaas"