The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-11
DECEPTION OF
EX-PRES|DENT
M Man Is Being Studied More
rloseIy Than Col. RO0seveit
HISHYPOCRITIC POWER
trust Regulator and Author of thoughts
Originated BY Others-Posing as An
Advocate Of Radical Democracy

Needs there an apology for dwelling
IN this theme? Look the world over
snd there not a man being so studio
ssTheodore Roosevelt. 1t is a duty a
American citizens. If majority O
yoters do not, then before the mex
nresidential term of this mysteriou
man shall have expired, true patriot
will repent of their negligence.
OF such Importance was this stud!
estimated by writer of prominence tina
he interviewed thousands of men o
mental calibre as to what they though
Of Roosevelt; and the press is full o.
him.
Yes, humble though ones pen may
be. and feeble our effort, duty demand!
Il Next in order il is difficult t
choose between the. many features OF
this versatile mans career, to diagnose
the handspring of his actions. Keep
inc close as possible to the line OF
thought first suggested in the articles,
one NAV well wonder, and not only so,
bot stand aghast at RoOsevelt's power OF
4 hypnotizing people of making them
believe the very reverse of known facts
to wit: In many things: the most i'm.
portant are Cd that he was trust
regulator 10y that he was the author
Of grand thoughts originated by Others
-(S)his posing as an advocate of radi-
cal democracy.
The crowds that listened to him, drank
In all he said as gospel truth, and shout
ed "bully!' 1t was the opinion of a
prominent writer who went purposely
to find out what the magic is of this
mans clutch upon the popular imagin-
alton, THAT Roosevelt's popularity de-
ponds not upon what he says nor upon
what he does, but upon way he has
Of doing what he does and saying what
he does"
"The things he said? Plattudes,
FIatitudes. Not once did he lay down
aprincipal and let it stand. Always
modifying. Forever "buting;" always
leaving the door open to slip in or slip
out" In proof of it, the writer quot
ed freely.
Said the same writer THE Public
September 23) "Roosevelt's hold on
thinking men is not strong. | have
talked with thousands in the past year,
Students of affairs. and almost without
exception they rate him as politician,
never as a state. man. -
Again: "Well, what of it? The
strong undercurrent Of democracy may
carry Roosevelt farther than he intends
going - "Yet if Roosevelt should re-
gain the presidential chair, what as
aurance is there that he with his demo
cratic plumage only borrowed, might
not pawn it to plutocracy? Has he not
heretofore given to democracy the en-
1pyment of his "bully" words and to
!lutocracy the profit of his diplomatic
deeds?
eln support of the above assertion Of
always modifying, Forever "butting" -
We have an illustration in an edltorla!
~ The Public. September End, as fol-
9ws: in his speech at Cheyenne, MI
Roosevelt seemed to say something
With substantial meaning in it. i would
preach fiery wrath against wrong, ne
Exclaimed; hut l would not preach such
wrath against the wrong dOer, save n
those cases where his wrong doing real
y Is due to evil moral attributes on his
part, and not to wrong social system
q which he is almost as ,much the We
nm as the beneficiary. But how shall
my one know that his sound doctrine Is
lnything but plea for rich beneficiar-
GO Of monopoly, who may be'almost ~
much its victims, and the fiery wrAt''
Q fall on victims OF monopoly who are
rot almost as much its beneticiarieS?
~, Taft's prosecution of the Sugar
rust for stealing the government
seyenue affords an apt Illustration OF
MS Interpretation of The Public In
lead of prosecuting the heads of the
rust who ordered the stealing done,
ne officers (underlings) who had to
'oey their masters, or lose their jobs,
we're the ones prosecuted. and severely
wished. The former who were let OIL
sere the "benefciaries" of the steal
''gs, while their convicted servants
.ere the poor victims of the system.
,t Taft proved himself an apt pupil at
e feet of the master who bequeathed
''n the presidential chair. :,
returning to the three aforenamed
ems Of Roosevelt's hypnotic power,
EQUATION of trusts has already been
.eated in a previous article. (2) APP
oprihting the ideas of others to pass
ZEN off as original with himself;-Ihe
,scening writer in The Public quoting
1: ,Apigrammstic sayings charactistic
tne man, which he says brought
remarks: ''Can you imagine
g. Jennings Bryan or Robert La
S,'ette before an American audience
Mlng voice to such sentiments as II
w we're novelties? Aren't the same
ME-. and better said from Thousand
e pulpits every Sunday? Yet the
remains that the audiences 60 away