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judges in that case, and I would not
have it appear that L wished to exert
any influence in the matter.
ct owe an especial debt of gratitude to
REPRESENTATIVES Madison and Murdoch
for the stand they took at the time when
Representative Tawney offered reso-
luton providing that none of the appro-
priations for the Secret Service might
be used in investigating the conduct of
members of the Senate and House. At
that time, also. a resolution Of censure.
aimed at me, was offered in Congress.
and Madison and Murdoch fought it to
the end. Madison and Murdoch were
right in that fight. The provisions for
the Secret Service should never have
been stricken out
Tells a Secret
Here Mr. Roosevelt paused moment
then. like q shot. he said:
Would you like to know the secret OF
that fight? It was just this: A number
of members of Congress realized that
was hitting at them. I am mentioning
no names.
Senator Bristow rendered 4 great ser
vice tn his country in the postal inves-
tigation. He found the rascals. and
put them out
In the light Of what Mr.. Roosevelt had
said. Mr. Murdoch was asked after he
had made his formal statement. so you
believe that President Taft is carrying
out Mr.. Roosevelt's policies?"
MY record in the last session is the
answer to that" Mr.. Murdoch replied.
! After a three hours conference. DO
you think that Mr.. Roosevelt will indorse
President Taft's administration was
then asked Mr. Murdoch laughed and
said. Ask Madison.
No" said Representative Madison
You are doing the talking"
Hold on. Murdock!' Senator Bristow
broke in. YOU would better stick TO the
statement
"Don't Say We Smiled"
srVov. BOYS" admonished Victor Muir
! dock. whatever you write, don't say our
faces were wreathed with smiles Here
IS what we have TO say. with the per
mission of the colonel This statement
will stand for all of US. and there is not
a word to add to it Mr.. Murdock then
dictated the following statement:
All three Of us were anxious to see Mr.
Roosevelt. because we don't believe he
had three stancher supporters of his
policies throughout his term Of service,
and we believe he knows this better
| than any one else
| Bristow was his right hand man in
uncovering and Furnishing the postal
,r,7c
the thirty-five who stood up for him
when the fight was made to deprive him
of the use of the Secret Service men in
uncovering Just such misdeeds as the
postal frauds.
Naturally. we feel much pleased TO
find him absolutely unchanged in his
attitude toward public questions, and
also to find how close he has Kept in
touch with what has happened in the
last year and a quarter.
Nothing more pleased us than his at
once congratulating us and those asso-
ciated with US in having succeeded in
putting into the railroad rate bill the
provisions vitality necessary in order that
it should represent progress along the
lines Of proper control of interstate
common carriers.
The last question shot at Mr.. Murdoch
as he boarded the train was. Did Mr.
Roosevelt approve of your course in &C.
priving Speaker Cannon Of his powers
Mr. Murdock's eyes twinkled as he
touched his lips with his fingers and
said. MY lips are sealed
Bristow on Roosevelt.
On the train the three insurgents
would not at first abate their orig
!fnal determination not to add a, word to
+I,a J21Ita al
got under way Mr. Murdoch said i'm
pressively:
You can quote me for one thing,
there was delicious quality about the
Iced tea"
Yes" added Mr. Madison, with DELHI
GRAFTON. we took that for a compliment
to prohibition Kansas You know we're
mighty moral state. The Senator here
never says anything stronger than BY
gravy and when the colonel said BY
George" once or twice. he looked almost
shocked
Senator Bristow giggled, they were all
immensely pleased. My SON" broke out
the tall Senator from Kansas. laying a
lean hand on his interlocutors knee, q
can say one thing to you Theodore
Roosevelt is a bigger and broader man
to-day than before he went away. That
man is marvel. What he says tingles
When he speaks, he speaks the truth
and the naked truth. whether truth
naked is beautiful or ugly It comes
out like a shot, and, like a shot, it goes
right to the mark I never saw him
show such incistveness. His jaw has a
new angle of determination. He seems
to me not only broader but more alert"
was anything said about the Pin
chot -Ballinger controversy"
NO" said Mr. Madison, himself a.
member of the Ballinger-Pinchot COM
mittee of investigation. nothing We
thought the colonel avoided that subject
with admirable tact It was one that it
would have been difficult for me to talk
about with propriety to the colonel
Mr.. Murdoch had been listening atten-
lively. checking a phrase here and there
that he thought sounded too radical
AS an old newspaper man myself, let
me turn the tables on you he sug-
gested suddenly. Let me interview my
interviewer How does this visit-the
mere fact Of it-impress you as likely to
impress the country"
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