The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-21
eral assembly OF Ohio.
WILLIAM T. SMITH.
WHAT ROOSEVELT WILL DO.


1t is only the insurgent Republicans
who think, or profess to think, that
Theodore Roosevelt will, on his return
to this country become an insurgent
and oppose Taft, Cannon and Aldrich
There is no valid reason for believing
that Col. Roosevelt viii do anything
of the kind. He is above all things a
partisan, a dyed-in- the-wool high.
tariff Republican. While Mr.. Taft is n
poor apology for tariff reformer. he
takes more interest in the matter than
Roosevelt ever did. He was president
nearly eight years and he never show.
ed any inclination to take hint from
William McKinley's declarations In
favor of revising the tariff
There is no evidence before the
country that Mr.. Taft believes he has
forfeited Roosevelt's support. He is
not worrying about what the Colonel
will do or say. He associated too long
with the returning hero to be afraid
of him. William Howard Taft has
often heard the lion roar, but none
knows better than he that the lion
is stuffed with straw. 1t is very tame
lion, and, after all, when party regu-
larlty is at stake. Roosevelt does no.
want any sort of reform or change
that would imperil the supremacy Of
the Republican party.
Some of the newspaper organs of
the insurgents seem to think that the
instant Col. Roosevelt sets his sacred
foot on American soil he is going to
issue an edict, under the great seal Of
the holy hippopatamus of the Nile
against everything Mr.. Taft has done
since he entered the White House
they are going to be fooled. The divine
Theodore will give William Howard
the glad hand and congratulate him
on his cheerful corpuiency. There will
be no falling OUT. They are more
likely to fall on each others necks In
the oriental manifestation of joy.
There are Republicans who say that
Mr.. Roosevelt will give expressions of
to some of Tafts acts and of
to others of his acts. We
very much doubt il Roosevelt will
publicly find fault with any of Taft's
acts.
A few old line Republicans believe
that Mr.. Roosevelt Will hold his peace
But that is impossible. 1t would kill
Theodore. After his long sojourn in
Africa he is full of talk, and the few
remarks that he may make in Europe.
chiefly educational, will do little to
relieve him. He has had nobody to
talk at, except ebony-hued Philippians,
for a whole year, and he must be load :
ed to the lips with eXhortations, lay
sermons and good advice to all and
sundry. Whatsoever things the black
men We're not prepared to receive must
soon be communicate to the white
brother. After the great African si-
ence there must come a glorious
American explosion.
There are not many Democrats now.
adays who expect any value reforms
from Theodore Roosevelt. At one time
there We're a few so-called Roosevelt
Democrats. They were cured and
healed of their folly during the last
presidential campaign when Mr..
Roosevelt scolded William ]. Bryan
and other leading Democrats in true
style. No thanks were given
to Mr.. Bryan for having helped the
man in the White House during the
panic of 1907 Roosevelt nominated and
elected Taft and he will stick to him
to the end of the chapter He cannot
afford to say: II was mistaken about
this man Taft when I confided my
policies to his care. / thought he was
a statesman worthy to stand in my
shoes, but now 1 find that his course
has disgraced my judgement and dis
credited my sagaclty. When 1 gave
him his job l believed he was COM
petent, but l have learned that he is
not"
viii Mr.. Roosevelt talk like that?
1t is perfectly safe to say that he will
not. On the contrary, he will boost
Taft and tell the insurgents to be
good or get out