Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-09-30
UGLY PORTENTS.
GoOdwin's Weekly.

the purpose of Col. Roosevelt, Pin.
chot, Garfield & Co., is to disrupt
both the old political parties, and to
have in working form a new Nation
al party in 1912, made up of the
apostles and members of discOn-
tent, and which they believe will be
strong enough to sweep the country
and make of Roosevelt a little Allah.
with a dozen or fifteen supporters
who will be looked upon as his proph-
cts. Their purpose will be to put
clamps upon the Supreme Court; to
fill Congress with q majority that
will be subservient to the Presidents s
will; as fast as they can. from day to
day, to keep up with his desires; to
centralize the Federal Government
by taking all control of corporations
from the States-to work peaceable
revolution which will in truth change
the original plan of the Republic en-
tirely, and make the head of it in
everything but name q dictator.
But has it ever occurred to the aver
age man that there is not one of the
whole company to whom he would
entrust the management uf his priv
ate business. if he was contemplat-
ing u three months absence?
Fortunately The election is yet two
years away; but even that fact is
disquieting. for if this agitation is
kept up. those who have the power in
New York City may think it a good
thing to do. to distract peoples at
tention by giving them taste of a
two years panic. They can bring
one on in a week if they please to.
and when they, day after day, hear
the covert threats against the money
class and see the horde in every city
and hamlet carried away as by fet-
ism by one stormy man, the most
natural thing for them to do would
be to begin to draw in their re-
sources to make sure OF having some.
thing left after the earthquake, and
the state of business in the country
at present is such that 1t cannot
stand much drawing In.
And when conservative people who
have been brought up to trust to
Congress to move obstructions out of
their path, think of how the past
session OF Congress seemed utterly
unable to grasp the situation, or to
comprehend the chief causes of the
unrest and apprehension that is
upon the country; they see but little
TO hope for In that direction.
At the convention in st. Paul the
other day, ]. ]. uill uttered mere
good sense In tlfteen-minute speech
than all the Pinchot adherents could
have uttered in week, but his
words seemed to fall upon ears that
had been hypnotized. and great
crowds listen to speeches made up of
platitudes and covert threats against
the very foundations of our form Of
government. and howl their delight
as though what they were listening
to was a message from on High.
Has the country gone mad, or is it
shaking under the miuistrations of a
distillation OF new kind of menta
laughing gas?
The question of what TO do With
our ex-Presidents is an old one, but
the difficulty Of answering it has
never been halt as complicated as it
Is to-day.
When man has o fever the phys
ician sometimes tells the family that
! the patient is doing we'll but that
the fever will have to run its course.
That our only ex-President has
fever is clear enough, but can the
country wait for it to run its course?
Has judgment fled to hrutish
beasts?" and have men "lOst their
reason 1t looks so sometimes.
There Is one hope. Men are still
influenced by newspapers. Since
Col. Roosevelt's return from the
jungle. the newspapers as rule have
been gentle toward him. 1t looks as
though it will soon be necessary to
pay more attention to him; perhaps
be more personal; as though it would
be necessary to point out his incon-
sistencies. and TO treat his idiosin-
craoios as they deserve, for he has
not yet eaten of the meat" that
makes him god, and the contrast
between him and. say. George Wash
ington, or between him and Abra-
ham Lincoln, will be seen to be very
great when it is thoroughly made.
But all the time it must be kept in
mind that the man means to be q
patriot; that he would cheerfully. to-
morrow, go out and fight for native
land; and that if he could have on o
cowboy suit, and could bestride a
cowboys horse; and if the bands
were all playing and he be the cen
trail figure of the show, with an army
looking on, he would not mind dying
for his country, his only regret be,
ing in his doubt Of how the country
would ever get along after he was
gone.
A WOMAN and six men were killed
by lightning in Colorado on the 10th