The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
The "ou,look Baby" at Saratoga

The Outlook Baby at Saratoga
II may still ~ remembered IN Mont
clair. that ChAus uqua of the Jerseys
that a child NJ Colonel ROOSEVELT : prs
ent angel was a candidate for the Re-
| puhliCan nomination IN that Congress
district. In thc>" DAYS the formal ad-
! je'tive Progressive takes the place II
the ancient Pre- 'oclous The Out
| look BABY a. he - affectionatelv
known in the Chautauqua Of the JERSEYS.
almost got the nomination. and u ls
an instructive gloss upon oon'rmr.orarv
political history that he didn't know
when he began his campaign that his
successful opponent was the chairman
OF the House Judiciary COMMITTEES, and
therefore an essentially fo~slllsi and
pernicious Person The vicws Of such
an ingenious infant upon things IN grn-
cral and particular are irrcSlstihlv on
gaging 10 those Of us who have had
the misfortune 10 feel the harbc-' shear
We turn with sympathy 10 his account
Of Tn" Battle Of Saratoga. a happy
title whichrecalls chlvalrou~ gentleman
and warrior Of m. eighteenth century
whose name has been much and doubt
less crroneouslv abused. let ~ look on
reyer"ntly while Galahad triumphS
Colonel ROSWELL his Young
chronicler tells rs. had assembled the
platform Notl"e the hirra,ir word
assembled In the ewes If m" Fourth
Avenue faithful IN" Colonel l. ALWAYS
AZ the hour ~ ascension. his roh". that
touches nothing winter than itself. way-
ing IN the wind Of his spec,h.
frr nearly Two hours the d,tat. r,f shhsd
ant flowed and ~ nat moment me 'ght seemed
ln.t the cause - direct nominations faced de'eAt
Tho delegate, knew ~ ne IN - the rr~ss table.
know ~ the speaker on th- platform knew 10
Mt 20 hin ths knowledge horn - thirty war
u political experience brought M di.uav %
only planted MIN = urue more >o.dIy M ~ 'sc'.
strung hts mpscIcsA H''le more ter>s, olsrchsd
bis ost u''le ugh'"- and .ri him ~sling attn
every ounce ~ strength aui con,irtion at viii
that wss IN him p~fest threatened his f,rc,s
ami the caus~ IN vhich ~ believed with al rts
might hut me Hag should not 80 town vlthpg,
iAS' charge wuTthy ~ The csrs~ snd worthy ~
the Nrhunr record ~ MIN pho vas ~ rrakrr
The nrst words ~sre uttered IN voice cute,
but Vibrant "" nave moss come 'p the ,i,aI
moment In me convention
The Coloncl'- voice j. vibrant. bur
liant, reboant. yappant. ululant II W.
have never heard u when " WIS quiet,
thar II because W. were not worthy Of
the privilege. reserved 10 tho faithful
The oaus" IN which he believed with all
hlS might II the great caIs" that tricklcd
into his ear from Governor HTGuFs's
lips in the Harvard ward II j. solemn
20 think that II n Harvard square car
or devil wagon or tn" Colon"l's own
winnoW ing wings or whatever vrhirI.
carried his saint-hip 10 Cambridge had
broken down he might never have had
jimmy 10 break into Saratoga with
But lock ~ him m he stands vibrant and
almost choking with the cause.
while the storm lasted NJ Roo-pvvlr .,oo-,
With upiifted arm and ci~nrhe,i rsi me hlont
sur'uSinE Ms 'A~c A. hr qul, cred with anger s,
the tu1ult subsIdei he rurlci ~ MS Opponent.
the challenge. I'm give you = chsn-e 20 ~sp-s..
your dissent again Th~n. Pct AMI arm heating
out The ms thin he repeated Gr,,'. sums OF money
wer" spent 10 inTYen,rs direct prirary. A.
they would ha," been spent e. n fl~ucIag con.
V~n'ion ana ne crowd uas stu
49, sheer force ~ personality. ~ cor tlr,lor
and moral fearie,snes,. tc hAd h-aten The hostile
haIf ~ his audience into respectful silence ILs
= nash he follow 81 up the advantage with sthrY.t
which TUNED The argument u hi, opponents
KEslnst 'h~ir own breasts
III" -carsc- won VIA, kind Of di-
rect nominations m" Colon"l's own
variety b" was to practise later when he
had Mr.. STIMsON nominated the mean !
ing Of III" platform equivOCatinn on the
subject. only rca"tionarics ar person.
guilty of sincerity can ask Con bless
III" King. con bless tho Faiths de-
fender GoD b!-- n" harm in blessing
IA" Prr'"ud"r
II was ~ a Progressive and an nppn-
nont of "CannonISm that the OutlnoL
Baby had burst into politics in Munfrlair
Beautiful j. his way II oelrbrating the .
triumph ~ Cannoni~m, hallowcd and
transformed into Ro,~evel, ism:
twas proposed that me ten, porar, chairman
,ppOint the ihrrr standing committees Here
,EAin the defeated nInorry. hating 70 taxi. IN.
nedicin" which they had 40 often Administered /
In the pHst. entered ~ protest They wished fo
'aNs 'he rorri'icrs appointed practically Nj, the
STATE commitie" which. In view ~ ~ rorrpo.l
Ion. ould have mrar' the con rot Of the holy
= hioh should prepare the platform ny me foros,
= hitch bad bsrn 'npvn 10 he min ority IN the ron
.'nuon. Tn" 'uEErstion u.s. naive that the VIC
ots uesh from their triumph should generously
hand over 70 the vsnquished the fruits Of victory.