The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-05
Different Points of View

No two persons win be affected iiiI
exactly the same way by any event.
least Of all Dy third individual orI
his publc utterances.
Notably in this the case with The
od0re Roosevelt, at present the most
prominent personality in the nation,
Out OF the almost universal chorus Of
praise and appreciation which has
greeted his recent utterances, there
Is still here and there an important
journal which has the courage to cath
attention to some phases OF Colonel
Rooseyclt's speeches which are not
noticed By most observers.
the indianapolis News. for exam.
pie, perpetrates the following excel
lent bnrlesqne:
Hon. b Strong Jones special train
rolled into the station last night
Thousands of people were waiting for
him--had been waiting all day At
the first sight OF the shining special
Shout went up that made chaos and
old night feel very sick indeed. Cries
Of Jones' Iones." arose on the sweet
evening air The throng was not 10
he denied The great man appeared
suddenly on the rear platform. AT
the glimpse OF him the shouting be-
fan anew, IT, indeed. it can be said
ever 10 have ceased. Mr., Jones was
I lTlMried from the train to a temper.
airy platform-temporary as most plat
( forms are--from which he deigned TO
address the throng. Every word he
+ ssid was greeted with thunderous APP
piause by the almost paddened and
completely hypnotizeds throng. Mr.
jones spoke rs follows. In his usually
! impressive mauner:
/ 9 My friends. am glad to be here
( I feel that YOU are glad to have me
Z nere. | want to say q few things to
! you | Say. and with all the emphasis
II sfn- command, that two and two
make four. Two and two have got to
make four. | will have II no other
way During the whole of my Official
life acted on the theory ~ tN0
and two make four Yet | would ncl
have you forget that three and three
also make six. Dstrust the mar wa'
SAYS that two and two make Ionf, and
i VET denies that three and three mares
six and two and two do not make
four. hold that Two and two makc
foir and three and three MAKE six,
/ There ave men at the head OF otr
+. great corporations who figure IT ali
nthcr way, and grating labor letf'9ra
w5o have other views. But am
right. know am right. For when
was ever wrong2 Let no 0na dH-
cciyc you into believing that twf par
Al lines can e,er meet or MT lu'
par IS e,eater than the whole | am
r,c, sure about that latter poini Fp'
am part OF the party, and, OF
course. | am greater than the whole
paltv. SO do not insist on the
principle laid down Just now But !
am depely convinced that tlins
cannot be and not be at once and the
same time.
Yours is beautiful city. Bat
there are other beautiful cities
Ecnt forget that We must have no
classes and no class hatreds or ieal
tousles in this country TO say that
other cities are beautiful is not 10 de.
! tract from the beauty of your city
+ we mrst treat all alike, must so up
or down together. As ! cannot shake
] all your hands, will not shake any.
bodys hand. | want TO give YOU all
/ square deal, and If You get square
+ leal you ought not to bother about
your hands. Now ! must say good
bye. only stop long enough TO re-
mind Won that two and two make four,
that three and three make six. thai
two parallel lines cannot meet: that
i thing cannot both he and not be at
the same time. and that your city Is
beautiful, and other cities are beautl-
ful, too. AS 20 the part being less
than the whole. | ask YOU to suspend
Judgment. will investigate the mat
ter, and make up your own mind and
then will tell you what to think.
Tais is no doubt amusing and calls
ATTENTION to obvious characteristics
or Mr. Roosevelts speech II is quite
true that he never makes the mistake
of Understanding his own import
ance and that great part of all his
speeches is reiteration of truths that
are almost as obvious as those men
toned in the article quoted.