The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-25
rur COLONEL rs COMING.

The Colonel will reach New York on
June is. He will have perfectly
grand reception Everybody that is
anybody will be there to greet the re-
turning warrior home; the spear thal
, knows no brother, the Hero OF san
Juan Hill, even II he were not there
the Gordon Cumming of the Twenti-
eth Century before whose uneTinS
aim hecstonlhs of victims fell in Afri-
can iungles and on tho veldt, the IN
innate of kings and princes and men
of royal blood and yet the friend or
seth Bullock and the patron of Pinchot.
We agree with Congressman Weeks,
OF Massachusetts,. that the Colonel has
stood for big things, and Is one OF the
worlds big citizens and that the
demonstration is TO be non-partsan.
If it had any political significance 1T
would be unworthy OF the occasion"
Roman Emperor never made such
triumphal entry as this great tribune
OF the People will glorify in the com
mercial capital of this grateful ana
foolish country. He will have no cap
tives chained TO his chariot wheels, no
slaves in letters will side step the
Colonel's car; but with shout and song
and blast of trumpet and rattle or
drum and clank of sabre, and wreaths
OF flowers and waste Of oratory he VIII
be acclaimed The Worlds Greatest
Living Man. which is to say, the great
est man that ever lived. Why he is
the greatest man we do not know, ana
nobody can tell US, hut he is and what
ever is is.
We have missed him now for over a
year in our own, our native land; the
wisdom of his counsel, the bravery OF
his deeds, the eloquence of his speech,
the brilliancy of his states manship and
the ever grateful lawlessness of his
leadership Since he left us. we have
had quiet time, comparatively. and
have been gradually returning to .
condition of sanity; but, OH. Lord, how
dull it has been. No tennis at the
| White House. no wrestling matches, no
forced marches through Rock Creek,
no hundred and fifty miles day on
| horseback. no activity in Ananiss cir
cles, no panics. We have felt5~ sup
pose, very much as the people in Paris
felt after the French Revolution ana
the rule of the mob was followed by
4 a condition of law and order. We really
like the Roosevelt way best, no; be-
cause 1t is best for the material pros
perity OF the country, but because It
is so exciting and it makes so much
copy" for the newspapers.
We are glad that he Is coming back,
not because the country needs him, but
the sooner he comes the sooner 1t Will
be over. He may let old Taft off this
time and give him another chance; bur
whatever he shall conclude to DO. we
wish him to know that we have al
ways been his friend. Long before he
ever wore khaki breeches and whipped
the Spaniards. we loved him and de-
Tended him against all his enemies.
and here we take our stand to do or
die for the Colonel. Welcome home.
heir of all the ages, child of Destiny.
puissant lord. But. dear Colonel, re-
member that, in spite of what the dean
of Upsala said about thee, thou arc but
mortal, Where is Caesar? where Is
Napoleon? where is Xerxes? where Is
Alexander? Dead and turned to clay
| Where is Hayes and Roscoe Conklins
and Schuyler Colfax and Caleb Smith:
Gone, all gone, and as they are now
oh! Colonel, we hate to say it. but we
must, so you must be after all ths
| shouting dies away