The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-06
THE HARMONIOUS ROOSEVELT

III Is SAID that cN.PreSldcDt Roosc
welt insists upon a non.partisan wei
come home; that he would be very
much put out if the mighty demonstra
tion, the tremendous ebulition OF JOY
which he evidently expects to burst
forth upon his arrival, should be i'm any
way partisan, or be such as to apparent,
| " range him on one side or another Of
any of thc burning issues before the
country. Having escaped harm in his
African perils, he doesn't want now
10 be captured ly any "interest or
clique-not Cannonism, Aldrichism, in.
surgents. or regulars, much less by the
Democrats, Whether he will hold fast
TO his alliance with tho Mormons
| remains 10 he secu.
But it is curious that Mr. Roosevelt
should insist on "A stipulation like that.
For he was nothing 10th 10 engage in
scraps and take sides in the local af.
fairs of the first country he came to
when he emerged from the wilds where
he hunted He told the Egyptians of
the upper river in his speeches to them
duty was to submit Loyalty to British
rule, and thank God for it. And when
he got to Cairo. be set the country wild
by his denunciation of the Nationalist
party, and his coptemptuous spuruing
Of their demand for a written coustitu-
ton. All through. he took sides with
the rulers aud against the native seuti-
ment. IT may be said that he was
right in so doing, and perhaps he was,
from au American standpoint. But it
did not evince any disposition to keep
out of scrap, nor to avoid contention
or the clash OF parties
Continuing bis contentious, he has
raised conflict with the Pope. cvi.
IDENTIFY of purpose and design. Fastening
10 the public with his declaration that
he won't he bound by conditions; and
he rushes into print in order to get
the public ear first. Before any ono
knew of any conflict, he had his YER
sion all presented. II was clearly a
made-up case, prepared as a play 10 the
galleries and not real situation as
Fairbanks 8 was. II was typical
Rooseveltism, worked up 10 create a
sensation, and sprung on the public TO
glorify the Mighty Hunter and exhibit
his fearless independence and contempt
for tradition and usage.
AT this rate we may reasonably ex.
pect to hear OF Roosevelt coming out
cmphatlcally in Berlin in support of
the divinity of hereditary rule, and in
dcnunciation of those who thwart the
Kaiser; in France in denuuciation of
the clergy and in praise of the French
confiscations; in Great Britain in scorn
of the 'Little Englanders and con
tempt of the opposition to the present
Ministry.
And yet he wants it 10 be all har-
mouy and nonpartisanship in his wei
come home. To such a harmonizern
as he is. the thought must be chosen
dream. But from a man whose rules of
harmony have customarily been to
beat down all opposition with the "big
stick 1t seems a curious request, and
it is not likely to be complied with
his departure are yet too sharp, the
wounds he inflicted are yet too sore,
to admit Of it; nor can his aggressive
possibly allow the occasion
TO pass without making his return
purely partisan demonstration. Be
sides, what's the use in trying TO make
tame what must necessarily be a war
like "welcome to the chief. - who is
chief Of strife7 And he won't be IN
the country month till he is up to his
neck in aggressive politics and in
fierce campaign to put things back on
tie arbitrary, personally conducted
basis which he established and so arbi-
trarily and effectively maintained.