The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-04


should not permit drafted man to
furnish substitute.
Roosevelt Clippings.
cannot take up newspaper tnat
does not contain little or much gen
orally much about Roosevelt. ami
nave clipped some short, pungent
paragraphs In regard to him as fol-
lows:
There is man down east named
Roosevelt Dill you ever hear Of
him?
Roosevelt breaches the short com.
E'andment. DO unto others. etc. but
did he practice It in his treatment OF
the heroes OF the Spanisn-Ameriean
war? Schley. Dewey and Miles. Or
in his conspiracy to establish the lit
tie state of Panama.
Roosevelt has no faith in treaties
between the nations to sustain
court OF arbitration as a substitute
for war. but thinks there must be 4
dominating Independent government
behind it with armed force in army
and navy strong enough to enforce
the decisions of the court. This
would be the warlike way OF main
tanning peace now popular among
the nations
One who reads carefully the
speeches of welcome addressed to
Roosevelt In different parts on Eu-
| rope must have noticed that the most
or them exhibited more scholarship
and breadth OF view than his speech
es did, and also were much more
tactful and courteous.
| A negro regiment saved RooseveIt's
rough riders at San Juan Hill. but
the colonel has not exhibited much
gratitude for the service. The way
ne talks of the African OF Africa and
OF America Is not flattering to the
race. Ransdell, Democratic congress
| man OF Louisiana, takes a much bet.
ter view Of the American negro than
| Roosevelt does, Perhaps the colonel
Is mad because he deemed 1t hlinlil-
iating to be placed under obligations
to the negro in the manner he was
In the San Juan emergency.
Roosevelt's many virtues include
that of thrift, He INDUCES in his
favorite sport at the expense OF the
government and the Smithsonian i'm
| stitute. He takes on his family and
makes Il tour OF Europe at the eA-
| nprlEn nj tho ma, &c
and municipal. of that country. and
| OF American ambassadors there en-.
Pertaining the colonel and his family
must ihave Iost Ambassador Reid,
directly and Indirectly, more than
years salary But the colonel fornd
reason for irritation at Vienna. No
palace was placed at his disposal
there: the American ambassadors
had not anticipated his wants and tho
hotel keeper had not been informed
in a business way OF the coming OF
the distinguished visitor There was
luo alternative; the colonel and his
party had TO go to the hotel and II
was found to be full, to the crowding
| punt ~ was ubhiktiilitUs Uul ItOOat-
welt and family had TO sit on their
trunks until room could be made for
them,
Why did Roosevelt skip st. Peters
| burg in ais European tourg He went
close to il to visit small kingdoms.
bnt his line Of travel and talks did
not indicate that he knew such an
empire as Russia existed He is cred
tied with having brought about peace
between Russia and Japan TO the adj.
vantage OF the former yet no invita-.
tloa to visit the Russian capital
reached him. And Japan is not on
record as having ever invited the dis.
tinguished ex-president to visit that
country. A couple of the northern
Europe kings found II convenient to
be in France when Roosevelt arrived
! at their capitals, leaving the enter
! tanment of their visitor to the crown
princes. But DR.. Cook had been law.
ishly entertained in that section only
snort time before.
instead of thinking it bis duty or
an honor to kiss the pope's big toe,
Roosevelt seemed TO think the pope
should deem It an honor If he con.
sented to call upon the great poten-
tate, But this is matter that con.
Germs only tne pontiff and the colonl
ell
Roosevelt was careful to telegraph
:. by wireless from his vessel mat he
would not do thing In politics for
two months, but he was into il mp
to his eyes before he had been
ashore twenty-four hours, His first
public dash, when he urged the New
York legislature to adopt Gov.
/. Hughes primary bill, brought back TO
: him smarting snub. In the prompt
manner of the legislatures n<>re-
tusing TO pass the bill His incon.
sistcucy. and the uncertainty 1t
creates In the public mind as TO his
future actions. make him very at.
tractive so long as he is recognized
as power in politics. as attention Is
lpapfpra1 nm hic WATCHING fnr hiu