The Chitina leader., 1910-10-08

good, and many bad turns. Take the Alaskan boundary trouble. He pledged himself to select "three inde- pendent" jurists of repute to handle the matter. He promptly appointed Elihu Root and Lodge, and both of them publicly stated their determi- nation never to let a foot of the dis puted territory go to England. They kept their words and the United Kingdom went down badly. As a player of what a certain pa per calls "the self chosen role of lecturer to the modern nations,' D Roosevelt is out of place. A first concern of one who wants to star in role of that sort, should avoid condoning fraudulently.
 Roosevelt was president for eight years. In all that time he made no effort to get the states which have repudiated their liabilities to pay back one cent to their unhappy for eign creditors.
 What has Roosevelt done to cur tail the power of the trusts except hurl a volume of windy abuse in their direction? True, he caused one of the most scardalons of them to be fined.
 The significant fact remains that the U. s. conservatives (who are trust people) are all for Roosevelt today, while the progressive people oppose him and his nominee, Taft, most bitterly. Despite the alleged purity of his family life, Roosevelt doesn't appeal to one as desirable social mentor. He is vulgarly quar- relsome. At the end of his last pres idential term he was at open war with both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and in addition he had embittered personal feuds with individual members of both houses. His frequent rows with Till man-as violent and undignified fighter as himself-were as discred itable as row between drunken men. It is hard to find a prominent man in the states who hasn't at one time or another been called liar by Roosevelt Ambassadors, public ser wants, law officers and politicians have all had to swallow this epithet, thrown at them by the chief citizen of the republic. Latterly it became a national joke and newspapers got to interviewing politicians whose on- ly claim to prominence was that they hadn't been publicly accused of ly- ing by the president.
 That Roosevelt doesn't, so far as is known, get drunk, beat his wife, keep a separate esta blishment or cheat at cards, is all to his credit. But it seems to me that the wonder fulness of it is a bit overdone. There are others who are equally blame less and wno lack the many offen- sive qualities of Theodore
 Some time ago when I was last in Gods country; I was at picture show. Roosevelt and general ride to a review. The general is worth recording pictorially because of his riding. His easy, free seat in the saddle, and the square, easy droop of his shoulders look like the Aus tralian style. He is a contrast from Roosevelt, who cannot escape from the truth of the pictures. Roosevelt is spoken of as a great rider. He is magazine-portrayed taking alarming fences and rushing over all manner of country. My faith in Roosevelt as a great rider was firm until I saw those pictures. He and the general are not in haste-merely "mooch- ing" round. Possibly his extra weight is playing up, but he has no ease or grace as he moves on his uneasy steed. I am going again, if ever I can raise the dime and can get down to the place where those pictures are running, just to see that soldiers square shoulders swinging through the review.
 I hereby move that, as a moral ex ample in high places he be shifted down a peg or two. For my part I wouldn't protest if I saw him push ed right down between Annanias and "Barnum" Powell. That being, in my view, the position where he right ly belongs.
 RICHARD GALLAND.