Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-11
THE sycopHANTs' REASON.

Wire President Sherman Will SIT az
hanone, with Senator Lorimer ms
week. in Chicago. 1t is a mucn hef-
aided episode that We 90 nol tAi,lN
much of It is, in a sense, feouAs
of Colonel Roosevelt ana delleAee ~
public sentiment. In refusing g -.
with Lorimer the former presldene
,;oIa-aa club ethics, as those are IN
derstood among gentlemen VINO ire
ouent club No private citizen as an
invited guest has right TO say "ho
the o-her ruests shall be But ne dio
,o+ violate the moral conscience O.
the people Senator Lorliner Is vi
der a cloud. There is every reason %
believe that ne holds MS seat IN the
senate thru and by purchase or votes
However excellent MS private recoIu'
the public record IS not cieah. me
people believe he is unfit TO ST. IN lhe
senate and the vice president Q. uie
United States in the matter OF the
Chicago banquet IS not inspiring lne
people with conf dence in him i Is
q hlunder The issue having been made
in the Roosevelt case. there Is no sense
IN defving it.-Cedar Rapids Repuoii-
can.
There YOU have il. a hair split from
end 70 end with the deft daxteriry Born
of practice Lortrler. was good enough
TO sit with Roosevelt under club ethics
but Roosevelt wouldn't sic at the same
table with him. Now Lorinler is under
q cloud and Sherman ought not 70 sit
with him.
Lorirner is not under cloud sim
ply because Roosevelt refused to sit
with him. Roosevelt refused % sit
with him because ne is accused OF cor
runt nractices and because the evidence
is Overwhelmingly Favorable 70 his
guilt. He was under a cloud quite
as dark and lowering before the not
able Chicago banquet as he IS row
when sherman proposes to traternize
with him. II Roosevelt was wrong IN
refusing Sherman is right IN accept
ing his company.
1t is true that no private citizen has
a RICH, TO say who shall be invited 10
a club banquet. II is just as true that
every private citizen has the right 70
give the club its choice between the
cancellation OF an invitation issued 20
a man accused OF an aoonimable crime
and his own presence. There are a
considerable num Der of private citizens
of little note who would refuse TO put
their feet under a table with Lorinl er's.
There is also d large nun Der Of private
citizens and public officials who would
eat with the devil Il he were able 20
beg or GUY votes OF direc, power in any
other way. It IS pity there are not
more of the one sort and less OF the
other
Ilorimer is an incident SO was
Clark They we're caught with the
goods on them. IN fiagrance delictu. No
doubt there are other sena tors who are
unfit to sit at table IN decent com
pany by the same reason. Ard going
outside OF politics there are many vel
come and prominent guests at toner
banauets who belong out doors among
the dogs.
But the reason for refusing 20 frater-
nize with them is not because some
one with courage has denied and re-
pudiated them. That IS the sycophanrs
reason. not the manly OF honest reason.
They are NOT under cloud because
some popular leader has frowned or
them. The reason goes back farther
than some men and some newspapers
seem 10 understand or realize
The Republicans fears are well
grounded. I. isn't going 10 do sher-
man good nor the corporation crowd
good for him 70 banquet with Lorin1er.
II it were he could eat in an alley with
Jim O'Leary without protest from tina.
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