Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
Alistsllaneous Reading.
ROOSEVELT ON HOME STRETCH.
Resume of Former Presidents Outing
In the African Jungles.

role on the world stage and becomes 9
ing that part he will take up-whc
knows what? 1t is safe to say that
whatever the next stunt he tackles, II
will be interesting. One Of the re-
freshing things about Roosevelt is that
let the game be what 1t will, he plays
it for all that Is in him. Whether II
be ranchins, hunting, soldering, writ
ing or lecturing; whether it be as men,
ber of assembly, candidate for mayor
police commissioner, assistant secre-
tary Of the navy, colonel, governor
vice president or president; whether
1t be in the character of speaker edi-
tor, author or moral evangelist, he puts
all of himself into whatever he does
He talked Of hitting the line nard be-
fore he went into Africa; he talked OF
hitting the line hard when he emerged
From the few scraps of his conver-
sation that have foated down the Nile
and tipped their way around the world
he is the same old Roosevelt. They
take one back to the days Of Loeb, the
nature takers, the strenuous life and
the tennis cabinet.
1t seems good, doesn't it? Just like
the old days! After a dreary year of
Payne -Aldrich tariff, Uncle Joe, the
insurgents, Ballinger- Pinchot, Cook
Peary and forty-seven different kinds
of Investigations the sound Of the voice
that has been smothered so long in
the African jungles brings back feel
ing of mother and home. Next we
shall hear of race suicide, malefactors
of great wealth and undesirable citi-
zens. Truly there is once more an In
terest in life. Now We snail revive
the Ananias club, the muck rakers'
union and the shorter and uglier asso.
ciation Roosevelt Is coming home!
He may have to stop and shake hands
with a few kings and kaisers merely
as a formality, but he is headed our
way. Already there is dental CLEAN
across the Atlantic, and a fresh snap
and vivacity are in the air. Teddy Is
coming home. Get the old bass drum
down from the attic, pull the bunting
from the closet under the stairway
and take out your vocal apparatus and
dust it off The Teddy bear is once
more in fashion, the big stick is wav-
ing in the breeze, and the spear that
knows no brother is glistening in the
sun. The trust busters march need
no longer be played with the soft
pedal Throw back the lid, stand on
the loud one and come down on all
the keys at once. Bang! There-that's
better! What a relief 1t is to do it in
the good old way!
Farewell to "Bwana Tumbo."
Colonel Roosevelt has been called
various names during his career, many
of them not printable. At present his
most popular titles are the colonel"
and simply T. R. The African natives
deny that they called him "Bwana
Tumbo," but a much more respectful
and elevated title. Evidently Bwana
Tumbo was the invention of some cor
respondent who should be made life
member of the Ananias club. One sus-
picious circumstance about the denial,
however, is that it was made just be-
fore the natives were expecting to be
paid off. The African natives verac-
ty is as elastic as that of an Eskimo,
and just before pay day one Of them
would be liable to say anything. But,
as for the name Bwana Tumbo, II
has been worked to death anyway and
might as well be thrown into the dis
tard. Teddy is a trifle informal, so
perhaps we shall have 20 fall back on
the colonel"
What about the pessimists who pre-
dicted that tine colonel was certain to
get African fever or the sleeping sick
mes and those other Wall street proph-
cts who hoped that every lion would
do it's duty? They are all talking
small now. Did they imagine that any
thing in Africa could withstand the
Roosevelt luck? What good are Wall
street prophets anyway? Most OF
them cannot even predict the future
movements of stocks and so nave to
depend on a sure thing game OF work.
ing the lambs for commissions. "A
prophet is not without honor save in
his own country" was not spoken Of
the Wall street brand Of soothsayer.
He is without honor anywhere under
the sun.
Wall street is not celebrating the re-
turn Of the colonel. That is one rea-
son why the rest of the country is
celebrating. Possibly the bulls and
bears fear that Roosevelt is coming
back to start another hunt in the finan-
cial jungle. On the way to Khartum
he dropped one significant remark to
the effect that he had harder work
ahead than that done in Africa. Just
what is that harder work to be? Not
writing evidently, for ne finished his
African book before his return to civ
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has reason for being apprehensive
High financiers are timid about every
thing except taking other peoples
money, and the mere shine of the
Roosevelt eyeglasses and teeth gives
them the shivers.
When He Started.
1t has been just about year since
Colonel Roosevelt left New York by
the steamer Hamburg bound for the
dark continent. On board ne made
himself most popular with the other
passengers by his democratic and un-
assuming demeanor and friendliness
He touch at Gibraltar and Messina
on the way, but requested that all
formal receptions be eliminated. as he
travelled only as private citizen. In
Messina he was greeted in person by
the king of Italy and was touched by
the warm welcome of the people. which
he accepted as token of their thank
fulness for the American relief work
following the great earthquake. The
one thought he expressed at this dem
onstration was pride in being an Amer