The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

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ward peoples en- bloc.
49, 1t has been said that Bryan Is a man ahead OF n
times Ferhaps he IS II So he is all the more q rea
said of Abraham Lincoln) that In American polite
he is what the London Times Is In English Journalism
| he does not lead public opinion but follows 1t $
closely that when the breaks he Is found ridin
Ia upon
! IL often pointed out that the ac.,aim.
| reforms OF Roosevelt to-uay 100 lar actual
ana effectively carried the nootea nereses Y
bryan OF yesterday. Roosevelt. the practicai reap
me abundant harvest sown NY sryan
Just DeIore hlm. Bryan breasts the raging gale, an
! nous aIoft flaming bea.~sn To careless
ana short-sgnted the dangerous rocks and treacn
erous quick -sanus just aneau Roosevelt trims nj
prevaling breeze and rides past
INTO the haroor. party throughout Its who'
history, Roosevelt renes success upon skiiru
welding of special interests and appeutes put adj
Justed TO seeming conformity with general GOOD
his own success is thereby secured; resultan
good to the people is at best propiemat,cai FOL
himself Roosevelt obtained years of
ciferous trust busting White House, but wher
the smoke had rolled away il was found that tn,
only trust removed during those years &C
quote Ollie James) was In God We trust from oul
coins. Roosevelt heeos Lincolns warning that yot
cannot fool oil the people all time recalls
too, Barnums motto that the American people iore
to be humbugged and he himself the t. nnc
now to fool most of them most OF the time.
Ills recent def of the Pope is piece OF fine act
Ing. 1t was time to something to appeal Ia tne
Protestant element OF his supporters. AND caoie
gram Vi several hundred words to explain wnae needed
no explanation from Il good patrioUc American, onN
serves te-eatt- attention aumtrapts working
alience long known to have existed between himself
and the serried cohorts of religious oiigarchy In
TINS country and which explains the phenomenal vote
for himself his party in certain strong irish
munities of the United States. His loud heraldeo
tolerance in religious matters Is 1t Ia
transparent he needs the votes fron~ potn sides
the fence, and plays assiduously for tA.<.. But
the wind been setting in strongly way,
would doubtless have out A. P. AID the A. p As
themselves in fat-footed opposition eccesastica
modelling An American politics In Italy MIR. koose-
Welt recently said that successful politics
OF honesty, courage and common blended, the
last the most uncommon 1t appears more aud more
clearly that the last is not the most uncommon In
his own working combination
Yes, much smoke. little fre-that has been the
Roosevelt crusade for righteousness" Tar. Se'
some progress Is being made-and along the lines
mapped out by Bryan years before. when the evils
were less difficult to overcome because less strongly
entTenched. For more and more we are coming 10
see Ito borrow Col Bryana own application of the
Scripture story that after all this dreaming Joseph
mas the corn.
In sense. Roosevelt has far of success to his
credit than has Bryan the of the ioaves and
fishes won too often in his case through the brutal
methods OF the patronage monger. Could he. out oil
Office have ever scored three such signal successes
as has Bryan with concilatng offices at his dts
posal?
Bryan, though militant assaiIant of the peoples
despoilers Is the apostle Of and good Will some
how, he does not think that a crusader must needs
be a bully Roosevelt breaches the big stick and
soft words and consistently practices the rst naf OF
his preachment.
these have spoken timely topics to foreign
audences-Bryan in South America. Roosevelt IN
Egypt. In Bolivia Mr.. Bryan said.
Il esteem 1t great privilege to visit this zenith
republic which Is working its destiny among the
iibertyour strength comes from the hills The rocks
have been tower and fortress 10 the free, and a
by might The cordilleras too. have Sc hedged about
their treasures that only the brave have dared to
claim them Luxury and idleness 10 not thrive above
corrupt and enervate Permit me 10 express the ncp
the timber line. and it is luxury and idieness that
that Bolivia viii turn her unique position to advan-
tagee and set example in industry, intelligence.
patriotism and lofty purpose.
Again: This doctrine of brotherhood translated
into everyday language in the commandment, Thou
If,
10 overestmate the results of this neral awakening
1t will regenerate the individual and teach nln that
IT is dishonest to draw from soctsty than he
earns and that he cannot earn more than fairly
the value of the service that he renders to
society
Take Col. Roosevets spectacular defiance of the
natonalsts in Egypt any other Of his oracu'ar de-
lievrances. aoounong In pious patituaes garnisnea
about with brstling superiatives. and viii nna
anything more truly forcetul and decided tor the
reform? But where in all the tones of Rooseyets
outputs will be found approach to the true elo-
fences? And more fcree-
fulness need not be divorced from either gentleness
or gentlemanliness; that
1.-The bravest the tenderes.
The loving are the daring
Nor does the knightly Bryan need fear direct
encounter with the rough-rider Roosevelt. During
the campaign of 1908 Roosevelt INDUCED in a
acterstieally reckless and Incorporate charge against
him to book with stern demand for proof
traction. and suggested trial before some tribunal
or Roosevets own choosing. Roosevelt replied with
his usual bravado but for proof he relied upon
rumors only! And he declined to name his tribunal
This too. from the man who denounced as the
of all thievings the slanderous
good name!
Napoleon, at St Helana. said that Alexander. Gaze
sar and himself had founded empires by force. all
doomed to speedy decay and destruction, while the
kingdom founded in love by Jesus of Nazareth had
endured and grown for eighteen centuries. and
destined still to go on conquerng and to conquer.
Roosevelt came upon the stage swash- buckler
from the Cuban war; at time when the pingo germ
O lie.
just attained to full manhood. And this a time
all times when there was most need to heed
fully the decline and fall OF such earlier powers
Rome that had trodden the CORY path of Mars to
their doom. He has helped to give It impetus
down this rockstrewn way: just how much OF
impetus remains for the years to show Too, only
the perspective afforded by the future display
whether. despite some undoubted good. the balance
shall be made up of Theodore Roosevelt's influence
upon his countrymen for ultimate veal wee.-
Col Rryan.s position In history seems already as
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