The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-12
THE osKALoosA HERALD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1912

names, that of free and popular
state, but becomes in truth the most
execrable of all-the dominion of the
mob.
1t is indeed unfortunate that this
grand country of ours should ever
have been cursed by such an incon-
siderate migrate and egotist as Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Within our knowl-
edge, the American people have never
had such an example of a person at
tempting to arrogate to their per-
sonal advantage, the constitutional
rights that belong to others, to the
degree that Theodore Roosevelt has
attempted. In the art Of hypocrisy,
duplicity and studied ingratitude,
Aaron Burr stands alone in Ameri-
can history as fitting comparison. In
mendacity and cruel disregard of the
feelings and rights of others, he COM
pares with Napoleon, who would will
ingly make human collins stepping
stones in his selfish and unholy ca
reer. 1t is consoling to note that
one died in the full and justly earned
contempt of his countrymen, the 9TH
er on the lonely shores of St. Helena,
''unhonored and unsung," Truly,
the mills of the gods grind slowly
but exceedingly fine"
1t is high time that this mock-hero-
ic figure of San Juan Hill fame, who
was protected by regular colored
troops, on that OCCASION (fOr which
he has never given proper credit) but
who summarily discharged a whole
regiment of troops in dishonor at
Brownsville for the fault of a few;
even in the days of pagan Rome they
could not have punished more than
10 per cent, and that amount selected
by lot.
After studying the false pretense
at bravery and other glaring de-
fects, we feel constrained to ask, how
Dng will it take him to develop such
qualities as was exhibited by one of
the Guggenheims who went down on
the ill fated Titanic steamship recent
ly? Yet we hear of him using this
name and others in terms of derision
frequently in his mouthings (not hav-
ing the dignity to be classed as
speeches.
We would admonish the thought
less followers of this gorgon-eyed
specimen of personal conceit, that
w. H. Taft, the man he delights to
misrepresent and abuse, was appoint
ed on many occasions during his oc-
cupancy of the White House, to dis
charge some very delicate missions,
in the PHILIPPINES, at Rome, Porto
Rico, Cuba, Panama and elsewhere,
in which he rendered efficient and
dignified service.
We note also that Mr.. Taft during
the present term, appointed the only
T. R." to represent this government
at the funeral of the late King Ed
he grievously outraged the proprie-
ties of the occasion, and brought re-
proaCh upon us as a nation by his
boorish misconduct.
Is it not time that as Americans,
not as members of any party, to re-
buke and permanently retire from
politics and public life, this master
of political iniquity who tries to pose
in the habiliments of virtue? He is
the only person who ever disgraced
the Office of President with the slang
of the gambling den and the pugilis-
tic ring, during more than a century
of history of the office We don't
want to hear the vernacular of this
class from an ex-president. Let him,
since he has lowered the standard,
join the Jack Johnson aggregation as
the proper place to exercise his lead
ing traits.
Very respectfully,
VIM. BEARDSLEY.
Birmingham, Iowa, Sept. 4.