Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-02-28

resolution by the Democrats in Con.
gress, served to arouse the fighting
spirit of George Alfred Townsend
the veteran American newspaper wri
ter, whose letters over the pen name
of Cath are we'll remembered. His
letters were the most brilliant and
influential of all political criticism
Mr.. Townsend LAS retired. but is
now in New York, and the follow
ing letter published in the New
Cork Evening Mail shows that his
intimacy with political events is as
| keen as ever. Following is the letter
When the ConsistCry ordered Cali
leo to abandon astronomy and hush
up about the revolution of the earth,
the irrepressible Tuscan went at me-
Chanics and proved most of the laws
| of motion. When they have forbid
den Col. Roosevelt to stand in the
| armament, he may turn his atten-
ZION to the Democratic party and,
! like Michael Angelo. put ears upon
his censOrs.
Congressman Garner, of Texas,
says out loud that he wants to retire
Roosevelt because he can be eleked
and Taft can't. Garner has had on
! ly five terms, or ten years, in Con-
sress. Why doesn't he retire?
Jim Slayden, Of Texas, who is to
resolve Roosevelt out, has had eight
terms in Congress, or sixteen years,
as many as Jefferson and Madison ha
~ many as jefferson and Madison
lad together in the presidency. A
fine retirer is jim.
Then Billy Rucker. of Missouri.
whose committee is to bounce Roose-
.elt. had three terms of district at
|torney, a six years term as judge
and has been seven times in Congress
He should notstand upon the order
OF his going. but so at once.
They want to help to superstition
ize Roosevelt out of his function. tie
was once elected Vice-President, once
President and withdrew himslf and
manufactured Taft True, Roosevelt
had as econd term shooting lions and
regulating Egypt in Guildhall, but
Taft can shoot some more. Roose
veit's specimens are not yet noun
sed for tear they will prevade the
museum.
In the year 1875 short lived DEM
ocratic Congress, like this one, pass
ed Billy Springer's resolution that
Grant must not be reelected He
then had fifteen months more to serve
but Democratir congresses lose no
time in marooning contemporary ia
lent 1t was supposed Grant would
stand again Before he went out he
|i1eld The government quite against
|IIenry Watterson's 100000 men in
huckram Both sides breathed:
THANK God, I'D Grant is there y
The Hayes-Tilden rilction had taken
lHace, and Billy Springer got up a
dead sure thing to seat Tilden by an
electoral tribunal. 1t was real Demo-
keratic politics. A number of Judges
we're specified who would give Tilden
a majority of one. There was no
doubt about it till David Davis let go
TO spit on his hands, and that reared
UP a substitute judge, who voted for
Hayes.
You should have heard Billy
Springer roar He denounced his oW
commission. Davis came from Billys
own state. which made the dart to
culver in Billy's heart. The south
eyn Confederacy would not revolt bat
| remarked "Whatever Gen. Grant
| does We swear by - So Billy lost
Democratic caste. Let Slayden cash
cut.
| Slayden is next going to move one
| term Presidents, so that Washington
Jefferson. Madison, Monroe and Jack
son WILDE striped as "usurpers." Stay
den does this to show that he does
not mean Roosevelt. Slayden looks
/ just Of the size to re-elect William
Howard Taft. II the people are
it Overthrew the Bourbon monarchy
Let US assume that these opinions are
correct, what then is it, that is driv
ing the American people toward revo
luton and 1.-THE rule of the mob?'
What urged the French people on tt
that awful climax of popular passion
and vengeance? Ths masses do no
drive themselves into revolt. Their
would have been no French revolution
hnt for the stubborn arrOpance of fh,