The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-05
WASHINGTON.
legislative and Gem
eraI Topics from
the CapitaI.>
Especial Correspondence to the Citizen.l
Washington. Anril |. 1912.

lSPecih correspondence 10 the Citi2en.1
Washington April |, 1912.
AT last the people are taking the meas
ure of Theodore Roosevelt | have
| studied hlm at close quarters for the last
! fifteen wears and have been cussed out
:. by hero worshpers a number OF times be-
| cause | have said in print over my own
signature that he was a iakir, four
! iiuSher and sde-Stepper. The people
are now beginning to find out that my es-
! innate of him was correct. In his latest
! speech in New York he proved every
\ thing that have ever said about him TO
be absolutely correct. He. made Mr..
! Taft President of the United States, and
/ in that speech he took back everything
! that he had ever said about Taft and be-
meaned HIM and his admins ration in y
| every way he possibly could and said
worse things about him than any Demo-
crat has ever attempted to say The
| truth IS becoming apparent. AS | said
IN tins correspondence not long ago,
| Roosevelt will become the most thor
oughly diScredied man in the United
! States. He is angry, not SO much at Mr..
! Taft as at the fact that he sees his popu-
! larity is sim ,ly noise and nothing else.
! His condition now is like that of a rattle
snake in the month of August when he is
blind and striking at everything he hears.
! This will do Taft no harm but will hurtN
! Roosevelt with the thinking people of
this country, no matter what their opinion
of him has been previously. He has
been bowling for preferential primaries
! on vote iOl President and he got on"
the other day in North Dakota for TaftM
really was not running, and when the
only real progressive Republican was
| candidate in the person of La Follette
| who beat him 10 a trazZle. He now sees
where he stands and knows that he has I'd
beat La Toilette in all the States that con
tain progressive Republicans instead o
| Taft. and that he has no more show fol
the nomination at Chicago than a one
legged man 81 a kicking match. This al
makes the Democratic leaders here id
Washington smile a broad smile and pa
themselves affectionatelv because
means split in the Republican ranks
that cannot he healed during the cam
paign after the conventions are held
| therefore, means Democratic President
The political leaders in Washington
are gossipmg considerably anent the lat
est phase IN the Honorable ChamI
Clarks candidacy for the President OF
the Democratic ticket for the reason tha
Western people and accounts largely fo
his popularity in that section Of the coun
try.
During Rooseveit's administration thI
faddiStS began howl that the public do
main was being Squandered and take
away from poSerity and that poSterit
would have nothing if all the lands were
| settled up in this generation. The Hon
| orable Champ Clark has been advoCatin5
strenuouSly that the only way to stop tn
emigration ol the farmers of this country 4
Canada, was to open up all public land
to settlement by people now on earth.
the language of the Irishman, What th
diNil has posterity ever done for us"
The truth Of the matter is that the Hon
orabe Champ Clark is a constructive
statesmen of today and is absolutely cor
rect when he says the public lands shoul
be opened up for settlers and stop the ex
GduS of farmers to Canada, which wi
prove one of the factors in reducing tn
cost of living. He believes, as does ever
man who is a statesman and looks aheaC
that this is the only way to check the re
moval to the cities and the congestio
therein of all the immigration to tn
country from foreign lands and give ther
an opportunity to seek homes on publ
lands and enhance the farming lands 4
the country to help feed the masses.
The friends of Speaker Clark seem
be very much elated over the fact thu
the Republican politicians in Washington
are beginning to dig up his record for tn
reason that they believe that he is tn
man they have got to beat next Noven
Der. therefore, presaging his nominatio
at Baltimore.
Manager Fred T. Dubois, of the Clar
headquarters, former Senator from Idaho
says he is very glad that the Republican,
are digging up Mr.. Clark's s record. H
says if they had waited a few days,
would have furnished them with M
Clark'S record free of any cost to then
inasmuch as he is having that record prd
pared to send out all over the countr
He believes that it is the proper thing
do and that every candidate for Pres
dent, whether on the Democratic or RI
publican ticket, ought to have his recon
spread before the people so that the ped
pie may Judge Of the man who is cand
date and tell by his record whether or nc
he is worthy Of confidence.
Mr. Dubois wants every Democrat wl
is running to have his record spread b
fore the people, that the people ma
Judge of the kind of man who is presen
ing MS name Tor their SURFACES, an
whether or not he is the man to whor
they may give their preference. He say
he believes that any man who is cand
date for President. who is unwilling
stand on his record as Democrat. an
who is not willing to have it scanne
thoroughly by the people of this country
is not good man for the people to vot
for He says their is no intention on tn
part of Speaker Clark, or his friends, t
dodge this issue and he sincerely hope
that every man whose name has bee
mentioned as possible candidate for tn
Presidency on the Democratic ticket wi
insist that his pastsrecord as a Democra
be spread before the people and feels tn
his man. the Honorable Champ Clarl
will lose nothing IN the comparison.
CHAs. A. EDWARDS.