Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-21
MODERN DAMON
AND PYTH|AS
Stone Addressed Senate on
Subject of Roosevelt
and Taft
SL|MY SERPENT OF AMBITION
Crawled Across Path of Friends
and Divided Them Forever,
He Believes.
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Washington, D. c., May 21-Sena-
tor Stone Of Missouri, today carried
out his purpose of addressing the Sen
ate on The Modern Damon and Py-
thias and Correlated Subjects Pertain
ing to Current Politics.
Damon and Pythias.
"Mr. President he said, amy man
having even an meager knowledge of
ancient lore will recall that story OF
Damon and Pythias and the story of
David and Jonathan. A few years ago
the American people and the civilized
world were given to understand that
here in our dear country we had a re-
production Of these glorious traditions
of the far distant past
Colonel a Modern Damon and Jonathan
We were led to believe that the
combined and consolidated spirit OF
Damon and Jonathan had come out OF
their haven of rest and taken refuge
! in the corpus of Theodore Roosevelt,
and that the combined spirits of Dav-
id and Pythias had in like manner,
come to rest on the ample bosom of
William Howard Taft, Thus. in happy
conjunction. both of those old stories
of ancient lore and love were repro
ouced here in this new world Of ours
for the edification and uplifting of the
human race
/ 1.-TWO Hearts That Beat as Cne''
| Senator Stone, amid laughter, said
! it had been a case Of two souls with
! but a single thought; two hearts thal
! beat as one until the Shiny and pois-
onous serpent of ambition crawled
across the path they were walking and
! divided them. Both had tasted the
bitter sweet of power and liked it ov-
ermuch. Both were tempted and both
| fell"
| Vaudeville Stunts in Politics.
80, instead of peace, we have had
war" the Senator continued, war
a consequence of this ferocious con-
test, the country and the world have
seen series of spectacular vaudeville
stunts in politics without parallel in
the history of our country and which [
deyoutly hope will not again be re-
neated"
Abusing Each Other Like PicI<pockets.
Senator Stone referred to Senator
La Follette's participation in the cam
Iraign and continued MIR. President
lpassing over the personal and party
pspects of this miserable squabble, is
it not truly sad spectacle we are wit
Messing? These worldfamed Repub-
lican leaders have been for months
circling the country, abusing each 9TH
er like pickpockets in language akin
: to the vernacular of fish market or
even something worse.
1 Subject of Laughter.
= "The world outside looks on aghast,
and the press and reading public of
all enlightened nations everywhere
s criticize. cartoon, laugh and taunt.
Sample of Compliments.
= To the amusement of the Senate
Senator Stone read samples" of the
n police exchanges of compliments
f among the three Republican candi
dates. He said he must grant that
l. President Taft "innately a gentleman
f. evidently was reluctant to enter upon
this ruffian fight. He asserted, how
n ever. that the last word in this black
!. chapter of American history" woulc
be written at Chicago.
y Il say last chapter he added, "be
cause | cannot believe that after thi:
= storm of strife and these exposure:
the American electorate will consen
to return the Republican party t.
y power ."
{ He concluded with statement tina
l. the Democratic candidates were con
J. ducting themselves with a sense o
+ propriety.