The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-06-28
HdrumSCdrum Teddy.

reason to rejoice that Theodore
Roosevelt-or Harum Scarum Ted
dy-was not made the standard
bearer of the Republican party.
Theodore Roosevelt has proven to
all thinking American people that
his great (?) principles count for
naught when his personal ambl-
tions are at stake. He has shown
himself to be modern Judas Is
CARROT. He would jeopardize the
Republican party and the welfare
of the nation because of the repu-
diation he has receive1-one that
should have been even far greater
to lessen his abnormal egotism.
The events which came thick
and fast during and prior to the
republican national convention,
have made the great majority look
upon the Oyster bay candidate as
more of an unconscious joculator
than ever. Think of the utter lack
of dignity of the man, who, be-
cause the delegates in convention
refused to humiliate President Taft
and elevate this inflated bag of ego
tism, now wanting to even up"
by forming the National Progress
sive Party, SO that HE-Ieddy
Roosevelt can be the shining light
and attempt to cruelty those who
have dared to deny him a third
term, an effort in which he has
masqueraded under the guise Of a
reformer, playing directly into the
hands of the monopolistic power
deliberately robbing LaFollette
and Bryan of their political plum
der and at the same time trying to
fool the masses. AS Barnum said,
the American people like to be
humbugged. Teddy succeeded
admirably for a number of years
and yet has his adherents who, as
yet, have been unable to scratch
the bark from the body polite and
detect the worm-holes.
The trouble with the Republican
party of recent years-and the
Democratic party as well-has
been that there has been too much
ipclemency within their ranks, gen.
Grated by such political absurdi-
ties as Roosevelt, who would sell
his political birth-right for a mess
of pottage. He has amply demon
strated this characteristic to those
who have sifted the political situa-
ton. His dominating tactics have
crowned him "Omnivorous Teddy,
who eats 'em alive. He has dis
played an appalling overaction, OBJ
durate to the extremity. Every
good republican should glory in
the knowledge that Teddy wants a
new party and all should Join in
earnest prayer that he'll get it-for
without him the Republican party
will fare far greater.
Some have taken the fact that
Senator LaFollette only had forty
one delegates in the national con-
vention to belittle him. 1t can be
said to the credit of LaFollette and
his managers that they played a
good political game. The senior
senator has again shown, unlike
Roosevelt, that he is content to
to stay by and work out his cher
ished political reforms within the
party that has dealt kindly by him.
With his faults, LaFollette will be
in the ascendency when the man
of big stick fame is down and out
politically.
The campaign waged by Roose-
welt and his followers has been
one of far less dignity than has
ever been displayed by man seek
ing presidential honors. It is
a blessing to the nation that Teddy
has received a reputation. The
fact is, he is a too uncertain and
dangerous a quantity to be in the
presidential chair. In the begin
ming of his occupancy of this high
position, he would listen to the adj
vice and counsel of leaders of his
party. But time and honors have
turned his head till it can be said
that he is either abnormally self
inflated or bordering on insanity.
In any event, Teddy is not right.
Taft and Sherman