The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-05

Here led t8 believe that the combined #
land consolidated spirits Of Damon and +
Jonathan. one Of these lovely twain,
1 had come out of their haven 81 rest 4
land takea refuge in the corpus Of Z
Theodore Roosevelt and that the com /
+ bined spirits Of David and Pythias had
iin ike manner come 10 rest on the
ample bosom OF William Howard Taft
as the Abraham OF his day Thus 10
/ happy conjunction both Of these old
stories Of ancient lore and love were
reproduced here in this new world O
ours for the edificatlon and uiliiting
OF the human race. But things have
happened since, and are happening
now, to demonstrate in a way the
/ Ifickleness Of human affairs and the
/ difference between men Of ancient and
modern times. For years the sussspr-
ible and too guIlibie American people
were felicitous in the thought that
these two supposedly great Americans
were indissolubly united in patriotic
devotion to the public welfare
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
And 50 II continued until the Shiny,
poisonous serpent Of ambition crawled
across the path they were walking and
divided them. This serpent was the
same old serpent who invaded the
Garden Of Eden. He comes into the
world off and on, and too often in di-
verse forms and with many varieties
Of temptation In this instance he ap-
peared as the yaulting angel Of ambi-
ton, pointing each Of these mighty
men and erstwhile devoted friends to
the dazzling bauble Of temporal power.
Both had tasted the blttersweet Of
power and liked it oyermuch. Both
were tempted and both fell Each
craYed too much the limelight and the
luscious plum OF place and power. AS
a result both threw sweet friendship
to the winds and poised their spears
for a mortal combat for the thing
this thing Of power each most de-
sired. For years they had walked arm
in arm along Towering paths and UNI
der blue skies bending low Then
came this satanic angel Of ambition
waving his hands, and, presto!
changel dark cloud spread over tho
sky Instead Of peace we have had
war-war with knives and knives to
the hilt AS a consequence Of this
ferocious contest the country and the
world has been treated to a series OF
spectacular vaudeville stunts in poll
tics without a parallel in our history
and which deyoutly hope will not be
again repeated. This titanic struggle
has been waged between the most
eminent leaders Of one Of our great
political parties the Republican partS
which for the most part has, unfor
tunately and under many beguiline
but false protenses, controlled the des
tihies Of the nation for more than 1
generation. It has been waged be
tween candidates for the nomination
! o. this party to the great office oI
) president One Of these candidates is
now president OF the United States anC
another has been president And be
I sides these two there is still another
conspicuous Republican leader, Mr. =;
{ Toilette, now senator in congress
! who seeks this exalted station. Thil
t struggle has been and is being wage'
2 with a maddenlng ferocity betweei
S these exceptionally distinguished mel
and their closest and most trusted al
:. lies and confidential advisers.
Mr. President, passing over th'
|. personal and party aspects Of thi
4 miserable squabble. is it not truly
d sad spectacle We are witnessing
1 These world-iamed party leaders hav
been for months cireling the country
running from ocean to ocean, appeal
ing to their party friends, state b
state, for support Of their respectiv
candidates. and In 'transitu' day afte
day, many times repeated. abusin
each other like pickpockcts in Ian
guage akin to the yernacular of a fis
market or even something worse. tn
world outside looks on aghast, and th
press and the reading public OF FL
rope and ali the enlightened nation
everywhere criticise, cartoon, laugh
and taunt If, indeed the salnted dea
are permitted to look down and viel
the transitory scenes OF this world i
which they were once mighty actors
what think YOU Washington, Jeffei
son, Lincoln and other great pres
dents Of the past would thIal of tn