The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-21
ROOSEVELT THE NOISY
LCincinnati Recnrd. |

Evidently Theodore Roosevelt has
not thoroughly eliminated the jungle
fever from his system which he
brought home with him from Africa.
The mighty hunter the slayer of big
game, went on a rampage this week
and issued what he assumed would
arouse the American spirit to a fight
ing pitch by declaring himself in
favor of the immediate entry of his
country upon a warfare of general
carnage, in view of the Lusitania
outrage, incidentally criticising the
Presidents plans.
The alleged hero of San Juan Hill
tries to convey the idea that he is
ready to engage in bloodshed His
appetite for gore is something that
cannot be assuaged. If he cannot
see bretheren arrayed against each
other in bloody warfare, he is quite
sure that things are not going right
and that if it ever becomes his duty
to start something" calculated to
bring about that state of affairs
Roosevelt is nothing, if not noisy,
and in this connection it is interest
ing to refer to certain testimony
given in the Barnes-Rooseyelt libel
suit wherein the real Roosevelt is
properly exposed
Said a witness. Less than year
ago Roosevelt agreed the Republic
cans needed him and that he would
go after President Wilson on for
eign treaties and tear him to pieces.
A man entertaining such spleen
against the now president of the
United States cannot be expected to
do otherwise than pull counter to the
peaceful policy so successfully being
carried out by Mr. Wilson. The
country at large will be delighted to
know that this Illumination of the
now discredited Roosevelt has fallen
flat and, as Roosevelt stock has de-
creased in value, Wilson stock has
appreciated until he has the entire
country back of him in his sensible
effort to maintain an honorable
peace
Nothing that Roosevelt has said
or will say can compare with the ut
terauces of the Chief Executive of
the nation, who for humanity's sake
is trying to avoid bloodshed, but in
no respect is indicating weakness.
TO jingoists, such as Theodore the
Bloody, the people of this country
will not listen and the quiet sensible
utterances of the President and his
conduct in conformity Herewith will
pass in to history as a legacy of the
ages, while nervous men of i'll judg-
ment will have passed into oblivion.
Governor Frank b. Willis, after
four months in office, as the chief eX-
eCutive of Ohio, has felt the necess-
ity of coming to the defense Of his
administration This was done at
Portsmouth, at a Republican love
feast Were it not humiliating to a
great state it would be amusing that,
with the Legislature still in session,
the hands-off governor found it nee
essary to tell why he had changed his
attitude. In eXtenuatiOn of the frail-
ties of his administration the COVER
nor of great commonwealth assails
the Democratic minority for what he
calls obstructive tactics, and pays
high compliment to the efficiency of
the Democratic and independent pa
pers of the state, but it is notable
that there is little which has been
done by his administration to which |
he can point with pride" The |
governor stoops to criticism Of the |
agencies which have refused to toady |
to him and again resorts to the loud |
mOuthed campaign tactics which Gre
ated for him all the trouble he is now |
compelled to meet. 1t is yet early |
for the defense he would make of his |
acts. His efforts at criticism of his |
opponents are now most ineffective |
for the simple reason that the people |
of Ohio are not willing to take on
faith anything that he has to say
sufficient time not yet having elapsed |
since his blatant falsity about treas
ury deficit, and other matters Just as
important.
While making his great speech af-
ter four months of administering the
affairs of state Governor Willis for
got all about that little red book
stuff he used so much during the
He failed to state that
not a single state Office outside the
statehouse nd been restored to the
statehouse. Neither did he take the
people into his confidence to the poinl
Of telling them that when the supreme
court had eliminated one of the out
side offices by holding unconstitution-
al the oil inspection law, he immed-
lately drove the legislature into pass
ing the law restoring this useless Of
dee, and in doing so ignored the opin-