The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-27
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington City.
October 22nd, 1915

do not know what others may
think, but to my mind, Teddy Roos
evelt is acting more like an I'M
couth ward politician than an ex-
president; more like peanut agita-
tor that broad minded and scholar
ly statesman He may be a great
man; / will not attempt to contro-
vert this idea but / cannot help be-
lieve. and must also proclaim it,
that he can, at intervals, be very
little" man. The dignified course
of ex-president Taft is CONCEDED by
everybody to be superb; the undig-
nified and balderdashic loquacity
of the swashbuckling Teddy is not
disputed by any one. 1t would not
country with common fairness to
even intimate that it will for a
moment consider or be influenced
by the vitriolic vituperation and
personally bitter denunciations of
the President by the egotistical and
self-laudatory Colonel. Tin my judg-
thing that would bring itself into
such superlative contempt as taking
cognizance of such utterance as Mr..
Roosevelt is now regaling the coun-
try with. OF all the bravado blus-
tering and bluffing criticism he has
made upon Mr.. Wilson he has not
yet succeeded in landing one logical
objection against his administra-
ton. The only thing his present
course reminds me of is the scathing
sulphuric and bitter epithets that
he hurled at the very party he is
lauding to the skies now. in 1912.
Then the party, according to Teddy,
skunk in the nostriIs of an honest
man. With all his extensive ,vocab-
ulary he could not then find words
with which to express his profound
disgust and contempt of the Repub-
lican Party, but | think everybody
saw through his policies at that
time, and | think they thoroughly
see through his motives now. He
wanted Sto beat Taft because he
could not dominate him; he wishes
to beat Mr. Wilson now for practic-
ally the same reason, not so much
because he cannot actually domin-
ate him, but because Mr.. Wilson
doesn't in the least regard his in
fluence.
l wonder if the intelligent farm
ers of Northeast Georgia are going
to run off after this erratic, tenn
pestuous jackolantern? | wonder if
they are going to heed the Unsuitable
cry of cabal of politicians whose
only purpose and sole ambition is to
land at the pie-counter," or under
the Federal plum tree" in the ev-
ent the Great Democratic Party is
defeated in the coming National
contest. In the event Judge Hughes
should be elected this small coterie
of patriotic Statewide and Nation
al Republicans" want to come to
Washington in great pomp and gus
to and demand their pie" declar-
ing at the same time 1--WE have a
growing party organization in Geor-
gia' see our vote in the last cleo
ton. | don't want any party ele-
waited to power in this country that
doesn't have as it's first and prime
object. equal, exact and impartial
legislation for all | would not
Knowingly cooperate with any par
ty clandestinly conniving to legis-
late in favor of special privileges
as against the masses. / do not be.
lieye that few sagacious and ambi-
dextrious gentlemen" can hood.
wink the intelligent yoemanry OF
Georgia into voting for the Repub.
lfcan Party. We all know any OBJ.
server fully understands that the
Republican Party has been the
friend of special privileges" pred
atory wealth and loaded-dice bust
ness methods" that it is the friend
of the exploiters of children and
of greedy concessionaires their vast
fortunes against Americanism ana
manhood.
l have seen in the past week in
the big Metropolitan dailies asser-
tions along the line that if "muni-
tions of war" were not sent out
from Republican headquarters to
Ohio and Indiana Immediately these
States would be caught in the tidal
wave of Wilson landslide on the