Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-05
A PEACE AT ANY PRICE" MEETING

While the English is in many respects the most
dynamic and expressive of all languages well calculated
as SAKE says TO praise saint damn sinner; it is
deficient in the fine and nicer shades of distinction
possessed by the Latin languages The Spanards have
term for certain dish much favored by them which they
call an "ola podrida" Webster defines the term "A
favorte Spanish dish consisting of meat chopped fine
and boiled or stewed with vegetables, Oio. Jonson in
his older dictionary defines it can incongruous mix
ture or miscellaneous collection an oio hodgepodge
medley" An ola is earthen pot vessel used for
cooking; and often also for cooling water. "Podlda
means literally, "rotten," and the two combined "a rot
ten pot 1t is apt term because the dish was com
posed generally of remnants left from previous meals and
which, like sailors ashore get steWed together 1t is
term peculiarly fitted to describe that meeting at New
York Tuesday night which was literally political olla
podrida."
There was Hughes as the central figure, ostensbly;
candidate whom of those present wanted to have
the nomination. and of whom Teddy spoke in rather
sighting terms before he was nominated and pushed
Teddys out Of joint. Teddy was there and shook
hands with Taft with sort of 81 uld-keto-wecome
HIM with bloody ospitabe grave look on his
warlike features Taft there smiling and ne really
smiled for he of the whole bunch has saving sense OF
humor and he had to smile as he the colonel clasp
hands with Boise Penrose and pump handle the strong
right of Murray Crane Then there was Ellhu Root
who managed the Taft campaign against Teddy and
caused things to be said about him than the
democrats ever thought Of There was William Barnes,
of New York who for three years has Laid awake
at nights thinking up adlectlvolous and adverbla
prehXes for Colonel Roosevelt Barnes somehow did
not aSsimiate. lie says: "lhe crowd was so large l.
couldn't get near Roosevelt" and he told the truth.
crowd consisting of Barnes and the Colonel would be
big enough to insure this. Then there CLANCY De-
pew absolutely out of place because there were no
speeches to be made but fitting representative of past
age of the party He pretty stale remnant for the
ola but it is dish requiring all kinds and he fitted in
Taft remnant of four years ago. Roosevelt fragmentay
pieces left from political explosion at Chicago last June;
Boise Penrose remnant of boss rule in Pennsylvania;
Murray Crane remnant of the old guard, splash from
the vinegar cruet far the colonel concerned but
giving piouancy to the mixture; William Barnes with
political reputation that is all remnants of everything but
ecency and there was besides lesser remnants scraps
and crumbs from the political table not Of much size but
all helping make the political dish have many separate
and distinct avors that of them preponderated OF
could be distinguished
1t was the most remarkable peace at any price meet
ing ever assembled and surely the price must have been
indeed high for of them especially Teddy the siren
uos one who dies often but compromises or accepts
the other fellows terms.