The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-15
"AMMl" ON ROOSEVELT.
The Modern JlAius Turns His AtteA'
ton 10 the Gallant Colonel.

The Modern JANUS Turns His Atten.
ton 10 the Gallant Colonel.
To the EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. How
holly burns the Indignation Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt over the humiliation of
our country by the Democratic party.
How bitterly. how stinsingly. and
to some extent how Justly, he scathes
our Democratic President.
In Mexico and on the high seas
foreign Governments have violated nj
rights, insulted Dur sovereignty and
destroyed the property and lives of
\ our citizens.
Never before has the protection Of
our nag been withheld from u people
abroad. Never before has It meant 80
little to them.
A fair weather aggregation Is De-
mocracy. In every great crisis the
weakness and Incompetence Of It's
leadership 10 demonstrated. It's pres.
ent narrow. %visionless policy. its timid.
spineless treatment of vital problems
Of state have brought the blush Of
shame N humiliation to Mr.. Roose-
welt and many Americans.
Passionately. %furiously, the oracle Of
| Oyster Bay strives to pull down and
lestroy the structure reared by his
own political treason.
For every check to American prog
ress, for every humiliation and wrong
resulting from mismanagement OF ma
tionai affairs by the Wilson Admins.
tration. Theodore Roosevelt Is alone
responsible. Democratic supremacy Is
l ~ ME A0.p vNAh-
His friends, his party, the public,
honored and trusted him. and politi-
cally he betrayed them all. And the
penalty Ia isolation. II II not 30?
Where are the %applauding millions
| Of Yesterday?
Where are the multitudes who
warmed his heart with praise and ap-
probation q few short years ago?
Then no was surrounded with great
leaders in American life, whose friend
ship and support sustained and hon
! ored him.
Then even his political enemies were
glad to award him credit and to do
him honor.
Where are these eminent friends
and admirers OF yesterday?
Gone-gone with the %applaudlng
millions.
Political duplicity means more than
political death.
The way Of tho political dictator Is
full Of woe.
Mr.. Roosevelt has impaied himself
upon the sword of public opinion.
A national defence policy Is now
| popular. Mr.. Roosevelt therefore UNI
dertakes to m~onopolize It. Herewith
TO ride back into popular favor.
His clamorous appeal to the public
to listen and to follow his leadership
Is pitifui. The voice which once held
the attention OF the entire world now
roars I'm vain. His words blow away
with the wind, and the multitude heads
them not.
Even an efficient servant may fool
the public once too often.
He broke faith with the American
people when he violated his word on
the third term question.
He fooled the people about the "ille-
gally selected delegates who voted for
Taft at the Chicago convention. II
the had switched to Roosevelt he
would have sung their praises as
strenuously as he denounced them for
refusing 10 be driven by him.
He took these same negro votes four
years before and was glad 10 get
them.
Swollen with pride and esotism, OBJ
sessed with the notion that all politi-
cal wisdom and virtue had finally set
tied in him. he dashed fearlessly over
the breastworks and undertook TO cap
ture both OF the great parties single
handed.
He spurned the wisdom and leader
ship of such advisers as Root. Taft.
Lodge. Fairbanks. Cannon. Hughes,
Depew and sherman. and substituted
statesmen Of the callbre OF Pinchot,
Lindsey. Finn and Jane Adams.
Personal friendships were aprar-
entity broken along with political ties,
We never hear Of his meeting the
eminent men who for so many years
were his intimate associates and coun-