New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-04
Why / Want Teddy
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myself apropOs OF Aecdy. n regular cisroI,x
act il will be: before 7 am done 7 may ev,,
take off my flesh and st IN ny bones" AID
if YOU think me i rather uniilustrious Der.
former FOR so distinguished a party, why, man
alive. that is the beauty Of It. Aching WITH
insigriGcancc, buried in deserved obscurty.
I represent the biggest ta-rg ort-ny nan.
Mr.. American Voter. .iy case covers your,
It more than covers <. have been throun
every conceivable phase Of Teddy.sm, near.
Teddyisn. tired-of-Teddyism, and downright.
abominable, devilish, d.sinher.ting &na-Td-
acknowledgements, yet here an again
wanting Teddy.
/ went Progressive because Suddenly tier.
arose in America the idea that a. e1rainis..s.
ton could violate its campaign promises End
live to tell the tale; aso The idea that major
ity rule had gone out Of fashion. resented
both When a party pledged to regisc ii.
tariff downward revised it upward, I Kicked.
When a majority for Teddy got run out by a
minority for Taft. kicked again. Beautiful
kicks they were. They succeeded Title for a
history of Bourbonsm in America 1T Never
Can Happen Again" But-but.--
A vote for Teddy was vote for Wilson. I
knew it. SO did we all. But was not afraid
of Wilson. A nice, polite, parlory person, 70
in books, tenderly reared at his mothers knee,
and warranted not to call names. In word,
the most polished Of highbrows. We elected
him. Then what?
Three hundred yards from the spot where
write stands shed marked Danger. Dyna.
mite" You don't tame lis contents by sticking
up a sign, Nothing spunky in here, so peg
rocks if you want" You only invite rocks.
Little ones, first and badly aimed. Then few
that bounce off. More of same, and worse
Lusitania affairs, Arabic affairs Sussex al.
>fairs-but as yet nothing serious. Nobody
disturbed, particularly. Nobody anxious. Bu.
wait. Finally tip-top slam-banger, and then
--whoop.la God pity the shed; yes, and tbs
scenery
No good comes Of false colors. Still less
comes of false labels on dynamite Any ia,
the tip-top slam-banger may land fair and
square. America is not dead, but sleeping
She has not changed. Bryan enlisted Giye1
the chance, he will do it agan. Henry Ford
will, and Senator Bartholdt. and Woodrow VII
son himself. Il is the stuff Americans are
made of.
do not want that row To prevent il,
want Americans to knock off fooling the world
and themselves and their youngsters To pre-.
vent it, | want them armed 70 the teeth Ia
prevent it. | want an end of the humbug that
invites not only an explosion but colossal and
inevitable disaster. That is why want Teddy
He has the right idea Of correct dress for men
Khaki will be much worn. Yellow is going out
along with self-deception and makebees
meekness. We shall ape Teddy? What of it!
We aped Teddy for seven honest years and
were never so unaffectedly ourselves
Moreover, he will put back that sign on the
shed, Danger Dynamite" He is for ns
tional defence. BY the same token he is for
pecce. Whereat Wson-good heavensl For.
nally, theoretically, -sophistically, we are at
peace. Actually, we are at war, both hands
tied behind us, and getting licked 1t is 8
great diplomatic victory"
An exceedingly nasty world burst into view
in 1914. None of it loves us. Part Of it hates
us, and takes pains to rub it in. could say,
They've got to quit kickin' our dawg around
except that it is not "our dawg' BIZ long
shot, but the American Bald Eagle. They viii
not quit "kckin it around" till they get
facer. This is where Teddy comes in. As
facer.
The world knows Teddy's grit, his inability
to stomach shame, or discount the blazing dif.
ference between right and wrong. or keep
Sinking while American infants are slsugh.
tered at sea. 1t knows his Americanism. II
knows that the supreme secret Of his great
ness is his commences that he is unusual only
IN representing an entire people at its brav'
est, its frankest, its keenest You can't bunc'
Teddy. You hit him at your peril. With
Teddy on top, America is a nation Of 1eddys
and owns up to it and is proud 70. There
fore, from the standpoint Of an exceedingly
nasty world, none Of it loving US. part OF
hating us, away with Teddy
am in no haste to see America do thai
world the favor. What want is to see Amer
lea give that world thump between the eyes.
Nothing simpler. All Europe learned tns'
1000 horsemen" lay in wait at Chicago "
ride down the stand-p atters" when Tedd,
gave the word. | was abroad at the time, ana
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