The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
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Teddy the noisy is again out on
speech making tour Of the country
under the gulse of promoting patrlo-
tism (God save the mark) but In re-
allty to celebrate his return to the
fold Of what he so gratingly and
noisily and vehemently referred to in
his spec hes in 1912 as a coterie Of
"porch climbers, cut throats and
thieves so called "the Republican
party"
Today he is in omaha where he
will noisIly hold forth tonight and all
good citizens Of st. Joseph will be
glad that he gives St Joseph the ego
by" as he will when he passes
through here on the Burlington to-
night enroute for "his home" at Kan
sas City where he helps to edit that
delectable sheet the Kansas City
star. with its management under a
man who less than year ago was a
German subject.
But It Is indeed refreshing to note
that while on this trip to boost his
chances for the next Republican nom
ination for the presidency which he
thinks that he is doing by his contin-
uous abuse Of President Wilson and
the Democratic administration which
IS SO cepahly conducting this great
war, that there are Republican papers
who will not stand for this sort Of
abuse and who have the true hearted
American patriotism to say SO. Read
this from that simon pure organ Of
Repub'icanism the Des Molnes Regis
ter which says:
"Ar. Roosevelt IN his Des Moines
address was much mIlIer than he
has been Of late, much more like his
old self lie was genial. even tenn
porate, and spoke In moderation.
"But almost while he was speaking
his response to Postmaster General
Burlcson was being Incorporated in
the Congressional Record, a response
in which among other things he says:
''The reason FOR my comment I'm the
Kansas CITY Star ana for my previous
article I'm the Metropolitan Nauazine
Is that since the wlr began the adj
ministratiou has used the very great
war powers OF the government over
the public press - -tif1e honest .riti-
cLsu OF governmental inofciulcnCv or
misconduct while cun1oriug (Which
necessarily means euC0ura ginzy pro-
German antelIr and therefore anti .
Amer. am a-.'HttnD. 7 ann not speak .
iuE Of Mr. Rurlsron particularly. but 7
Of the administration Of which he is
"a part' Of the president whose servant .
he is. 7 deal with Mr.. Purleston and .
his actions purely because he is n .
renres utatiNe OF President Wilson .
exactly as is Secretary Baker. exactly F.
rs rs Mr.. Creel President Wilson Is
responsible for everything Postmaster .
General Rurlesrn and Secretary Baker P
and Mr.. Nrecl DO or leave undone." /
"NOw here il the specific cha.-c
that President Wilson has used his
powers to encourage pro- German
agitation, and to suppress decent
criticism Of his own administration,
n charge enormously more serious
Than any brought against Lloyd
George by his most hostile critics, and |
IN England they indulge more free F.
dom Of debate than we do here.
"If there We're any substantial truth /
In these CHARGES, II in fact Nfr Roose- /
welt could point % anything really
worth while. there would stlu he
come question about the timcllness
OF his assault But with nothing
more TO sustain himself than a deep
dislike for the Hearst newspa pers. /
which have at times criticized the
president more bitterly than they
have himself, and feeling OF irrita-
ton over Mr.. Creers spicy letter TO
the editor Of the Metropolitan maga-
zine. It becomes plain that he Is out
OF trouble and does not care much
where he finds =
"Ih. :, 'Register holds no brief for the
president nor for his administration.
but the Register does believe Il 10 he
part OF the patriotic duty OF the hour
To stand by the men who arr In
charge Of this war, and IL refuses to
follow the lead of any man who
would unsettIe the faith Of the people
I'm the integrity OF the gOvcrnment
when his grievances are incidental
rather than real"