Today
Yes, Mr. President.
10,000 W ashingtons.
Shooting the Editor.
Ideas, Not Neckties.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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If President Caolidge had time
to travel through "he country, and
if the people would tell him what
they really think, which they never
do, he would realize that he has
lost hundreds of thousands of per
sonal friends, and hurt the repub
lican party by allowing General
Mitchell to be humiliated and de
moted, to ‘‘save the face” of Mr.
Weeks, who was put into the cabi
net by influences with which Presi
dent Coolidge is not well ac
quainted.
The president of course does not
know the part played by the battle
ship builders and other big business,
in building of cabinets.
He apparently does not realize
that the people of this country are
at least 98 per cent against Mr.
Weeks and in favor of Brigadier
General Mitchell in the aircraft
controversy.
It is a disadvantage to be sur
rounded by individuals that bow
and scrape and always Fay, ‘‘Yes,
Mr. President.”
Dr. Sun Yat Sen. first president
of the first Chinese republic, is
dead.
Many centuries will roll over his
grave in old China, and still there
will be no real republic in that land
of conservatism, gentleness, mis
directed scholarship.
1 You do not create a republic by
changing governments, putting out
one man, and putting in another,
calling the new government ‘‘a re
public.” You must have people
that want a republic, believe in
equality, and know what a republic
is.
Sun Yat Sen, called the George
Washington of China, deserves
| praise, as a brave, sincere man.
Rut a thousand George Wash
ingtons could not have made a re
public of China. Washington had
Cromwell hack of him, and people
of the Cromwell type to fight with
him in New England. He fought
with part of Cromwell's strength.
Jefferson and the others had back
of them the men and ideas that
swept out the French kings, and the
encyclopaedists that cleared the
ground for democratic government,
by preparing men's minds.
Sun Yat Sen was brave and elo
quent. When doctors of the Rocke
feller Institution, reaching out into
distant China, said he was dying of
cancer, he said, “I know it. ’ Sun
Yat Sen performed the first major
surgical operation ever seen in a
Chinese hospital.
While he was building his repub
lican movement, he was captured
by a group of the emperor's sol
diers. They were careful not to
harm him, for they wanted “the hip
reward” to be paid only if Sun Yat
Sen was taken alive. For a dead
Sun Yat Sen the reward would be
smaller. The big reward was to
pay for the pleasure of being able
to torture him, according to the
Chinese custom of a few years ago,
before putting him to death. He
argued with his captors, and they
joined his revolutionary party.
Hugo Bettaur, who published a
villainous immoral magazine in
Vienna, is shot by Otto Rostock,
who explains that he meant to kill
the criminal publisher to “arouse
the moral sentiment of Vienna,"
whose young people are degraded
Jiv such literature as Bettaur pub
lished.
There are in the United States a
few publications that might be im
proved by some emphatic action,
although we haven't things quite
bad enough yet to call for the Otte
Rostock remedy.
At Council Bluffs, Jasper McDon
ald. negro, 27 years old, pleads
guilty to criminal assault, and with
in an hour is sentenced to life im
prisonment. That is better than
a lynching, because of the effect
on public opinion, and respect for
law. There is unfortunately the
possibility of escape.
Why not sentence such criminals
first of all to a surgical operation
that would forever prevent repeti
tion of the crime, and after that a
reasonable sentence at hard labor.
Such punishment might he a deter
rent.
(Topyriichf. 1925.)
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Roosevelt Given
Much Publicity
as Police Head
T. K. Preilict* Republican
Victory fur I8‘)6; Gains
Fat or as New \ ork
(Commissioner.
(As Roosevelt puraiied hi* course of law
enforcemenu while police commissioner of
New Volk, the republican patty leaders
(Thomas t\ Platt, chief) became more and
iimie Infuriated with him. Ohauncey M.
Depew vva** one of those who did not join
m i he < ritlclstn. Depew waa high in the
party. having refused an election as
United Slates senator In IXSi, although
vears later he became senator (1899-1911).
The fiee silver movement, which resulted
eventually in the first nomination of Wil
liam I Hi van (or president, came to the
forefront In 1S91 and 189ft. and waa the.
. hief topic of discussion in national poli
tics. as Roosevelt’* letters to Dodge show.
Bryan was •‘till comparatively unknown
In IM 9 . and th**r« \wa* still talk of Cleve
land's being renominated hy the demo
crats. though he was then serving his
second term.)
London, July 24, ]R93.
Dear Theodore:
Today cornea your better which it
was so good of you to write in the
midst of your |>res« of work that I.
who am only amusing myself, feel
smitten with a sense of jny short
comings. My dear boy. you can never
be egotistic to me. I wanted to hear
about you and your work and Kdi'h
and ti»e children more than anything
else.
You are perfectly right In your po
THE first woman governor—Mrs. Nellie
T. Ross, governor of Wyoming, whose
election was remarkable in that she
was elected to office after the death of her hus
band, the late governor of Wyoming. It only
goes to prove that “the world loves a leader.”
*
Leadership is a product of everlasting effort.
PETER PAN BREAD, made by bakers who
have worked hard to excel in breadmaking for a
period extending over thirty-five years, is find
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sltion. f am a* clear on that point
as ever. How van Clarkson he »o
foolish'.' Platt, of course, thinks you
ire point to wreck the party and
«lttirms. On the other hand Depew,
whom 1 saw, said you were doing
capitally. He stands for a certain
lass of opinion. You are not going
to wreck Ihe party. Yon are tight
uid they will rally to the standard
anil you. 1 wel
come the conflict
with 11111. This is
a piece of really
good fortune and
will help you and
I ne pai iy nmn
Once more In my
opinion you are
ilolng right, and
wisely and splen
didly and building
up a reputation
and establishing a
leadership from
w liich 1 expect
great fruits.
1 am more than ever impressed
with tile vast difference between the
Englishman who has traveled «nd
governed abroad and those who have
not. Many of the latter are apt to tie
insular and self-absorbed and stiff as
a rule, while the former are almost
agreeable and well worth meeting.
Bammie* is looking and is remarka
bly well. Everyone knows Bammie
and she and Captain Cowles seem to
do all that i» done. We had h
glimpse of Douglas and Cortnne** but
they went off to the country at once
:is Corinne was really feeling wretched
ly. If you are wearied out with these
small details of society, turn It over
to Edith. Slie and I love belles let Ires
and have other weak tastes In com
mon. and tills is all written as much
for her as for you.
Best love to Edith and the rhieks.
Do write when you get a chance.
The thing that has most Impressed
up here is the growth of the Cnlted,
■dates—yriu feel It here better than at
everybody
everyday
"Post's
Bran Flakes
as an mince if prevention
Health is your family’s
greatest treasure. Do you
guard it well?
f r r r« , wl
stand by you and behind you becauae
you ate enforcing that particular law .
rhia may he a narrow view, hut it i*
if the greateat political importance*
Kver your*.
H. C. I
Bainmle ia coming home with us
November 16. which ia delightful.
Uodkln 1 hear ia In ' i.ondon. which
may account for the improved atti
tude of the Poet.* •
•New York Evening Poet, edited by E
I,. Host kin
POI.lt'K DKPAKTMKNT
NKW YORK
Augnat 8, 1895.
lion. It. C. I.odge,
Care of .1. S. Morgan & Co., bankers.
I.ondon. Kngkind.
Dear Cabot:
1 am going to write an aiticle on
the republican side of the
silver I a a it e of the next pies!
I'ential campaign for tlie N"
somber Century. Your beloved fel
low patriot. Governor Rnaaell*. is to
take the demo
eratle aide. i
ahould have pre
ferred a sums
what worthier
opponent; but I
was glad to have
h chance of milk
for free silver. Cleveland would nave
standing, but they Won't and h« will
be now here. I think him the wreakee
man that ran be put up. W« ihou .
beat him to death on the third tet ru
issue and need make no other point.
The senlimetU of the count! > ”
against third lerma and sentiment
cannot be reasoned with. 'I hey will
not nominate Cleveland. 1 wish th»>
would. ’
Now a* to the general situation.
Tlie democrats will either declare ■">
free silver or they will not. If they
do. we will bent them surely on a
sharp fight and beat them badly on
that Issue. If they do not and I do
not think they w ill stand on i lie sume
ground as ourselves on silver then
we will whip the life out "f them on
the tariff, foreign policy and general
Incompetency.
The situation seems to tne *ri >
deal and 1 see no escape from it uo
loss we blunder beyond belief in con
gress or there should tie another
frightful panic to upset everything
I am more proud than I can say id
the magnificent fight you have made
and ihe brilliant work you have done
and are doing. You have forged to
I the front tremendously in a very
short Unit*.
Yours ever,
H. C. U
home—and oh. how slarl 1 am to he
an American! How much beuer—ami
then we are ao much more Interest
in* and amusing as a people. .1 hare
been watering (he elections, been to
the polling places In London, and
have collecled a lot of material for an
article which will make our Anglo
Americans sit up.
Tours,
H. C. L.
• \j Ids Anna KoosevHt, HoomvpH k »i»
11 »* v. who was living with ihsjr iOt**«V’haf
tlinianl cousin. .Ihmim Roosevelt—at thwi
tun- at ti** i m i y «»f i li** American embassy
•• Rouseveil's sister Mrs. Douglas Rob
inson.
I'OUl’K DKI’ARTMKNT
NEW YORK
July 30, 1895.
Dear Cabot;
It certainly look.1* to me as if the
silver sentiment was very much on
the wane.
Extraordinary though it seems, 1
do believe that Cleveland is planning
for a third term, ami that he may
be nominated; I think we should beat
him if he was; hut f am by no means
sure that h* would not give us a
good deal of a fight. people are
crazy over him, though I think it is
more our kind of people than the
"masses.
At the presidential ejection all the
southern states are going to go demo
cratic. no matter what they think
about silver. With Cleveland up we
should have a terrific struggle ill
the northeast, unless we make our
fight so uncom.ntomising against free
silver as to deprive us of all chances
with the Rocky mountain states.
However, t ids is the alarmist view
of the situation. In spite of the sub
xldence of the silver era see, and of
the hidebound allegiance of the silver
democrats to t he democratic party, i
cannot help thinking there, will be
much trouble for the democratic* lead
' era «n the financial quest ion; and the^y
have (o fear a bolt in their own tanks.
We only have to fear the Rocky
mountain states.
Our own conventions, from Iowa
east, are coming out all right on the
financial issue, and the good crops
bid fair tn knock the life out of the
populists, so. that I think the chances,
looked at dispassionately, are consid
erably in our favor.
Yours always,
T H KO DORK RCX >K E V E f *T.
P. S. This excise, or rather Sunday
closing, fight is as bitter as ever; hut
I think matters are beginning tn look
better for us. Edith and the children
are well.
Arlington Manor.
Newbury. August .1. 1*95,
Dear Theodore:
I really envy you the work you are
doing •• i* so full of effectiveness and
inipnrian* e. I don't wonder you aie
receiving letters from all over the
country, for you are doing brilliantly.
You are making a great place and
reputation for yourself which "ill lead
surely to even better things. Remem
ber. too. that apart from the great
principle of enforcing all laws there
i« a very large ami powerful body c>f
republicans in the state who will
ing, my own
party position
clear. Anyhow
my article on
Torn Reed will
come out in the
December For.
urn too. I am
very fortunate in
the fuci that at
present almost all of the men who at
tack me are democrats; am! though
1 am administering this law in an
absolutely nonpartisan wav; vet the
tepublicans apprec iate that 1 am their
most effective champion: and my
support among the republican* (and
decent people generally) is very
Miong but theie is a very serious de
fection from us among the German*.
Kdith, of course, persist* in regard
ing me as a frail invalid needing con
ut ant attention; and when I spend a
night or two in town *h^ sometime*
romes in and spends it with me. In
fine way. however. I think this doe*
ier go#d because she get* away from
the children, and usually spends a
iniet day in the society library.
I haVe just had a beautiful time
rt the Catholic total abstinence silver
jubilee A democratic state senator
named O'Sullivan dragged politics in
to the affair and attacked Meyer
Strong and myself. I followed and
ivc-nt for him red handed, and never
n my life did I receive such an ova
tion.
Kdith hr*'great fun driving the two
ponies. which :u e in fine feather and
she and her sister are genm to begin
iding. 1 have not had mv leg across
a horse since 1 last rode "Gladstone.'
*• I guess ray riding and shooting
lav* are pretty well over. Indeed for
he la*t thiee months about ali of
mv time li«s been taken up with the
police department; but 1 find it very
interesting.
Best love to Nannie.
, Always \.m*.
T H KOCH )R K HOC >S K V KI .T.
•<b.v*-ner Ru-»*l| of hu»C’c
•*.V h'KHor of min* H ('. 1,.
I
T/»ndon, August Id. 1SJH5.
Dear Theodore:
If the republican* were to de<lsie
New York, August 2'2. 1*95
Dear Cabot:
Jxist Sunday I spent hi town wit'.
Jamb nils driving and walking a bow
for nine hours to see for ouraehe.
exactly how the excise law wua ei;
forced. 1 had no idea how complet*
our success was, not 4 |ier eetit o
the saloons were open and these were
doing business wtih the grentes
secrecy and to a most limited extent
W'e have really won a great trlumpl
so far; of course we cannot let up
on the strain at all.
I have now begun to think that we ^
ought not to have the saloon* open
on Sundays and that all we need In
the way of changing the law la to
alter certain of Its provisions ee« as
to make it easier to enforce. But
publicly 1 have resolutely declined
to take any jtosition except to sa>
that 1 stood squarely on the plank
of honestly enforcing the law. '1 he
World and Journal nearly hate
epilepay over me; there are very few
crimes which they do not accuse m<
of committing, and they are united
in portraying me as spending m>
Sundays drinking heavily in th»
I nion League club.
Best love to Nannie.
Yours always,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
p. S. Anecodote for Nannie:
Ted (who now begin* to ride and
swim quite decently and to shoot a
Flobert riflel the other day loosed
meditatively at hi* scarred little bare
leas and remarked "How mm j
browner and harder my leg* are than
(other part* of me—my stomach fot
i instance."
( T« K# Continued >
Mrs. Jane Talinan Dies
al Son s Home in Fresno
Beatrice, March 13.—Annoume
ment has been received here of the
death of Mrs Jane Talman, former!}
a tesident of Rockford, at the home
of her son. Ray. at Fresno. Tal.. *«
the result of a fall a few weeks ago*
in which she sustained a broken hip.
She was S4 >e»rs of age. Burma
was at Fresno.
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