| Show I i I The Tile Inevitable Fate of the Bolter II Places the tile New Party in in Quarantine I I II III I 0 THOSE former active and enthusiastic adherents of Colonel I To J I Roosevelt Hoose who ho have been considering r whether 1 they will follow lottery I 1 him in his holt bolt browse with him i in n pastures now thc the inI inevitable in in- in- in I evitable c fate of the bolter as pictured by the history of American polI politics pol pol- polities I is sounding an ominous warning Daily comes the news that this or that former worshiper of the colonel supposedly ehart charter r members members' members mem mem- I bers bers' of the Order of the Bull Moose after long and silent sessions with themselves have decided d that the old pastures within the party pad I enclosure where they know the of tho the provender are arc preferable preferable preferable erable to new pastures where the grazing is only experimental mental and the presence of fodder is extremely doubtful The Tho turgid political history of seventy years cars has hns shown them that dint the bolter has nothing to show for for his bolting but the amusement of it Amusement is is entertaining entertaining enter enter- taming but it butters no parsnips nor docs lees it buy shoes for little Willie Among those who beat their heads in vain vain against the thc solid wall of party regularity at Chicago and who have since sinco decided that flint as a protection this same samo old wall has its recommendations and good qualities ides Hies arc are Governor Deneen of Illinois i c Governor Hadley of Missouri I Senator Cummins of Iowa Iova Senator Kenyon of Iowa Senator Borah of Idaho Ormsby l Governor Go Aldrich of or N Nebraska and scores of others others lesser r lights only important as they point a moral As I between the elephant and the bull hull moose for staying power and the ability to furnish shelter in the time time- of storm the they have ho once e more pinned finned their faith to tho the form former 01 As between the dwindling hosts who U went went up to Armageddon to battle for the I Lord rd and the great party y which has held the reigns of power for half a n century a moments moment's reflection c convinces n them that there is but hut one lamp by which the I feet may be guided the guided the lump lamp of experience experience and and th that t the most successful successful suc suc- suc- suc way y to judge the future is by tho the past The history of those who in in days duys that are arc gone have o thought themselves themselves them them- themselves I selves greater than their party and who raised the standard of revolt re- re volt is so 50 familiar that recital of it hero is unnecessary The captains captains cap cap- captains of the tens and of tho the hundreds and of tho thousands who assembled ast assembled as as- as- as t at Chi Chicago ago under the Roosevelt banner are ambitious men politicians mostly They favored Colonel Roosevelt Roose chiefly because tho the bull moose on the tho rampage is is a fearsome animal and few can withstand withstand withstand with with- stand his onslaught they believed belie the colonel would win and from the spoils in tho the distance could their olfactory nerves sense a savory odor odor that brought pleasant visions pleasant visions of pie But tho the bull moose who I has Las his head immovable wall until his butted shaggy against an glittering guttering glit gut I t teeth eth grind together his bis dental grin loses its effulgence and acid andI his abbreviated caudal appendage that pointed upward like an ori- ori ori- ori I flamme of war is carried dangerously near the ground looking as asI I though somebody had stepped on it it that that S sort rt of a bull moose is is neither an inspiring nor promising sight And so tho the captains of tens of hundreds and of thousands have bave fallen away from the colonel and the Order of the Bull Moose as though stricken by a pestilence I the inevitable fate of the bolter looks to them like a smallpox placard and the third party is in most effective affective quarantine The illegitimate son of the medieval medie noble was entitled to display display display dis dis- dis- dis play the tIle armorial bearing bearings of his house and to flaunt its quarter- quarter ings but boldly across them ran tho the bar sinister which proclaimed to all aU and sundI sundry sundry- that his fond parents had never celebrated a nuptial nuptial nuptial mas mass To the bearer it meant an end of ambition since preferment prefer prefer- m went ment nt could coul not be he his even in those days o of lax morals The bar sinister sinister sinister sin sin- ister of or party irregularity irregularity- tit Has lias blighted the prospects of the bolter boIter ever er since the electors of the nation divided on party lines and none knows this better bettel than those who ranged themselves under the standard of the bull moose at Chicago but JUt who ran 1311 for cover when the champion beast of the tho Maine woods leaped the tho party fence and ranged rang at will on the tho public highway None Kone is so cool and calculating as your budding budding- politician who WIIO has decided to be a statesman The premonitory chill chilI with which ch the cold winds of political adversity vouchsafe warning warming of their approach strikes terror to his heart The biblical promise that the tho wind shall shah be tempered to the shorn lamb Iamb holds no lure for him for the lamb that is shorn has hns lost its wool the wool that ha has gone shields not from the Boreas blasts of or winter The shorn political lamb excites no sympathy merely derision The summer promises to be he warm the vacation season is almost r ripe pe the tile sea season when one t thinks as he sits on on the bank of the stream fishing rod in m in hand or or climbs the mountain or Ol re revels reels els in the tho cooling t breezes of the canyon Much thought tends to conservative action I and m much rumination over tho the past spells spens policy for the future And the third party continues to dwindle f t I 4 94 4 THE HE director of or pul public lic safety safely is guilty guilt of exI ex- ex I DEFERRED I J cruelty in dangling dangling langling before pur our ur fe fevered fevered fe- fe HOPE BRINGS vered ered eyes ees in In midsummer the glittering I prospectus of the brilliant garments in which h SICKNESS our impeccable able police will be garbed next winI win win- I OP OF HEART ter tel The longing that arises as one reads of those gorgeous habiliments the six-pointed six stars one inch northeast from the base of the tho brain and the tho pointed five stars two points off the port bow to say nothing of the brass buttons and gold gola lace laca with which this succulent sartorial g I feast is to be garnished is well calculated to spoil an other otherwise i e successful success success- ful summer by that hope deferred which the heart sick Riche Rich Rich- Richard I e ard and the warlike hunchback apostrophized concerning the transformation tion of his winter of discontent into glorious summer but we re barred I until fall from a glimpse of the coming raiment that will rival Solomon Solomon Solo Solo- Solomon i mon in all aU his glory that will put to shame Josephs Joseph's coat of many marly colors and may even cause Tiny Tim Woodruffs Woodruff's V o druff's spectacular waistcoat waistcoat waist waist- coat to turn green with envy must wait until the snow flies flics for a glimpse of this dazzling combination of a Central American general II and North American drum arum major Verily this summer of our discontent discontent discontent dis dis- I content at least holds hold'S promise of a glorious winter I C t e eE e-b e z V w 7 E confess a as s keen been a curiosity as that of WILL COL VV Senator Lafollette concerning the money RO ROOSEVELT 0 SEVELT expended b by the tho Roosevelt campaign SHOW HIS committee in the contest that flint preceded the ChiI Chicago Chi Chi- I cago eago convention nd we believe the public is CASH BOOK similarly athirst Tho The Wisconsin senator who finds himself unable to accept Colonel Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's progressiveness at face value calls upon I the the former former President to make public his bis expenses since as the senator sena seria- tor points out U lie he he has bas ignored the progressive sive principle of pu publicity I I Colonel I Roosevelt has always talked a great grent d dial deal al about publicity of I campaign contributions but his attitude this time in ignoring it the tho the progressive principle of publicity is s in with in harmony his usual tice This was remarkably true rue when he hc personally plead with E. E H. H Harriman to raise a great sum to contribute to the Roosevelt election I in 1904 and then catapulted Harriman Han into the Ananias club lub when i I the railroad king told the public the thc facts i As everybody y Im knows ws the cli direct pr primary ary is an expensive luxury J The Thc senatorial investigations and the filing of statements of ot expense H by candidates for lesser offices have given riven the public some knowledge knowl knowl- I primary edge of ot just how luxurious they are The Thc presidential prefer preference ence i I mary being a new departure the public wonder as to how deep the tho I strongbox m must st be i if f one has lias i designs on the presidency is great ColI Colonel Col Col- I onel Roosevelt can satisfy that curiosity if he will Let the public know just dust how ba badly ly th the harvester trust and the steel trust Perkins Ianna 1 and the want Mr Roosevelt how much the he they eon eon- y consider con con- sider it is worth to them to own owns a President of the United States and just dust how hard Mr Roosevelt would woul be he forced force l to work to repay them fo for the money they have sp spent nt As to fhe the harvester harvester trust one who is good at figures can gain an a comparatively good idea since the election electron n of President Taft means mean s the thc dissolution of the trust and the consequent reduction of its profits l I by many millions One can get at the steel trust side of it itin an ill tho the same way as with Mr Taft as President it a also will wiH be dissolved while with Mr Mt Roosevelt in tho the chair nothing of that sort will ill happen 1 As is n a x eal ea al l progressive however howe the colonel should at once o observe ser c the progressive prin principle of publicity J I i t i J 1 |
