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Show RIVER OF DOUBT. Eooscveit's ''Ru'er of DoybtM is becoming be-coming an issue of international importance. impor-tance. TLic Progressive party cannot permit this question to remain unsettled unset-tled if Roosevelt is to continue as its leader. The tariff question, the antitrust anti-trust legislation, the foreign policy, war or peace "with Mexico a are overwhelmed by the "River of Doubt. " The more the former president presi-dent insists upon his discovery the more captious critics carp and cavil. The Progressive party should remove all doubt about, the "River of Doubt." It should not hold a convention or adopt a platform until it has sent an expedition to verify the existence of another river in between the Madeira aud the Tapajoz. If the river exists Roosevelt will emerge as a discoverer far more distinguished than Dr. Cook, but if the "River of Doubt" continues to flow in a region of doubt, then the colonel is in deep -water. The Tribune believes that Colonel Roosevelt has really put the river on the map, but it fears that he will go into the congressional congres-sional campaign with a terrible handicap handi-cap that will cast -doubt upon all he says about less important issues. Therefore the Progressive party should finance an expedition immediately to show that Colonel Roosevelt does not belong to his own Ananias club. |