Show M t M t M M I 4 H M M t M t H M-H M M M M M H HI I FUNSTON'S FAILING 4 MM 6 I M 4 M H 4 MM M t t t M I t t The country knows and appreciates Frederick Frederic Funston as an excellent fighter and scout an and i it itis itis is due almost entirely to the strength of public opinion that he be has bas landed at an early age an and with but a short though brilliant record of service under the tile stars of a brig brigadier dier general in the regula t army Public admiration an and confidence it will b be beno no noted ed sometimes lea leads s to a degree of gayety in th tile the subject which is apt to destroy his bis further popular popularity ty if not usefulness This This- it may be remembered was to an extent the case with Lieutenant Hobson 1 after he be relieved the Navy Department of a white whit elephant and tell tale incubus by sinking the Mer- Mer Merrimac at the mouth month of Santiago harbor The trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble with Mr Hobson was ory that with General General Gen Gen- eral Funston is volubility If the latter does no not heed beed he be will wish he be had that is all Funston has been heen gently gentl but hut firmly told to des des- his bis vocal organ has bas been made to cancel a an engagement to o speak at a dinner in Boston ref use used permission to go there and ordered to with withhold withold oid hi his Views I hereafter without leave to print The Th superheated conscience ascribed by hy him him to Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Hoar Roar of Massachusetts l has brought all this upon tl the e captor of Aguinaldo and by this time he be is i s aware that uneasy lies the tile head that wears a a cocked hat hatin in such circumstances In short President President President dent Roosevelt is s annoyed and angry over his verbal verba performance although for him he be has bas been slow v and exceedingly mild in saying so jo However ver th the reprimand h has s come and wit with it a recommendation to try the distant and sedentary treatment I It would be well for General Funston to take taIe his medici medicine med med- ici and diet as prescribed r- r scribed from the tIle White lI Hause use and pd a p piece ece of surgical plaster between his chin am and ands and's his s 's nose perhaps would make it all the safer for him I |