Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-15 | Page 4 | On Being Too Big.

1 ON BEINa BEING TOO TOO BIG Bla The advice ice of a n certain faction of the Republicans cans to President Roosevelt elt to go ugo in and do up the th politicians politicians' will hardly be heeded herded It has hns recently been heen said that Mr 11 McKinley listened ned to everybody and talked to nobody while Mr Mi h Roosevelt talks to everybody and listens to nobody The flIe present pi occupant occupant oc oc- oc of the White House is likely to consult himself himself him him- self and his lUs s sense nse of dut duty to his bis country and his party rather than consult the disgruntled The fhe Washington Star says anent this thiM question Mr r. r eland Cleveland started in ill to finish the politicians and ended by finishing his party and himself After 4 the contest over the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman Shearman act net there were prominent Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- in Congress who never a again ain visited ted the White WhiteHouse Rouse House while Mr Ir Clen Cleveland remained there The They resented his appeal to the Republicans to help make history at the he expense e of his biH own party After the I pa passage sa e of the Wilson Gorman tariff bill there were other ther prominent Democrats in Congress who held no further communication with Mr r. r Cleveland eland They resented his denunciation of of those who had refused t to mal make a tariff bill bilt in accordance with his wishes So that flint when the party met in national convention con ut nt Chicago in lS 6 l hatred atred of Mr Cleveland Cle and opposition op his bis wishes controlled the hody i. i position to hoy absolute absolute- ly Ij Mr 11 Roo made male an earnest appeal f to Congress Con o gress gref's last Int winter vinter in favor faor of reciprocity with Cuba lIe He was entirely right in the position h he took and he lie stated stilted his case ease with great gl force He fIe was defeated by a defection in his own part party He did lid not abuse anybody or try to drive e anybody but bLit submitted to the conditions of the hour and let it he be known that lie he would take the subject up again agari next winter wintel Mr Roosevelt's leadership is if better bettel than Mr 11 elands Cle Too much self assertion is expensive It often defeats de feats its own ends Mr Mi 1 Cleveland eland is not going to todo f do any more lea leading ing Neither is Mr 11 Bryan Mr 1 Roosevelt is hard hardly I ready to break brenk away from his party The man who who thinks he lie is bigger than his generally gets out of it it party willy That sometimes sometimes some times happens to Congressmen and antl to United States Senators