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Show When He Comes, What? IF his usual luck attends him, Col. Roosevelt will be home in a few days from a journey that has brought him more triumphs than any private citizen ever before received. Since he emerged from the African jungle his journey has been ; j. an ovation. There was one little jolt in Egypt i i and another in Rome, but they hardly count in re- ' counting his triumphs. His mouth got away a I little with him in Egypt and the incident in Rome was unfortunate, but in France, in Holland, in P Norway, in Germany there was not a hitch; he I made a good speech in France, another in Nor- l "way, a superb one in Germany. The chances are that his greeting in England would have exceeded all others, save for the death of King Edward; ' and he returns to his native country flushed with the knowledge that no other American ever before returned to his- native land after a long absence, ' with so many plumes in his hat. Of course, New ' York will try to outdo all that was done abroad in i his honor. And then what? He will be the same l old Roosevelt that he tfas when he went away. He will not have gained a friend during his ab- ( pence, nor lost an enemy. He will be just as apt : to call any one a liar who opposes him or dis- r putes one of his propositions as he ever was. His enemiesNWill cheerfully concede his great abili-' abili-' ties, and liis native right impulses, but just as f strenuously as ever they will insist that his judg- ! nent is not always level and that in office his im- pulses and overbearing will would lead him into mistakes just as often as they did before. ? "We predict that his first work will be to try to help his friend the president out of the quick sands in which he seems to be struggling. Just now the Republican party seems to be the victim of too much success. It had its own way until the ' old party leaders apparently decided that the machine was the only thing, and they ran this until they converted that machine into a Juggernaut Jugger-naut to crush all who got in its way. However, successful that may work in India, it will not Io in America, and significant protests have been filed in Massachusetts, in New York, in Iowa t everywhere that the voice of the people have been heard. That will bo the. situation that will 1 bo presented to Col. Roosevelt. His frlenu, me president, has a sound judicial mind, but little Initiative. The colonel has plenty of initiative and a strong and quick intellect, but no one has ever accused him of possessing a sound judicial mind. And there you are. What will he do for Mr. Taft? From this distance it looks as though about the very best thing that could happen for the Republican party, would be to have the control ' of the House of Representatives go to the op- L position on the fourth of March next. The Re publicans cannot agree upon a financial system; i their last tariff law suits no one except a few - - New England manufacturers; it is making no ef- fl fort to restore our export trade to the Orient; to 2 date it has accomplished nothing toward restor- 1 ing the country's merchant marine; it is torn with contentions in a dozen states; it looks to us as 1 though if the Lord still loves the party It is I about time that he permits It to be chastened. One of Lord Lyttou's stories has for a title, "What 1 Will We Do With It?' The American people are M watching for Col. Roosevelt's return, and many S i are asking: "What will ho do'" 1i . , , L .. f J '""' ' Hmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmitiimmftmimmmum i' r nr. ' l' : |