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 Theodore I 
 
 By EDWARD GARSTIN SMITH 
 
 AUTHOR OF 
 
 THE LIFE AND REMINISCENCES OF 
 ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 
 
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 FLUNKEY DOM. 3 
 
 Dm-iiiii,- his well advertised visit in London 
 Roosevelt received an envoy extraordinary 
 of the Hamilton Cluh, from Chicago, with a 
 handsomely engrossed set of resolutions, full 
 of fulsome flattery, expensively hound and 
 encased. 
 
 Out of gracious ai)preciation lioosevelt in- 
 troduced this llamiltonian envoy to royalty — 
 nine kings. Shortly after his return this gen- 
 tleman had to wear his right hand in a sling 
 because every Hamiltonian wanted to shake 
 the hand that held nine kings', l)eing five more 
 than honest Pat Slieedy ever dared to hold. 
 
 This cluh attended the Roosevelt reception 
 in New York in i)rincely style. They engaged 
 a special train and two locomotives to lieat 
 the Twentieth C'entury Express. They en- 
 gaged a wliole floor in the AValdorf-Astoria, 
 where ])erennially Wall Street and Washing- 
 ton, I). C, comhines to ahsorh the country. 
 They chartered a large steamer with a loud 
 whistle to greet the incoming hero. 
 
 After the intense excitement of Roosevelt's 
 i'ece|)tiou in New York had suhsided the Ham- 
 iltonians still lounged about the Waldorf- 
 Astoria, drinking mint juleps and awaiting a 
 message from Oyster Bay to the Lobsters at 
 
4 THE HEAL UOO^EVELT. 
 
 bay. It came after tliree days of vigil at the 
 tank west of "Peacock alley." 
 
 The greatest man in the world would grant 
 them an audience the next day, June 22, at his 
 Outlook Office for a look out at the political 
 horizon. 
 
 At the api)ointed time the llamiltonians 
 marched down to Koosevelt's office and blew 
 in. They left their hats in the hall and shoes 
 in the street. They were at last in the pres- 
 ence of greatness. 
 
 Judge John H. Batten, president of the 
 club, made a speech. I shall not re])()it what 
 he said, but shall say what he ought to have 
 said. Here goes: "Noble son of God, who 
 can do no wrong, we welcome you back to our 
 native land. Shakespeare said: 'What is in a 
 name?' A\'e hurl back the answer there is 
 much in a name. All the world knows the 
 lull meaning of the ominous word Roosevelt. 
 We also know wliat lI;imil1ouisni menus. 
 
 "A\'hat Hamilton stood for Roosevelt can 
 stand on!" ((Jreat cheers by the Hams, 
 joined in by Ihc iiopuhu-c outside. During the 
 excitement lloosey felt for his sixshooter and 
 fired out of the window, killing two i)igeons 
 and one dove.) 
 
GRABBING THE GOODS. 5 
 
 After quiet was restored Judge Batteu re- 
 sumed batten-away at the patriotic subject. 
 Said he: ''We are the Baronial delegation of 
 the lordly Hamilton Club. We came from 
 Chicago. No picture or bust of Thomas Jef- 
 ferson mars the scenery of our home. 
 
 "We do not endorse that absurd piece of 
 political jargon, the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence. 
 
 "The Constitution of the United States, 
 framed by a few old fogy backwoodsmen, is a 
 back number with us, as well as with you who 
 have filled it full of holes. 
 
 "Our library is well censored and our 
 African boy has orders to look through all pub- 
 lications and cut out the names or faces of 
 Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voltaire, 
 Eousseau, Franklin, Ingersoll and other advo- 
 cates of that vulgar and dangerous thing 
 called liberty. 
 
 "Colonel Eoosevelt, we thank God that we 
 are as dog-goned dogmatic, mean, hypocrit- 
 ical and imperialistic as you are. 
 
 "We love you dearly and admire you for the 
 wonderful way you have of grabbing the 
 goods — and getting away before the patrol 
 was'on comes. 
 
6 TEE BEAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 "AVe have a few precepts which coincide with 
 your own unerring views of life. 'The end 
 justiiies the means.' 'Success justifies every- 
 thing.' 'Get the money, no matter how.' 'Tell 
 the truth whenever absolutely necessary — but 
 do not be finicky about it. If caught in a lie, 
 abuse the other fellow.' We wish we could do 
 this as successfully as you do. If caught with 
 the goods, hire a lawyer. We have a lot of 
 them in our club. They must all make a living. 
 So you see, they can not afford to be too scrupu- 
 lous. Nicholas Macchiavelli is our patron 
 saint. 
 
 "Colonel Roosevelt, there are ethics — and 
 then there are ethics. There are moral ethics 
 and political ethics. Moral ethics are for stu- 
 dents, philosophers, children and the women 
 folks. They are Platonic rules — purely 
 academic. 
 
 "But political ethics — that's the stuff. 
 That is our code — made for practical men — 
 men who dare do things even if the law forbids. 
 
 "One of the primary rules of political ethics 
 is not to do your comrades when there are 
 others to despoil. We thank God, times are 
 so prosperous under our party that there need 
 be no political cannibals. 
 
SON OF GOD. 7 
 
 "By the way, Colonel, when you were in 
 Paris did you meet our dear old friend, 
 Bunau Varilla? The press dispatches were 
 silent on that subject. 
 
 "Oh! Noble Roosevelt, son of God, founder 
 of our great American imperial dynasty, you 
 are the noble king and we are the noble nobles. 
 
 "We are proud that you are the product of 
 American soil and that it is unnecessary to go 
 abroad to import our king. 
 
 "AVe love you because you are of us and we 
 are of you. Our instincts and interests are 
 identical. AVe sul)sist on and must keep the 
 people down. 
 
 "The sun shines, the rain falls and the dew 
 kisses the growing crops; the cattle browse 
 on the hills; the delicious grapes ripen on the 
 vines; the palatable fish bask in the sea; the 
 coal, iron and precious metals are in the earth — 
 all these desirable things and many more are 
 ours, but we need the hands and toil of many 
 common people to procure them for us. 
 
 "We have the money; they have the labor. 
 Let us keep labor down to the lowest level of 
 safety and put capital up as high as possible. 
 'E pluribus unum' for us. 
 
 "We invite you to visit us in Chicago Sep- 
 
8 THE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 tember 8, 1910, at a banquet in your honor, 
 at 6 ij. m., so that you can take a midnight 
 train and lose none of your precious time. 
 
 "AVhen we are all assembled at the festive 
 board, the convocation will have the divine in- 
 vocation performed by a real live fat bishop; 
 such appeals to the deity being customary at 
 the assembling of all honorable public bodies 
 like the Congress of the United States and the 
 Illinois State Legislature. 
 
 ''You know, Colonel, that devout Christian 
 prayer, Hke your rough-rider hat, covers a 
 multitude of sins. 
 
 ''Our beloved brother, AVilliam the Silent, 
 Duke of Lorimer, will not be present, owing to 
 a serious collision with the Chicago Tribune's 
 automobile on the 'via Senatus.' 
 
 "His crippled and bandaged person would 
 mar tlie festivities; but his political spirit will 
 be there. 
 
 "Bishop xlnderson, for obvious reasons, 
 will not mention his name in his prayer to the 
 Old Gentleman in heaven. But from all of our 
 political hearts comes a prayer direct to you, 
 that you exercise your authority over your 
 United. States Senate so that so valuable a 
 politician as Senator William Lorimer mav not 
 
WILLIAM THE SILEXT. 9 
 
 lose his seat iu the American House of Lords. 
 "We are attending to his interests here in 
 the best way man can. We have a state's attor- 
 ney who is honest, able and willing. He has 
 a large number of empty shells and a score 
 that would not get much at a shooting match. 
 He would make a fine Methodist preacher; but 
 as a state's attorney he has a wav of keepino- 
 rich malefactors out of jail. Iu this he re"^ 
 minds us of you. Pie is an American. We 
 must stand by our pals." 
 
 (Great cheering. Roosevelt grinning from 
 ear to ear, shouted, ''Bully! Bully!") 
 
 "After the feast of food, flood of spirits and 
 gush of adulation, we will have a few jack-pots 
 and then retire to suitable bath rooms. Here is 
 where we can use a few bottles of your patent 
 jiolitical purifier. 
 
 "Noble Roosevelt, you have been awav 
 from us for more than a year. We are eager 
 to tell you the truth. 
 
 "Presently you will send out scouts and then 
 take the trail yourself. But we want to put vou 
 wise right now. Since your departure home- 
 ward from South Africa the people heard an 
 awful explosion in Egypt and a volcanic 
 eruption at the Guildhall in London. 
 
10 THE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 "You overplayed your hand. 
 
 "Today the populace views you with suspi- 
 cion; but the opulent rich all over the country 
 are with you 'to the hilt' — and ready to use 
 the blade. 
 
 "We are a rich country and the rich must 
 be protected. We look to you to save the 
 country. Long live King Theodore I. ! " 
 
 At the conclusion of this eloquent speech 
 President Eoosevelt said, with characteristic 
 honesty and bravery : 
 
 "Fellow Haniiltonians, I have been deeply 
 moved and indelibly impressed with the pro- 
 found wisdom so eloquently propounded by 
 your president, Judge Batten. 
 
 "I will be with you in person at 6 p. m., Sep- 
 tember 8; Imt I am with you in spirit always. 
 Eemember, we must be in harmony to meet 
 the enemy. 
 
 "You asked me about Bunau Varilla. I de- 
 cline to answer. There are reporters present. 
 I do not want to have to deny what I said. Be- 
 sides, that is a closed incident. 
 
 "However, boys, that Panama deal was a 
 pretty smooth piece of business. It was a job 
 by professionals — no blundering. 
 
 "It was a bloodless revolution, that third 
 
FLIM-FLAM. n 
 
 day of Xovember, 1903. No ammunition was 
 used but gold dollars, although my warships 
 were down there with plenty of ammunition of 
 another sort ready to be used if necessary. 
 
 ''On the same day the revolution begun it 
 ended ; the old government ceased and the new 
 one was inducted. 
 
 "As president of the United States I stood 
 ready to recognize the new Eepublic of Panama 
 before it was born ; but out of respect for the 
 law of nations and to make sure that every- 
 thing went off according to schedule, I waited 
 three days, and then officially recognized it and 
 informed Colombia of the amputation. 
 
 ''In two weeks I signed the Panama Canal 
 treaty. A few weeks later I made Congress 
 pay $40,000,000 for the worthless old French 
 Panama bonds that a few shrewd gentlemen 
 bought up for a song and cleaned up a profit 
 of about $35,000,000. 
 
 "Now, gentlemen, this is mere reminiscence. 
 I have not yet reached old age and anectodage. 
 
 "I am after Nicaragua now. My deputy in 
 the AVhite House is acting under orders. I 
 would have got Nicaragua long ago if Mexico 
 had not check-mated me. But I recently sent 
 the commander-in-chief of my army, General 
 
12 THE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 Leonard Wood, down to the South American 
 republics, ostensibh^ for one purpose, but 
 really for another. 
 
 "When we get ready to take Nicaragua in the 
 name of progress and decency, there won't be 
 a murmur about it in South America; and if 
 Mexico protests we will annex her. 
 
 "There will be a lot of fat political jobs down 
 there in Nicaragua — a governor-general, secre- 
 tary of state, treasurer, auditor, military ap- 
 pointments, postoffice jobs, railway franchises, 
 banking privileges, irrigation and conserva- 
 tion graft. Besides, when the Panama Canal 
 work must be abandoned, we will have Nica- 
 ragua — the easiest way. 
 
 "Believe me, gentlemen, I will remember 
 the Hamilton Club. 
 
 "Now, gentlemen, you must excuse me." 
 Then opening the door of an adjoining room he 
 asked his guests to look in. Several tables 
 were filled high with unopened letters. Then 
 he said: "Gentlemen, I must answer all these 
 letters by tomorrow night. Au revoir ; so long. ' ' 
 
 On September 8, 1910, at 6 p. m.. President 
 Eoosevelt sat down among the Hamilton Club 
 banqueters at the Congress Hotel, in Chicago, 
 
THE HAMS. 13 
 
 amid thunders of applause, meant to be heard 
 by the Socialists in Milwaukee. 
 
 After the eating, drinking, ablutions and pre- 
 liminary speakers. President Eoosevelt arose 
 majestically. He spoke as follows : 
 
 ''Gentlemen of tlie Hamilton Club, you now 
 gaze upon the human altar before which the 
 royalty of the old world paid its devotions and 
 homage, and from which the people of Egypt 
 fled in terror. 
 
 ''As you know, mine has always been a 
 strenuous life. But never before have I so 
 strained strenuosity as during my seventy days 
 in Europe, consorting familiarly with emperors, 
 kings, queens, princes and the highest ranks of 
 the titled nobility. I am proud to say that dur- 
 ing all that time I never wasted a moment on 
 anything below a ten-spot. 
 
 "Some say that I impressed the snobbery of 
 Europe with the power of America ; others say 
 I impressed the power of Europe with snob- 
 bery of America. Be that as it may; but be- 
 lieve me, boys, I had a bully time. 
 
 "AVlien I called on the Emperor Franz 
 Joseph he said to me: 'My great friend 
 Eoosevelt, I want you to stay over one day more 
 
14 THE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 with me and go, by moonlight, shooting birds 
 glued to trees.' 
 
 ''I said, 'Franz, I would like to do you the 
 honor, but it would disarrange my program, and 
 you know that must not be. I can safely dis- 
 arrange the commercial conditions of my coun- 
 try, but no man can disarrange my program. In 
 my country no man would dare to suggest such 
 a thing. My dear Franz, you are ignorant. I 
 excuse you. ' 
 
 "Gentlemen, I will desist from any further 
 badinage and get down to tlie meat of our 
 meeting. 
 
 ''For a score of years I have had a growing- 
 conviction that this country is ripe for a radical 
 change in its government. AVe have grown too 
 rich and opulent to permit of our continuing 
 at the mercy of the vicissitudes of party politics 
 and the uncertainties of elections. 
 
 "A republican form of government is ideal, 
 but a monarchy is real. 
 
 "There are many attractive features about a 
 monarchy, among them the fact that the peo- 
 ple need not think — in fact, they won't be al- 
 lowed to think if they dared. 
 
 "Under a monarchy the rich can indulge their 
 appetites without restraint, employ a few to 
 
THE ]yAB LOBl). 15 
 
 think and attend to business and the ati'airs of 
 the government. Plenty of priests will keep 
 the minds of the people in a state of abject sub- 
 mission, satisfied to work and slave for the 
 privileged classes, waiting for a raise of wages 
 when they get to heaven. 
 
 "It's a cinch for us, altliougli an awful bur- 
 den to those under us. 
 
 ''History shows that republics are few in 
 number, short lived, spasmodic and dire fail- 
 ures. The people can not stand the test. They 
 will not think. They can not govern. They 
 must be ruled. 
 
 "The protest against republican misrule is 
 heard everywhere. Democracy has failed. A 
 stronger and more stable government is needed. 
 I am here to give it to you. Long have I been 
 in training for this momentous moment. 
 
 "The hour has come and I am the man. My 
 war-horse is hitched to your doorpost. Shall 
 we march forth (1913) and conquer? 
 
 "I am delighted to be in your midst. We are 
 early friends. Our early loves are our 
 strongest passions. 
 
 "Years ago you hailed me as a very great 
 man, but very many people did not know it 
 then. 
 
16 THE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 ' ' You men deserve much credit for your acu- 
 men. AVlien Mohammed became great he 
 built a large harem and filled it with a lot of 
 lovely loves. But still he loved Katisha — in- 
 deed, he loved her best; for she had faith in 
 him when he was unknown. 
 
 ''That is the way I feel towards the Hamil- 
 ton Club. You are my Katisha. 
 
 "You had faith in me when others mocked 
 me. Now, none dare to oppose me. I have the 
 license of the gods. My power reaches every- 
 where — from Washington, D. C, to Zanzibar. I 
 can bring to the dust the proudest as well as the 
 humblest man. 
 
 "But I love my Hamilton Club. You can sit 
 on my lap, get my hot breath and roughest 
 caresses. 
 
 "I like you because you ai)preciate my impor- 
 tance. I love you because you are duly deferen- 
 tial and humble towards me. 
 
 "When the Constitution is abolished and I 
 am enthroned at AVashington I shall make you 
 all Knights of the Suspenders of Saint Ham- 
 ilton. 
 
 "I heard what you said about the explosion 
 in Egypt. I think myself I overplayed my 
 hand. But the bad effect will wear off. I gen- 
 
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 erally give the public thirty days to forget it; 
 and then, when the clouds roll by, my glorious 
 reputation for honesty outshines everything. 
 
 "I have made breaks enough so that the 
 public is used to them. If I did not make a 
 break just so often they would lose interest in 
 me. Leave that to me, boys. 
 
 "I communicated with the spirit of Wallen- 
 stein and he told me that the stars are not pro- 
 pitious for me to break into the White House 
 now, but to abide my time and it would come 
 again. 
 
 ''So now the program is to endorse Taft, rec- 
 ognize the insurgents and stand pat. You know 
 'Pat' is a mighty good word; it stands for Pat- 
 rick, and every son of St. Patrick is on my vot- 
 ing list. I fixed that with Cardinal Gibbons and 
 Archbishop Ireland. You know, when I am 
 traveling I sleep at least twice a week at some 
 Catholic parsonage. 
 
 ' ' There are some people who think I am over- 
 doing this thing; that Catholics should have the 
 same rights and privileges as all others, but no 
 more. 
 
 "I do not own outright the Associated Press 
 and the chain of big dailies, but I control them. 
 I have decided that the American public shall 
 
18 THE HEAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 now demand four years more of Taft and Taffy. 
 You have noticed the difference in the tone of 
 my daily pajDers. President Taft is no longer 
 the second citizen of America. It is now the 
 faithful, unpretentious public servant. He is no 
 longer being blamed for the tariff bill. I am 
 going to have everybody in American call him 
 'Honest Bill Taft.' 
 
 "While Pinchot and Garfield are playing 
 Punch and Judy wdth Cannon and Aldrich, Bill 
 and I, in the box office behind, will keep on 
 counting the money. Just as long as you can 
 fool the people you can keep your pockets filled. 
 The moment you are on the square you are lost. 
 
 ''Gentlemen, I will explain this Aldrich- 
 Cannon agitation. I want Henry Cabbage 
 Lodge to take Aldrich 's place in the Senate 
 machine; and I want a Roosevelt man of 
 Willie Taft's jDliability in Cannon's chair. 
 Cumprenez-voiisf 
 
 "Of course, the agitation appears to be in 
 the interest of the people; but in reality it is in 
 my interest. Furthermore, the People are more 
 interested in me than in themselves. 
 
 "After I have re-elected our brother Bill I 
 shall travel again, this time in my own yacht, 
 
THE BUCCANEER. 19 
 
 the 'Buccaneer,' that will outclass Commodore 
 Morgan 's ' Corsair. ' 
 
 "The bottom of the ship will be a regular 
 Noah's Ark, so that I may have plenty of live 
 targets without depopulating the crew. 
 
 "I will have a throne room and many of my 
 courtiers will be with me. I will have many 
 beautiful ladies and complaisant gentlemen on 
 board. 
 
 "All the senses will bo gratified and some 
 nonsense, also. 
 
 ' ' There will be an altar on the starboard side 
 and plenty of priests and Father confessors — 
 and much to confess. 
 
 "I will show the world how a potentate 
 should live. 
 
 "By the year 1916 the American public will 
 be so thoroughly hobbled and docile that popu- 
 lar national elections will be unnecessary. The 
 Pretorian Cohorts will attend to that and Gen- 
 eral Leonard Wood will be on the job. 
 
 "If I should suddenly be called to my 
 Heavenly Father I have arranged it with the 
 executor of my will, J. Pierpont Morgan, that 
 he will fix it with the Pretorian Cohorts that my 
 son Theodore shall be inaugurated as Theo-* 
 dore II." 
 
20 TEE REAL ROOSEVELT. 
 
 WHAT HENRY WATTER80N SAID 
 
 about 
 
 THE EEAL ROOSEVELT 
 
 by 
 
 EDWARD GARSTIN SMITH 
 
 In tbe Louisville Courier-Journal. 
 
 "Tliis book is lovingly dedicated to the 
 asiuinity of the Auierican people," aud ])iir- 
 ports to be an unveiling of the real personality 
 of America's popular hero. That the people 
 are worshiping a myth, an unreal creation of 
 fiction, a creature conjured up by the imagina- 
 tion of clever manipulators of public opinion, 
 is the basis of Mr. Sxuith's book, and he pro- 
 ceeds to riddle this effigy with all the shot and 
 shell in his magazines. 
 
 The author proceeds with many epigrammatic 
 and trenchant utterances, to arraign Colonel 
 Roosevelt categorically for offenses and blun- 
 ders; and when he cannot find offenses and 
 blunders — though he rarely fails in this effort — 
 he turns back to the pages of history and recalls 
 some particularly obnoxious person, with whom 
 he compares our ex-President. Nero, Tarquin, 
 
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 THE REAL ROOSKVELT. 21 
 
 Ananias, Peter tlie Great, Attila, Jupiter Plu- 
 vius and varions other gentlemen with rude 
 iiinmiei's ;in(l violent tendencies serve to })oint 
 tlie moral and adorn the tale. That Gains 
 Caligula and Judas iscai'iot do not figure in 
 the list is probably due to an oversight on the 
 pai't of the author; or ])erliaps he is reserving 
 them Tor a future volume. The i)eople have 
 l)een deluded into believing tiuit Colonel Roose- 
 velt is a writer, but Mr. Smith disposes of that 
 linllnciiiation in slioi't order. He says: "Take 
 his ' Amei'ican Ideals.' It is verbose and ]U'olix : 
 a few trite sayings, a number of second-hand 
 thoughts, buried in several hundred pages of 
 verbiage, and you have this 1)ook." To his 
 oratory he gives even less consideration: "If 
 Koosevelt is an orator, the crow is a song bird." 
 In like manner he disposes of other popular 
 beliefs about Colonel Roosevelt, including his 
 conduct as a soldier, statesman. President, and 
 citizen. He alludes in no uncertain terms to the 
 "Sugai- Trust," the "Pension Scandal," the 
 Schley case, the Booker Washington incident, 
 the Panama Canal complications, and gives in- 
 numerable other illustrations of what he calls 
 Colonel Roosevelt's "unfitness" to be trusted 
 with the leadershi]) of the American people. 
 
•22 rilE IIKM nonSEVELT. 
 
 The });i,nes bristle with iiivcclivc. Mr. Smith's 
 fertility of ei)ithet is a eoiitiinial siu-i)]-ise. 
 When lie seems to hjive exhausted every name 
 and phrase ot* o]»|)robrinm he wiil suddenly take 
 a ''fresh liold" and hei:,in his verba! i)nnnneihnii,' 
 all over a.nain. After callinii,- Coh)nel Koosevelt 
 "pei'])etnal motion in tronsers;" "the Hero of 
 1,000 Camei-a IJatth's;" ''a Tin Soldier;" 
 "'Theodore the Morganizei-;" "(Jeyser of Ego- 
 tism," ete., ete., he sallies into the realm of 
 occnitism, amionnces that ('olonel Roosevelt's 
 behavior has convinced him of the truth of the 
 theory of llie transmigration of souls, and 
 declares that "Ivoosevelt is nndoul)tedly ini- 
 ])elled by the soul not merely of some one 
 animal, but a whole iungle of wild beasts!" 
 The White House, during what he calls "the 
 reign of Theodore the First," he comi)ares to 
 "the combination of a royal j^alace, a mad- 
 house and a menagerie." 
 
 Mr. Smith strikes one serious note. The wor- 
 ship of a man instead of a pi'inciple ha^ never 
 brought anything but disaster to a narion, and 
 Mr. Smith may not be amiss in sounding the 
 warning prediction. 
 
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