Life — September 3, 1908 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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th ict ted to rile to fie in re ra ch nat od. ire Sanctum Talks “(00D MORNING, LIFE!" “Good morning—why, bless my soul! How are you, Mr. Taft?" “Nicely, thank you. But perhaps a trifle” “Not worried “Well, hardly t get it.” “Of course you will, Mr. don’t see why ’— “Why I am uneasy—just a little? slain, I'm extremely conscien- Of course, I'll I That's part of the Yale “And when I think of the great re- sponsibility it makes me ''— “ Tremble!" “That's it! You've hit it, Lire. 1 tremble, for fear ’— “For fear that you won't be able to fulfill your obligations. Well, Mr. ‘Taft, I wish I could say something to encourage you."’ “Can't you think of anything? My conscience ‘’—— “That's just it! No, T can't. You sce, in order to be really decent about it, you will have to see that the next Congress fritters away on appropria- tions and general extravagances as many billions as the last one did. Otherwise the previous administration will he discredited.”” “T know it.’ “Then, as an honest and honorable man, you can't do anything to disturh our business interests by fooling with the tariff do, in your attitude toward the financial interests, such as Standard Oil and the rest, to be any- thing more than a good politician.”” “T should say not! “To call them occasional names and wouldn't jog them up a little for public effect, while not going so far as to injure your prospects for a second term—all this is delicate business.”* xactly so!" “Then the Grand Old Republican Party! Mr. Taft, as an honorable man, you will naturally see that the men who control it don’t lose anything. It’s a regular business with them. They are so well established at it now, that it wouldn't do for them to employ a candidate who wouldn't conserve their interests.” “ Surely!" “Of course it wouldn't do for them to select any one who was too much their tool. They pick out a reasonably honest man, like you, who stands well ‘LIPE* LiFE’S Wall Street Column THE ERIE UNCHANGED NORTHERN CLOSING PAciFic was, WEAK 245 with the public, to be sure of election, and then they expect to control as much of the rest of you as is left over after the public demand has been satis- fied. Eh, Mr. Taft?” “Tam afraid that's so."* “And the newspaper editors who are with you, and whose money is inter- ested in the stocks that are also owned hy the men who control the aforesaid Grand Old Party—you'll have to he good to them, They are looking for ambassadors’ jobs and other guished emoluments. “Don’t I know it! Can't you s nything soothing or encouraging ? Wish I could, Mr. T sce, as an honest and conscientious person, you have a sacred and monu- mental duty to perform.” “That's why I tremble “That's why I tremble for you—for fear, of course, that you may fall short of your own obligations. Good morn- ing, and may your shadow never he ""—— istin- aft. But you ood morning, Lire! "* “Good morning, Mr. Taft!" Warning DITOR: You want to be careful yout MeGrubbins. You know he is aggressive and likely to sue us for libel Revorrer: What have T done? “Why, the other day you spoke of him as a possible candidate for Vice- President on the Prohibition ticket.”” What a Medical Paper Thinks HE sun do move; public opinion, when duly and _ persistently prodded, does advance. We 1a no less responsible organ of the medical profession than the New York Medical Times quoted as saying: We have admitted that abuses do exist in. the practice of vivisection We are perfectly willing to be derided as a zo-ophilist. or sentimentalist, in advocating legislation 10 prevent cruelty to the lower animals. Indeed, it is too late in the day to consi¢ whether such legislation ought to ex’ Vivisection ought to be ed to the holders of medical degrees or li- censes_ and to scientific students of hiologic branches, devoted to research and teaching, One and the Same T= STUDENT (writing an essay): . Gov, which is right, “ Wom- “ Frailty, an, thy name is frailty,” or thy name is woman" ? His Fature: Both, my boy. comicbooks.com