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wealth, far more than Mr. Rockefeller. It seems to the Growler, the "antis" ought to be used to Mr. Roosevelt by this time, and ought no longer to be shocked by anything he does or says. They have had a number of "jolts" from the President. For instance, the one in one of his letters to Mr. Bell- amy Storer concerning the Archbishop Ireland inci- dent, where Mr. Roosevelt wrote: "For instance, there are any number of Methodist clergy- men who are political prohibitionists and support the third party and denounce the president because he will not en- courage drunkenness in the army by putting down the can- teen. It is a bad thing to have any clergyman of this fool type promoted, but it would be a worse thing for the presi- dent to try to interfere with his promotion." The Growler has discussed the canteen question repeatedly, but he never used quite as strong language as Mr. Roosevelt. "Clergymen of this fool type," is quite up to Mr. Roosevelt's reputation for "strenu- osity." That is his opinion of the clergymen who fight the army canteen and who denounce the Presi- dent because he "will not encourage drunkenness in the army by putting down the canteen." This is quite a "pat" expression, too. Putting down the canteen means encouraging drunk- enness. It is well known that such is the opinion of official

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