On Thursday both the House and the Senate carried on
a general hue-and-cry against the President in what the Times correspondent says were excessively bitter terms, charging him with "Executive usurpation." Autocracy was discovered in his every act, and of course the Secret Service question was discussed again in all its bearings. Obviously, desperate attempts are being made to unearth something damaging to Mr. Roosevelt's character before he leaves office. In the Senate Mr. Tillman once more "introduced his personality upon the attention of the Senate," and had recourse to the forlorn expedient of attacking his colleagues who had not supported him in his controversy with the President. A.pparently, as might be supposed, be lost more ground than he gained in the estimation of his audience. We cannot forbear to mention how Mr. Roosevelt was employed all this time. Having left White House at 4 am. on horseback, he spent seventeen hours in the saddle riding all the way through snow and sleet. At Warrenton, ninety miles away, he made a Speech and then returned. Ho used relays of horses, and is said to have "made good time." One extraordinary result of the Tillman affair is that Mr. Hearst ranges himself on Mr. Roosevelt's side. Thus time brings its revenges. Though the Press is divided, the country appears to be more heartily at one with Mr. Roosevelt than ever before.
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