Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — BIG STICK GIVEN TO TAFT [ARTICLE]

BIG STICK GIVEN TO TAFT

Donor Hopes President Will “Bwat” Tariff Bill. Washington, July 13. President Taft has been presented with a sure enough “big stick”—a bludgeon six feet long and shaped much like the big emblem of Rooseveltian authority which became famous In cartoons during the last administration. The donor was J. E. Forbes of Ottawa, Kas., who sent with the stick this message: "The Almighty probably grew this big stick for some good purpose, and I suspect that it was to allow you to swat the tariff bill and other schemes * criminal extortion."