Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-05
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HOWELL AND ROOSEVELT.
Editor of The Atlanta con"titutio
Dimes With the President.

Editor of The Atlanta Constitution
Dimes With the President.
Atlanta Daily News.
Hon. Clark Howell has just returned
from New York and Washington.
While in the national capital he spent
several hours with Rtesident Roosevelt.
Mr.. Howell took dinner with the new
president at the White House Satur-
day night. While IN New York Mr.
Howell received telegram from Mr.
Roosevelt, who invited him to stop in
Washington on his return, and named
Saturday night as the time for the VS.
| 1t. Mr.. Howell accepted the invitation
While Mr.. Howell was with the new
president he talked at length Of condi-
tions in the South and was assured by
Mr.. Roosevelt that It was his intention
to be president Of no one section, but
of the whole country. Mr.. Roosevelt
told Mr.. Howell many things regarding
his policy concerning the government.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke very enthusiastic
cally of the South, and repeated seve-
raj times Of his fondness for Georgia,
telling Mr.. Howell that he would visit
here next fall.
Mr.. Howell was seen this morning by
a. Daily News reporter, in his office in
The Constitution building, and gave
the following interesting interview
concerning his visit TO President Roose-
welt: i.
"There Is very little to say about my
evening with President Roosevelt fur
ther than that I was much impressed
with his personality, his sincerity and
his evident desire to be the president
Of the whole people. and not Of any one
part Of the country and especially
with his determination to deal fairly
with the South.
IT received a telegram from the pres
ident while in New York attending the
annual meeting of the Associated
Press. inviting me. to stop over IN
Washington on my. return and asking
me to let him know when I expected
to be there. I answered that I would
stop by on Saturday, and received a
telegram from him inviting me to an
informal dinner with him Saturday
evening at 7.30 o'clock. I reached
WASHINGTON Saturday afternoon at B
o'clock and left there at 10.45, spend
ing three hours very delightfully."- with
the president and his family at the
White House."
"Are you at liberty to state what
was discussed?"
"In a general way, yes, for we did
not discuss politics. He recognized the
fact that in political matters we occu-
pied entirely difesent positions. Tne
president seemed to be greatly inter-
ested in the South and made frequent
mention of his fondness for Georgia,
especially. He stated that 1t had al
ways been his earnest desire to visit
Georgia, the state Of his mothers ma
tivity, but that circumstances had been
such that he had never been In a po-
sition where he could do so. He had
arranged to come here In November
next, having accepted the invitation OF
the people Of Atlanta to that end, and
the arrangements Of the details OF the
trip were under way when the unfor-
tunate calamity at Buffalo brought
the whole matter to sudden termina-
ton by the assassination Of President
Mckinley. President Roosevelt spoke
of the proposed trip and said he had
been looking forward to it with intense
pleasure. I told him our people were
anxious for him to come, and that we
wanted him at the earliest opportu-
nifty.
"It Is my intention now he replied,
to make that trip just as soon as
can. Congress meets in December, and
with the overwhelming responsible
ties which have so suddenly been
thrust upon me, 1t will. Of course, be
impossible for me to leave Washing
ton in the meantime. Naturally, can
not get away during the session Of con-
gress, which means that cannot con-
template the trip between now and the
latter part of next summer. IT MOTH
ing unforeseen happens I would like to
60 to Georgia early next fall. 1 wish
especially,' said the president, to visit
Roswell, the place Of my mothers
birth. 7 feel as If know the old place.
for family traditions have indelibly
impressed upon my mind many things
about It. I shall look forward to the
trip with as much pleasure as I ever
did to any trip of my life"
"Did you discuss with the president
anything of his policy as regards the
South?"
"Only in so far as his policy might
be divorced from politics" replied Mr..
Howell HE frankly told me that he
wanted the support Of the Southern
senators and representatives in all mat
ters non-political that involved the well
fare of the country. He expressed the
hope that they would consider all mat
ters coming before congress solely on
their merits or demerits as questions
involving the public welfare. and that
where opposition was offered 1t would
be based upon broader grounds than
that of antagonism, merely because
Republican president and Republi-
can administration favored the matter
under consideration.
1.-THE president is deeply interested
in the construction of the Nicaraguan
canal. and I believe it Is his purpose to
secure such action on it as will make
the construction of the Nicaraguan ca
nal the crowning glory of his admins
| tration."