The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-25
TEDDY And BOOKER
COncsnSuS Of Opinion That
lie made a mistake.
ROOSEVELT SUBSIDY VIEWS
VIII Not Commit Himself on the Sub
ject-POIiticaI Gossip.

Washington, Oct. I9-Interpst in tho
HI'i'uue OF president Roosevelt towards
Sne ooutn was increased this week by
us inviting Booker Washington to din
Her Win him at the White House, re-
CoiVlng MIN just exactly as he would
nave received any other guest. This
Ldct haS, of course, caused something
OF sensation: among Southern men
mere, VINO assert that the President
cannot realize the harm he has done
Dy MS action nor the effect that it
VIII have on the negroes of the South,
AS matter of fact, however, there is
really no reason for surprise at Mr..
hOoSeVelt's action; Booker Washing
Ion not being the first negro by any
means whom he has entertained. Dur
ing MS term as Governor of New York
ne took a young cOlOred singer who
mad been refused accommodation by
all the Albany hotels to his house and
lodged him there throughout his stay
IN the city.
There is a GOO. deal of talk of the
selection of some decent Southern Re
publican (if such can be found avail
aDle) or of some gold Democrat from
Ihe South, for post in President
ROoSeVelt'S cabinet, which is certain to
De remOdeled to some extent sooner or
Iater-probably this winter There may
or may not be anything in this. but
such selection would be in cOnse-
quence with Mr. ROOsevelt's declara-
tlOn thai he did not intend to be sec
tiOnal in hs management Of the gov
ernment. CerIainly no president can
claim to be free from SectiOnalism
who follows the example of all his
Republican predecessors and excludes
the vast area Of the Southern States
from all places in his cabinet Prob
ably Mr.. Roosevelt has not yet taken
up this matter seriously, and will not
do so until the need arises. Meanwhile
WHISKEY MEDICINES.
The temperance press is emphacizing
the danger to the home in the use of
medicines" which are loaded with
WhlSkey or alcohol. In this respect, as
we'll as In the remarkable character of
their cures, DR.. Pierce'S medicines diff
fer from other preparations. DR..
Plerce'S Golden Medical Discovery and
"Favorite Prescription" contain no al
L.
are equally free from opium, coc"ine
and other narcotics. Every family
should have a copy of the Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent
absolutely free on receipt of stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Send u
One-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for cloth binding.
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
his selection of Governor Jones. of
AlaDama,fOr a FeueraI judgeship, shows
tnat ne intends to- follow President Nc
K1nIey's program of building up a de-
cent Republican party and turning
down the old disreputable organiza.
ton there. 1t il certain that he will
not favor any plan to cut down the
representation of the South on account
OF the suppression of the negro vote. |
Indeed, there is reason to believe that
his ideas on the subject are not far re-
moved from those of Senator Morgan, |
of Alabama, who said recently: THE |
negro is already sick of voting. There
are 10 per cent. of the race who can
vote intelligently. The rest are for the
most part on the market; their votes !
can often Ue had for a dollar or q |
drink. They nave already been thrown |
over by the people We are living
under the fourteenth and fifteenth !
amendments to the Constitution, but |
if those amendments could be Dropos-
ed now TO a Congress they would not |
command the support of One-siXth of !
the Senate and the House That is an |
indication OF popular sentiment
Ind cations continue to multiply that |
the FilipinOs are not resigned TO Amer |
lean rule any more than the Beers are |
to British dominion; they have ceased !
fighting because they realize that it is |
useless for them to continue; that is |
all. This is shown by the sudden out
breah in Samar and by other smaller |
and less successful upriSings in other |
islands. When the news of these first |
came, it was insisted by the War De- |
partment land by GENERAL Otis, a fact |
which alone might well have made us |
',iStruSLIuD that the rising was only !
sporadic and would not interfere with |
the proposed reduction IN the number
of our troops to be maintained in the /
islanus. Now, however, General Chat
fee has cabled that he thinks it unwise |
to withdraw any Of the $4,000 men,
still there Consequently, President
Roosevelt has decided that the 10000
whose terms of enlistment soon ex-
pire shall be replaced by new men, and |
that the present force shall be kept up |
indefini.e ELY. Nor will the 1000 men |
now in Cuba be withdrawn until next |
spring some time, so that about half |