The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-17
SPIRIT or TEHleITY
II R00sEVElI's MOTHER
PUT Up 4 CONFEDERATE FLAG
THE CITY OF NEW
YORK
An Eneidsns CT the Civil War show
ing Where the New President
Gets His lndomlsabls wilI-Ths
Bullock Family Of georgia

| q AvANNAEI. Georgia. OctOaer D.
| ~ Through the parernal brans of Tbs
| - ancestral tree mas have aewr
SoaAe OF the sap that gave Presi
3eur Eccseseir has indoualJable spirit. but
eertaln Il Is lhat the maternal tsancf
~as rich in tAas quality thai .a4rked ths
/ BullochS Of Georgia for their Il solution
| pertinaeIty and strength Of vii No bet.
Ter exponent Of those traits could b
| found than Martha B1lIoeh Roosevelt
| the mother oE the President.
/ Not long after the civil var Mrs
Roosevelt VAS on a visit TO Savannah
where she hsd many friends. She was 1
Georgia woman. OF distinguished ancestry
the Bullcch fanny being one Of the besi
IN the State and its representatives hav
! ing served with distinction ia the high
est positions Ii was bur natural there
| fore, that she should have been well re
ceiyed upon her visit to this city. and
that there should have been rare pleasure
| 10 her. an unreconstrueted rebel in her
| intercourse with her own people. those
who had fought and bled upon the field
Of battle or fought the greater fight OF
waiting and watching
Reunion with her Southern friends.
after the years of the war that ,she had
spent at her home in New York. was a
pleasure 10 Mrs Roosevelt. and il was
with the ksenest relish that she recounted
stories of the times and of the trials that
she suffered in the city of her adoption
through her answering loyalty to the
cause of the South--a cause in which one
brother. Irvine l. Bulloch. fought as an
officer aboard the cruiser Alabama. and
which another brother represented ar
England's capital city. One of these
stories clearly revealed the character of
the woman and leaves little difficulty in
determining whence the President gets
some of those qualities that have tended
TO his preferment.
1t was at a dinner given in Mrs. Roose-
velt's honor by Mrs. Henrietta s. Cohen
that she told the story OF late years,
because of Theodore Roosevelt's rapid adj
vaneement. it has been recalled by his
mothers old friends, who feel pride in
having known the mother of the Presi-
dent. and gladly ascribe to her some of tn
traits that are seen in the SON.
1t was just when the spirit of peace,
uncertain as to whether il should aiight
was lowering over the land. Theodore
Roosevelt the elder decided at about that
time to give some great social function.
The Roosevelt mansion was accordingly
American flags. From every window.
save one, few the Stars and Stripes.
That one was of Mrs. Roosevelt's bou-
doir Her husband had not desired TO
omit ii from the decorative scheme but
she would have none of it. Instead. she
hit upon a plan that would clearly reveal
her sentiments.
Stopping not TO consider the peril in
which it might place her and her husband,
but determined to show that all in the
house were not of the cause of the North.
she drew from among her most cherished
treasures the stars and the bars. the en-
hlem of the South. Going to the window,
she firmly fixed its staff and allowed its
folds to fiutter TO the breeze.
On the instant, almost. the hostile en-
sign was noted. A passer-by in the street
blow deserted it. In hot Indignation. he
pointed il out to another As mobs will,
so one began to grow. and soon the street
was chOked with angry people who shook
threatening fists at the Confederate flag
and inveighed most bitterly.
Alarmed by the gathering that was
swelled every moment and that directed
its wrath against his home. Theodore
Roosevelt sought the cause that had stir
red the people to anger. He was not long
in finding il. Fierce acclaim, directed his
gaze. which rested upoE the futtering
emblem of the South. The Roosevelt ma
ture has never uuailed before crowd.
Theodore. the elder. saw that imminent
danger could probably be averted only
through his persuading his wife to remove
the objectionable flag. With a word to
the crowd. he left, entering the house and
finding his WIFE He told her what she
already knew-that the anger of the mob
had been excited by her indiscreet display
of her colors and that it would be well
for her TO take in the flag.
Il shall not do So" declared the mother
of the President. sThe flag is mine: the
boudoir is mine. I love the flag. for It
represents my native land. No rufiian
hand shall invade the privacy OF my bou-
doir TO drag down that flag. nor shall ruff
fiian shouts force me to remove Il from
the window of room that IS wholly
mine. Explain 20 them that | am
Southern woman: that ! love the South.
Do ANYTHING you like, except touch that
flag. II shall not come down"
And it did not Theodore Roosevelt
went again to face the crowd He made
a speech. dwelling with fnesse upon his
wife's love for her own land and moldlng
the mob 10 his viii and to an indulgence
of Mrs Roosevelt in her desire TO hy the
flag of her beloved South.
The crowd dispersed. but the story re-
mains to show a maternal quality that
has made a President.