Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-06-06
STUMP SPEECH AT ARLINGTON.

The Presidents Decoration Day address
at Arlington, in which he referred 70 South
ern lynchings and Confederate denunciatiop
Of Northern troops, has excited great deal
OF criticism throughout the country. The
general sentiment of the independent press
seems to be that the speech was inoppor
tune and In bad taste. Commenting upon
the speech the Springfield MASS RepalbE
can says;
ain many ways that was an extraordinary
speech TO come from the President OF the
United States upon such an occasion. II
was, perhaps, such q speech as Roosevelt
might be expected to make, but not 10 30
years have we had another President who
10 like manner would have thrown dlscre.
ton TO the winds.
"ln his eagerness to assail the people who
have seen fit, In the discharge OF their duty
As citizens or public men, TO criticise the
conduct Of the war In the Philippines Pres
ident Roosevelt unwisely singled out the
South as 9 section for attack. There were
two passages which, II may be feared. have
done irreparable mischief.
"The shocking indscretion Of these pas
sages cannot escape the attention even oil
President Roosevelt's closest friends.
"What folly 10 revive the bitterest memo.
ries Of the Civil War by quoting from pas
sionate resolution passed by the Confederate
Congress 10 1852 And worse than folly lie
Il To say that the heirs Of the men who
composed that Congress are traducing our
armies to-day. Vets 1t not generally known
that the resolution under which the Senate
committee has been investigating the con
duct Of the war was introduced by Senator
Hoar and was passed by virtue Of his in
fluencef
"As q matter OF fact, very much OF the
criticism Of the conduct OF the war during
the present session Of Congress has come,
not from Southerners. but from the Senators
from Colorado, Utah and Idaho, while such
Southerners as Senator Morgan, Senator Nc
Emery and senator Pettus, who served in
the Confederate army, have no sympathy
whatever with Mr.. Hosr and his position"
The Boston Herald comments as follows:
at seems to US clearly improper for Pres,
Ilent Roosevelt 10 rush into the debate 10
the temper Of extreme partisanship. He
has no moral right TO use his high Office for
such purpose. His attack on lynchings is
gratuitous exposure OF an American fail
ing before the eyes OF the world. 1t is say
ing 10 effect that, II we do torture abroad,
we do worse at home, and we regret to add
that IL lie said IRON motive unworthy Of
man who occupies the office Of President of
the United States.
"In this whole Philippine discussion In
the Senate there has not been speech made
more partisan than that the President has
made outside that body. II could never
have borne the test OF reply from the SEN
aiors il attacked. Those 30 included were
not Democratic Senators alone Its intem.
perate denunciations applied fully as much
To the magnificent utterances OF Senator
Hoar as TO those of the mon who had pre-.
ceded him in the debate. They apply also
" millions Of men Of the highest character,
without regard to party, who do not agree
with the President on the Philippine ques
ton. In view Of these facts we are com.
PEELED 10 say that the address Of Theodore
Roosevelt, made yesterday, was unworthy
Of the dignity and fairness Of one who Is
the President of the whole American peo-
ple."
The Richmond Dtspdtch says: "ln his Ar
lington Grafton President Roosevelt waved
the bloody shirt more vigorously aud shame
lessly than any man Of prominent station had
waved il 10 two decades. He virtually mock
ed the sentiment and the sense Of duty that
had brought the crowd together and turned
the gathering into an Administration polit
ical mass meeting. No thoughtful man can
read bis 'oration' without seeing 10 II a
studied purpose 10 make the Northern pub
lie believe that dissatisfaction with, and crit
clsm OF, the AdministratiOn's Philippine
policy aud Reproduction Of certain discredit-
able army methods IN the islands come al.
born OF Southern disloyalty, instead Of be-
ing prompted by fidelity 10 our Institutions
and regard for the laws Of humanity. Mr.
Roosevelt's allusion To lynching and open
Toes of the past and their heirs was an un
blushing attempt To divert the Northern
mind from the real issue by firing the
Northern heart"
Mr.. Carmack In the Senate on Saturday
referred To the address, saying that he judged
from what the President had said about
lynchlng in the South that that cry was Ia
he the Administration's favorite ground Of
d. tense OF It's policy In the Philippines He
had thought that the waving Of the bloody
shirt was an effort to revive sectional hatred.
"But admit was Mistaken" said he. "The
Republicans used 10 keep the southern out
RACES mill grinding, holding up our terrible
and bloody deeds To the execration al man.
kind That was Tor political purposes. Now
they are seeking precedenls to excuse their
policy in the Philippines The President
gives the cue. He says II Is the same old
rebel yell from the same old people who
vilifled Grant aud Lincoln as they now are
vilifying the great and magnanimous Smith
"Oh, no, Mr.. President, you cannot throw
dust 10 the eyes Of people In that way. Thii
attempt at diversion will not do The ques
ton Is: Are these accusations against Smith
and those like him true or ialseS"
THE WAR ENDED