The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-10-24

CRITICISED
astor German Vigorously
ReSentS
ATTITUDE IN MARYLAND
n.mon Statue Unveiled With impressive
.,,monss-Cuban Reciprocity ResOIu.
don Will be Passed by the House.
nv our regular correspondent J

M our regular correspondent.)
E.shiupton, Oct. 30. Amid i'm.
live ceremonies a bronze eques
4 statue of William Tecumsef
rmsn was unveiled here last
.rsday. The statue stands at the
Of Pennsylvania Avenue, di-
IL south of, and facing the Treas
II was on this spot that Gener-
Herman watched, in 1866, the
Id review of the troops who
ched from Atalnta to the sea.
unveiilng was proceeded by a pa
and q review Of all the regular
bps stationed in or near Washing
and Of the District of Columbia
jonal Guard. The President, ac-
bpanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, several
she Diplomatic Corps who were in
Ellington, attended the ceremony.
4 the two large flags which covered
. statue were drawn aside by Will
Il Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke,
nine year old granGson Of the
beral, the Fourth Artillery fred a
bte Of seventeen guns, the Marine
ID played the Star Spangled Ban
and the veterans who surrounded
statue cheered. Addresses were
|yeEed by the President, bv Gen.
David B. Henderson for the
BY Of the Cumberland, General
biel E. Sickles, for the Army Of
Potomac, General Charles H.
|svenor for the Army of the Ten
|ee and General Thomas j. Hen
|onfor the Army of the the Ohio.
President made an appeal for
|upbuilding of the army and navy,
lahmed dishonesty in public SER
I'd expressed a hope that there
ID soon be an appropriate statue
lincoln at the national capital.
iklngot dishonesty in public ser-
/, he said: We can as little afford
tolerate te,s.as dishonest manainsthe
liz service as a coward in the
y. The murderer takes a single
the corruptionist in public life,
ther he be bribe giver or bribe
y, strikes at the heart Of the COM
In every public service,
! every army, there will be wrong |
8, there will be misdeeds. ghis
lot be avoided ;but vigilant watch
be kept, and as soon as discov-
the wrong doing must be stopped
the wrong doers punished -
o.
aryland politics have virtually
opolized the attention of the poll
ns during the last week. This is
in part, to the efforts Of the
ldent to bring about harmony be-
n the Republican factions of the
and to Senator German IS resent
o. this alleged interference of
Jhief Executive in State politics.
followers of Senator McComas
representative Mudd have car
on long and bitter struggle and
factional diffel Q ces seemed TO
is the Democrats, who are carry
IN an aggressive campaign, with
race question as an issue, and
sious of the fact that the outcome
70 election will have a marked
ence upon the political fortunes
'nator German, the States candi-
Tor the Democratic presidential
nation. In raising the negro
lem to an issue, the Maryland
ocrats have virtually made a di-
attack on President Roosevelt,
Us attitude on this question is
nually mentioned a n d con-
ed. This gives more than usual
ftance to the fact that the Pres
has made earnest appeals to the
hepublican factions to unite and
q Republican governor and leg
ne. He declares that he oc -upies
'solutely neutral position be-
the factions and that he is in
cd solely in the success Of the
without any reference to the
ns involved. Friends of the
lent believe that IL Maryland
60 Republican it would serve
Endorsement, by a State with
em sympathies, of his attitude
nergo question, and would les
verse criticism on the subject
'ple in the North and West.
u German was very severe in
lticism Of the President, saying:
President has assumed to bim-
le title Of chairman of the State
Ilttee, so active is he looking
The details Of the campaign.
Federal Office holder and every
mt of a State or municipal place
the President believes he can
! has been ordered by him to
nt and shustle'' for the Repuo-
'icket. When he was q civil
commissioner under the Har-
md Cleveland administrations K
y Rooseyelt's habit to demand
Federal Office holder who was