The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

 AND THE SOUTH What Will Be the PreSi-
 dents Course?
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 THE PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS Some Say He VIII Be .. Magnanim0us. Friends sf the President Belisve rhse
 He win nst be Moved l. Future by speculative Motives.
THE PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS

WasninEIOns NoV vs--tSRct1o>~< Now that it is the solid North against part of q once solid South. as far as Congress and the electoral vote are concerned, people interested in the future of the Southern States are ask ing themselves what the Roosevelt ad~ ministration means to do as to ttS Southern policy.
 It has been repeatedly said during the campaign that if Mir. Roosevelt should be elected with Congress South would hear something from the Crumpacker idea of reducing Southern representation.
 Nothing is yet definitely known as to what Mir. Roosevelts notion is on thfa question. Those who are inclined to give him credit for the best intentions say that he has his own ideas about what is best for the South and that the very best citizens of the South will have no cause for regret when his policy is actually carried into effect Temper Toward South.
 Just what are these ideas there Is yet no means of ascertaining. There are others, bearing in mind the welfare of the South more than the fictitious ad- vantages that come from office holding favors dispensed by the party In pcwers who are deeply concerned about MT. Roosvelt's temper toward the South. They are well aware that the Presiden- tial candidate chosen by the Democrats of the country this year was chargeahie to the South. Without the consensus of the Judgment of the Southern deie- gates in the National Convention. Judge Parker would not have been the cam didate of the Democrats at St. Louis.
 Mn Roosevelt well knows this. He knows and the men of the South who fought for Judge Parker's nomination know that in his overwhelming defeat they have met an Appomattox. Rooae~ vait Is the conqueror of. this Appornat- tox Ns&
 The great question with southernerz | Is. Rsfi. he be as nagnanimous aa tlsa 1 aFss victor of Appomattox7
 Those who know him best. who have closest studied him, say that he wtiI be and is capable of just as much magnanimity and goodness to the peo- pie who have fought him in the South as was General Grant to the soldiers of General Lee.
 No Unreasonable Penafttes. They insist that he will impose upon the people of the South no unreasona- ble penalties involved in the victory of his party, that he will resist the par tisans in his own household just as
 
 Thad Stevenses and others of the ex- ecutive and legislative households at Washington. who sought to oppress the South; that he will do all that is in his great power for the good of his wiloia country and for the South to bring about and conserve to the peace and prosperity of the country.
 < It is believed that he will while he Is President give himself in sympathy NMn &m .iAr. 7N.- government In the South as heartily and thoroughly as could any professed Democrat in. ofice. His declaration that he would not again be a candidate for election after serving out the term which he has been elected has supreme ly commended him to Democrats here.
 It has been commonly talked that Mfr. Roosevelt was a man of most un- restrained ambition, that he would after 1904 be candidate in 1908. and imperial and imperious. he would con- tinue to be a candidate and a most masterful candidate, dominating his party most completely.
 Realizes Responsibilities.
 In other words. opinions of President Roosevelt just now, in view of what the American people have just done, is that he fully realizes the gravity Of the burden of the responsibility frn- posed upon him, and that he will rise and prove in his administration here- after as he has demonstrated himself in this campaign. greater than his party.
 It has been today said for Theodore Roosevelt that 1t is his aim and heart felt desire not to go out of the Presi- dential ofiice without a record for which his friends might not feel a thrill of pride in any part of this great country, not merely pride in his having occupied the exalted position he has. but that in exercising its functions he has made friends and supporters in every part of the land and so obllterat- ed all sectional passions. This is now the hope. the patriotic prayer for Theodore Roosevelt.
 Those who have given today utter ance to such sentiments in the hearing of Republicans who know Mir Roosevelt have been met with assurances that he would rise to the occasion and that ha would fully measure up to the expecta- .tions of those who were disposed to regard him fairly and to accord to him credit for strength to execute right ina- pulses. R. H. Watkins.