The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
"wHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS"
Democrats Gauge President's View
 from Published Works.


 What Roosevelt Says!" is tho title Of little four-page leafet which the Democratic National Committee is cir culating throughout the country, the day The officials of the press and It, erary bureau of the committee have been busily reading the works of the President lately. and the quotations in the circular all are taken from various writings from the Roosevelt pen dur ing recent years.
 The Keynote" of the Roosevelt pol icy is taken from the Presidents "oli- great crises 1t may be necessary to overturn constitutions, to disregard statutes" etc. This is given as the then Is shown that President Roosevelt. in the course of his writings, has taken occasion to excoriate each of our Chief Executives from Jefferson to Lincoln, with the sole exception of John Quincy Adams. it being stated in the intrQduc- l tion to these quotations that the Pres ident's apparent disregard of our na- siblv may be explained by his opinions lpf those who created those precedents. Then comes the following list of quo- | taaons. with the works and the pages | of the works of Roosevelt where the | sentences occur:
 Jefferson-L"Timid and shifty doctri- | naire," Life of Benton, p. 733 The most incapable Executive who ever fill-
 
 Madison-'Tncapable (Naval War, p. 455) results of his administration brought shame and disgrace to Amer of the West, Vol. w., p. 196.)
 Benton. p 47;5 as Secretary of War g n9ds5 sG tSe sst Nara %ar Of p | Jacksoon-"Tgnorant," (Benton, p. 73.) | Van Buren-"Faithfully served the mammon of unrighteousness. He suc- ceeded because of. and not in spite of. is7.5 ns7 ~0fai Sn0f''0m'nsS' 'Den'0"' D.
 Harrison Taylor Fillmore - Small Presidents. (Benton. p. 292.l | Tyler-'He has been called a medio- ere man: but this Is unwarranted flat tery. He was a politician of monu- mental littleness. His chief mental and moral attributes were peevishness. fret full obstinacy, inconsistency" etc, (Ben-
 Polk-"Excepting Tyler, the very smallest of the line of small Presidents coln," (Benton, p. 292.)
 | Pierce-"Small politician. of low ca pacity ana ana mean surroundings tBen-
 Buchanan-one of the small Presi- dents" (Benton, D. 292 l Of the Presidents miscellaneous | characterization of men, things and in- stitutions. the following are clipped: | gross, in Washington, seems to have made up it's mind that having provided Tor the fact that we must take care of the Philippines and of Cuba. there Is care of it, and that the armed resist ance Is to be made by proclamation. | Well, it is q little soul narrowing to that view of the responsibility of the Nation. Speech as Governor of New York before Syracuse Chamber of Com merce, 1899.
 I New York--"New York has always had low political standard. one or the other of its great parties and factional organizations. and often both or all of them. being at all times most unlovely moral tone Life of Benton, page S1. The Quakers-"A class of profession al non-combatants is as hurtful to the class of fire-eaters. for a weakness or folly is nationally as bad as vice kER MAY BE BUTTE AS UNDEsIR;
 Laboring Men@@They tcowboys) are much better fellows and pleasanter ccmpaniohs than small farnsensTor ag- rtcultural, laborers; nor are the me chanics and wofkmen of a great city to be mentioned in the same breath" Ranch Life and Hunting Trail, page
 Good" Lynch Law-rIn many of the cases of lynch law which have come to my knowledge the effect has been healthy for the community."-Thew Win ming of the West, Vol. l.. page 1892
 All Selfish-"A merchant or manufac- turer works his buslnesst as a rule, purely for his own benefit, without any regard whatever for the community at large."-Essay on Machine Politics" in American Ideals, page 100.
 Opposes Protection-"Political econo- mists have pretty generally agreed that protection is vicious in theory and harmful in practice. Thomas M Ben ton. page CT s>-
 America an International Constable Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendliness. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with de- cency in industrial and political mat ters, If 1t keeps order and pays 1t ob- ligations, then 1t need fear no inter ference from the United States, - Letter to the Cuban Dinner, May 20. 1904.
 Sound Policy" for Nation-"In old days, when I first came to Little Ms souri, there was a motto on the range: Never draw unless you mean to shoot That is a pretty sound policy for a na- tion in foreign affairs. ."-Speech at Ta- coma, Wash, May 22, 1903.
 Carry a Big Stick .''--There is al lhomelY old sdaKe which guns, aE;snAAkJ