The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
SPEECH OF PATTERSON
THoUaHTFUL ADDRESS TO THr
peprscates the Cry That ths South Is for Any Democrat Whom the North May Nominate
 For President.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colorado Building,

Colorado Building. Washington. March if. Representative Malcolm R. Patterson delivered one of the most interesting and thoughtful speeches In the House for many day. It might be called teraaly the American Republic"
 l MT. Patterson gave some salient facts of the pars played by Southkrn men m the founding of the republic, their achievements in craftsmanship and in military prowess. and their share in the most respected sivings out cf law He showed that the South was conspfcuousiS prominent in all the affairs ok the Nov@ ernment until the civil war and thet since that ttnae. covering peFi6t of feffy years there has been q desert of rgpfe- sentative government where fdfMefis liaa been fertile and frulsggi Haid NIT FAtterFen named Agf tN& 4'Te4i fzgfS. Supreme Court Judges. GelsdpAEs and syoges ' AU SnO rss5sssnssd .hsS sc.lts. and the present as ks bore upon the South. Concluding . summary of the facts psr- fineut to the honors and responsibilities of Representatives. he said,
 There is not one cabinet ofiicer or head ce department and not one ambas- sador to Minister to any European court from the South"
 ts<Aa t4tN AGuu0S8c1 1bGRTGGGukHNIE0 found the only bright spot-the only oasis in the desert of respect for the South since the war-was furnished by Grover Cleveland. He showed that during Mfr. Cleveland's two terms he did not hess- tate to go South for adviserA At this point said the speaker: T do not pre- tend to be an advocate of Mir. Cleveland. nor do think the time has como when his political euicSy should be pronounced, but if he made mistakes they were not against the interests of the Southern people And whatever they were, they were like specks on the sun of his great character, intense patriotism and un. blemished honor"
 Next to Cleveland. Mir. Patterson thought President Mckinley had done most to obliterate sectlonalIsm.e Civ ing temperately and kindly toward the prejudices of both races his views on the negro question. Mir. Patterson came to where he thought the South should assert itself in the sphere of political control of the South. He sald with a manner of deliverance which made no mere passing impression upon the House:
 ''The hour is now for the South to lift the mortgage on her electoral votes which she has paid to the uttermost farthing.
 ''The spectacle of proud people who were willing to forfeit all claims to the highest offices in the country has been all along discouragfng and disspiriting. and. in my opinion. not always neces- sary. do not think that to nominate Southerner for the Presidency would change one electoral vote, against the Democratic party.
 Tor one. am weary of hearing the constant and subservient iteration that the South is for any man whom the North may name for President. It Is an injustice to the South ana reflection upon the intelligence and patriotism of the Northern Democracy.
 why should John c. Carlisle. the d!s- ttnguished ex-Speaker of this House, and Secretary of the Treasury, be barred, be- cause he comes from Kentucky7 Why should the leader of the Democratic minority upon this floor. who has ex- hibited such conspicuous ability and wonderful grasp upon public questions. be barred from the Presidency because he lives in the State of Miasissippi7 Why should that eminent Texan, formerly the leader of the Democratic minority, whose intellect Is of the first water and whose exposition of Democratic principles and devotion to fair play have given him high and deserved reputation. nos aspire to the chief office In the gist of the peo- plea
 The question should no longer be from what State or section possible nominee of the Democratic convention should han. but solely what are his qualifications. what his worth as measured for tne high ofiice 10 which he aspires
 The Democracy and the country need man of broad Americanism. of high personal standards. who Is for honest taxation. the legitimate expenditure Of public money. who believes in consttt,:- uonal government and Is an placa bie foe to executive encroaehment at home and abroad Such man can be the President of the United States, no mat ter what hls name. or from whence he comes. R. H. Watkins.