The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-02
Eetter$ tc tbe Gdftcr
ALABAMA DEMOCRATS.
Every one of them should 20 to the
 Polls and Vote.

Ed. Advertiser.
 No matter what may be the general
 result, beg to say that 1t is the duty of every good citizen of Alabama, who
 IS voter, to register by his ballot | next Tuesday his protest against the
 election of the present occupant of the
 White House. and for the reasons herefnafter set forth:
 MT: Roosevelt has been a prodigious author, and being man of wealth, wa was able to publish his productions them or not. An examination of his writing discloses the fact that he is
 man like this. He really believes the only great man ever originating Tn this country. Beginning with George Washington, and coming on down to the present day, he endeavors have occupied the position of President
 Tn this country. Such man Is dangerous office holder. He has learn ed nothing from the experience of the ence of the past. as worthless, and therefore considers himself at liberty to mark out a course of conduct for himself. A man like this. whether state. the lodge, or the church, is q disturbing and dangerious element. He may be man of many good qualities, yet dangerious, because he considers AtuAbCll bAA boutCiCth. kNO tcdt anu SdLt man in this country has ever indulged in such adverse criticism of George Washington. the father of his country Thomas Jefferson, the author of the
 Madison. the author of our Constitu-
 tion. and Andrew Jackson, the hero and statesman. and yet, in the esti- nation of Mir. Roosevelt, as evidenced by his own writings, these were very
 small men. Ought the American peo- pie to tolerate such a man? This constitutes Number One of the ob- jections to MT. Roosevelt. |. Number Two, is made up of the
 claims made by him for the Republican
 party, that whatever Is grand. glori-
 ous and beneficial to this country, Is
 due to the administration of the Re- publican party. If MT. Roosevelt is as wise a man as he ought to be. to be president of the United States, he would know that this claim is unjust
 and untrue. The prosperity of this
 persistent industry. and pluck of the
 workingmen of this country, in all
 departments of labor.
 The conditions which now exist in this country would have existed if there
 had been nor Republican party. and no
 Democratic party. provided we had
 had any sort of Government which. in
 The panic of 1893, came as a result
 of reckless and over speculation. When
 we struck the bottom, there was noth-
 Ing to be done. but to begin anew,
 which our people did, and now every
 department of labor is securing a
 due proporation of prosperity, due as already indicated, to the fact, that all
 desire to labor, and to succeed. and
 each contributes largely to the suc-
 cess of every other. It Is not due to the
 administration of the Republicans.
 They have done nothing specially tend
 ing to further the interests of the
 working men. On the contrary, they
 have maintained high tariff, benefi-
 cial mainly, to the mammoth manu-
 featuring establishments of the coun-
 try, and to the trusts, whether manu-
 featuring or speculative. They have
 expended the money of the people ex-
 travagantly. but the-V@aatry, in conse-
 has prospered. notwithstanding The
 country. will continue to prosper. and
 high prices will continue to obtain for
 long time no matter who is elected
 ed in some dreadful venture, which will
 cost bloodshead and devastation in the
 land.
 With Judge Parker as President, be-
 ing a man of peace, we should not
 likely encounter any of these things With MT. Roosevelt as President he be-
 ing man, who according to his own
 say ,so,. is fond of war, our danger
 In the third. and last place, Mir.
 Roosevelts position on the race ques- tion Is, to this country, a very danger ous one. That he has 1t in mind to inter meddle in. the race conditions in the South, I do not for one moment
 doubt. He Is one of those strange men, who seem to. think that there is no dif-
 ference racially, between a white man
 and a negro. and having set the ex-
 ample of social equality himself, he
 would be greatly pleased, to see his example followed by the people of the entire country. Whether he Is right
 or not, makes but little difference The people of the South believe he Is
 not. All of them believe he Is not
 and for him to obtrude his opinions
 and views, either legally or otherwise | bound to bring trouble, and trouble
 the like of which we have not hereto fore encountered.
 The writer heard a man say a few days since, that MT. Roosevelt's posi- tion upon the race question, had al- ready cost a thousand lives. This per haps is an extravagant statement, but that 1t has cost lives, there can be no | question, and that, too. in country where otherwise, peace and good order should obtain.
 It is the duty of every good citizen
 of the Southern States to do all things possible to maintain law and order and at the same time to keep every disturbing element in the country out of power Punish men who engage in | mob violence, and elect men to office who are opposed to trenching upon the rights of any man. Every man who Is in favor of these propositions will put himself to trouble to vote for
 against Mir. Roosevelt.