The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-09
GIVES GOOD CAUSE
Eminent Prohibition Instructor Comes
Out EmphaticaIIy For Roosevelt.
AND He HIS REASONS FOR 1T
Pro-. Walter s. Davis, Instructor Of
History in Richmond High School,
Pays High Tribute to the Charac-
ter Of the President.


Pays High Tribute to the Charae-
ter Of the President.
(Danville Republican,
In conversation with a representa-
tive of the Republican, Prof. Walter 5.
Davis, instructor in history in the
Richmond high school, who is visiting
his old home in Eel River township,
gives numerous reasons why he would
vote for Theodore Roosevelt this year.
Prof. Davis has been leading Proh1-
bitionist in Wayne county and eastern
Indiana, and his views are noteworthy.
He says:
"For twenty years 1 have followed
with interest the career of Theodore
Roosevelt. His life is record of
proud. In every position that he has
been called to fill, whether as young
man of twenty-three fighting corrup-
ton as a member of the New York
general assembly, or later a member
Of the United States civil service COM
mission or president Of the New York
police board or as assistant secretary
of the navy or governor of New York,
vice president of the United States,
or finally as president, he has at all
times stood for the highest ideals
and standards of citizenship. The key
to his character has oeen honesty and
integrity in public and private life. In
these days of money getting. the im-
portance of having in the presidential
chair a man whose whole life has been
the embodiment of such principles can
not be overestimated. 1t Is hopeful
sign that the people are PLACING in 30
sitions of trust and power men like
Roosevelt and Joseph Folk.
Their lives and characters are q
| protest against one of the chief dan
| Then again l admire President Roose-
welt for treating the black men of the
south as human beings. 1t is today a
| question whether the results of the
| civil war as embodied in the 13, IA and
| 18th amendments are not now being
| largely nullified. Today it may well
be asked whether the sacrifices OF
] the Union soldier in behalf Of human
! liberty were not in vain. The blind
| prejudice Of the south against Presi
| dent Roosevelt which flashed out in
| every southern speech at the st. Louis
! convention may we'll cause alarm tt
every friend of human liberty. Presi
! dent Roosevelt rightly regards himself
as president of the whole people ant
not of any class. Among his many
sentences worthy to be written in let
/ tiers of gold is this-1!I do not want tt
shut the door of hope on any class o
our people" For that reason he want
ed to encourage the most deserving o
the colored race. President Roosevelt
has many other titles to popular favor
His insistence on Cuban reciprocit!
illustrates his regard for the sacred
ness of the Nations promises. Hi
settlement Of the coal strike not onl.
places his administration among thu
greatest since the organization of ou
government. He may justly be re
garded as the foremost ooampiCn o
civil service reform among all on
Presidents. He thus has powerful
contributed to the eradication of tn
spoils system engrafted on the countr
in the days OF Andrew Jackson TIL
appointment of the Panama cana
, commission strikingly illustrates tn
, Presidents character. He refused I
appoint politicians but selected tn
, most capable engineers and engineers
too, willing to go to Panama. TIL
conduct of the Nations foreign a
fairs under Secretary Hay has bee
beyond praise. The same may be sal
of every department of the govern
ment Time is demonstrating the Wi
dom of the nations Philippine polio
to such q degree that even the Fill
pinos themselves prefer our rule
independence. This gather from r
cent conversations with citizens Of til
4 Philippine islands.
s "A favorite charge Of opponents {
Roosevelt is his love Of war "
5 truth compels one to say that not onl
q did he end the Philippine war whic
4 he received as legacy from the M
Kinley administration but he he
avoided other wars. There have bee
% only two or three previous admin
q trations in American history that ha,
not had some war with which to dea
Indian or otherwise. Not only hs
the Rough Rider President whom h
y enemies charge with a love for II
10 smell of powder avoided making fc
X eign wars but he has used the NOR
Is influence of his great Office to secu
n domestic peace. His action in II
" coal strike is an illustration of thi
3 It must be remembered, too. that
= far he has refused to send FEEDER
troops to interfere with state affai