The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-02
SOME WARM COMMENTS.

That some good Republicans should
feel Disguised with Roosevelt and with
his ways is not at all surprising. To
the old and conservative members of
hts Party there has been much in his
conduct with which they can have no
patience. One of that kind writes to
The New York Post, saying that when
he read the proceedings of the conven-
ton at Chicago the predominant feel
ing was one Of mingled sorrow and
humiliation as an American citizen and
a Republican" And he says:
We have some real heroes of the late
war, whom we have. however. relegat-
ed to obscurity; we have war chiefs,
but we send them ito the Philippines;
we have genuine Trust busters, gen.
uine labor leaders. and We have even
magicians and statesmen. But we
thrust them all aside and choose fee
bic imitation Of them all.
That is a severe indictment. but he
improves on 1t in this summing up:
As a purist in politics Mr.. Roosevelt
has had a singular fondness for such
unstained patriots as Quay. AddickS.
T'ayne. etc, while the corruption in
umns Of the newspapers; and the de-
bauching of the consular service, the
al my, and every branch of the govern
ment service is only too notorious.
But success has crowned his efforts.
and he Isl nomiDated in several capaci-
ties-hero, war"chfef, civil service re-
former, purist, moralist, statesman.
Trust-buster and labor leader. Mr..
Roosevelt is past master In the art
of advertising himself and the many
vino have all their lives believed in
the glaring and brilliant posters. and
found the show inside so inferior. still
trustingly believe in tho lur1d adVer-
tis-ments of the candidate OF great
party. II he is elected the inevitable
result will follow but then perhaps
for a change the Democratic Party
will nominate a candidate whom sober
minded Americans can vote for.
This, be it remembered comes from
one of the old guard OF the Republican
Party. a man who evidently wants to
see a sane and safe statesman in the
presidential office, and who knows that
Roosevelt is the direct opposite of ...at
kind of man. In his official capacity
the President has drawn to him and
has patronized. upheld and rewarded
some of the worst men in the Repub-
lican Party. We have no wish to speak
harm of the dead, but certainly Mr.
Quay was the opposite of political puri-
ty, while such men as Addicks and
Payne are among his closest frinds and
associates.
The last sentence IN the above quota
ton is significant. However much we
may desire the nomination of sound
and good Democrat, all of us who are
informed as to p. esent political condi-
tiols know that it will be unsafe to rely
solely on the Democratic vote for sue
cess We want a candidate for whom
all Democrats can conscientiously vote.
but we must not lose sight of the fact
that we would be glad to have both
we are to make sure of success In
short, we want such candidate as
will attract men of all parties VINO
have more regard for good government
than they have for mere party name.
There are many thousands of sober
minded Americans" Who are not Demo-
Gratis but who would gladly join the
Democrats in the effort to put a good
man In the Presidency and rid the
country of the dangerous man now in
Office That would not only be patriot
ism, but it would be much needed
lesson to the Republicans. teaching
them that they cannot continue to
trifie with the honor and credit of the
government