The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-25
Past PRAYING For.

and safe with better regard for the
constitution and law. Now, with
out in any way saying one word
against the 'fervent effeotual
prayer of righteous man." the OBJ
servation of an old orthodox divin 9
may be quoted, to the effect that
when asked to pray for rain he
said. eyes, I'll do my best, but to
tell you the truth. I don't believe
it will be ofimuch use until the
/, ind swings around into the
South.
What are the chances for Roose.
welt reforming from following such
ways as have made many true
hearted Americans hang their
heads in shame that the President
of the United States should do
such thingsP
For instance, when President
Mckinley lay upon his death bed.
and his collapse was momentarily
expected by millions this man,
Roosevelt. hied him away on a deer
hunt, and when the end finally
came, and the question was asked,
where is Roosevelt, who must take
the presidential oath, no one knew
where he was. and skilled guides
had to hunt him up. and when
found he was on the top of Mount
Marcy, the highest land in the
State of New York That was in
September, and when the Christ
mas holidays came three months
later. this man, then President of
the United States, was kicking up
his heels in the White House,
dancing Niger dances, and cutting
up in a fashion that caused roars
of laughter to all onlookers.
Whep, after the death of Presi-
dent Mckinley the inquiry was
made what kind of a man this
accidental President was, it was
given out at first that he was a man
of frugal habits who was not given
to spend large sums of money in
running his household. Whoever
got that notion very soon found
his mistake. Nothing was good
enough for President Roosevelt.
The White House, which was good
enough for President Mckinley,
President Cleveland, President
Harrison, and long line of Presi-
dents was not nearly good enough
for President Roosevelt. The
White House was partly pulled
down, and built over to the tune
of million dollars. And the other
day a shrewd old Republican in
Washington said it would be we'll
worth another million if it could
be restored as it was before this
work began.
No President of the United
States had dreamed, until Roose.
Welt came, of a ninety thousand
dollar yacht, (the Mayfiower.) with
marble bathtubs and fittings
throughout which put all previous
efforts in that line by Princes.
Kings, and Emperors in the shade
Roosevelt was the first President
of the United States who aped
royalty in many ways in Washing
ton. President Roosevelt swung
around big orioles in royal dead
head railway trains, and broke a
long and honorable Presidential
record in accepting such gifts.
The later exploits of President
Roosevelt are in everybody's mind
How he persistently forced the
confirmation of his chum Dr..
Wood. as Major General, and put
him in a position where in few
years. unless something in provi,
dence kindly prevents, he will be
at the head of the army of the
United States: A mere civilian,
who had never won battle nor
shown extraordinary fitness for this
position, jumped over the heads of
about a hundred regular army men!
Another sample is his nominal
ing and persistent denomination of
a negro to be collector of the port
of Charleston, a nomination which
is'repulsive to nearly the whole
white population of the South and
also to many of the Republicans
of the North.
It is not necessary to enlarge up
on this subject-to speak of the
needIessIy shady record through
which the Panama Canal was ac.
quired, and the pension order, by
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