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SOUTH SHARES IN PROSPERITY,
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great majority of intelligent business men in
the South are in sympathy with the con-
trolling principles OF your platform ana op-
posed TO those of your opponents as last de-
clared. And l am equally sure that they
recognize and respect the fearless honesty OF
your leader Headlines are not history, nor
does the passionate partisan write the final
verdict Of great people Hlstory. qespite
the venom of the small politician. Will DO nm
the justice to record that he has gone further
than any man who has occupied the White
House since the Civil War to further the vital
interests OF the South; The stanosro OF APP
pointments has been the same for georgia as
FOR New York. He has insisted on efficiency
and integrity the chief tests. North and
South alike or the thousand or more Original
Postoffce appointments in Georgia under his
administration not one has within my
knowledge been criticized by even the un'
Southern man, General Wright. by his APP
rointrncnt holds the honor OF this country In
President relies for the advancement and de-
velopment OF the 900 COO people who are there
working out their destinies. Two Judges % oi
publican and both from Georgia, are there by
his aprointment to administer the laws In the
army there and here in the navy and IN all the
men have felt the friendly touch of his hand.
The character of these appointments ana tne
Hnaves who charge him with stirring up strife
between races and arraying section against
section - am proud & OF your great res aeeas; f1I t
q Southern audience, and no honest man
doubted that he meant II.
DISTRUST OF DEMOCRATS.
The prosperity Of the South is wrapped up
In the policies Of the Republican party, and the
sa,,tbeTn people are beginning to realize IT.
southern business sentiment Indicates an In
creasIng distrust OF the policies OF the Demo
cratic party. In 1896 Georgia. accustomed tc
enormous Democratic maJorities, gave 1000
Sotes FOR BRYAN and 60, 600 for Mckinley;
North Carolina cast 174, 900 for Bryan and
15h 600 for Mckinley; Virginia gave $4,000
FOR Rrvan and 135, 600 for Mckinley. And this
Was according TO Democratic counts. Mary
land and West Virginia cast Republican major
itieg in both 1895 and 1900. In Virginia.
Georgia. and North Carolina in 1900 ~ to IL
ner cent OF the people who had voted in 1SDe
STAYED away from the polls and sacrihced their
last opportunity to worship the popular
IDOL - Analysis OF election returns shows
tbat the distrust OF Democracy was most pro-
nounced and conspicuous In centers OF trade
manufacturers and commerce.
Felfow -countrymen. We of the South believe
in Roosevelt. and in his ability TO meet every
issie at home and abroad triunphanty We
believe that he is animated by spirit OF
patriotism as broad and as bright as has
ever streamed from the White House over ouI
beloved country; and we believe that wher
he has fulfilled his mission he, the son OF the
North and the South. Will carry with him the
consciousness that fatherland and motherland
once divorced in sadness, through him and be-
cause OF him have been drawn together again
believe that when he goes at length into the
retirements of private life he Will go beloved
OF all patriotic Americans, from Canada K
the Gulf and from ocean to ocean. Mr.. Chair
man. in behalf of the motherland l second
the nomination OF Theodore Roosevelt