Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-04
ROosevelt's Dream of Uniting
North and South


ington in discussing the propose
Southern trip of President Roost
welt, says:
President Roosevslt's tour G
the South, planned for October
has great significance in it's bear
ing on the coming session of Con
gress. Mr. Roosevelt is about t
make an appeal directly to tn
South for the support by it's Sena
| tors and Representatives of hi
policies in reference to domestic
and foreign affairs.
The President has long planned
this trip to the South. He hal
dreamed of uniting the two sec
lions Of the country in a common
impulse, with himself, if net the
leader, at least the arbiter.
The Booker Washington ano
Crum appointments and other
matters aroused the South so thai
such a tour as is now planned
seemed lmpolitic. But the Presi-
dent believes the time is now ripe,
The whole wcrld is applaudlng
him for his success in bringing
about peace in the Far East. The
South is about to prosper through
the Para Canal, which he OBJ
tanned. So cow he is going among
the southern people and talking to
them frankly about the things lac
is trying to accomplish in Con
gress, with the hope that the South
will at last rally under the leader
ship of a Republican President.
In the opinion of many members
of his own party it is high time
the President took such a step, if
the history of the next Congress
is to be different from the last.
In the last session of the Fifty
eighth Congress he attempted more
than any other President and &C
complished less, and he met defeat
at the hands of his own party af-
ter having received the greatest
plurality of votes ever cast at an
election contested to the end and
not permitted to go by default.
The prospects, up to this writ
ing, are that there will be shown
the same hostility in both branches
of Congress to presidential policies
in the next session and the im-
pOrtant leaders, cash of whom
played certain part, some in the
Senate and some in the House of
Representatives, are girding up
their loins once more for the fray.
The regular session of Congress
will begin on Monday, December
4. 1t is assumed that Mr., Roose-
welt will not change his mind
again, and there will be no extra
session. If he waits for the regu-
lar session he has a trife more
than two months in which to
strengthen himself with his own
party, and the Democratic party
as we'll. He will need all the
votes he can marshal, he they
Democratic or Republican, to carry
through his schemes with refer.
ence to these matters.
Ratification of the agreement
with the Republic of SaM Domingo.
l' Prevention of a Congressional
Investigation of Assistant Secre-
tary of State Lcomis.
Adoption of such policy as the
President NAV recommend with
reference to Venezuela.
Prevention CT the investigation
Of the Campaign fund of 1904 by
the passage of bill prohibiting
campaign contributions in the
future.
Prevention of an investigation
Of the Panama Canal, and the
passage of a law needed by the
administration.
Passage Of a bill empowering
the Interstate Commerce Com
to establish rates where
rates are found to be unreasonable.
Prevention of an investigation
into the atfeirr of the Agricultural
Department and the Weather
Bureau.
Passage of Legislation for the
Philippines, which will be recon-
mended by Mr.. Taft, Secretary of
War.
This is pretty wide program
Of positive aud negative work and
singularly enough, each of the
subjects is of great interest to the
public.
Mr.. Flood to Stay in Congress
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