The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
By WILT.
 STEPHAN

= uvt cdustic, reckless assertion when it came face to face with th courage, the dash. the impetuosity, tn ouboling humanity of Theodore Roose veit, the hand was outstretched and tn, door thrown open. She could not, sh, did not say that Theodore Roosevelt nao not made mistakes, but he was younger then-and he showed up wher ne came so thoroughly Southern. ir splte or 1t all. The South believed that he had wronged her and her cher tshed traditions, and to wrong her tra- aitons were grievous fault. but he was younger then, and as he had learn ca her better she had learned him bet ter. He was younger then and the south did not, she could not wear the badge of her wrongs while he was a guest within her gates. As frank as he was to her. as frank she was to him. She was surprised. she was pleased, to md out that there was so much of her and her people in this man she believed had wronged her and hers.
 |N Southerner Loves Warmth.
 The mild objection that the Southern
 man has to the Northern man is that
 the Northern man looks on life as a
 cold-ble oded business proposition. The
 well remembered Montgomery Colonel
 used to very nearly voice this thought
 when he would look scornfulIy at ono
 Of his friends and acquaintances who
 had declined to drink with him and
 say cuttingly:. T thought you were a
 true Southern gentleman, not one of
 those cold-blooded Yankees who came
 down here to make money The Southern man before they became bet~
 ter acquainted. used to look upon the Northern man as an fey fellow who went through life coldly ignoring social amenities. intent only on money uoL- ing. and rudely shouldering everybodv that got in his way
 me southern man loves warmth spontaniety and enthusiasm. And .naI roosevelt. If it hadn't been for the great question, the negro oues- uon-welf, whats written Is written Aoove all else, the South stands for righteousness for decency and for cleanliness in public life She has nav CT been overwhelmed with a wave of graft and crookedness. Her puh,ic men are the poorest and the cleanest m omcial life. The old-fashioned s.anaards nave never been lowered. Tn su affairs the South stands Tor cleanliness and decency. Why should she stand back from honor;ns an Executive who has held high that standard throughout his life. for all unfortunate things he had said writ. ten and done in early life?
 Ine man who never makes mistakes IS the man who never does anything 1ne man who never sins, Is the man who is shut up in a monastic celI ,rha man who never says a foolish thine is the man who never says anything Iheodore Roosevelt has done so mariv tninS~ that he is obliged to have done some wrong thing. Theodore Roose- Welt, who has said so many thinrs is obliged to have said many good things ana he IS obliged to have said some sirns Thomas sn'nfs' S watson has written 6f the President:
 Some Thundering BIunders.
 Theodore Roosevelt has been hon. est and courageous. throughout his Ire, but he has made some laundering blunders."
 For his Southern temperament. for the good things he has done. for his courageous stand for honesty and de- cenoy. the South honors the President of the United States, and when he was her guest she could not. in the name of hospitality. Haunt the grievance of the wrongs she believed he had done her when he was younger and did not know her so we'll
 It comes back to the old question of heredity and environment, this study of Roosevelt The man who has read tJs AAoS Soo U " AAtLle puTpOSe IT le has failed to catch the signal. the fact that everyl strong man. svery great man, takes after his mother" He has wondered in his 'eading If he has failed to note that he great leaders. the great fighters md the great statesmen are men who lad unusual mothers. and that the characteristics of the mothers were the of the famous sons The thoughtful men could not but notice hat the elemental influence of great less have been maternal. and not pa- ernal.
 The mother of Theodore Roosevelt vas Southern in birth, breeding and haracter. his father. a New Yorker of Dutch descent Can any man who ia amiliar with Theodore Roosevelt's 'ublic career, who has known him face O face. or who has read his character trough in the written record of his leeds, doubt for a moment that the | lemental influence of his character, l is warmth and spontaniety, are of the | 'outh. and of Georgia, and not of | knickerbockerism? The | lash, the warmth and spontaneous | outrage dates back to the pillared | mansion on Georgia soil and not to the | lew York home. with the cold brown | tone front.
 The Alabama ex-Governor who told | Roosevelt that if he had been born in | ieorgia twenty years before the great | var he would have ardently espoused | he secession cause and fought shoul- | Ter to shoulder with the men who made | he worldwide fame of the Confeder- Ite soldier, spoke within the truth. Aye. truly, with sword to handle and horse to ride, Theodore Roosevelt, coming out of Georgia. would have ridden stirrup to stirrup with such riders as Cook, Ashby and the others. He was born with the cavalier tho cavalier courage. The Southern man who meets the even if he does not know of Jan Juan Hill, recognizes this.
 So much for heredity. Now for en- -ironment.
 Result of Environment.
 Theodore Roosevelt Is a Harvard nan. The sort of history they teach t Harvard is a little queer to say the east according to the Southern mans jew. The South was all wrong, the ,orth was all right. The South is lad, the North is all good. That is he way academic Harvard looks to the verage Southern man.
 So there goes out from Harvard theodore Roosevelt. young man with n active alert brain, and a character f inconceivable energy. There were