The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
THE PRESIDENTS T0UR|
What Other Editors Of the Missis.
sippi Press Say Regarding
His Southern Trip.

Senator ii. ID. Money had himsel
interviewed the other day i'm regar,
to the visit Of President Roosevelt t,
the South, and as usual, he diSplaye,
his bad temper and showed his ignOr
ance of the feelings of the people 0
this state toward the President. Mr.
Money said in effect that Mr.. Roose
velt would be an unwelcOme visitor t,
MiSSiSsippi; that his presence was no
wanted in this state on any occasion
all of which is far from the facts
The people of Mississippi and all ovel
the South have long since learned tha,
they were, wholly wrong in their earl,
impressions of Mr.. Roosevelt. They
have learned that he favors and advo.
Gates white mans government just
as much as any other white man, anC
that his supposed hostility toward
the South was a myth: that he really
is as anxious for the welfare, happi.
ness and prosperity of the South as
any other president we have ever had.
Mr.. Money. who has lived i'm Washing
ton principally for the past fifteen
years, and is therefore ignorant of
many things that he should know, re-
garding this people, could have easily
found out these truths had he been
disposed to do SO. His harsh words
toward the President is i'm keeping
with his entire policy as a public Serv-
ant. He has invariably seen tit to
make himself obnoxious to the Repub-
lican party and its leaders, which
rendered null his usefulness to the
South. The better class of Republi-
can leaders have many times brought
the force OF their power to bear in
favor Of the South, but Mr.. Money
was never the man to enlist their
Sympathies. His policy of condemn
ing everything and everybody on the
Republican side may have been good
politics twenty-five years ago-it is
madness today.
The people Of Mississippi extend
cordial welcome to President RouSe-
velt, despite what Mr.. Money has said,
the only regret being that the Presi-
dent hasn't time to go the entire
rounds OF the state and give us all a
hand-Shake. Water Valley Herald.
President Roosevelt s Southern tour
has begun most auSpiciOuSly. His
speech at Richmond won the hearts
Of his audience and was greeted with
4 spontaneous responsiveness of good
feeling wherever it was read through
lut the South. That speech was ad-
conceived and the thought
found no less admirable expression.
The president made himself well |
come guest upon the very threshold Of |
lis tour.
But we must not forget that the |
PRESIDENT is himself half Southern in |
blood and the other half, New York. |
The Southern characteristics notably |
dominate in his temperament, and |
lis inherited aptitudes and sympa-
hieS are sure to find expression on
his visit among his mothers peO-
lie. The very environment will
ummOn the native impulse to reSpon-
iveness and Theodore Roosevelt will
eturn to Washington with his
outhern half refreshed and reinvig-
rated, to make better and wiser
hef magistrate than before. e.-Meri-
ian Evening Star.
The Presidents trip through the
Outh is one continued OvatiOnS.
he great attention given the PreSi-
ent while on his Southern trip is not
ecauSe the people of the South agree
18th him on political questions, but
ecauSe he is the President and has
lOwn during the past year or two of
is administration, that he is a bigger
IAN than many had given him credit
~. He is the chief executive for the
reateSt nation on earth and received I.
he largest vote at the last election
YER cast for a candidate for presi-
ant, and hence the distinguished
shown him by the South
n people while on his present short
,ur of the South, are but expressions {
consideration due the chief execu-
We Of the American Republic. -
rcenville Democrat.
Asa starter the President seems not .
have needed the ill-timed and mali ,
Gus advice but as reported by the AS A.,
ciated Press dispatches the speech .
he is making are credited to truth +
to genuine Americanism. There is i,
naught of fault to be found !
: those who honestly hold to an ac- /,
ptance Of truthful history and who =
fact are true and rock-ribbed Ameri- =
rs. The generous SOutherner may n
assured will accept the words of the =
.tion' s chief with the spirit of sin. = =
rity with which they are uttered q
d indulge the hope that the some Y Y
mes erratic statesman will not on 6,
he morrow" throw the whole thing q
the fire by some overt act Of Of
use Biloxi Review. a
His speech was one that was cer- II
in TO appeal to his hearers, as he
Dke of the valor of Lee, and his fol-
vers, and how, since that epoch, the
q sections have been reunited by
liSsoluble ties. The speech was one S;
paciticatiOn, and necessarily the ne ft