The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-02
Ne SEEKS TO WIN the SOUTH
SOUTHERN TRIP IN LINE With
MkINLEY POLICY OF mo
SECTiONALlSM."
President RooseveIt's Visit to States
of the South One Of More Than
Passing Significance.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Several
New York newspapers this morning
with characteristic prescience, tell
their readers all about the presidents
forthcoming southern trip. They say
he is going south to solidify that Sec
ton in favor of his policies, and thus
assure democratic votes in congress in
their support next winter
Among the policies mentioned IN
that connection are those relating ~
railroad rate legislation, the Panama
canal and Venezuela. The prevention
of several departmental investigations
by congress is said to be another OBJ
ject of the presidents trip.
Il am reliably informed that the
president is not interested as to
whether congress takes up his pro-
posed investigations or not, says a
prominent politician in Washington.
He has been pushing the probe with all
his might and to good purpose and will
continue to do so. Should congress
manifest a sincere desire to help this
work along, he would be the last to
bject for his attitude from the begin
ming has been that the rascals should
be turned out"
South for Rate Legislation.
CAS- to railroad rate legislation, it
should be known that the south as
whole is closely in sympathy with
him. In the last congress nearly every
democrat in the house voted for the
Esch- Townsend bill and they will do
SO again. Southern members of the
through local public sentiment as sem
ators from the northern states. Broad
ly speaking however, these southern
sena. ors will be more likely to support
the presidential program than sena-
be southern senatorial obstructionists
they will be found in those states
through which powerful southern rail-
way systems run, and a presidential
trip will have no effect upon them.
Bearer of Olive Branch.
The presiIent'c snief purpose in 60
ing south will be to carry an olive
branch to that section and thus do
what he can to allay sectionalism His
motives are high and broadly patriotic
and his friends here who have talke
with him recently say that he has not
been moved by any considerations
Sucn as those referred to in the papers
today. In the south he will discuss
railway rate legislation, the Panama
canal and various other matters which
will come before congress, but his
speeches will be meant for the country
at large and not for particular por-
ton of it. He will have his message
pretty we'll thought out by the time
the trip is undertaken and this will
give mis- speeches an unusual interest
as they will indicate in a general way
the lines his message will take.
The president has been trying to
live down the Booker WASHINGTON in
cldent. He has always testified that
the south misunderstood his motives
In giving Washington an invitation to
dine and has been anxious for the time
to come when he could with proprietv
go into that section. That time has
now come.
Time for Trip is Ripe.
In fact it had come when he went
through Texas last spring as his re-
ception there demonstrated. He be-
heves that the south is already in
hearty accord with him, not onlv as
10 ra1lroad-rate matters, but as to the
lSthmlan canal and a proper SETTLE
meN- of our disputes with Venezuela
he VIII talk on all these and other
questions over with his southern
friends, not with view to bringing
them over to his side, for that he
thinks, is already accomplished. but
that they may more clearly understand
that his administration is as much
southern as it is eastern. western mr.
northern The motives assignei for
the trip in the New York paners to-
day are unworthy of him and his bieb
Office. and he would give them am.
phatic denial if the subiec. vere -.
su1hclent Importance to call for suco
notice.
Follows Mckinley Policy.
IL is one of Mr.. Roosevelt's anoh;-
'ions TO take up the work of conciliat-
ing the south where Mr.. MCKINLEY LOFT