New-York tribune., 1905-01-16
FRIEND OF THE SOUTH.
PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT.
alabama Judge Warmly Defends
RooseUeIt's altitude.
IFRoM THR TRIRuNr RuREAu. ]

Ir1endllness Tor the South and his earnest desire
that the Southern people should understand him
strongly presented by Thomas G. Jones. former
Democratic Governor of Alabama. and United
States District Judge in that State A few days
ago the President asked him to come to Washing
ton for talk over what is called here "the
Southern situation" He met at the White House
other well known Southern men. among them
Thomas Nelson Page. President Alderman. Of the
University of Virginia. and Silas McBee Editor of
The Churchman." In an interview Judge Jones
says:
The President did me the honor of requesting
and of his relationship the Southern people ana
lifelong Democrat and confederate soldier AS
into details 1s But fa Of the 90 een nod ef a am free
TO sPeak-ndeed l think it is my duty as South
spirit which pervaded it. ] wish ali our people
could have heard what transpred there. The par,
had been ex-Confederate. ex-Federal soldiers, men
letters They represented ali shades of opinion and
religion They had no ties in common except that
all in hearty sympathy with solution of the i'm
P1rts1t problem OF how best to remove in manly,
hension which exists at the South to the animus
the confidence of the American people by stu
pendous majority in a contest in which his per-
If not the chief
PRESIDENT IS MAGNANIMOUs
No man who loves his country or desires its well
cause, at the thought that the people of a large
section OF the country believe for some that
its Chief Magistrate is unfriendly to them as a
people and desirous of thrusting upon them hostile
sides and homes. It was noble thing for Presi-
dent, who had just gone through fierce campaign.
him, sometimes from misnformation and some
times times from other motives to initiate himself
and such large number of his fellow countrymen
affected not only the President and Republicans.
put also Roosevelt the man-Roosevelt, who is half
as Of his Northern lineage one remark of ths
president IN this conferenee think | ought to re
the south entertain of his purpose and animus.
said hard thing about 5e The Pes
dent dent ans answered @ with emphasis: Il have never said
for have never felt any such thing
I6 Personally sg5d have long known the sentiments
But partly because acknowledgment was pending
have refrainet until now of speaking publicly of
them. You will recall some prosecutions in Ala
Gnately passed almost entirely away, in which two
men me were sent to the penitentiary The people in
as 1T it We're. for the future good behavior of every
the pardon of the offenders I reached the con-
cluson that that was the wisest course to pursue
Observation-Disclosures IN bjcb a1sI & SEM n MN nm prlvasf ha
old Confederate soldier with one leg. Who was
immediate family. l stated that this thought,
whether cemency Should be exercised had ap
pealed very strongly TO me The President promptly
Of it, he said very earnestly to me: Judge, I be-
circumstances to help that old peg-iegged Con-
Iederate as it gave you to ask it." No one can
about the South without being greatly impressed
with the conviction that the mans heart is full
faction in the thought that he had it IN his power
Stuart, and the grandson of Stonewan Jackson
In his appointments to the army and ravy from
the South, his choice has been frequently turned
by the consderation that the young applicant was
t b son 9I s0me g12d C9PfedsPate @ t soldier
Booker Washington incident were freely discussed.
cussion Of that Subject was IN every respect @ ms maGy
l may say in this connection that we of the South
Comprehend our feelings Our people Hvng IN Ibe
are ignorant, feel that in many ways the break
at the South include in the term Social inter
course" can only lead to evil. Consequently bar
as to these matters, which grounds Of inexorable
necessity the people OF the South have felt should
tinguished the individual negro. At the North. on
negroes. and numbers of them well educated hon
9ra6le % and industrious the line is frequently
negro has made his mark in the world and IS Of
good character and atainments. the highest and
best people Of the land do not hesitate. If he in
slider this social equality in the sense that we Of
the south use the term social equality" But
ingling the blood of the two races as we "a are and
aDhOTrenCa 3
you I. They resent the idea as bitterly as We do
- The President has high appreciation of Booker
work for his people. Having him to luncheon at
imprompu affair the President desripg f. meTeg
talk with Washington about matters concerning
the welfare of his race Before he became Presi
dent, he had taken luncheon as many of the fore
most people of the North had. with washington
his talk he conceded in the remotet deyaa say thaf TIN IN
JniS aco1 a6stractly or ethically was in any way
equally true that he did regret the unfolnded da1
in any sense the admixture of the races or wbat
we at the South term and consider social equality
the improper inferences which Ignorant negroes
night tSe1eb fTch h an & and the change which
white neighbors and in public tranquility and con-
South. 1--" 0'i'ui'i0ls at the
THE CRUM APPOINTMENT
The dominant trait in the Presidents character
American love of fair play or "a square d. deal" S
5Psrience % & in his great 0ice and the discussions
brought him to full mindfulness of the difficulties
man, he is aware that many of the conditions Of
what is called "the negro problem exist equally
some respects life may be harder for 9TH tbe 'St nern m
at the North than at the South. He does not shut
least. the difficulties of the problem Identical
the civil equality OF races-that is the right to
have justice administered without respect Of per |
all thoughtful men Of the South That such ms |
tice should be dispensed to the negro eyerywhere
any other were subjected to wrong from race |
happiness. He realizes fully as you or that an
ignorant suffrage is an appalling calamity to the
country. His position In this respect is differ
ent from that taken by many Southern and |
on @ be MG man sbed ha no receyf n Sage rega
of reaching the voting privilege than the negro
o oP baoRs for m to the Sd haa9
accomplished by the grandfather clause and The |
himself and implied insult to the white as !
I | q hose |