Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

them, but each party is, after all. but
an organized assault upon the offices.
We live IN deeds. not words.
The thing which bulks large In the eyes
of common humanity is man who
gets up and hustles, slashes through
the red tape, does things. TO pass
over Roosevelts many minor achieve
ments-there is the peace between
japan and Russia, accomplished, In the
teeth of obstacles that any other man
would have found insYperable, and
with superb disregard of the cOnven-
tions of diplomacy. Such feats compel
devotion.
He Is also Indifferent to the petty
Soc,aI conventions. Born of an old and
aristocratic family, reared as a mem
Der Of the exclusive caste. educated AT
Harvard, he is still thoroughly man
of the people. Wherever he goes he
has IL bully time" He sets out OH his
travels with all the gustO of youth. He
finds exhaustless pleasure in meeting
people of all occupations and all points
Of view. AS his train left Montgomery,
he shouted from the back platform,
you have never had a guest who en-
joyed himself more" This was no
mere polite farewell it was the exact
truth. The hcartiness was unfeigned.
Other men--Harrison and probably
Cleveland-would have been bored and
tired by the festivities; but President
Roosevelt was as cordial, straight
forward. ard Interested, as hearty and
happy rs a boy Of twelve at a Sunday
school picnic. A man of such fortunate
,l.I,i
of every man. woman, child, dog, and
horce that he meets.
But in his latest incursion across Ma
son and Dixon's line he showed some
thing more than unquenchable joy in
life. 1t was his chiValry. his sympathy
with the under dog, that inspired him
when he spoke with solemnity and fer
yor to the negroes of Tuskegce. He
dwelt both on their rights and their du-
ties: and in this he was, as he always
has been, the great and good friend OF
their race His directneSs i'm dealing
with {. delicate and difficult question
has already had its effect. The South
crn papers are speaking with unprece-
dentcd cOrdiality of the negro. Each
race, saws the Florida Times-tnion,
should rejoice in the success of the
other" The Savannah News adds,
"Since the negro is here to stay, why
isn't it the best policy to make as good
and helpful man and citizen out of
him as possible?" If Roosevelt shall
have done even little to allay the Bit
terncss between the races he will more
than ever merit the title. The Great
Pacificator. But in no incident did
President Roosevelt appear to better
advantage than in his crushing rebuke
to the Governor Of Arkansas, and his
stand for the ma ajesty of the law. No
President since Lincoln could have ut
tered with such force that noble reply
to the plea about the one crime
ITO avenge one heinous crime by an
other heinOus crime is to reduce the
man doing it to the bestal level of the
man who committed the bestial crime"
But the trumpet blast which. after
all, made the wall of prejudice fall
down flat was President Roosevelts
fitting celebration of the valOr of those
two Southern heroes, Jackson and Lee.
The virtues of mind and soul displayed
by these two great generals must ap-
peal to Mr.. Roosevelt with peculiar
power: but in urging a claim of kinship
and voicng his pride in their careers,
he but spoke for all Americans who
have outlived the heat and rancor of
civil strife.