The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-23
BETTER DRoP IT.
The Brooklyn Eagle says:

lc 0tudlo Ut0 WGlt tO NOle uOND dHu out the resolution of Senator Tiliman to investigate the case of the woman who was prevented from seeing the Presi- dent. and whose subsequent treatment by White House attaches was marked by possible blunders in circumstances that were not possible to foresee or easy to deal with. The President had nothing to do with the treatment of the was in his vicinity He gave no orders on the subject. He did not become aware of the Incident until 1t was over
 The Advertiser is far from being an admirer of Senator Tillman. He is drastic, intolerant and tactless. Like Roosevelt. he makes bad breaks and does harm when he probably doesn't Intend it. He lacks the balance and calm judgment which statesman should possess. In short, with his good qualities. he unites some that are not so good. We fear he doesn't make good average.
 The Tillman resolution could not ac- complish any good. While It's. object was to get at the facts of a discredit- able incident. and to fix the responsi- bility where is belonged. he might have known that the Republicans would not allow it to pasS the Senate. What they want Is forgetfulness on that Nor ris affair
 And yet the resolution and the Sena- tors speech were a treat to the Re- publlcans in one sense for it gave them new opportunities for denying and ex- blaming. They had been having a hard time trying to get around. explain nesses to the White House disgrace, and thought they had gotten the matter snugly tucked away in the closet of forgetfulness. Then along comes the South Carolina Hotspur and sets them of afresh. He gave them a new ~tart. and put them on new trail. In abus- ing him they expect to draw attention entirely from the original beginning of the trouble. They should thank Tillman.
 And yet some of our conservative and Democratic contemporaries are not very happy in their comments. Take the concluding lines of the extract we have quoted as an example. The Eagle says the President had nothing to do with the maltreatment of Mrs Morris; that he gave no orders and knew noth- ing of the affair until it was over. Let us admit all that, and it does not bet ter the matter. No one, so far as we know, has charged the President with having ordered the lady thrown out of the White House No one mas charged that he knew of the affair while 1t was in progress, and no denial along that line was necessary. but there is direct and specific charge against Roosevelt. as The Eagle we'll knows. He knew what his subordinate had done. He knew that Barnes and those acting under his orders were guilty of gross outrage He knew that the report of Barnes was incorrect for it was fiatly contradicted by the testimony of eye witnesses who had no motive for mlsrepresenting the inci- dent. nor any personal reasons for sup pressing the facts, as Barnes did.
 Knowing all this, why has Roosevelt remained stubbornly silent all this time? The Kansas City Journal, a strong Republican paper, in the course of a somewhat mixed defence and ex- planation, says Roosevelt is "a typical American citizen and gallant gentle man, incapable of intentional wrong or discourtesy to any one"
 The Journal, like The Eagle, puts it's defence on the ground that the President did not order it done. That is not the point. If a woman should go to the office of The Journal or The Eagle to see the editor and the janitor of the office should have her treated as Mrs. Morris was treated, would the head of the paper remain silent and put up with the defence of his friends that he did not order the violence? Would not the responsible head of the office. as soon as he was in- formed of the outrage, make a public apology for It and discipline the bump tious janitor?
 We think he would. That is the course that any typical American citi- zen and gallant gentleman" should pur- sue. It has not been done by Roose- welt. He has given no intimation that he regretted the circumstance or that he disapproved it. He has not cen sured the guilty parties. so far as the public is aware. nor has he disavowed responsibility for what was done. On the contrary, he maintains a stubborn, contemptuous indifference to the criti- cisms that have appeared, and which have not by any mean been confined to Democrats.
 The Tillman resolution and spe esch might well have been left out, but they afforded the Roosevelt supporters and apologists some satisfaction.
 GREAT BUTTER.
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