The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
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Hereafter ~ repnblic, as e. all.
Inc years prior Is ~ q time when '.the
var broise ha cpuntry upi and al
IN All tae yeats since that struggle
ended eeptins the reconstruction
era, Wien the Army backed up the
fifteentn Anne nsIment and the South
,ras r5iied ana robbed by a combina-
hon o. adyent1rers and freedmen
each ana every tate viii decide for
itself VINO Stall and Who shall not
have &c privilege of& suffrage. Moth:
ing tr dis tittifag is more definitely
deternained than this. and with this.
determine Hon goes the assurance that
no stata viii be deprived Of any
rart of rs sentations In Congress
ana the electoral College because its
ieetslaturs withholds the ballot from
citizens whom 81 deems united for
the duties and esponsibIlities Of vot.
era T1fe fifteenth Amendment died
Iene AGO. and all Of the Fourteenth
itnent that relates to reduction
81 Representa- died with It. The
only attempt Of the United States,
Witch has not d single voter in all it's.
vast domains to interfere with SUI
tfage Id the States failed utterly. It
vas strictly enersonian movement,
q literal apple alton of the doctrine
81 me immortal declaration, but it
AiIea because 1T was in opposition
10 law. that lis higher than constttu-
tipns OF statutes. When the Force
Sill was defeated; the regulation OF
the suffrage went back TO the States
indfyfdually; and there it will remain,
and aIl aIIs4 Of cutting down represen.
tattcn is idle as the vocal exercise Of
tha shy canine that "baystthe moon"
Since President Hayes Withdrew the
Army from the long suffering South
no Republican admins tration has
ensoura d revival OF sectionaltsm.
PRESIDENT Garfield, Arthur, Harrison,
Mckinley and Roosevelt have persist
emily discourag ed ctionallsm, They
tnitted that negro enfranchisem
was a rnistak q blunder Of immense
ana have been more than
wi1lin to- let the Southern people
deal III tie afflietion in the light Of
l5eir own superior knowledge of the
stnatton.
RooseVelt!s Place In History.
sISansas city Star.
When q man is in the midcourse of
( d vigorous, expanding career, to-
prophesg his niche in the hall of fame
Is usually not only a difficult, but a
DANGEROUS, und ertaktng At the risk,
however. Of being premature, 1t. may
be aidswith confidence that Theodore
Roosevelt will live in American his
tory the man who stirred a
sIethart IL public conscience into fruit
ful activity. It may be recalled in.
after sears that The dore Roosevelt
wrote books instinct with the yigor
81 dis own dominant personality; it
win not be forgotten that he led the
tRongti Riders, up San Juan's slope,
tiie tact that, by sheer force of his
M and the public sentiment he
Helped to call into being, he wrung
remedial legislation from an unwilling
Congress, will be an incident Of the
story: but the writer, IL he be worthy
al tiits gffeat task he undertakes, must
f.SsTfI tia 10 Theodore Roosevelt,
more Ian to any other one man, be-
lo1ig the credit of having caused the
American people to pause in their
career Of commercial aggrandi2ement
aud take thought Of higher code of
eorals for the counting house and the
POLITICAL once
Theodore Roosevelt has been &C.
chaad of preaching" Granted that
me eiiare be true, had ever the evan:
gellst OF a great truth a better cause
81 more splendid audience? Every.
wiieFe ID e5 ieaven of an awakened pub
iic conscience Is working. In every
village and hamlet, in every. city and
state and upward to the doors of the
nationis1 legis1at Tors, the trend has been
towafa return to standard of hon
esty that had come to be more hon,
ofea IN the breach than in the observ.
ance SIS not punishment, but re-
f6fm, that the aroused people Of Amer
ica are seeking to-day, and Of this
cresd time must concede that ITheo.
dore eYelt IS the apostle.
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sFhs Social Evening"
RhiIadelphia Telegraph.