The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-27
N SOUTH TWO KINDS
 RECONSTRUCTION LEADERS.

ThA New York Sun of recent date ] publishsa the following s.gnlneaat c9nl-
 Sir: Ths problem of reconstructlon, vita when the statesnen al MnSnlh y ton struggled m va Tor many years | waA nnaiiy solVed by the genus of a , practical business man wltn lew ysat : earpest. aggressive work. Sy lne hl.S i ic of hnalTehs Aoumen and administrative talent of unusual order. q grave lm1 Ds,dlni wnicn lay as a solid wall hefore the onward march, ot PEoeEesSS
 was overcome with signal aoiilty anu
 The Hate Samuel Spencer, president Of the Southern R1llway, was the me st qs g9ts9sSd nt tSa s e wss in SSs ssSs A Pontifex Maxinlus. wno bridged the broad nnasnn opened between the North and seuth by long ,etI1a ana eSdSsSss a5d ersS. lt pe genius and marvellous executive ability a united couutry owes lasting Asht of gratitude and hsa9i, hosn99r ana -,-
 vairy which divided the North and South into hostile division was in turn the element which under ehssn,ged aHa 9ys fsySraOie sSSas Of s"ti tertis ana resoures
 ful nina, reunited the two sections q the e9uutry iG 2 firm and ,a1 eemEaSt S,s tas- ae- ,os; sn ss ans To'fn to attSin tRe prseilcai iS- anciar wsn with nnerring skill; that
 which the lawmaker accomplished Tn theory, the f1nanclsr reduced to an acc t'sr Tbe e" busl1ess ac1msn and financial genius oG the late Mr, Spencer were the sreatest and most eneettIve S LaS' 2as Ss hahijitatien of the south. Drawing the people of the two sections together upUu coniHCn ground ot uscssstty Aha
 lilaD ton, and unItinS thsn ID closs rOn,thsl eiAi uhlUn by lA6 G.Su4snt oi sea -Ihtei est, he orVuSnt out ot the rhStUR OL rnineG lhuussrlSs aA ytA@At- aAlOn ol muLuaity co-UpefAuRs anH s1- V Iscltvy forces. LnrOuSn lue pOtHnL th- nuruee UI tue rsallwd5s wn.cn 0e nhitsd lu hrm integral dnits Mr SpShSer LTuuRnL the cDuttl4erelal forces 1t tne suutn anG North lnsO powcrlul activity. Like the Oad-ou.iders or the nOmah enl ire, lie opened tile Way tor tue Ih-
 pfd on ward march or progressive forces
 Through the constructor, operation ana perieetion of ms great railway sys. tenn he accomplished nure Tor tue re stOrauon of peace, oraer' security Vt i.fo and property and the general well fare and prosperity of the S1uth than any Federal statue or government pol-
 Iir. Spencer found the railways with In the reach Of his activities as mud and Clay; he left them as brick Rnd grauite--Ilrm aud p9lenlial' he 1nl- ted parts or the S5uthsrn hallway ware U loosely 10intedt SC Jnp eGted--0tteo hostile--impotent read bsfere they reJt the touch of Me. Speneers virils gen- Jus. When he fell. ike a leader at the head of large fcrces Of men and vast commercial Interests, he left a trans portation system which excited tne of inc whole world. The Southern Raii-. way, which he founded and developed with masteriy skin and ju5gmsnt. was deeply in the ndtr1ive .soil Of the South. The transportation system which un ted the vast pre- ducing regions of the Ihe North or tho old World, awaken e6 the latent 0nerRiee of the South, Hhd spurreH it forward toward the goal of commercial sunramacy and sneGess
 The result was potent. effective, happy: inc men bf the Nortn and the men Of inc South nnited In a common com men - ,sial enterprise. Ana while thus angag- ed they came Go know and admire each other. to rejoice in union and prosper