The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-12-06
IS ROOSEVELT A MENACE TO
BUSINESS?

from bankers, brokers aud nii!'""-
ai,e. in general. The majority say
mo though some Of them, Of MAJ
tionaI repute too, emphalicaliy say
eyes, We venture TO say as cur an
swsr that we believe the president To-
he an honest man, aud that he would
not disturb public confidence Tor per-
sonal ends. At the same time we are
Of the decided opinion that President
Wilson. Of Princeton, is right in say
ing that Mr. Roosevelt "thinks ana
then speaks, " when another has wei
said that she should think twice be-
fore speaking" That would mo- doubt
he the safer and saner PLAN Cur
president has been given TO too much
dippancy Of speech, too much "Slach
Jaw. and in this respect has been a
menace to business.
Ifhe had thought twice before act
inc he would never have had Booker
Washington as his guest, he would
moi have had that steamboat captain
removed for initiating his example OF
being strenuous, he would not nave
taken part i'm the Cleveland election,
would have made no combination
with Hearst. would not have ordered.
sin God we trust removed from our
coins. would not have appealed To
lottery in the selection of public oili-
Gals and would long since have had
a representative Southern man a.,
member Of his cabinet.
While we are fully persuaded that
his party speech has hurt business
we are as fully convinced that recent
financial troubles have come from
overtrading. There isn't money
enough to make millionaires of all of
us. and the wonder is that the people
have been so long satisfied with iva
ter" for money, a "stone for bread
and a scorpion for fish, The settling
day had to come, and it came with "a
great shock. Fortunately the people
generally were too prosperous to allow
a Wall Street wall TO scare them and
too strong in their positions to be
driven from them by the foolish at
terances Of even a president or the
criminal conduct Of a gang Of gamb-
lers.
Still we have all suffered, for We
are members of the same body, and
will suffer again unless our represen-
tatives at Washington have sense
enough and courage enough to give Us
money enough for the demands Of
legitimate business If prudent
mans private business outgrOws his
capital ne increases that capital aud
that is all the government need do.
Will it be done? Not fit interieres
with Presidential, Senatorial or Con
gressional aspirations.
1t was the elder Vanderbilt who
said: Oh the people and SO
says the average national Office holder
How long viii the people submit to
the lash in the hands of such leaders p
The suicidal mania prevailing among
the women of Bristol Tenn, makes an
alarming and abnormal page i'm hu-
man history. During one week T. Of
their number have attempted to take
their lives and five on one day. II
seems to be the result Of mutual COM
pact, and no reasons are assigned for
the strange conduct. We will not be-
iieve that the towns going "dry" is
the exciting cause Better bear the
ills we have than fly to Others We
know not off,"
Foraker is in for the fight, defying
president, his war secretary and all
other opposing forces. lie demands
a primary in Ohio TO select delegates
to the Republican National Conyen-
ton. lie may win there but will win
no where else. He is brilliant but
that's all that can be said i'm his favor.
lie hates and would again humiliate
the South and no such man will ever
be president Of this reunited people.
That war a splendid array Of clerical
talent which met at jamestown tx
position on Thanksgiving day. Meth
odist, Presbyterian, Catholic and Jew
on the same rOstrum How varying
their faiths yet meeting on common
platform. Is the prayer Of the Sa-
Viour tone as we are one" soon TO be
answered? Let US hope so.
Richmond has hard time OF it set
Ting her water question. Even the
settling basin fails TO settleit. And,
then, she has trouble with the whiskey
question. The two mix well and are
now nightly mixed The legislators
too, will soon be there and then the
mixtures will become more mixed.
Our capital city, however, is not i'm
the habit Of lowering her flag in face
Of any foe and will yet be victor.
Mr.. Bryan says that united Dem
ocratic party can beat divided Re
publican party. NO doubt about it,,
but who ever heard Of Republicans de
viding on election day? The Demo
Gratis seem TO take pride i'm it, and flat
ter themselves that it is evidence of a
spirit Of independence. No man
should be independent Of his party,
his country, his family or his church.
The "unwritten law has been put
10 fearful test Of late i'm Washington.
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