Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-04-18
STRONGER THAN EVER.


Republican papers throughout the Unit
ed States, asking the opinion of each
as to the strength of President
Roosevelt with the voters general
ly at this time as compared with his
popularity at the time of his election.
A large number of the editors addressed
responded to the inquiry, and they all
declared that Mr.. Roosevelt is stronger
, IN the affections of the people than he
has ever been before; and that this APP
plies not only to the Republicans but to
the Democratic voters also. The press
report said
SO far as they undertake to speak
Tor Democrats, these editors remark a
curious turning toward the Republican
Preside t of the hearts of the Demo-
cratic voters; who by the thousand. it is
said, would prefer him to any man the
Democrats could nominate out of their
own ranks
This declaration was treated with de-
rislon by the Democratic papers. those
at the South particularly; and it was as
serted by them that there was no evident
sentiment in this section upon which
such reports could be truthfully based.
But recent events and the declarations
OF prominent Southern Democrats indi-
cate very forcibly that the Republican
editors who made such reports were not
so greatly in error as our Democratic
contemporaries claim they were.
About two months ago the Charlottes-
vile Progress, a staunch Democratic
paper, published in sight of Monticello,
the home of the proclaimed father of
Democracy, earnestly urged that the
Democrats should make Mr.. Roosevelt
their candidate for President in 1905.
All the Democratic papers in Virginia.
and in fact at the South, made sport of
the astounding and eccentric pronounce
ment of the Progress. But now comes
a similar suggestion from John Temple
Graves, the brilliant editor of the Allan
Ia Georgian, made in a speech at ban
quet given in honor of William Jennings
Bryan, and with that august person be-
lore him when the suggestion was made
by Mr.. Graves. That proposition of
Mr.. Graves was not only startling but
rational, as was shown by the manner in
which it was treated by Mr.. Bryan, for
in his speech he referred to the recon-
mendation in the following language:
"As at present advised, shall not
present the name of Theodore Roose-
welt to the National Democratic con-
vention. Bear in mind, l say, as at
present advised"
This shows that Mr.. Bryan has be-
come more cautious since his Madison
Square Garden speech, a speech which
he has since been diligently trying to
explain away. Mr.. Bryan's response
to the suggestion of Mr.. Graves indi-
Gated clearly that the hearts of thou
sands of Democrats, even at the South.
are turning to President Roosevelt, and
that they trust him further than any
man the Democrats can nominate out
of their own ranks.
fThnN-a 10 ar,Ofba,. Il
shows the growing popularity of the
President with Southern men. At a
session of the Conference for Educa-
cation in the South, held at Pinehurst,
N. c., on the 10th inst, there was
splendid gathering of the ablest educa-
tors of the South, and many from the
East and West. Among the speakers
on that occasion was Governor Glenn,
of North Carolina, an earnest advocate
of the cause of education and a ster-
ling Democrat. The press reporter in
referring to Governor Glenn's speech,
said:
Governor Glenn discussed the atti-
titude of the South toward the so-called
education movement, and, referring to
the loyalty of the South to the Union,
remarked that the Southern people to-
day considered President Roosevelt the
greatest ruler the world has ever
known"
When we find such decided express
sions of approval for Roosevelt given
by ultra Democrats like Lindsay, Graves
and Glenn, how can any intelligent man
or newspaper longer deny that Mr.. |
Roosevelt has grown in the affections