The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-13
SOME CRITICAL VIEWS,

Of President Roosevelt Made by John
 5. Wise, . virginian, at a Law Feast. Ocean City Dispatch to Baltimore Sun
 surprising and vigorous attack up- on Theodore Roosevelt and the Reose- tralization of power in the Federal government. together with an able de- tense of States rights and a protest against the effort to override them, by lican lawyer. of New York, once the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia, and.-noted throughout the country as an author and sportsman, was the big feature of the twelfth an- Rar Association, which began here to- day. MT. Wise, in an interview, de- nounced Roosevelt as a dangerous ele- ment in American politics. and classed Bryan as an avowed demagogue. He said he was not prepared to come over to the Democratic party because of its socfalisttc vaRartes. but refuses abso- !utely to follow Roosevelt and Root in government. their encroachment upon the rights of the States. and disregard of the Constitution of the United States and the Supreme Court.
 prominence. but as personal friend of both Roosevelt and Root, MT. Wise's speech is of more than usual signifi canoe. His denunciation of the Roose- esaraceerisation @ ] of his policy aas as ths s most insidious heresy yet proposed to the American people, created a sensa- tion. coming as 1t did from man who can and gained widespread condemna- tion in Virginia because of his adher- snce to that party.
 Another interesting statement made dress was that the present Secretary of State had declared that negro suffrage is a failure. and that the Roosevelt ad- mihistration is proceeding on that the ory. T am not here to deny this" said MT. Wise, but 1t is a humiliating con fession to the Republican party" This coming from the man who endeavored to preserve to the necroes the right 10 vote in Virginia by attacking the con ytItution of that State, was received by the audience. most of whom were Democrats, with great enthusiasm.
 At the conclusion of his address he was asked by a reporter for The Sun: DO you consider President Roose- politics?"
 T do." said MT Wise. because I be- lieve he Is both sincere and respecta- ble. and his doctrine is utterly subver- and limited Federal, power. He does not realize that Federal power is no more than that which was delegated He Is constantly striving against the which at least two States of the Union North Carolina and Rhode lsland- would never have come into IL. The Supreme Court has rebuked the Roose- Kansas Colorado case. It IS on that point that I take issue with Roosevelt"
 MT. Wise are you prepared, in view Of your opinion of the President and of your acknowledgment of his great pop ularity and strength. to become Dem- ocrat?
 No" said Nh. Wise. T do not be- lieve President Roosevelt represents wool-dyed Republican. l joined the Republican party originally. not be- cause l was in love with Its past or in full accord with all it's tenets. but be- cause every man ought to belong to one party or the other, and because the Democrats are worse than the Republi- cans. I have no evidence that they are better now than they were then. 1 ment that will first overcome within the party the radicalism of Root and Roosevelt and then triumph over the socialistic vagaries of Democracy"
 MT. Wise, what do you consider the essential differences between Bryan and Roosevelt?'
 "Chienv in their antecedents." was the answer. Bryan Is the self avow- law radical. Neither, In my opinion, represents the overwhelming majority of the people of a happy country who want a policy which will not revolu- tionize old ideas of the true relations between the Federal government and the States and are content to have each move In its appointed sphere. as they have been understood for many years ana interpreted by the Supreme Court I do not believe Roosevelt represents true Republicanism any more than | tryan represents true Democracy. Per | sonally, I have great respect for Roose- | welt and would serve him in any way consistent with my radical difference with his political views as lately de- yalnned