The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-08
Great Faunal Naturalist
On Uncle. Ref1nas.


On Uncle. Rennas.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt VIII
tsIk to the people Of the great city OF
Atlanta tonight on Uncle Remus. 1t
n seldom that The Journal poses as =
prophet but thist time we venture the
prediction that Bwano Tumbo VIII
have very little to say about "Br'er
Rabbit, the "Wnen's Nest" or the
treat nature lover, Joel Chandler ar.
RI, whom the people of Atlanta, are
honoring themselves In honoring.
Whatever the founder, of the Ana
Mas club chooses,to talk} about, he Is
always interesting. This~time 1t may
be that his subject Will be the new
pationalism: it may be saboat the ten
commandments or he may solemnly
and seriously tell the people' about his
discovery of the fact th&t two and
two make four. N he proclaims this
to be true, tens of thousands OF en-
thusiastic Georgians viii riae in their
seats and give the rebel YELL, declaring
How great is Roosevelt.
Some time ago the good people Of
Atlanta conceived the idea OF pur.
chasing from the heirs of Joel Chan
dler Harris the celebrated Snap Bean
Farm and converting IT into a per.
manent shrine to the great writer
who loved little children, loved nature
ana loved his fellow man. This re-
CURED money and 1t was decided TO
ask Colonel Roosevelt to come to Geor-
gia's city OF destiny and make a
speech for the benefit of the Joel
Chandler Harris fund. The colonel,
who likes to talk. accepted. The peo-
pie Of Atlanta are nothing II they are
not commercial and they we're then
trading on the colonel's vanity. They
will crowd the great Auditorium and
they will yell for Roosevelt whether
he tells Of the joys Of the simple life
or INDUCES In -diatribes on the fierce
ness OF the Numidian lion.
But when voting time comes around.
the Joel Chandler Harris fund will
have been provided and they will
march patriotically up to the polls and
vote the democratic ticket Just as they
did in the palmy days Of yore.
When II is remembered that "Uncle
Remus" was the mldest and the most
childlike man on earth and that he
was one who loved to take little chill
dren on his knee and tell them simple
tales. of folk lore, does 1t not seem
somewhat ludicrous that a practical
man like Roosevelt or Hartman. OF
one who can don COW boy clothes and
gallop around the saw dust ring flour
ishine q horse pistol. should be the
one selected to make the eulogy.
The Journal repeats that Colone
Roosevelt is not likely to confine al
his remarks to the we'll loved verna
philosopher. but will attempt to turn I
trick or two on his own hook by dis
coursing on the new nationalism ant
pratins on my policies"
When the brave lion hunter wen
to Ossawatomie field to tell of tn,
great events set In motion by Johr
Brown. of Harper's Ferry fame, h,
was expected to recite the events tina
led ND to the abolition Of chatte
slavery and the coming on of the civi
war.
Did he do this? Not much: instead
he gave the administration OF the mai
he placed In Office Hail Columbia an,
related a lot of platitudes about wha
II shall do"
But Atlanta will do herself prou
tonight and will reap in many
sheckel for the "Snap Bean Farm
viii tickle the vanity of Theodore. tn
hrst, and will not lose a single demo
sratic vote.
Still, tine commercialism Of Atlant
has its uses.
Hearst and Tom Watson are bot