The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-14
TWO OPINIONS OF ROOSEVELT.

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the opinions of intelligent and Well
informed men will differ upon any
given subject, is furnished by two
articles published in the New Or
leans Picayune of the It'll instant.
One of these articles was press
dispatch from Atlanta containing the
following quotation from a. speech
delivered at a Democratic meeting
| in that city by United States Senator
Hoke Smith:
Good things were said BY the
Roosevelt regime and bad Things
were done. He now extends promises
of reform to the people with one
hand, while with the other he ac-
cepts contributions from the special
privileges. / would regard his cleo
tion as the greatest calamity, which,
If it proceeded to its natural conse-
quence, would bring about the over
throw of the national government.
II do not believe he would leave
! the White House after again beng
i elected until he was carried out feet
foremost. \
The second article was a report OF
an Interview between a representa-
tive Of the Picayune and Cornelius
j. Ton of Chicago, president OF 9
4 big reclamation company, who nas
4 located in New Orleans to be II
4 closer touch with the work OF re
]. claiming a large tract OF land lew
:. miles from the city on which a nun
Der of Hollanders are locating. MT
rlyTY.- a CO.
& sColoneI Roosevelt is the only ONT
q Of the three candidates who ha'
made his position clear as REGARDS
the Mississippi river, and he IS tn
only one of the three who has more
i than a superficial idea of the needs
4 of this section and city. Colone
! Roosevelt has come out clearly ant
:, said that if he is president ne VII
cause the machinery that has peel
!. used in the construction of the Fan
s ANA canal to 8be brought to the MIS-
! sissippi river and that river put \
! a condition Of usefulness. Colone
i Roosevelt big man who does q
{ things-WiH dp it, and il ne IS cleo
led we will have "a new south ana
Il greater south than we VIII nay Ela',
otherwise.
ssWhen# Mr.. Taft made his hurrle
! visit to New Orleans he was %
q greatly impressed with the city
) limportance and the Importance
) the Mississippi river as a channel
+ commerce. At that time Mr.. Iaft
1 vessel met few river craft On !
5 way up. There did not appear TO u
: president to be any great amount
i Shipping. IN a word, Mr.. Taft W.
Il only moderately impressed.
j. 81 have never heard that Mr.. w
il son ever visited New Orleans, and
4 do not think he knows any mo-
about the city and the great rlVt
IS than that which he has gotten fro
/, between the covers Of books
h "On the other hand, Colonel Roos
IeI Welt knows this city, its people al
a its great river, and on several Q
y. casions he has shown how good
e friend he is to all. When fever W.
* raging here and the newspapers
% the country we're publishing wild az
e. highly-colored stories that New y
1t leans was going to be wiped out
e the yellow jack, President Rooseye
promptly packed his vallse ana can
- to New Orleans to show the Peep
"a that the city was safe and that co
d ditions had been exaggerated.
e Mr.. Ton dWe1t at length upon I'll
ID things Colonel Roosevelt stands T
,e and what his election means to q
t. people Of the entire country /
" declared that he will carry Illinois.