Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-07-10
ROOSEVELT HAS RETURNED.

The return Of Ex-President Roose.
welt from Spain, whittier he went tc
see his son, Kermit, married, and IRON
England where he told the geograph.
ers of that important Isle OF the See
what he knows OF the River OF
Doubt, flowing through the hitherto
undisturbed wilds of Brazil is a boor
to newspaper men all over the coun
try,
Few men better know the value OF
advertising than Mr.. Roosevelt, and
still fewer better know how to Sc
cure effective advertising.
Scarce had he again set foot upon
his native heath ere he was saying.
and doing things to command head
lines on the first page" of leading
metropolitan journals. He under
stands the value of merit and the i'm
portancc of its possession and getting
quickly into the limelight with it.
We may not like him, but we arc
bound to admire him.
We nay go further, and even hate
him and, yet, he commands our re
spect.
And why?
Because he is a man who does
things, and some of them things
worth while-worth while to him at
least.
He is not a dreamer, dreaming of
things he thinks ought to be done, but
a doer of things Of which he can talk
and talk well-after they are done.
They are things, too. that usually set
other people to talking, and that's
more TO the point,
Personally he is much admired by
the American people. They see in him
a manly man all along the line, He
rides well, shoots we'll, talks we'll. He
is a strong and logical speaker, always
interesting and entertaining. AS a
writer of books-and he has written
many-hc possesses a style, clear,
concise, vigorous. and yet graceful
and pleasing, although he is rather
too much given to criticism.
He is by odds the most picturesque
figure that has ever occupied the
White House as President of the Re
public. His travels through darkest
Africa, and his recent trip through the
hitherto uneXplored regions of Brazil
and the results he accomplished, both
in the land of the Ethiopian and that
of the untutored, uncivilized primeval
Indian, evidence his high courage, in
domitable energy and fortitude, and
his unconquerable spirit-his sublime
confidence in himself.
With the Progressive party, which
he really organized and put in fighting
trim III the last Presidential campaign
he succeeded in smashing the wishe,
and wants of the Republicans in tina.
year, although he failed to attain tn,
hopes and aspirations he INDUCED TO
securing the plum for himself. But h,
was so well pleased with his efforts an,
the bully time" to use one of his ow,
pet phrases. he got out of the fight
he has again SHE'D his castor in tn,
ring and once more holds out to Dem
ocrats, and patriots everywhere, tn
pleasing promise of making it warn
for the Grand Old Party"
or his set speech at Pittsburg til
other day, the New York World paw
to his of thought, and versa
tility of talent in giving expression t
his thought, the following tribute:
The tariff part of Mr.. Roosevelt
pittsburg speech reads as if it ha,
been written by Uncle Joe Cannon o
Serene Z. Payne. The trust part o
his speech reads as if it had been writ
ten by Frank A. Vanderlip of the Ma
tional City Bank. Mr.. Roosevelt OF
ters himself to Wall Street and extor
Tomato protection as the White Hop
OF reactionary Republicanism. He i
more than ready to reafirm the econ
omic principles of Hanna and Aldrict
All that he asks in return is that tn
Republican party shall rid itself O
certain minor bosses, like Barnes an
Penrose, who have incurred his per
sonal displeasure and are PERSONAL
offensive to him"