In the death of Brother Williams
we have lost a good citizen and neigh
bor, and the family have lost a kind
husband and father. He leaves a
widow and eight children, five sons
and three daughters, all of them be
ing grown. The funeral was today,
the 28th day of December, 1908.
N. G, HUFF,
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'Roosebelt's Place In History
If President Roosevelt should dis
appear entirely from public life after
his present term of office expires,
what place would he occupy in the
future history of our country?
Hero worshippers, who usually
form conclusions without any regard
to existing facts, and who now look
upon Roosevelt as a demigod, would
no doubt give him a very high place.
But the blind hero worshippers of
Roosevelt are not so numerous as
they were a year or so ago; many
have begun to analyze the real Roose
velt, to compare his public utterances
with his official acts, and in doing so
they become amazed at the contra
dictions that present themselves.
The President’s recent message to
Congress, like several proceeding ones,
was more a sermon to the people
than a message to Congress. The
President seems to either take it for
granted that the only way he can
reach Congress is to stir up the peo
ple and through them Congress, or
he takes that method of playing to
the galleries. The former would be
the most charitable view to take of
it, but when the high ideals of public
and private life contained in his ser
mons and speeches are compared with
many of his official acts, it is almost
impossible to credit the President
with entire sincerity.
