The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-05
noUen n1Dra SAYS Hrs s4r.
IT'S for You, Mr.. Voter, and Maybe YoS'll
Find IL Interesting.

Executive OF this the Empire State for the FOL
lowing two years. You know the records o
the two men: you know. Democrats as well a.
Republicans. that Col. Roosevelt has beer
among you. man and boy, for forty years; nnc
in his private or political or official capacity
none OF you can point to a single dishonest oil
questionable act OF his. As to Mr.. Croker, who
does not know what he stands for. what he rep
resents-the king OF The confidence men.
When the country called for soldiers to f1gh'
Spain did Mr.. Croker come forward and Offer
70 risk his precious neck2 Well. hardly Die
Judge Van Wyck fall over himself in a mad
rush TO the enlisting office? Not muchl Die
Theodore Roosevelt respond to his country's
call2 You all know what he did and what he
accomplished.
The United States is under obligations 10
Col. Roosevelt. 1t was his persistency In I'm
proving the fighting effectiveness OF the navy
that made It possible for IL 80 quickly to dis
pose Of the Spanish men-of-war. When he had
accomplished this he decided to go to the front
himself. | enlisted in Arizona in the First
Volunteer Cavalry t%afterward popularity known
as the rough ridersl. and | know for n certainty
that II was Col. Roosevelt's connection with
that regiment that induced the very best men
OF the West to enlist, for with him at their
head they were sure of a scrap" and OF being
In the front rank In the fighting. He could
have had a regiment OF ten or twenty thousand
men from the West II he wanted It. The deeds
OF this famous American regiment are known
all over the civilized world. and its creation
| and success are due to Col. Roosevelt.
A point I have not touched on is that the eyes
OF the world. and especially Of the representa-
tlves OF foreign powerss stationed here. are upon
this election. They see the opportunity 1t pre-
| sents to them to take the measure OF the Amer
lean man as a FIGHTER and to learn whether he
has enough OF the martial spirit to appreciate
| the sacrifices made and success achieved by
| such q man as Col. Roosevelt, who gave up q
prominent executive position as Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Maya post Of high honor and
importance-left behind a wife and family Of
seven beautiful children. to go into the death
trap Of Cuba-to flghtl What a contempt the
foreigner will have for the voter OF this
the Empire State. when they see such
a man as Croker preferred to such q
man as Roosevelt-the popular commander Of
the most popular and noted American regi-
ment. Just returned from a victorious cam
paign after q victory won against terrible oddsl
Will the world not think in it's heart that we as
a people are a set of ingrates and poltroons2
What an opportunity for the Spaniard to re-
peat. Il toll you the Americana is no good
Motto denaro! Motto cone1cidi but no SOL
dier-no have the spirit
Voters. II you turn down Roosevelt you will
regret it-you will regret it in pocket as we'll as
in self-respect. Your boy. II he finds out you
chose such a man as Croker in preference to
his own hero. Col. Teddy Roosevelt-he will be
very much inclined to despise you for it. Al
most every boys hero is a military hero. and
it speaks well for. him, too-shows he's got
some lighting blood In him.
The office of the Executive OF this great State
requires q man not only OF executive ability,
but OF great executive energy and tenacity OF
demonstrated his ability as a man who does
things,,accomrlishes resplts-while his energy
and industry are boundless. Assuming that
there has been big stealing in connection with
the canal matter. / believe that he would rather
bring it home to a Republican than to q Demo
canal affair for the rats that have been steal
slider whether they are Republican rats or
Democratic rats, but. like the thoroughbred
to Sp the Pu Blta P saas. and Hp SHAKE tef The da!d faSs out sR
From the time Col. Roosevelt Joined his regi-
what confidential relation to him as one Of his
aides. and had many opportunities to study tho
but one little remark OF his made a lasting i'm
was with him in his. tent before Santiago. Our
o9nNys sw Hnpt t Snd sSs q ss the ! P%life Department art n sPt
EYes'" said he. down there Il wen We're actu.
ally amazed at the idea OF our running the
It was not 30 much IN what he said as how he
said It: the words common honesty" he
g gissgn glitter lit 'e Of rishte OF 9%fi nadisnatiio%n mia fiash he'd
from his eyes; It vas SO entirely spontaneous
WINGED that he was a firm believer in common
Another thing that impressed me mostfavor-
Indulgence. to the troopers OF his regiment.
II one, came to him with a grievance or a reg
attention and politeness. though 1 could see at
times t htf d2f as;e1 tSou was be 6eip aEra sSSrsi,y tried:
sideration for his men in this respect. But the
man is naturally large-hearted and liberal;
Before Santiago his tent was pitched just be-
low my troops camp. and In going out to the
between our tents. Sometimes. when passing
through, at dinner or supper time. our cook,
T III est stir : lMs q big tEe pot b of beans w 0ye5 the he camp P
beans, Colonel p and the Colonel would usually
Under lis cd blue shirt in nav a wsay@WelI. Y to sHWSeeihl
the cooks head all out of shape.
One day a Spanish soldier came into our
lines and surrendered. Said he was starving.
which i he voIp9teersd to give US Information an' as
to the Spanish defences. &c. Col. Roosevelt
was listening. and his face was a study: the
his countenance was almost amusing to OBJ
serve: that a man could voluntarily betray his
country under any circumstances was q propo-
sition The Colonel couldn't get through his
few minutes he turned to the, rough riders who
were standing alongside, and. with his @ by
smile, said: Boys. II the rough riders can't
whip that whole sphnish army. we're no good,
those .spaniards showed they could endure
hardships and put up a wicked fight at the
same time.
Now, Mr.. Voter. ever since I can remember
and whining about the dishonesty, the corrup-
ton, &C., Of, both the great political parties;
They're VI bad! on. my! Oh, my terrible
chance to elect the right mar. for the right
place. q man, having all three of the cardinal
req~uisitea-abiiity, energy and common hon
esty. II Roosevelt Pc elected and Boss Plat
bronco hen find he has got hold Of the, hottest
find him like one Of those real thing
bbro1ks. II he doesn't throw, him over
him and knock the wind clean out OF him on
the second. He has been q bitter pill for Plat
to swallow. but the foxy old boss could see the
people wanted Roosevelt and no one else, and
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