Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

The republicans Of New York have nominated Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for governor. Colonel Roosevelt has attained worldwide fame of late as the gallant leader of the Rough Riders i but his claim on the affections and re- spect of the people of New York has a deeper foundation than his short but brilliant military record.
 l His military life was an episode and | is reminiscence. His civic career has been serious, continuous, consist ent. Rarely in executive office, he has always been in the public service, [ in the sense of devoting his highest ca pacities and energies to mainte- nance Of the best standards Of govern ment in state, city and nation. This | is the record on which he is running for office. His service in the army adds nothing to it. That may have pointed him out to the politicians as a vote getter, but if he is elected it will be by the votes of persons who believe the training of his civic career and the qualities in him to which it gave evil derce indicate a man highly fit to serve the state as governor.
 MT. Roosevelt's public life began with service in the New York assem- ply in 1883. and his acts in that session ] fastened on him the regard of most persons in the state who were devoted to the cause of practical good govern ment and sought to attain it through the only American path of educating public opinion and influencing popular elections. The nature and intent Of his convictions of public duty and the responsibilities of citizenship were made clear in that service. They were such as to have identified him ever since with those persons who seek to realize the best ideals Of government in practice, but do not sacrifice possi- ble practical good to a barren senti- ment. This is the type Of citizenship with which he has always allied him. self and the political element With which he has always worked, without
 
 associates, though he always was somewhat scrupulous about his own. He is the natural representative, in his candidacy for public office, Of all those who seek the end cf good government by the plain American method of get ting men elected who Will govern we'll The essential thing is that he will govern well. The circumstance that military glamour will help Jim to be elected is an accident, though not an unimportant one.
 Between this opening o: HIS public life and his service in the army lay ten years of active public service oi just the sort they who are said to be in doubt about him now hold in high est esteem His strenuous efforts for rarty reform within party lines con deEned him to four inactive years af- tier the election of 1884; but then ne returned to the public service in a ca Dacity which more than ever marked him as one trusted by persons uIl- selfishly devoted to the cause Of good government. He left the civil service commission at the bidding of the re form municipal administration Of New York, and left that in turn to labor in preparing the navy for service til the war broke out. His civic service lasted practically fro n 1883 till last May; his military career from then til now. It is a curious Eotion that he is running for governor ol the latter.