Arizona republican., 1898-10-04
ROOSEVELT IS 4 REFoRMER.

The following article, prepared to follow enc by the same contributor published in The Republican recently, sxpiails in part tha secret Of Theodore 2ooseTeies popularity Americans lonoT 2 brave man, look up to a man s-ith backbone ard are ready to place 8 p0s1-ica cf responsibility a man who is Of the people and for the people 1stead of primarily Of the politicians md fer the politicians. Politics has Us place, but the republic should stand irst
 Andrew D. Parker, an associate of Ir. Roosevelt on the New York police board, was asked how it happened that ,ublic gambling and Sunday liquor selling had been fer months almost e1- irely suppressed in New York city onething which former adrninistra- icnS had never succeeded ir accom- ;iishing- He replied:
 The reason this administration has 57en able to suppress the green goods business, close the pool rooms, break ID the widespread policy system, stop 5he gold brick business and very largo y reduce the number cf violations Of he excise law is because the admins 5ration has made an honest attempt to snforce the laws, instead Of making iickers and deals with criminals.
 T am not 3 prohibitionist, nor . 0uri:an, TOT a member Of a church, put no man with eyes in his head and with the least particls Cf heart CT con- 'cience. can fail to realize the terrible danger and handicap that intemper 5 to our Anglo-Saxon civilization, es- )ec;ally when it does its work o1 CUT leryous American organizations
 h 9 speech in New York, Mir Roose- yelt, following Dr. Hoeber, said:
 T care nothing for creed CT birth
 lace My fathers people came from Holland and my mothers from Ireland. 70 you see l am half Dutch and half rish. and well fitted, therefor5, to ad- ress on equal terms any New York .udience. But 1 care for nothing i,i my man except his honesty and his ability"
 One Of Roosevelt's brilliant apoth- egns was: Senator Hill championsthe md Of personal liberty which leads men to the penitentiary." In speaking ln the currency he soid: 'I noticed the other night that cue Of the free sil- zar advocates said that poor nlar ought to be in favor Of free silver be- ause the rich man favOrs sound currency. He might as well have said hat the Ecor man ought to eat his meat raw because the rich man prefers his coCkad.'
 In an address before college students Mr Roosevelt showed how the ideal md the practical in politics may be reconciled: There is . practical side to politics which must not and cannot be ignored. To succeed you must rec ognize that fact, but in the rough and tumble struggle (was this prophetic Of the Rough RideTs0 do not lose sight Jf the lofty ideal that is the inspira- ion of the true patriot It is 3 foul misuse Of the phrase practical poli- ties to claim that it means foul poli- ics. The best Of you will find that you have to work with very imperfect instruments, but do not be 6isheart- aned.'
 Tn a letter Of acceptance to request to speak at a republican mass meeting the Academy of Music ill Philsdel- plia Mir Roosevelt said:
 T have been obliged to refuse these ,equests hitherto, but when I an ap- eealed 10 by a body of my fellow re- publicans to speak cn behalf Cf a cause which I have so greatly at heart as hat Of honest municipal sovernEsnt, I cannot refuse. As loyal republican 1 have felt that in my present position