Arizona republican., 1899-06-28
ONE MAN TO OTHER MEN.

Governor Theodore Roosevelt of
 New York is one of the healthy young
 men of affairs now before the people.
 He is healthy both morally and phys | ically. He combines a vast fund of
 energy with a scrupulous regard for
 honesty of purpose and a desire to ac- complish only that which IS for good.
 He stands foremost today as a sturdy specimen of the upright and energetic though unfortunately 1imited-group
 of men who have entered public life not for what it brings to them
 but as a means for bettering existing conditions and for strengthening the
 government.
 What Governor Roosevelt has done
 to make politics better and what he is
 doing today to make politicians more
 circumspect is known to those who
 have watched his most Interesting ca
 reer and advancement. He entered
 the political arena from a broad sense
 of duty and probably for the excite
 ment that would come to him and
 which is so necessary for a man of his temperament. In whatever branch of public work he has played a part he has demonstrated his honesty of pur- pose and his unquestioned sincerity. There is nothing of cant or hypocrisy or tame-serving in his mental make up. He is always frank and fearless and that is to be taken as the basis of his success. He is brave both morally and physically, and the American peo- pie admire and respect a brave man. Thus it is that when Governor RoCse- welt speaks. upon subjects that have to do with the people and their habits and their lives he always finds an ap- preciative audience.
 The governor delivered an address to the class of 1899 at Cornell untvers- ity, and what he had to say then and there is worth being read and pre- served by every young man who is just starting out in life to play his own par ticular part in private or pubhc af fairs. From the report of that speech we copy the following:
 Early in his address the governor referred to statements recently made | by several men who had amassed great | fortunes, to the effect that a collegi- | ate education is useless in the world of | today He attacked thetr position ve- heme ently, and said:
 Our country could better afford to | lose all of the men who have amassed | than to lose one-half of it's college bred men. We ca get along | without men of enormous wealth, but not without men of brains.''
 Above all,' said the governor in "do not become of the class of so-called highly educated and cul- tured. who sheer at American institu tions and American customs. If you fault, come forward and ex- pose it and strive to remedy it. Do not become one of the class who lose taith in the ability of Americans to govern either themselves or their islands,"
 There is nothing to be added to hese words of wisdom and sound ogic First and foremost the gover- Tor realizes that the reputable and in elligent men of the country have it within their power to dictate policies md to insist upon fairness in the con- luct of public affairs. He is keenly wake to the necessity for men of edu- .ation taking a part in American af- airs. It is upon them the burden of is to be placed. The mistakes of government and the elec- ion of incapable and dishonest men o office can be prevented if the men < if education and good repute will : mite and work together.