Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-06-30

trip to Alabama Governor Johnson, in
the course Of public address, said.
The south has no apologies to make
( and nothing to take back"
The president was amply equal to
the occasion. He replied: 1--WE had
something to take back we took you
back. We were glad to take you back
and you were glad to have us take you
back"
In his private life Mr.. Mckinley
practices the virtue Of democratic sim
plicity. lie likes to live comfortably
but his ideas Of comfort are on a line
with those Of the ordinary well to do
citizen. His home In Canton is an ex-
ample of this. 1t is a modest dwelling,
which does rot even suggest a man
sion. Although it was the house In
which the president and Mrs. McKin-
ley first began housekeeping, Mr.. Me
Kinley did not become the owner of it
until about year ago. when he pur-
fhased it for $4,000. 1t is the same
one occupied by him during the cam
paign of 1896.
Mr.. Mckinley has led such busy
life that he has never had time TO ac-
quire n taste for any but simple recrea-
tons. His fondness for driving good
horse is perhaps the only prediction
of this sort worthy of note. During
the early part of his administration he
was occasionally seen on horseback
about Washington. but for the last two
years he contented himself with driy-
ing
If William Mckinley stands for q
well recognized and highly respected
type of American. Theodore Roosevelt
is a living example of another Ameri-
can type of which the nation is justly
proud You will find these two types
OF Americans in every department of
business and official life. They work
together. ON n railroad train you will
find a conductor and an engineer In
a court you will find a judge and
prosecuting attorney, In an. ocean
steamer you will find a captain and an
engineer.
None of these SMILES fits the case
exactly, but they must serve. Fortu-
nately for the people who cannot have
a personal knowledge of him, Mr..
Roosevelt has written his own desorip-
ton. 81 believe in the strenuous life"
he has said You have but to reflect
on his record to believe that he has told
the whole story.
Before he hit on this apt term Mr.
Roosevelt used to say, "Work for all;
that is my doctrine" He has not only
preached it, but he has conscientiously
lived up to 1t. AS lawyer, legislator,
reformer, hunter, author, soldier and
governor he has been forever doing the
things which seemed right to him, and
doing them with all his might.
Energy. fearlessness and honesty are.
his chief characteristics. He is super
latlye in all. His energy is of the
steam engine variety. His fearless
ness is the kind Of stuff that led men
to martyrdom in other ages. His hon.
esty is such that even his most bitter
political enemies have never doubted
it, tribute none too common.
1t is a significant fact that Mr..
Roosevelt Is still listed by the popular
mind among the very young men. Yet
he win be II next October, an age at
which we usually credit men with hay
ing attaiaed both discretion and the
wisdom Of experience.
There is no such thing as separating
Theodore Roosevelt's private life from
his public career Almost from the
day he left college he has been more
,,,, I'm, T,n Yt1llfa IIA latrpyt IA
getting elected to the New York state
legislature. In his first term he was So
active that he attracted the attention
of the party leaders. lie was put on
the civil service commission, where
other men had found obscurity, and
be made mighty stir, getting himself
widely disliked for doing the work he
was set to do
1t was the same story when he was
made a police commissioner in New
York. He found there a police force
which neglected its duty, not rs an
occasional lapse. but as a steady thing
Tie laws against immortality and the
excise law Were not enforced at all
Policemen spent the night in barrooms
or slept in Railways. Crime was com
mon.
Roosevelt held the singular idea that
the duty of patrolmen was TO patrol
Single handed and unsupported 10y his
colleagues. he assumed the task Of
making them do it, On his little Mis-
souri, ranch when a cowboy did not
brand to suit him he showed him how
he wanted it done. In New York he
began patrolling on his own account.
Dressed plainly, sometimes with n sin
Gle companion and sometimes alone, lie
walked the streets at all hours Of the
night. When he could not find Il
patrolman upon a certain beat, the feel
lows official head fell into the basket
] with a PUNK.
a spirit of unrest pervaded the New
York police force. The \odicers com
planned. Their friends, the reporters
wrote protests for them. The commits
sioner was numerically caricatured
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