Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22

From the moment of his arrival in New
York city at the close of the war it was
plain that he must be the republican
candidate for governor. His nomination
was followed by election, and in the two
years which have interviewed since that
time New York has had some refreshing
experiences in matters of public admins
istratiOn. Roosevelt has met the expec-
tations of his friends-and his enemies
too, for that matter. Tie former have
been delighted with his honesty, indie
pendence and states1nanship, while the
latter have been worsted at every turn
as experience taught them they might
expect to be. The passage of the fran
chise tax law. adding $200. eco, GOO to the
taxable property of the state, was larger
~ due to Roosevelt's efforts. Convinced
of the merits of the bill, and believing
that it dealt justly with both the orpora-
ions and the people, he insisted upon
its passage. The corporations affected
brought every possible influence to bear
upon him and for days his office was be-
sieged by men who pleaded. begged and
threatened, hut all to no avail. The gov
ernor won, scoring another triumph for
justice and good government. He has at
all times been ready to listen to the
counsels of his party, but all efforts on
the part of the bosses" to dictate to him
have en6al in failure. His term as gov
iernor has only added to his reputation
as an honest, capable and fearless public
official.
RESPECTED BY ALL.
We have briefly sketched the career of
a man who has the respect of honest
men in all parties. Democrats oppose
him but they admire him all the same.
1t is significant that the only prominent
man who has felt obliged to abuse Roose-
| Welt in public during the present cam
paign, is Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld
of Illinois,. Theodore Roosevelt is pre-
eminent as an advocate and supporter
of law and order. Altgeld is regarded.
rightly Or wrongly las a believer in an
archism. AS governor of Illinois he par
doned three of the anarchists who were
implicated in the awful Haymarket riot
in Chicago in 1886. Not content with that
he saw fit to the pardons
with a document in which he reviewed
the entire case and condemned prosecu-
tors. witnesses, jurymen and judges
alike. Persons of his type cannot UNDER
stand or appreciate the sturdy Amer
icanism of Theodore Roosevelt. Fcrtu-
nately for the stability of our institu-
tons the type is not commo The great
body Of our people believe in honesty,
candor, justice. fearlessness and obediA
ence to law. And so it has come about
that no man in the country is more pop
ular than is the subject o fthis sketch.
In the east men honor him for what he
has done to promote honesty and eff
cheney in government. In the west these
QualltleS are appreciated along WITH Otn-
ers which endear him to the western
heart. Tn men of the plains and noun
tains, whose labors have carved an en-
pire out of a wilderness, are accurate
| judges of human nature. KS one of them
has expressed it, "they have a faculty
of shocking a man out of his husk and
looking his real character squarely in
the face That is precisely what they
did when Roosevelt, established his
ranches in the Bad Lands. They found
him ready to take up his share of the
work on the ranch; to ride, eat and sleep
with his men. They found that under his
quiet culture and refinement there was a
lion heart that quailed at nothing. Then
they tiled to him." and the strength Of
the bono is apparent when We remember
that after years of separation they Of
fered themselves in thousands when he
called for volunteers for the Rough Rid
ers. Their action was conclusive evil
dence of their love for him as a friend;
Of their unconscious homage to one who
is a born leader Of men.
And so it is that east and west, north
and south, men V come to regard
Theodore Roosevelt as the personifica-
ton of what is best in American citizen
ship. They point with pride to his REG
ord as a clean and efficient public serv-
ant. They cannot doubt his election to
the position for which he has been ROM
mated, and they are confident that four
years hence he will be called to the high
est office in the gift Of the people of this
republic. ~