The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-01
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They expected 20 win fame as the
IDEAL cavalry Of the world and prob
ably might have done so II they had
been accorded q chance But Of the
many volunteers who were called 70
fight Spain. but few we're chosen 70 go
to Cuba. Transports for horses were
not provided. and rather than take
the chances OF being left in Florida
Camp, Roosevelt and his riders scram-
bled hurriedly on board q steamer
bound for Santiago. leaving horses
and saddles behind them. They never
saw their animals again until the war
was over. and Roosevelt and his
rough riders made their campaign OF
foot. and stormed San Juan hill. and
marched into Santiago with never a
horse 10 ride.
But to return to the campaign Of
1900. Governor Roosevelt proved
himself in that contest to be Won
derful combination Of genius and
common sense. His dominant char
acteristic is a vfrile conscience which
Is utterly free from Pharasaical par
ade Of itself and he follows his con-
yictions OF duty persistently, wher-
ever they may lead him Not that he
was lacking in gentleness or tolera-
ton for frailties. One side of him
would have acted the part of the good
Samaritan to a wounded stranger,
while the other side would have fol-
lowed the thieves into Jericho and
punished them remorselessly. be-
lieve that IL Mr.. Roosevelt's private
gardner should get drunk and forget
to sprinkle the lawn. he might be re-
primanded and forgiven. but If a
janitor employed to work in public
park should commit similar offense.
no entreaties would save him from
being discharged. Many public Off
cials regard public office as personal
possession. President Roosevelt is
saturated through and through with
the idea that it is a public trust.
There will be no corrupt men in
public office under him If he knows it,
vet he viii not seek to fit the qualifi-
cations and capacities and characters
of others to any Procrustean bed of
his own making. / predict that while
he will not be ruled by sthe machine"
las it is called in politics-yet he
viii not attempt to destroy or ignore
it, for he knows very well that any
party composed entirely of purists
viii be apt to dwell in the lonesome
ness and unusefulness of minority.
and that in ali practical politics every
element that is essential to success.
must be considered
inclination and circumstances led
the new President during his earlier
years to labor in the library rather
than the forum. yet his campaign in
1890 proved that he has the natural
aptitudes and qualifications of great
debater He has a wonderful memory
power of absorption. and every new
thought becomes at once a part OF
himself His mind is a chemical sol
vent of thought into which great ideas
can be thrown with the assurance
that they viii come forth clear, crys-
tallized and compact His syllogisms
are iron-limbed, and no sophistry can
live in their embrace. His power of
rapid and correct generalization is
supreme No man can reason more
rapidly or more cogently from cause
to effect or from circumstance to
principle. All the vast and varied
resources of his extensive reading
and experience, all his wonderful
capacity for instantaneous and cor
rect conclusions, all the intuitive
knowledge of his great genius seem
.,.wavs to be at his imnejia,s ~
mand. It requires opposition-dangeT
excitement, to evoke his full pow
ers. and then be has always arisen to
the occasion
+ To be esteemed great among the
men of this day and generation, re-
quires qualities and achievements IN
excess of any ever before demanded
We are indeed dwarfs in knowledge
in our relations to the physical and
mental universe: but we are dwarfs
,.perehed upon the shoulders Of the
giants of all the generations which
/, have gone before. and our eyes scan
a horizon theirs could never reach
Those who can so tower above Their
| fellows as to define an outline against
such a horizon. must be giants indeed
The proverb which says that some
men are born great. some achieve
greatness. and some have greatness
thrust upon them, may be questioned
/ It is doubtful whether a man who is
not born great can ever achieve
greatness. for il fame be thrust upon
a man of common nature ne viii be
apt to contradict the pruyerb by prov
ing unequal TO the occasion I doubt
;if circumstances. or accident ever
made a great man. They may devel
op latent genius but God Almighty
enjoys monopoly of its creation
Theodore Roosevelt is a leader Of
men, leading not merely by superior
power, but by superior moral quail
ties. Men follow him because he fn-
presses them with the idea that bis
own promotion is not his first care
His thoughts take direction from self
/ sacrifcs-from care for others In
flew natures are to be found poised
with such perfectness and exactness
/ the poesicaI. and the practical ele
ments Of mind. His early inspira
Itions took scholarly WAYS. He loved
ITO marvel the mysteries Of science
Ito anaivse the legends OF history. e
luntangle the paths of philosophy
Then he faced unfinchingly the ext
gencies Of q western frontier life.
He borrowed dignity ami grace from
the untamed grandeur OF physical
mature Courage was his by instinct
and inheritance. His hardy hopeful