The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
PRESIpENr RoosEYEnr.

PRESIDENT ROOSETELT.
Through the lam5nted death of William
Mckinley the reins Of national executive
power pass into the hands of a man COM
paratively young in years, but whose
ertire mature life has been devoted to
TIE discharge of the duties of otttc al
station. Theodore Roosevelt comes tc
the executive chair of the nation at a
period IN life when the test made of his
good sense, patriotism and moderation
must necessarily be severe. He has had
continuous training in executive and adj
rninistrative Office, and in point of Off
ciM experience he may be said to he
fairly well equipped.
President Roosevelt is well known to
his countrymen. He has PLAYED a lead
irg part in its affairs for many years,
and since his majority has been the in
oumbent of either municipal, state or ma
tienal Office. Since the death of him to
whose Office he succeeds he may be safe
ly declared to be the most popular man
in the entire country. 1t is fitting that
in the constitutional order of affairs
such a man should succeed to the office.
Ii is well for the American people that
such "a man 50 succeeds.
AS never before, the character of Theo-
dole Roosevelt will receive the closest
scrutiny of his countrymen. Until the
vast responsibilities of the present fell
upQn him he filed the full. meas
ure- in the public eye of a brave
AMI picturesque public character Nc
man can excel him in physical or moral
courage. Has ne, too, those qualities OF
patient and discerning toll, of thought
ful concern for the rights of others, and
that broad and commanding conception
o. national rights and obligations which
distinguish the statesman from the mere
politician?
The people of the United States in their
material interests, will find that no real
Characteristic of Theodoree Roosevelt is
revealed in the suggestions of the car
toonist. He is no mere swashbuckler He
does not carry the traditional chip on his
shoulder. He seeks no quarrel with any
man; but he has the conscious power OF
fulfilling PoIonius' requirement once a
quarrel is forced upon m. There is no ma
tional interest that can be made to rest
upon him that he will not discharge with
the deepest sense OF personal and officia
responsibility. There is no wrong that
viii receive even liberation at his hands
There is no evil for which he will not
seek a remedy, and apply the remedy
without fear or favor when found.
There will be a strong man at the helm
Of national affairs for the next three
years or over. Theodore Roosevelt viii
during that period he president of the
United States. He will have no proxy
own and what he believes is the will OF
the American people. He will head nc
clique. He viii be the echo of no man OF
set of men. In nearly twenty years OF
public life he has never for a moment
bent to the personal exigencies of any sit
uation. He has stood immovable by his
conceptions Of right The past has never
revealed his judgment to have been great
" at fault. Whether as member of the
New York legislature, of the national civ
il service commission, or of the police
department OF his native city, or as gov.
ernor of his native state, he has done
that which lay at his hand to do with.
out thought of the influence of his act or
his own personal or political fortunes;
and in all cases, as events have proved
he has done well. There is no act in his
public career of which he has need to be
ashamed. There is no attitude borne by
him on any disputed question of public
policy that has not reflected credit on his
. intelligence and borne testimony to the
mans probity in thought and action.
1t has happened with almost unfailing
certainty in the political history of the
country that he who has been called TO
the presidential chair through the de-
mise of its incumbent has reversed the
policies Of his predecessor, and has run
counter to the powers and Influences in
political life whom that predeces sor rep
resented VIII it be SO in the case of
President Roosevelt? Only time will re-
veal II is too early to indulge in pre-.
diction. The character of the man is
web known. The character and require
ments of those that have been nearest
to the presidential chair during the past
fiye. years are, too. known Let the as
surance so forth-for it has an indelible
foundation in the strength and rectitude
of character of the new president-ti1at
no policy viii be adhered to, whether in
the interest of party or Individual.
which will run counter to Theodore
Roosevelt's conception of-what the rights
and interests of this people demand.
Nothing win remain undone which NAV
be needful to do, to set the currents of
national executive authority IN dire
tons which win prove destructive OF the