Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-17
THE PRESIDENT.
A Characterization of Our New
Chief Executive.
His Christian MaAI.ncas as Sho"n il"
Many Kings.
Jacob A. Ri's. 20 Mas fn'w' Him Well 'or
Years. vi. cs {, cv;ai sin, ".


The Surt.av-s, hcuI Times .g'n the
following t,r"IiE.t'd artief ON lhio-
dore RocAr., -. aN :; 100 y. iHiS. wiz
renrat Lake WahN -; -, oEidii".
Canada Five d'%% siG,c & %uasEn "
canoeist br.u.,i.t No. Il. ttcIn IA" set 10
-men;S. of ie diead'u! ii"Eaic II
Buffalo III. ;tnrc3 tit I. scA.S'ini
feelings in our BEATS acH n"t th' s.
enemies of mankind whose matn"SS Is
ever muid :" AND moro murder. Just
now the mi! hrurirui IA te'3t'h
letter from Thoc,I"r" t;nu;"rci,. wit
ten at Runal". TIA ends with thc hope
full words: e. | NOW believe THAT tue
President will surely recover" and IL"
. news Of how gIicyoU;i'y that h'pn "1*
disappointed Theodore Roosevelt =
today the rreS.Gcn. Of tie lnitc':
states Alas 70: our human hopes. II
il was his honorable ambition TO -
serve his day and his country rs I"
earn it's highest trust, know that
there is no saddcT heart today IN Ill car
land than his: for above al tn traits
that endear Theodore Roosevelt 10 bis
friends is that Of l"yalty-i"yaIty t.
chief and fiicud. President Mckinley
was both.
In the newspapers that tull OF the
Presidents death. | caught among the
messages of faith and contid cncc in the
neN executive, CnCc or twice. Il note OF
timid inquiry. an echo, as ii seemed. 81
the old days in Mulberry street: "Yc;.
we know he is courageous ana strong
we know his high ideals his fearless
purpose. his spotlc:7s hon"r-Wc own it
all. and We are proud Of il. hut is he
uuite-safc?" Tho answer WAS there
i'll the new Presidents public dcclara :
ton that he would make no change
that things should remain rs if the old
chief had nos died There was no cc-
Casion for the inquiry. In fact. there
never had been. The Interest critics
uf his administration of the police j..
New York know now il they wer.
capable of learning. that his practicH
wisdom in dealing, ith that task was
rs great as his unh.sitatiuC courage
That task was tn rescue the police from
its partnership with Corruptnn. and
with uu"rrinS instinct he struck at til.
slough in which the corruption grew
the saloon. In 10 mans hands that
lives and owns American citizenship tn-
day are the cuuntryS honor and wei
fare safer than in Theodore Ro"S,-
Nelt'S. And the country knows it Well
Men who called him h@Sty in the Oh
days hay" lived to heartily wish that
they had spent their energies pushing
on the load he dragged almost alone
instead oi trying +" persuade tim from
doing his duty in The interest Of cx
pediency. or dCuourtinS him for not
needing them. Net that the IN" Trims
or the other made amy difference
him. That the i"a,! VAS :h.rc To ht
dragged up the hill w.S enough fnl
him. He stopped neither t. c"nS.d =
the size of it. nor how steep WAS the
hill. Above al. he d;d nothing. hastily
but OF deliberate purpose. NEST care
fully weighed and thought out. ~
those days | was with BIN every day
almost every hour and ! knew MOI only
what he did, but how he did it, tu.
difference between him ana his critics
vas that he had given his lifc tn the
patient study of II" Problems upon
which they jumped With such h"adlong
haste, aDNI Ills only to- prevent
TROUBLE ANA hence that hc WAS alt.
70 see clearly where their fears mad.
them blind; another WAS that. forc.iac.
consequences to himself. h. Was moi
afraid, for beyond and hcliuI them h.
saw ever IL" duty J." La,l sworn to 1t,
faithfully.
so IT cam. about that du,iE., those
turbulent times Nr. f:rnScycli'S ap-
peal was cicr t. TIC moral forces of
the community, Ia tlic force, making
Tor deccnry and order, and it was their
support that was his ha. king The
direct way to 4 thing was ul,yIy.;
his. When there was trouble with
TABOR ne sent Tor its leaders. an; put
the question straightforward they
wanted; and when, not knowing the
manner OF man they had to DO With
they tried clustering, he put them
right III ten words. showing them
clearly that ;hcy were their own
worst enemies in fomcnting trouble.
ana that, meeting him On that ground,
they would lose tho H-ht.-:hcn
turned back /" TIC subject under :,d-
Visemcnt r. il nothing had hap
pencd Ana they applaudcd the
man. and showed that they them
selves were men i'll doing it, When
he was governor. ami wanted to see
how The laws regarding sweating
were carried out, he sent first for
the labor men. told them what he
wanted and asked them to help
MN. Aftcrwdrd he went himself
ana saw what WAS done and what
was not done. 1t was so always. II
was tlus that h.. Us a very Young
man servlG in the LEGISLATURE. went
'" ~" bottom OF the tenement house
clSar-hIikerS yriCvouS troubles and
having mace ont their side very
clearly. took il without hesitation. 10
the amusement IF the cynics. who.
Specchlc;;S. bc!1@ll a silk Sto,kin."
take w the cause OF The poor be
cause 1t was the causc of right And
IT WAS :" that as polio" commissioner
ana governor, he gave his nights. AZ
MS DAYS. Ia personal inspection Of
me wrongs be WIS asked to right
having aSCcrtainci The facts he
went tn the mon Wro ough, to hell;
and tod Them 50. During TIE dcad-
lock III the police board his nuocaI
was constantly to the churches and
Inc clergy. that Of his opponents as
constantly to politics and the pol
1ticianS. The result we see in New