The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-27
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Will Garry Out Unchanged the
Ideas
ON THE LAMENTED M'KINLEY.
He Will Follow In the Latter's Foot
steps as TO Policies, Friendships and
Business.

Business.
May God make your burden light" |
is said to be the message that Mrs. |
Mckinley sent to Theodore Roosevelt |
when he came to the Eouse upon his
arrival at Buffalo after President Nc
Kinley's death to pay his proper re-
spects. That touching prayer will
have echo in the hear of every true
American, particularly 60 since Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself: Before he took
the oath of office, in Solemn earnest
ness declared, 1T shall be my aim to
continue absolutely unbroken the pol
icy OF President Mckinley for the
prosperity and honor of the country"
That short, simple sentence speaks for
the long hours Of silent thought as
he struggled out of the Adirondack
forest, where he had gone to be away
from men, and as he speeded across
the Empire state to assume the>great
trust thus tragically devolved upon
him.
Senator Depew, who was present at
the Inauguration proceedings, says it
seemed to him the most impressive
ceremonial that he ever witnessed in all
his ample experience in such matters.
He says Mr.. Roosevelt, with his youth
and his magnificent athletic personal
ity, and the terrible earrestness of his
little speech, seemed to .personify the
indomitable vigor of that American
conquest and industrial and CONNER
cial evolution, and its continuance, of
which Mckinley, in the public mind,
was largely the creator and wholly the
representative. In repeating the words
of the Judge administering the oath
Roosevelt extended his hand over his
head to the full length of his arm. He
closely followed each sentence, and his
ending seemed almost as if it was
salvo of artillery: And so l swear"
There is abundant evidence that
President Roosevelt is in the most abb
solute earnest in this declaration of
his purpose. His unquestioned sin
cerity and sturdy trpthfulness are
voucher enough for that, but other
facts in connection with it are of pc
culiar Importance at this time. First,
correspondent at Buffalo of the Phila-
delphia Press, the newspaper of Post
master General Smith. This writer
says:
81 am in a position to say that Pres
ident Roosevelt earnestly, forcibly,
soundly desires to carry to completion
the plans and policies of Mckinley.
He recognizes in them all the ele-
ments of safety, all the features of
conservative governmental functions
so necessary to the financial and busi-
| ness interests of the country. Presi-
| dent Roosevelt today met many men,
| from cabinet ministers to plain citi-
| zens with no political ambitions. To
| all of them, so far as l have been able
| to learn, he has expressed his earnest
| desire to follow in McKinley's foot
steps, both as to friendships and busi-
ness and governmental policies. The
| first evidence of this determination
was the request that the members oi
the Mckinley cabinet remain in office
| for some months at least"
| To the same effect is a statement
sent out by the Associated Press from
Buffalo, undoubtedly upon full author
| ity, in regard to conversations be-
tween President Roosevelt and mem.
bers of the cabinet and other friends
1t must be remembered right here tha
| McKinley's cabinet, now Roosevelt:
cabinet by his very urgent request, arr
all personal friends of Presiden
Roosevelt, and that there has nevel
been a time when the relations betweeI
the president and vice president hav,
been as intimate as in McKinleys ad
ministration, both as to Hobart ant
Roosevelt, and that President Mckin
ley and his successor have been il
close and constant confluence witt
each other This Associated Press re
port says that President Roosevelt. il
talking with these friends. gave then
such ideas as he had already formu
, lated for the conduct of public affair
and his own policy. In no sense ar
they divergent from what has been un
derstood has been McKinley's policy
The particulars given are of interes
but We will not use space for them q
this point.
One thing may be noted here as nor
2 than singular coincidence, becaus
e it is the unconscious testimony of bot
{ President Mckinley and Presider
q Roosevelt to their harmony of though
and purpose. That is. the close lill
ness between Mr.. McKinley's farewe
address, as his Buffalo speech hf
proved to be- and remarks made earle
: in that week by Mr.. Roosevelt at Mil
= neapolis. This particularly applies
It the central theme of President McKil
e ley's thoughts-the matter of recipro
= ity. Mr.. Roosevelt. after referring
the improbability of any foreign wa
though saying that there might
some strain, jar here and there, fro
y industrial competition" added:
Here again we have got to remer
is Der that our first duty is to our ov
10 people. We must continue the poll,
N that has been so brilliantly successf
is in the past, and so shape our econoT
- ic system as to give every advantai
to the skill, energy and intelligen
of our farmers. merchants, manufa
u turers and wage workers, and yet '
must also remember in dealing wi
IS other nations that benefits must
ID given when benefits are sought. 1t
l. not possible to dogmatize as to {
a exact way of attaining this end; f
the exact conditions can not be for
told. In the long run, one OF o