Arizona republican., 1902-10-30
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

On the third instant. in compliance resentatives of the contestants en- gagged in the coal strike, met at the national capital to confer with the eX ecutive respecting the means to term mate their ruinous and dangerous con- test. On that occasion President Roose welt said to them:
 ''I disclaim any right or duty to in tervene in this way upon legal grounds or upon any official relation that I bear to the situation. With all the earnestness there is in me I ask that there be an immediate resumption of operations in the coal mines in some such way as will without a days un- necessary delay meet the crying needs of the people. l do not invite discus sion of your respective claims and posi- tions. I appeal to your patriotism, to the spirit that sinks personal consider ations and makes individual sacrifices fer the general good
 This lofty appeal was met by the operators in no sympathetic spirit, with no such generous response. as the in- telligence of the country believed should have been made to either be- cause of it's merits or the character and dignity of the appellant. man less impressed with his sense of duty than President Roosevelt was | might reasonably have said that he had done all that his responsibility or the gravity of the situation required he should do. and thereupon declined to make further effort to reconcile the sullen antagonists, the tone of one of which was the scant courtesy and tact ! less aggressiveness. But Theodore 1 Roosevelt's sense of duty. or of his re- | sponsibility to the country. was not weakened by the untoward reception given to his wise and patriotic over | lures for peace; he had been repulsed i only. not defeated in his purpose. | It was this failure of his to accept defeat that eventually gave him the victory. It was the fine resolution, the determined unconquerable will of the peacemaker entrenched behind and supported by public opinion. that made him persevere in his public spirited en- deavor to disarm and reconcile the dis putants. He was insistent and untir- ing in his efforts to bring about peace. and his insistence and persistence made his efforts successful
 Hereafter his countrymen cannot fai
 to trust
 Tn that surefooted minds unfalter-
 ing skill,
 And supple tempered will
 That bent like perfect steel to spring
 again and thrust
 He is so manysided a man, a scholar ! n teacher 1 sagacious statesman. a skilled diplomat and, above all. a patriot: one who sec ing his duty to his country does it de spite rebuffs and repulses and such lets and hindrancese as unreasoning obduracy and sullen opposition may put in his way.
 The peoples chief magistrate, Theo- dore Roosevelt. has brought to an enc one Of the costliest and most danger. ous conflicts that ever threatened tho stability of government and the peac, of the country That all the possible evils of it. some of which were gray, beyond contemplation. were avertet solely by his patriotic purpose and hi: indcmitable strength of will is now page of our history. Tn other fields o achievement Theodore Roosevelt ha: won distinction, honor and the admira ton of his countrymen, but in no previ ous endeavor or achievement did h' render them such patriotic and import ant service-service for which the, should be so gratefuI-as he rendered them when he made peace betweel the contestants in the mines of Penn sylvania.-Philadelph Ledger Qnde pendent Democratl.