The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-07

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Mckinley went to the people. He
was n great follower. The people in
fluenoed him. Roosevelt influences the
people. They follow him. He is q
leader. He gets his moral sustenaDce
from within, not from without Pop
ular clamor cannot move him; he
loves the PEOPLE, and believes in
their ultimate sanity and morality,
but he is the final judge Of the right
or wrong of question. He gives
out moral strength; he does not absorb
it,"
Roosevelt is the,frst president since
the Civil War who has conducted
his Office and done things about as
the average man believes he would
run them If he had chance. Read
ing the newspaper accounts Of presi-
Dental doings today is to the aver
age American something like having
MS uItdhuh Coluo tIut-
ITO understand what Roosevelt has
done during the year past il is me-
cessary to get these things down
clearly in black and white, for he has
not carved his success with the keen
aseptic language of diplomacy nor
won il with the poisoned shafts of du
plicity. He has not handled the poll
ticians and the politicians have not
handled him. Yet they all have got
along fairly well. But in following
the story of the year the reader must
bear in mind the fact that wherever
there has been a contest II mas been
the people and Roosevelt, on the one
hand, and some interests backed by
some politicians opposing"
"In selecting the three members Of
his cabinet who have come in since
death Roosevelt has been
Enthusiastically fortunate. The men
are clean, efficient American citizens
who have succeeded in q practical way
outside Of politics. In addition to this,
Mr.. Payne, of the postofiice depart
nent, is q practical politician. He is
10 practical aud so honest that he had
he Endorsement of Senator Hanna.
The more the country knows Roose-
7elt the surer it will see that, despite
he fact that he sometimes writes
'ieces for the magazines and reads
looks written by college professors,
nd knows the procession of the equin-
xes from the Malthusisn theory, he
lso knows thing or two, perhaps
hree, about the people now ON earth,
nd about the back Of the switchboard
hat connects with hard, real, working
ife."
ut is the ignorant fellows who
lodge issues in conventions and make
traddliDg platforms. Roosevelt has
nut a premium on efficient intelligence
n every postoffice contest in the land,
ringing his influence home to the
'eople. He has become a battery Of
loral force and his strength as a lead
r is a moral strength. At heart the
american people are deeply moral.
md Roosevelt has their hearts. He
as convinced them in year that he
J brave, that he is honest and that he
! shrewd and wise. AS a statesmen ,
ROOSEVELT has arrived. He is no long !,
r considered as a vice president acct
entally occupying q presidential
hair. One no longer meets pleasant
in the newspapers showing
low vice presidents never succeed at {
elections. Such parallels have been
abandoned and the man stands for
himself on his own record. He has
lis own following and represents
learly people of his own sort in Amer '
Ca. When he speaks it is as one hsv. I
ng authority"
Therefore, looking into the mirror
4 a years experience with Roosevelt
s president, II may be possible to
ook over your shoulder little way
nto the future. The man is likely to {
epeat himself, and keep doing the
ind of things in something like the !
anne way that he has been doing
hem" l