Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-23
DUTY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
THEIR PRESIDENT.

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At this time when the cause of the
common people is being championed
! by that statesman and first citizen of
the land. Theodore Roosevelt. and
| their desires are being carried out in
regard to the industrial war that has
| been waged in the east for the last
four months, it is indeed fitting and
| the duty of his many friends to rally
| to his support as they have never
done before and see to it that his ef--
| forts in their behalf receive the en-,
dorsement of substantial republican
majority at the coming election At
such time as this. when the Presi--
dent is doing everything in his power
to subserve the interests of the peo-.
pie over whom he has been called to
rule and whose rights he is pledged to
protect, many of his political enemies
are seeking to pervert his every &C.
ton into moves for politial capital
That such decision is groundless is
fully realized by every fair minded
person.
AS the president of S0,O00,0OO peo--
pie and looking alone to the preserva--
ton of their rights, as citizens of this
great republic and intent on bringing
to an end the hardships that were
placed upon them by the threatened
coal famine, President Roosevelt, in
opposition to all precedent, has risen
to the needs of the occasion and as the
champion Of the general public has
interceded as a mediator between the
operators and the miners for the set
Element of the strike. That his efforts
have been successful, is a matter OF
qualification to every loyal American
citizen
By this one act he has shown him,
self to be not partisan leader, but
the president of the whole people,
anxious to give whatever assistance he
may in the promotion of their interests
and bringing peace out of the present
industrial upheayal His actions have
fully demonstrated that with him the
interests of the people are safe and
that the affairs of the national govern
ment will be administered with impair
TALLY and justice to one and all.
A man of strong convictions, fear
less of all opposition when convinced
that he is in the right vigorous in the
performance of his duties, contented
only when actively engaged in some
definite work, impetuous in all his I'M
dertakings but with a clear and COM
prehensiye conception of the relation
of affairs one to the other and with
broad and liberal character made all
the more attractive by it's firmness and
it's dignified conservatism, this is the
person whom the Americans have in
trusted with the administration Of
their affairs. To this man the citi--
zens of the United States eve it as a
duty to see to it that his efforts in
their behalf are given the endorsement
they deserve. They must see to it
that during the next two years he be
given an opportunity to carry out the
policies which have thus far proved to
be for the benefit of the entire people.
This can only be done by returning
congressman to Washington this fall
who will hold up the Presidents hands
in the administration of the affairs
Of the government.
1t is plainly the duty of the peopleI
to see to it that a republican majority
is elected to congress ON November 4.
Who is there among the American
people that will not do his duty?