The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04
THE PRESIDENTS POPULARITY.

President Roosevelt was so far away
from centers of population during his West
ern tour that people were hardly able to
keep in touch with him. but local papers
show that he had a royal welcome every
where. At Salt Lake City the Tribune
said:
The people welcome him to-day for what
he is for what he has been. and because OF
the high type of citizenship which they as
socfate with his name. They welcome him
as the representative of what is the best in
American public and private life; as the
model or what the educated, able man may
become in our Nation; as the exceptional
man Of that class who chose politics and
the life OF public activity and usefulness,
who accepted all the duties and RESPONSE
bilities of public career instead Of the life
OF leisure and responsibility so many edu-
Gated men prefer.
of a live President brought them more
thoroughly into the Union than they were
before. The Salt Lake Telegram said:
The President of this great country of
ours Is with us in Utah to-day. His pres
part of all the people, because of the special
favor he does our State and city by his
visit, and because We have in him Fellow
countrymen of the highest type of Amer
tan gentleman. He Is welcome, thrice well
come, as our President, as our hero. as our
friend. We honor him as the foremost citi-
zen Of the Nation; We applaud him as the
gallant soldier; we love him as the cham
pion of the West. May he feel he is as one
with us and rejoice to see that Utah vies
with her sister States in giving him the
most cordial greetings.
At Denver the Times, issued while the
President was making a sixty-mile horse
back ride across the country in Wyoming.
said:
What halo of romance. courage, endur-
ance, intrepidity and whole-heartedness
this man is weaving into his lifes history
Born of millionaire parents, scions OF aris-
tocrats. If there are such in America the
vim and adventure of the old Viking
courses through every vein and thrills ev-
cry nerve. He plodded through college.
dropped its shackles and hailed the mighty
West for his temporary home. He passes
from the free life and stirring adventure OF
metropolis 10 wrestle with its sin and crime
and put them under curb. He enters the
Navy Department, imparting his bold spirit
to those charged with the work OF con-
structing nations resistless navy. He re-
spends to the stirring call to unloose the
naughty Spaniards grip from the throat of
Cuba's suffering millions. He plows through
the stony fields of red tape and at the head
of his gallant Rough Riders places fresh
immortelles in the crown. of American
valor. Made Governor of New York. forced
against his will into the vice presidency,
the black heart and red hand of an assas-
sin make him President. And he Is Pres
ident. Such a President the country has
not known since the days of Jackson.
The press dispatches have given a fairly
good outline of the Presidents receptions
at points in the Rocky mountain region. but
they convey no idea of the enthusiasm por-
trayed b. local papers. Whatever else may
be said of Mr. Roosevelt, he is evidently
one of the most popular Presidents the
country has ever had. and especially in the
far West