Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-15
THE DIGNITY OF THE PRESIDENCY.

OF THE PRESIDENCY.
 In their eagerness to secure a gooC running start the boomsters and boos iers of Mir. Roosevelt got off before tnt pistol cracked. They could not wait until the Democratic party made its nomination, but anticipated all possi bilities and put their candidate beyond all compare. No statesman. no jul1st however great in character in intel. -ect, exptrience and capacity. whom any party in any age might nominate bears mention or consideration beside the gentleman of superior and superll. ative fitness. MT. Theodore Roosevelt so blows the Republican trumpet. AL ready he is the subject of a vast out. pour of eulogy, euphemism and euph- ony, the dominant note of which IS that nobody else could possibly ap- proach him in qualifications.
 As matter of truth. that is the idea exemplified by MT. Roosevelt, but the intelligence of America knows that the presidency is a profounder function. l. demands the rarest ability. broad experience and the deepest discretion. The Presidents opinions should be formed by trained wisdom and reason ing and his acts should be controlled by discriminating sense of right. Measured by a genuine and sober con- cepdon of the character of the Of fee. MT Roosevelt's qualifications are light.
 All the vainglorious bluster and bal derdash of his political boosters and all the simplicity of MT. Riss' belief can not bring MT. Roosevelt up to the additionally high standard of presi- dentia1 requirements. No language can make of him a statesman or a far thinking man. No amount of word painting can picture him as a reasoner There is no spoken or written sentence of his exhibiting a suggestion of intel lectual ripeness or power 10 think be yond a spontaneous conclusion to the ultimate consequence. That telling phrase, the Apostle of the Apparent . has never been so significantly applied 10 any other surface ruminator. His mental processes skim over the super fees as when swift Camilla SCOUTS the plain" He has neither time to blow deeply nor patience 10 keep the furrow straight
 Temperament is mental, moral and physical. The Roosevelt tempera- ment craves speed in all things, as a reckless chauffeur lusts for miles. MT. Roosevelt exhorts, censures. lectures, moralizes, reforms with rush-unfor- tunately in the latter respect spasmo1- ic fervor means incompleteness. His is a headlong temperament, a rough rider sort. And the capital I and I'm petuosity often go running away with the constitution. It is not the tem- perament, in any phase, which can keep within bounds. He has not kept within the bounds of his duty under the Constitution and laws and the na- tion's solemn and revered traditions covering the office of the Presiden- cy of the United States.
 Considering solely the issue of the Roosevelt character, it does not seem prudent to elect him for another term. The mere fact that he would commani the army and navy for four years rises in powerful warning. So does the fact that he is uns1;e from he in- dustrial, commercial and financial point of view.
 The country seeks his antithesis in Democracy's candidate. The Roose- Eelt anthithesis typifies the exalted dignity and importance of the office. The Presidency was not made for men of mad impulses. It is the greatest office in human affairs. and its re- responsibilities are proportioned to it's elevation. MT. Roosevelt has made of it in three years the position nf highest menace, whereas it should De the supreme guardianship of national security and welfare. The presiden- cy spells something greater than Roosevelt.
 It requires the equally poised, judi cious mind. such as is embodied in that of the Democratic candidate, Judge Alton B. Parker.