The river press., 1904-10-05
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The People Know Roosevelt, aid Atssaas
rnire and RESPECT Him. issxs3 IL

The People Know Roosoyeltj aAa A&ssli
liiire and Respect Him. go ~
President Roosevelt is not an unknown
quantity to the American people He
IS personally well known to vast nuna- /.
Der Of voters i'll every part fof the 4cpun, /
try In New York he is familiar ID. the
sight Of q great ma jority Of. the people
of that great city. Throughout his own
State the same is true. Iii Boston he
is as much at home as in New York, for {
Harvard is his alma mater Throughout
New England he is recognized as tho
representative and exponent Of the ideals \
which have ruled the cradle Of American
liberty from the landing of the Pilgrim
fathers.
And this native Of the Empire State,
this graduate from the famous New
England university is even more fer
vently admired and beloved i'll the West
the far Wcst-and the middle West,
than he is in the East. And this in-
tcnsity of feeling for Roosevelt in the
West unswayed by sectional bias, as it
IS. is but the national feeling of a young,
virilc people. \ people who recognize
man when they see him.
During the Mckinley campaign OF
1900 Roosevelt, tas candidate for Vice
President. visited almost every Western
State and territory. He spoke to inn
mcnse crowds, and won friends by thou-y
sands by his straightforward, self-con-
1rolcd. dgnitied utteranccs. and his
| manly, generous personality.
Toward the end Of the campaign the
| national committee was overw whelmed BY
requests for speeches by Roosevelt in
| all parts OF the country. 1t was a ply
steal mpossibiiity for him to accept one-
| fourth Of the engagements to speak that
were urged upon him.
| In Chicago. where on his return from
! the West. he addressed great crowd ut
the Coliseum. he was received with the
utmost exhibition OF enthusiasm. His
speech was calm, forcefrl. logical and
convincing. contrast to the frantic ef-
forts Of ordinary speakers.
Contrary to the expectations Of people
who had derived their ideas from the
comic supplements, and other pictorial
atrocities of. the yellow press. Mr.. Roose-
VrltS utterances We're characterized by 4
stcadfast adherence to the main q,,as-
tons at issue in the campaign. and what
| ever he said bore the stamp OF original
| thought. broad experience and study and
the most conscientious sense Of responsi-
hi1ty. There was no ranting, no per-
sonal abuse. no wild statements or
strange imaginings. in any Of Mr.. Roose-
! vrlt's speeches, and there was no posing
! lie stood before his great audiences dig
niticd. collected and amply able to take
care OF himself-an American gentleman,
In language. in bearing, in all that he
said and did there was what made
friends for him Of all who came within
the sound OF his voice.
President Roosevelt has visited the
Pncitic coast since his assumption OF the
presidency. and there. as we'll as through
out his journey from and back to the
capital, the people rose to him with un-
matched enthusiasm. He met and talk
ed with hundreds OF his fellow citizens,
in every occupation, in every stage ana
state of society, from the cowboy to col
lege president. He saw and spoke to and
was cheered by thousands upon thou-
sands OF men. women and children. Pres
ilent Roosevelt is no stranger to the
people of the United States. He know,
them. They know him. And they IN
derstand each other -"