Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
The People Know Roosevelt, aud Ad-
mire and Respect Him.

Inc People Know Roosevelt, aud Ad-
. mire and Respect Him.
= president Roosevelt is not an unknown
quantity TO the American people. II
IS personally well knowL - q vast nur
Der OF voters in every part Of the eOu
try. In New York he is familiar to Il
slght or great majority OF the poop
OF that great city. Throughout his Owl
state the same is true. In Boston he
Is as much at home as in New York, for
Harvard is his alma mater Throughout
New England he is recognized as the
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 Statc.
this graduate from the famous New
England university is even more fer
Yenty admired and beloved in the West
the Tar West--and the middle West,
than he is in the East. And this in
tensity OF feeling for Roosevelt in the
West mswayed by sectional bias, as il
IS, Is but the national ceiling of n young,
Virile people. A people who recognize
nan when they see him
Daring the Mckinley campaign of
1900 Roosevelt, as candidate for Vice
President, visited almost every Western
State and territory. He spoke to i'm
mense crowds, and won friends by thou
sands by his straightforward. self-con
trolled, dignifed utteranceS. and hit
manly, generous personality.
Toward the end of the campaign the
national committee was overw helmed by
requests for speeches by Roosevelt in
all parts Of the country. II was a ply
steal impOssihility for him IL 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 Mt
the Coliseum, he was received with the
utmost exhibition OF enthusiasm His
speech was calm, forceful. logical and
convincing, contrast TO the frantic eff
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-
welt 5 utterances were characterized by n
steadfaSt adherence to the main ques-
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-
bility. There was no ranting, no per
sonal abuse, no wild statements or
strange imaginings, in any of Mr.. Roose-
velt's speeches. and there was no posing
lie stood before his gre. audiences dig
nfed. 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.
Pacific coast since his assumption Of the
presidency, and there, as well as through
out his journey from and back to the
capital, the people rose to him with nm
matched enthusiasm. He met and talk
ed with hundreds of his fellow citizens.
in every occupation, in every stage and
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
ident Roosevelt is no stranger to the
people Of the United States. He knows
them. They know him. And they IN
derstand each other.