Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-16
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
fhe Iseerse Know Roosevelt, and A
mire aud Respect Him.


mire aud Respect Him.
President Roosevelt is nor IN unknown
quantity to the American people He
is personally we'll Known to "a vast nuu-
her OF voters in every part OF the conn-
try. Ina New York he il familiar to the
sight Of a great majority OF the people
Of that great city Throughout his own
State the same is true. In RoSton be
l. as much al 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
Ard this na3ve az the Empire State.
this graduate from the famous New
England university IL even more fer
yently admired aud .,eloyed ia the West
1.-The far West--~and the middle West,
than he Is in the East. And this in
tensity Of feeling for Roosevelt in the
West unswayed by sectional bins. as il
is. Is but the national feeling Of young,
vlrile people. A people who recognize
a man when they sec him.
During the Mckinley campaign OF
400 Roosevelt. as candidate for Vice
fresident. visited almost every Western
State and territory. He spoke 10 inn
mense crowds. aud won friends by thou-
saads by his straightforward. seif-cone
troled. dlgnided utterances. and his
manly. generous personality.
Toward the end of the campaign tho
national committee was verwhelael by
requests for speeches by Roosevelt in
all parts OF the conntry, II was 4 pay
steal impossihlity for him 10 accept 1ale-
fourth OF the engagements % speak 81
were urged upon him.
Ia Chicago, where. on his return from
the West. he addressed a great crowd at
the Coliseum he was received with the
utmost exhibition Of enthusiasts His
speech was calm, furceful. logical and
convincing. contrast 10 the fraatic ef-
forts Of Ordinary speakers.
Contrary to ths expectations Of people
who had derived their ideas from tie
! comic supplements. and other picssrial
atrocities Of the yellow press, Mr. Roosc-
veit's utterances were characterized lty a
stradfast adherence 10 the main at,rs-
tions n 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 RESPONSE
hlity. There was no ranting no per-
! soaai abuse, no Wild statements or
strange imaginings. in any Of Mr. Roose--
velt's speeches. and there was no posing.
He stood before his great audiences dig.
niied. 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
Pacihc coast since his assumption OF the
presidency, aud there. as well as through
out his journey from and back to the
capital, the people rose to him with un-
matched enthusiasm. He met and talk
cd with hundreds OF his fellow citizens,
In every occupation. in every stage and
state OF society. from the cowboy to coli
lcge president. He saw and spoke to and
was cheered by thousands upon thou
sands Of men, women and children. Press
ident Roosevelt Is no stranger 10 the
people Of the United States. He knows
them. They know him. And they UNI
derstand each other.