Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
The People Know Roosevelt. and Admire
and Resp ,ct Him.

The People Know Roosevelt. and Admire
3 and Resp, ct Him.
President Roosevelt is not an un-
known quality to the American people.
He is personally well known to a vast
number Of voters In every part Of the
country. In New York he is familiar
TO the sight OF great majority Of the
people Of that great city. Throughout
his own state the same is true. In Bos-
ton he Is as much at home as in New
York, for Harvard is his alma mater.
Throughout New England he Is recog-
nized as the representative and expo
|. nent 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 In. the west
the far west and middle west. than
he Is in the east. And this intensity
OF feeling for Roosevelt in the west
unswayed by sectional bias, as 1t Is,
10 but the national feeling Of young,
L
agman when they see himl
During 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
thousands by his straightforward, self
controlled, dignifed utterances, and
his manly. generous personality.
/ Toward the end of the campaign
4 the national committee was over
whelmed by requests for speeches by
| Roosevelt in all parts Of the country.
It was physical impossibility for
him to accept one-fourth Of theengage-
! ments to speak that were urged upon
him. }8%5 1.s FL;
In Chicago, where, on his return from
j the west, he addressed great crowd
4 at the Coliseum, he was received with
the utmost exhibition OF enthusiasm.
His speech was calm, forceful. logical
1 and convincing, contrast to The fran
tic efforts Of ordinary speakers
Contrary to the expectat tons OF PEG
pie who had derived their ideas from
the comic supplements. and other pie
torial atrocities OF the yellow press.
Mr.. Roosevelt's utterances were char
acterized BY 9 steadfast adherences to
the main question at issue Id the cam
paign. and whatever he said bore the
stamp OF original thought, broad exps-
rience and study, and the most con.
scientiouS sense Of responsibility.
! There was no ranting, no II personal
4 abuse. no wild statements or strange
4 imaginings, In any Of Mr.. Rooseyelt's
4 speeches. and there was no posing. He
stood before this great audience dig
nifed, collected and amply able to take
care Of himself Ian American gentle
man. In language, In bearing. ID all
4 that he said and did, there was what
made friends for him OF all who came
within the Sound OF his voice $$
i President Roosevelt has visited the
4 Pacific coast since his assumption Of
the presidency, and there, as well az
q throughout his journey from and back
i TO the capital. the people rose to- him
with unmatched enthusiasm. He met
i and talked with hundreds Of his Eel.
4 low citizens, In every occupation ID
u every stage and state OF society, from
the cowboy to college president BE
saw and spoke to and was cheered By
4 thousands upon thousands Of men, wo.
men and children. President Roose
welt Is no stranger to the people Of the
i United States. He knows them. They
know him. And they understand each
\ other.