The Springfield herald., 1904-09-02
SECRETARY HAYS TRIBUTE.
coursgssus, Resoureeful. Frank, Patri.
stlc, Hoaest asd Intelligent-Paias.
takiAg In All Things. with Mar.
veiess Capacity for Wsrk-
His Masliaess Admired by
All tie People.
From the New York World.


or free silver. but you yourself, Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
This issue IL forced upon the country
by your unusual temperament and tai
ents-your own strong. able, ambitious.
resourceful, militant, passionate person
alty. your versatile and surprising
genius
From Secretary Hays address at Jack
son, Mich:
Secretary Hays Questions.
"Even on this narrow issue they will
dodge most OF the details. Ask them,
has the President been a good citizen,
good soldier. a good man in all per
sonal relations? Is he a man Of intel
ligence, of education? Does he know
this country well? Does he know the
world outside? Has he studied law, his
tory and politics? Has he had great
chances to learn, and has ne improved
them? Is he sound and strong in mind.
body and soul? Is he accessible and
friendly to all sorts and conditions Of
men? Has he the courage and candor
and the God-Eiven ability to speak to
tho people and tell them what he thinks7
To oil these questions they will answer.
Yes. Then what il your objection to
him7 They will either stand speechless
or they will answer with the parrot cry
which we have heard 20 often: He IL
unsafe.
"In 4 certain sense we shall have to
admit this to be true. To every grade
OF law breaker. high or low; to q man
who would rob a till or u ballot box;
to the sneak or the bully; to the hypo-
critic and the hunbus. Theodore Rooss-
welt IL more than unsafe: he IL posi-
lively dangerous.
But let US be serious with these peo-
ple What are the coefncients of safety
in a chief Of state? He should have
courage; the wisest coward that ever
lived Is not TT to rule. And intelli-
gence; We want NO blunder-headed hero
In the White House. And honesty; =
clever thief would do infinite mischief.
These three arc tho indispensables. With
them q man u all the more safe IL he
has 4 sense Of proportion. q sense Of
humor, wide knowledge of men Of
AFFAIR; II he seeks good counsel: and.
finally. u he ID q patriot. II he loves his
country, believes In 1t and seeks In all
things Its interest and its glory. All
men may make mistakes: but such .
man a. this will make few and no grave
ones.
Such a man 10 our President and our
candidate"
The Independent Press.
Naturally. very emphatic Endorsements
Of President Roosevelts personality and
candidacy comes from acknowledged
party organs, but note the tributes from
influential Democratic and Independent
papers In which the pertinent interroga-
tives of Mr.. Hay are answered.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch Qnd):
As a party choice. none more saga-
cious. none instinct with elements of
popularity and exultant strength, none
possessing more courage, the trankness
and honesty that magnetize. could have
been made. He has deviated not hairs
breadth from the impulses of a noble
character or from promptings of a pro-
foundly informed statesmnnship.
From the Chicago Evening Post
Qnd):
Such il the man chosen to lead tho
Republican party in this presidential
year. A man Of courage, a man Of sim
cerity, a strong man who frankly takes
the people into his confidence. tells them
what he believes to bo right. and that he
intends to follow the right at any cost.
From the Review of Reviews Qnd):
Tho Preaident Is 4 man of such varied
talents and activities. and his admins
ceptional and diverting incidents that it
IL quite too seldom remarked in the news
papers that the chief claim to distinc-
ton in the present regime at Washing
ton Is the high grade of regular. ordi-
nary Administrative work that charac-
terzes the various depa rtments almost
without exception. So indomitable a ca
pacity for work has probably never
been known In any executive post in the
n
from morning until night every day, and
without apparent fatigue or impairment
of energy.
From the Outlook Und):
His utterances on all political issues
have been more explicit than those Of
any other public man since Abraham
Lincoln, and his political experience and
personal courage have enabled him to
impart his convictions to his party.
Und):
He has been honest, patriotic and the
country knows it.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
GndD:
The people love Roosevelt for tho
strength and spontaneity OF his impulses
in favor OF all that is good. and the
depth and persistence of his detestation
of all that is hateful and mean. The
people love a man and the President s
every inch man.
From the New York Times (Dem):
You can't 'elp likin him." his Amer
icanism appeals to Americans. without
repelling those OF foreign birth. For
some millions of the people OF this coun-
try he stands for the best type of citi-
zenship and this estimate of him does NOS
depend upon his chance of election