Milford chronicle., 1904-09-09
ROOSEVELTS QUALITIES.
They Insure Success Both as Soldier
and Statesman.

and Statesman.
IF we were seeking a soldier" sait
/ Senator Bailey, of Texas, in opening tn,
/ Democratic campaign in Brooklyn last
week, Il should prefer the President tc
almost any other man in public life
! AS we are seeking a statesman. how.
ever, l should prefer almost any other
man in public life to the President"
They tell us the President is brave -
Mr.. Bailey continued, "and so he is. but
he is as rash as he is brave. He would
be one OF the best men to lead a desper-
ate charge in time Of war. but he is one
Of the worst men to administer a great
government in time of peace"
Coming from the junior senator from
Texas, where every boy baby is colonel
before he is weaned and a statesman as
soon as he sheds his milk teeth, this is
as unexpected as it is in part untrue.
Senator Bailey has sacrificed his ad-
niration for military genius and his rec
ognitiOn of its almost universal coin
cidence with statesmanlike qualities to
the exigencies of a political campaign.
All history teaches that the qualities
that 90 TO make a successful soldier
are the effective equipment Of the sue
cessful statesman.
Caesar crossed the Rubicon before he
put aside the crown upon the Luper-
cal.
Bonaparts devastated all Europe be-
fore he gave to France the Code Napo-
leon.
Cromwell triumphed at Naseby before
he held the reins as Protector with a
6rmness and justice that deserved the
emulation of Kings.
In our land. from Washington down
bo Roosevelt. experience has proved that
the life Of the camp is no unfit train
ing for the presidency. The list includes
at least one Democrat, now almost can
onized who carved his way TO the White
House with his sword and retained the
presidency a second term through the
wisdom Of doing things" which con
founded the drawing room statesman
of his day and party.
We cannot say that Theodore Roose-
velt is an ADLER or a braver soldier
than Andrew Jackson. But we doubt
if Senator Bailey would seriously main
tain that the hero Of New Orleans was
as amenable to the counsels Of reason |
and righteousness and the letter Of the |
as the soldier who for three |
years has administered our government |
soberly. seriously and successfully, ac-
cording to the chart laid down by his /
Every Republican president elected
since the civil war-Grant, Hayes, Gar
ield, Harrison, McKinley-was a sol
iier before he was President and none
If them was the worse for having seen
iervice in the field for his country. But
hey were all something more than SOL
liers-they were born administrators.
And so is Theodore Roosevelt. In the
irief span of less than a quarter of a
century Of public life he has compressed
more kinds Of public usefulness than
vas ever dreamed Of in the dolce far
liente philosophy Of the Texas Senator.
Being a soldier in Cuba was only
IN incident in his career of ceaseless
ctivity. As assemblyman, rancher.
civil service commissioner,
'olice commissioner. colonel, Governor
t New York. and President of the Uni
ed States, Theodore Roosevelt has al
Ways borne himself as an honest, cap
bic. efficient American citizen. which
5 more creditable than being merely
older or merely a carpet statesman.