Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-19
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Democratic chargs Against Pres-
ident Roosevelt That ID
Without Foundation. D si
THREE YEARS IN WHITE HOUSE
And az No Time Has Anything Been
Done That Did Not Tend Toward
.t.. Peace with All the World:

Theodore Roosevelt are anaiyzed, and
when Democratic agitator is asked
to define his opposition to the presi-
dent the inevitable reply Z is that
Roosevelt is IN unsafe man" IN 2HF
: Now, is he? ~ $ss$t &5a53 ~ "A
What makes an unsafe man? When
In a man safe and when is he danger
GUS? How are we to Judge man;
by what he has done or by what some
one says he may do? Are We justified
in calling q man unsafe who has all
his life been eminently safe? Is not
man entitled to the reputatio he
makes for himself? S-.5sg.ro l$22.st;; ss VAIL
For three years Theodore Roosevelt
has had absolute power, as president
of the United States. and yet during
that three years, although called to the 1
great office suddenly, as the result Of q i
horrible murder, he has never lost his
head. He has never. done IA dangerous
thing, he has at no time involved the
country in difficulties, either at home
Or abroad. Is ~ I'm Z, s5 :5.f
$H false Predtctiona. st$&s M
Immediately following the murder
Of william Mex inley predictions were,
freely made in the Democratic press
that President Roosevelt would involve
the country In. war. Has he done 40 I?
It was also freely predicted that he
would break with the Republican ma
tority In the house and the senate, and
that he would insist on having his own.
way, disregarding the advice OF the
time honored leaders OF the party. Has
he done sO2 ss' i s
Does not every one know, on the
contrary, that the conditions of peace,
between the United States and the rest
Of the world were never more secure
" anchtred than today!2 This has not
been because the president has not had
an opportunity to 20 to war. There
have been half q dozen such opportuni-
ties ut the very least since he became
president, when, if he had been the I'M
safe man he was alleged 10 be. he
might easily have involved us IN war
with one or more Of the great powers
OF Europe. ne has net every diplo-
matte emergency with rough and ready.
diplomacy & and extraorlinary tact.
which have won for the United States
the respect az the Civilized world. ivss g
RECORD - Diplom.oy. 3g n Ri
Look over the record az the state de-
partment under Theodore Roosevelt fol
the last three years. and see how
much haa been ! ccon,nlished In nnhold
ne dignity and the honor 1of the Unit.
Cd states. without At any lime "a is, Is.
| tne the slightest apprehension al FOR !
eian war. 2It was during The nresent
administration that 4 snecial commits.
sion was appointed "a dust the did.
puted boundary. beatweeen Alaska and
! the. Dominion az a CA NADIA some at
\ the Canadian people and papers talked
rather sayarelv 5 Tiere was every III ~
! portunity for Z mis-step 81 the part
! Of the United states. a little too nucl,
bluster, 4 little too pronounced brag
! failure In tact 1T the propers moment.
4 substtution of timidity for brayesrr ,
or OF rashness for conserya tism 81
j Theodore Roosevelt would have tanned
/ the feeling in Canada into / dangerous
4 dame. The ALASKA boundary was m
i inheritance from the MCKINLEY admin.
/ istration but Il was ,is safely settled IA.
4 der Roosevelt, settled 10 the credit o.
! the United states, settled without the
1 loss OF an inch of American terrttnrryv
/ and settled, too. without the destruc-
ton Of the friendly feeling between
1 Great Britain and the United States.
1 When Germany and England were
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