Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
R00SEVELT'S COURAGE.
Its Quality Is Such that IL Com m ands
Respect and Admiration.

Respect and Admiration.
This Presidential campaign has re-
solved itself into study of President
Roosevelt and the three years of his adj
ministration. Beginning with much con
fidence and good will, the public has
learned, from an extended examination Of
the Presidents public acts and utter
ances, fresh respect for the man on the
bridge of the ship of state.
And the study of events and how they
were met has revealed how much is need
ed in the makeup of the American Chief
Executive the quality of courage. Not
physical courage, merely, but that endur-
ing steadfast holding to duty without
fear of present or future personal con
sequences which nerves men of strong
moral and mental fibre.
1t takes the strongest kind of moral
courage to meet the questions which
confront the American people of our day.
The President, as representing the whole
people of the country, must meet these
questions as best he can. He must be
eyes, ears, hands and feet for the trc-
mendous interests conhded to his care.
In short, he is the executive head of the
nation.
TO this great Office President Roose-
welt brought a highly organized brain,
an educated understanding, cultivated
personality. OF ardent temperament, he
easily secured public affection and ad-
miration. But, along with his charming
good fellowship and broad humanity, he
had the supreme quality of courage.
Very soon this possession was called
out in manner both unexpected and UNI
precedented, and the people began fully
to know their President
The first record breaker was the taxi
ing up by President Roosevelt of the
coal strike, and it's happy settlement.
Let no one undcr-rate the frmness of
purpose, the sense of duty, and the high
appreciation of public accountability
with which this step was taken. No one
| of President Roosevelt's friends advised
| him to attempt what everyone believed
\, would be q failure But the commission
was appointed, its work was carefully
| laid out for il. and, backed rs il was
| by President Roosevelt's personality and
| position, it won peace from the gripped
| hand of greed, and millions of men, WOO
| men and children We're, in consequence,
| warmed and fed and sheltered from the
| storms of winter.
In this life of ours the first gift to all
the sons of men is courage. And then
| courage, and again courage!
Again, when the people began TO de-
spair under the heavy tread of the over
| powering trust monopoles. President
Roosevelt took the initiative toward regu-
lation by law of the illegal combinations
| which threaten the smaller corporations
as well as individuals. Now, again,
there were discouragers of action. Again
there were many who, seeing the danger,
still could see no way of escape. And
again. through the constituted channels
of legal action, President Roosevelt took
the initiative in the defense against tres
paSsers upon the national laws of com
merce and labor. In the Northern Sc
curties case the Court sustained the
position of the executive, and gave tn,
people lesson as to one lawful way
by which Illegal monopolics can be con
trolled.
| There have not been wanting othe
examples of courage and sense of re
sponsibility in Roosevet's Presidential
career. The two instances referred T.,
here are enough to remind people wha
manner of man sits now in the Presi
dents chair at Washington. We nee,
courage there at the head of the nation
We are not going to part with it at thi
stage of our growth aud progress.