Milford chronicle., 1904-10-21
ROOSEVELT'S COURAGE.
It's ouaIity Is Such that 1t Commands
Respect and Admiration.

Respect and Admiration.
This Presidential campaign has re-
solved itself into a study of President
Roosevelt and the three years Of lis adj
miniStration. beginning with mach coa-
tidencc and good will, fhe public has
learned from an exteadcl examination of
the Presidents pu lie acts and utJer-
ances fresh respect for ihe man on the
bridge of thc ship of STATE.
And the study of events and how they
were met has revealed how mnch ii need
ed in the make-up Of the American Chirf
Executive the quality Of courage. Noc
physical courage, merely. hut that onlur-
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 20 meet the questions which
confront the American people Of our day.
The President, MS representing the whole
people Of the country. must meet these
questions rs best he can. He must he
eyes. ears, hands and feet for the ire
mendous interests contidcd to his care
In short. be is the executive head of the
nation.
To this great Office President Roose
welt brought a highly organized BRAIN
an educated understanding p 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 a manner both unexpected and un-
preccdented, and the people began fully
10 know their President.
The first record breaker was the tax
ing up by President Roosevelt of the
coal strike, and its happy settlement.
Let no one under-rate the frmness of
purpose. the sense of duty, and the high
appreciation Of public accountability
with which this step was taken. Ne one
Of President Boosevelt's friends advised
him to attempt what everyone believed
would be a failure. But the commission
was appointed its WORK was carefully
laid out for it, and. backed as it was
10y President Rooscvcl;'S personality and
position, it won peace from the gripped
hand of greed, and millions Of men. wo-
men and children We're. in consequence,
warmed and fed and sheltered from the
Slhl HIS hl NiultI.
In this life Of ours the first gift to ali
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 monopolies, President
Roosevelt took the initiative toward rcgl-
lation hy law of the illegal combinations
which threaten the smaller corporations
as well as individuals Now. again,
there were discouragcrs 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
curities case the Court sustained the
position Of the executive. and gave the
people lesson as to one lawful way
by which illegal monopolies can be con.
trolied.
There have not been wanting other
examples of courage and sense of re-
sponsibiity in Roosevelts Presidential
career. The two instances referred to
here are enough to remind people wha,
manner of man sits now in the Presi-
dents chair at Washington We need
courage there at the head of the nation
We are not going to part with it at this
stage Of our growth and progress.