The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-21

= cember. 4
Theodore Roosevelt has been 4
= elected president after a cam 4
= paign in which the paramount 4
. issueh was declared to be" him 4
= self. What are the qualities 4
= by which he has won the love 4
= and confidence of the American I
= people They are:
= His unflinching honesty in 4
= act and speech and thought, 4
= and a frankness that is abso- 4
= lutely daring. He never says 4
= one thing and means another. 4
. He has no subtlety, no diplo- 4
. matte finesse. He is not lacking 4
. in tact, but it is the tact that 4
= relies upon the good sense and 4
= love of fair play in those with 4
= whom he deals.
His utter fearlessness, not 4
= merely Of personal danger, but 4
= of the consequences to himself 4
= from doing what he believes to 4
= be right, practicable. and for 4
= the public welfare. When 4
= warned that his intervention in 4
. the coal strike would blast his 4
= future, he set his teeth and an 4
= swered: eyes, suppose it ends 4
| . me. but it is right and [ will do 4
. it. But although fearless, he
is by no means rash. On all
= important matters he consults 4
= those whom he trusts, and no 4
= man is more willing to change 4
= his views if good reasons are
- submitted. Counsel is always 4
~ welcome, control never.
His accurate sense of justice. 4
- Every man is TO have ga square
= deal When he was Civil 4
= Service Commissioner he filed 4
= the quotas from the South by 4
= announcing that Democrats Z
= should have just as good I
p chance FOR appointments as Re 4
= -puhlieans; lie accords just as Z
y fair treatment to the Jew, Cath 4
Q Ollie, and the gnostic, as to the 4
= man who shares his own reli- 4
gious beliefs. He is president Z
= of the whole people. and not Of 4
y those belonging to single 4
party. race Or creed.
. His prodigious capacity for Z
. hard work. In this he is like Z
. Napoleon. But much of his Z
= ability to "get things done' Z
. depends upon others. His Z
. knowledge of men is extensive Z
. and accurate; he chooses his .
. agents with skill: trusting to Z
. them all details. and demanding =
= nothing but results, he wastes =
no energy on trines. The mo- Z
ment he arrives at decision. =
= it is carried into instant eXecu- =
= ton. =
= His practical nature. He has =
= high ideals. but he never seeks =
the unattainable. He will not =
. struggle vainly for 1.-The per- =
. feet and abstract right when =
= he will lose thereby the good =
= that can be accomplished by =
. seeking something else. He has =
. got to make this great govern =
= ment' work. and he will make it =
. work as nearly right as it will =
= work at all, but he will not give =
= up the job because all his ulti- .
. mate desires can not be ac- =
. complished =
= His implicit reliance upon the =
= better instincts of the people. =
: While LIE Soften distrists his =
= litical conditions, no man since :
= litical conditions.n o man since =
= Lincoln ever had stronger be- =
= llef In the honesty and good =
= sense of the masses. .Although =
he comes from an aristocratic .
= family. he is intensely demo .
= cratic in his sympathies,. =
= ! might mention other char =
= acteristicS Of the president: his =
= masterful personality; the .
= strength of his affections and =
= his antipathies: his brilliant =
= powers of conversation; his lit =
= erary attainments: his ideal =
= home life; his bubbliny melri- =
. ment. and his spirit of practi- =
. cal optimism, by which he cpl =
. tomizes the JOY Of living and =
= realizes to the full the old Ro- =