Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-09
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
From the Washington Post.

With the utmost respect for our
French friends, we call their atten-
tion to one notable instance in which
the unexpected has not happened.
This time it is the xpected-indeed
we might as well say the inevitable.
Mr.. Roosevelt is remarkable man.
His career reads like a chapter out of
romance. By an unbroken succession
OF leaps and bounds, he has risen from
private life to the always
despite the opposition of the leaders
and in contempt of the judgment of
the party oracles. The future histor-
ian will, no doubt. accept the estimate
of the contemporary commentator.
calling this an accident, and that a
mystery, and the other a phenome-
non; but the leaping process has been
steadily maintained. No matter what
| one may say about ''inscrutable Prov
idence" and all the rest of it, Theo
dore Roosevelt has been president of
the United States for three years,
with nearly nine months more to
serve, and now he is nominated, prac-
ticallv bv reclamation and apparently
in good faith, for the full term begin
ming on the 4th of next March. If. the
party ''bosses" have deplored and en-
deaYored to prevent this consumma-
tion, he has been too strong for them.
If their loyalty be a counterfeit. as SO
many asserts and seem to believe, he
has made courtierS and sycophantS of
them all. If the state machines have
been averse to him, he has trodden
them under foot, and stands today,
triumphant and erect, upon their pit
liable ruins. He has taken the Re
publican organizations throughout
the country and converted them to
his uses. Against the hostile and
reluctant local chiefs he has arrayed
a harmonious, enthusiastic rank and
file. He leads the Republican army,
and the captains and lieutenants are
his humble servitors. The masses of
the party have been taught to see in
him force eager, bold, indomitable
"a commander, fearless, swift, and
potent. And they, at least will re-
joice in his nomination, and will fight
for him with high courage and unflag
ging zeal.
1t will be a cambaign at once eXcit-
ing and picturesque. As Mr.. Roose-
welt has been his own organizer in the
preliminary stage, so he will be his
own manager, guide, philosopher, and
friend throughout the struggle for
ballots. He will be the inspira ton,
the strategy, the methods and the
leadership. He will not only plan, but
II only n 1,n
battle, he will ordain every detail of
preparation, discipline, aud arrange
ment. From him the warriors on the
fighting line will derive their valor
and devotion. From him the dep
uty chieftains will take their orders
and their information. All the light
and color, ali the gallantry and dash
and thrill of the campaign will be the
fruit OF his controlling genius. And
unless the Democrats. still welded to
their blunders and utilities, confront
Mr.. Roosevelt with nominee and
platform which will definitely clear
the stage for a mere pageant OF Re-
publican victory, We may look for
dramas of the utmost intensity
throughout the summer = perhaps,
even, promise of sensation at the
end. There is nothing in the Chicago
platform to move the pulses of the
blood. 1t means anything, promises
every thing, commits Mr.. Roosevelt to
nothing. Its claims are valid or pre-
posterous. according to the temper
and the intellect equipment of the
analyst. In any event, however, it
belongs to the wranglers and the
pedants. The fighting millions will
take no more note of it than of the
nebulae hypothesis or the pons asinor-
um when Mr.. Roosevelt goes riding
down to battle with the glittering le-
gions in his brilliant wake.
This is Mr.. Roosevelt's fght-noth-
ing more-nothing less-and no one
can truly say that he does not present
d noble and impressive figure at its
front.
CHARLES WARREN FaIRBANKS.
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