Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23
UNSAFE! UNSAFE!.
Democrat charg Against Pres.
ident Roosevelt That Is
Without Foundation. MI
THREE YEARS In WHITE HOUSE,
And at No Time Has Anything Been
Done That Did Not Tend Toward
Peace with All the World.

S When the hitter personal attacks on
Theodore Roosevelt are analyzed, and
when Democratic agitator is asked
TO define bis opposition to the presi-
dent the inevitable reply Is that
Roosevelt is IN unsafe man" 8
Now, is he? 55s: " 3ts "A
What makes nm unsafe man2 When
y q man safe and when is he danger
GUS? How are we to Judge q man
by what he has done or by what some
one says he may do? Are we justifed
In calling man unsafe who has all
his lie been eminently safer Is not
man entitled to the reputa ton he
makes for himself? hi &, Issj II! 5s Il
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
great office suddenly, as the result Of a
horrible murder, he has never lost his
head. He has never done dangerous
thing, he has at no time involved the
country in difficulties, either at home
Or abroad. II ..F55 353. 5.5:3 .,s III
Immediately following the murder
Of William Mckinley predictions were
freely made In the Democratic press
that President Rooseveltwould involve
the country in war. Has be done so?
It was also freely predicted that he
would break with the Republican ma.
jority In the house and the senate, and
=, ~
way, disregarding the advice OF the
time honored leaders of the party. Has
he done so?
Does not every one know, on the
contrary, that the conditions Of peace
between the United States and the rest
Of the world were rever more secure
" anchored than today? This has not
been because the president has not had
an opportunity to 60 to war. There
have been half a dozen such opportuni-
ties at the very least since he became
president when, lie he had been the nm
safe man he was alleged to be, he
might easily have involved us In war
with one or more Of the great powers
of Europe. He has met every diplo-
matte emergency with rough and ready
diplomacy and extraordinary tact.
which have won for the United States
the respect Of the civilized world.
Record In Diplomacy.
Look over the record of the state de-
partment under Theodore Roosevelt for
I the last three years, and see how
much has been accomplished to uphold
the dignity nd the honor Of the Unit
ed States, without at any time caus-
ing the slightest apprehension Of for
eign war. It was during the present
administrat lion that special commits
sion was appointed to adjust the dis
puted boundary between Alaska and
the Dominion Of Canada. Some OF
the Canadian people and papers talked
rather sayagely. There was every OPP
portunity for a mis-step on the part
OF the United States "A little too much
buster, little too pronounced brag,
failure In tact at the proper moment.
d substitution OF timidity for bravery,
or OF rashness for conservatism by
4 Theodore Roosevelt would have famed
the feeling In Canada into dangerous
flame. The Alaska boundary was an
inheritance from the Nc inley admin,
istTaton but It was safely settled nm.
der Roosevelt, settled to the credit OF
the United States, settled without the
loss OF an inch Of American territory,
and settled, too. without the destruc,
| tion OF the friendly feeling between
Il Great Britain and the United States. 4
When Germany and England were
at the threats Of the little republic 81
i Neneznela.. an unsafe president nigh,
easily have involved us in war with
those two countries, and hmtd pred
Z dent might easily have brought upon
the flag the shame OF the rest Of the
h world. Russia and Japan have beer
d ut war. The sentiment of the people
IA this country has been largely II
favor OF Japan. Yet John Hay, Thu
/ wise and discreet secretary OF state
q appointed by Mel inley and unhesitat
fngly retained BY Roosevelt, has st
successfully directed the course oi
American diplomacy that the United
States today is as much the friend oi
Russia as II Is Of the little fighting
e0ck, Japan. The United States, ID
fact, has dictated the diplomatic con
duct OF hostilities between Russia and
Japan. This country has dominated
ahe situation, and vet at no time hal
| there been the slightest danger that
we might become emhroiled with any
foreign nation.
.s,ass Every Day In the Ysas.
u These are the afstual reSIsifs III fs,f,ns