Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-02
Courageous, ResourcefuI. Frank, patri.
otto, Honest and intelligent Pains
taking In All Things, with a Mar
velous Capacity for Work
His Mapliness Admired by
All the People.


dore Roosevelt
This issue Is forced upon the country
by your unusual temperament and tai
ents--your own strong, able. ambitious,
resourceful militant. passionate person
atty, your versatile and surprising
genius.
From Secretary Hays address at Jack
son, Mich:
Secretary Hays Questions.
Even on this narrow issue they win
dodge most OF the details Ask them.
has the President been a good citizen,
a good soldier good man In all per-
sonal relations? Is be a man Of intel
ligence, OF educationf Does he know
this country well? Does he know the
world outside? Has he studied law, his-
tory and politics? Has he had great
chances to learn. aud has he improved
them? Is he sound and strong in mind.
body and soul? Is he accessible and
friendly to all sorts and conditions Of
menf Has he the courage and candor
and the God-given ability to speak to
the people and tell them what he thinks7
To all these questions they will answer.
Yes. Then what Is your objection to
him? They will either stand speechlesn
or they will answer with the parrot cry
which we have heard so often: He Il
unsafe.
'In certain sense we shall have IA
admit this TO be true TO every grade
Of law breaker. high or low; to q man
who would rob till or q ballot box:
to the sneak or the bully; to the hypo-
critic and the humbug, Theodore Rooss
welt Is more than unsafe; he Is POSI-
lively dangerous.
.But let us be serious with these peo-
pie. What are the coefflcients OF safety
in chief of state? He should havo
courage; the wisest coward that ever
lived is not fit to rule. And intelIi-
gence; we want no blunder-headed hero
In the White House. And honesty:
clever thief would do infinite mischief.
These three are the Indispensable. Wikh
them a man Is all the more safe X A.
has sense OF proportion. 4 sense ~ /
humor, a wide knowledge OF men x
affairs: II he seeks good counsel: and,
finally. II he is a patriot, II he loves NJ
country, believes in il and seeks ii ~
things its interest and its glory. Al
men may make mistakes; but such \
man as this will make few aud 10 grav&
Ones
such a man Is our President and ou1
candidate"
The Independents Prcen-
Naturally. very emphatic iudorsement
OF President Roosevelt's personality iii
candidacy comes from acknowiedg>
party organs, but note the tributes fro
influential Democratic and Independe
papers in which the pertinent interxoS
tives OF Mr.. Hay are answered.
From tho Pittsburg Dispatch Qnd.)
As a party choice none more a
cious none instinct with elements
popularity and exultant strength, IL
possessing more courage. the franku
and honesty that magnetic, could \
been made. He has deviated not 81
breadth from the impulses Of y
character or from promptings OF
foundly informed SUBSTANTIALLY.
From the Chicago Evening
Qnd):
Such is the man chosen to lend
Republican party in this prealdz
year A man Of courage. q man u
cerity, a strong man who frankly
the people into his confidence. tells
what he believes to be right, and "a
intends TO follow the right at any d
From the Review OF Reviews
The President Is man OF such
talents and activities. and his I'd
t.ation has already been 80 full
ceptional and diyerting incidents
is quite too seldom remarked in III
papers that the chief claim to
ton in the present regime at w
ton is the high grade Of regul1
nary administrative work that
terizes the various departments
without exception. So indomitab
pacity for work has probably
been known In any executive poe
United States as Mr. Roosevelt
from morning until night every a
without apparent fatigue or lump
OF energy.
From the Outlook Qnd.l:
His utterances on all politics
have been more explicit than
any other public man since
Lincoln, and his political expert
personal courage have enabled
impart his convictions to his "a
From the Philadelphia Publ
Qnd.):
He has been honest, patriotic
country knows it.
From the San Francisco
Qnd.):
The people love Roosevelt
strength and spontaneify Of bin
in favor OF all that Is good.
depth and persistence Of his 4
Of all that is hateful and me
people love a man and the Pf
every inch a man.
From the New York Times
You can't 'elp IikIn' him.
icanism appeals to America
repelling those or foreign