Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
The People Know Roosevelt, and Ad.
mire aud Respect Him.

mire aud Respect Him.
President Roosevelt Is not an unknown
quantity to the American people. He
is personally well known to vast num-
ber Of voters In every part of the coun-
try. In New York he Is familiar to the
sight of a great majority Of the people
of that great city. Throughout his own
State the same Is true. In Boston he
Is as much at home as In New York. for
Harvard Is his alma mater. Throughout
New England he Is recognized as the
representative and exponent OF the ideals
which have ruled the cradle OF American
liberty from the landing OF the Pilgrim
fathers.
And this native of the Empire State.
this graduate from the famous New
England university Is even more fer
vently admired aud beloved In the West
the far Wes,-and the middle West.
than he Is In the East. And this In
tenslty of feeling for Roosevelt In the
West unswayed by sectional bias. As IL
Is. Is but the national feeling OF young.
virile people. A people who recognize
q man when they see him.
During the Mckinley campaign OF
1900 Roosevelt, as candidate for Vice
President, visited almost every Western.
State and territory. He spoke TO i'm
mense crowds. aud won friends by thou.
sands by his straightforward. seif-con.
troilcd. dlgniied utterances. and his
manly. generous personality.
Toward the end OF the campaign the
national committee was overwhelmed by
requests for speeches by Roosevelt In
all parts OF the country. II was q ply
steal impossiblllty for him To accept one
fourth OF the engagements To speak that
were urged upon him.
In Chicago. where. on his return from.
the West. he addressed great crowd at
the Coliseum. he was received with the
utmost exhibition OF enthusiasm. His
speech was calm, forecfui. logical and
convincing. contrast TO the frantic Of.
forts of ordinary speakers.
Contrary 10 the expectations Of people
who had derived their Ideas from the
comic supplements. and other pictorial
atrocities OF the yellow press. Mr.. Roose-
rclt's utteranccs were characterized by .
steadfast adherence to tho main qucs-
uons nt Issue In the campaign, and what.
ever he said bore the stamp OF original
thought. broad experience and study. and
the most considerations sense OF .csponsi.
bllliy. There was no rantIns. no per.
soaal abuse. no Wild statements or
strange imsHinlnrs. In any Of AR. Roose-
vcits specify. and there was no posing.
lie stood bcf\c his great audiences dig.
cars M or himssr -sa Xmsssssa Gentleman.
In language In bearing. In all that he
said and ~. there wa. wha, made
friends for him OF all who came within
the sound OF his voice.
President Roosevelt has visited the
Pacific coast since his assumption OF the
and there. as well as through.
out his Journey from and back to the
capital. tho people rose TO him with un.
matched enthusiasm. lie met and talk.
cd with hundreds OF his Yellow citizens.
In every occupation. In every stage and
state Of society. from tho cowboy to col.
lcEs president. lie saw aud spoke to aud
was chccred by thousands upon thou.
sands Of men. women and children. Pres.
idcat Roosevelt Il no stranger to the
people Of the United States lie knows
them. They know him. And they un.
dcsstand each other.