La Junta tribune., 1904-09-17
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY

The rtople Know Roosevelt, and "A.
airs and Respect Hio.
President Roosevelt n not an unknown
quantity to the American people. He
IL personally well Known to = vast num-
bef Of voters in every part Of the coun-
Try. In New York he 10 familiar 70 the
sight OF . great majority Of the people
OF that great city. Throughout his own
State the same 10 true. In Boston b
is a. much at homo ~ In New York. for
Harvard u his alma mater. Throughout
New England he II recognized A. the
representative and exponent OF the ideals
which have ruled the cradle Of American
liberty from the landing Of the Pilgrim
fathers.
And this nativs Of the Empire StatA,
this graduate from the famous New
England university IL even more fer
vently admired and beloved in the West
the far West-and the middle West.
than he II in the East. And this In
tensity Of feeling for Roosevelt In the
West unswayed BY sectional bias. ~ Il
Il, IL but the national feeling Of = young.
virils people. A people who recognize
Q man when they see him!
During the Mckinley campaign OF
1900 Roosevelt. as candidate for Vice
Presidsnt. visited almost every Western
State and territory. He spoke to i'm
menss crowds. and won friends BY thou
sands BY his Straightforward, self-con-
trolled, dignifed 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. 1t was . ply
sical impossibility for him to accept one
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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. forceful. logical and
convincing. . contrast to the frantic efs
forts OF ordinary speakers.
Contrary to the expectations Of people
who had derived their ideas from the
comic supplements. and other pictorial
atrocities Of the yellow press. Mr.. Rooss-
velt's utterances were characterized BY Q
steadfast adherence to the main Ques-
tions at issue in the campaign, and what
ever he said bore the stamp Of original
thought, broad experience and study, and
the most conscientious sense Of RESPONSE
biiity. There was no ranting. no per
soual abuse. no wild statements or
strange lima ginings. in any Of Mr.. Roose-
vclt's speeches. and there was NO posing.
He stood before his great audiences dig
nifed. collected and amply able to take
care Of himself-an American gentleman.
In language. in bearing. in all that be
said and did. there was what 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
presidency. and there. a. well a. through
out his Journey from and back to the
capital. the people rose to him with un-
matched enthusiasm. He met and talk.
ed with hundreds Of his fellow citisens.
In every occupation, In every stags and
state Of society. from the cowboy to col
less prssident. He saw and spoke to and
was cheefed By thousands upon thou
sands Of men. women and children. Pres
ident Roosevelt II no stranger 10 the
people Of the United States. He known
them. They know him And they un-
derstand each other.