The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
The People Know Roosevelt, and Aas
mire and Respect Him,

The People Know Roosevelt, and Ads
n1ire and Respect Him,
President Roosevelt Is not an unkn0WA
quantity to the American people. He
is personally well known to a vast mum,
Der of voters in every part of the coun,
try. In New York he is familiar to thu
sight OF great majority of the people
of that great city. Throughout his own
State the same is true. In Boston h9
Is as much at home as in New York, 1oa
HarvardSis his alma mater ThrouRhOuS
New England he is recognized AZ the
representative and exponent of the i6esie
which have ruled the cradle of Americas
liberty from the landing Of the PtAREa@
fathers.
And this native of the Ehipirs State,
this graduate from the II fanlonsa New
England university ID ever more fer
vently' admired and OeioTAd in tt West
the far West--and thu sIniddIV West,
than he Is in the East And this ins
tensity of feeling for Roosevelt In the
West unswayed by sectional bias, 40 e
IL, Is but the national feelingSof young
Tirile people. A people wins recognize
a man when they see himt 7z'7r~
During the Mckinley mpaign OS
1900 Roosevelt, as hsiisssfte for Vice
President, visited alnaDst every Western
State and territorgg He spoke to i'm,
mense crowds ana Won friends by thoU.
sands by his straightforward, self-ccn'
trolled, dignified utterances, and HE
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,
steal impossibility for him to accept one
fourth of the engagements to speak th&A
Were urged upon him.
| In Chicago, where, on his return from
the West, he addressed great crowd at
the Coliseum, he was received with thu
utmost exhibition Of enthusiasm. Hia
speech was calm, forceful, logical and
convincing, contrast to the frantic a.
forts Of ordinary speakers.
Contrary to the expectations Of DsOpk
who had derived their ideas, from the
comic supplements, and other pictoriJ
atrocities Of the yellow press, Mr.. Rooss
velt's utterances were characterized By A
steadfast adherence to tlfasSmain CUES
tons 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 rssponRA
bility. There was no ranting, NO pep
sonal abuse, no wild statements o.
strange ina ginings, in any Of Mr.. RoOpN
velt's speeches, and there was no posahA
He stood before his great audiences dig
nihed, collected and amply able TO taks
care Of himself-an American gentlomaA
In language, in bearing, in ell that b
said and did, there was what mAaa
friends for him of all vine came wIthls
the sound Of his voice.
President Roosevelt has visited ehN
Pacific coast since his assumption Of chs
presidency, and there, as well as through
out his journey from and back 70 tn
capital, the people rose to him with M
matched enthusiasm. He met and tab
ed with hundreds Of his fellow citisona
in every occupation, In every stage ann
state of society, from the cowboy 10 COL
iege president. He saw and spoke to ant
was cheered by thousands upon thow
sands Of men, women and children. PrSs
ident Roosevelt is no stranger 10 th,
people of the United States. He know
, them. They know him. And they IN
, derstand each other.