The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
ROOSEvELT'S COURAGE.
1ts Quality Is Such that 1t Com IN ands
Respect and Admiral ion.

AespeCt ana ADMIRATION.
This Presidential campaign has re-
solved itself into a study of President ,
Roosevelt and the three years of his adj /
ministration. Beginning with much con- i
fdence and good will. the public has
learned from an extended examination of
the Presidents public acts and utter
ances. fresh respect for the man on the
bridge of the ship of state.
And the study of events and how they
were met has reveal led how much is need
ed in the makeup of the American Chief
Executive the quality of courage. Not
physical courage, merely, but that endur-
ing steadfast holding to duty without
fear of present OF future personal con-
sequences which nerves men of strong
moral and mental fibre.
1t takes the strongest kind of moral
courage to meet the questions which
confront the American people of our day.
The President, ms representing the whole
people of the country. must meet these
questions as best he cap. He must be
eyes. ears. hands and feet for the ire
mendous interests confded to his care.
In short, he is the executive head OF the
nation.
To this great Office President Roose-
welt brought a highly organized brain.
an educated understanding. n cultivated
personality. OF ardent temperament, he
easily secured public affection and ad-
| mira ton. But along with his charming
good fellowship and broad humanity, he
| had the supreme quality of courage
| Very soon this possession was called
out in a manner both unexpected and un-
precedented, and the people began fully
to know their President.
| The first record breaker was the TAX
ing up by President Roosevelt of the
coal strike, and its happy settlement.
Let no one under-rate the firmness of
purpose, the sense of duty, and the high
appreciation of public accountability
with which this step was taken. No one
of President Roosevelt's friends advised
him to attempt what everyone believed
would be n failure. But the commission
was appointed, it's work was carefully
laid out for it, and. backed as it was
by President Roosevclts personality and
position it won peace from the grippeo
hand of greed and millions of men, wo
men and children We're. in consequence
warmed and fed and sheltered from the
storms of winter.
In this life of ours the first gift to al
the sons of men is courage. And thel
courage, and again courage
Again, when the people began to de
spair under the heavy tread of the over
towering trust mo ,opolics, Presden
Roosevelt took the initiative toward regu
: lation by law of the illegal combination
which threaten the smaller corporation
, as we'll as individuals Now, again
there were discouragers of action. Agai
there were many who, seeing the danger
still could see no way of escape. AnC
, | again, through the constituted channel
of legal action, President Roosevelt too
the initiative in the defense against tres
: passers upon the national laws of con
merce and labor. In che Northern Sc
. curities case the Court sustained tn
position of the executive, and gave tn
people a lesson as to one lawful wa
;, by which illegal monopolies can be col
, trolled.
There have not been wanting otht
examples of courage and sense of +
sponsbility in Roosevelt's Presidents
career. The two instances referred
here are enough to remind people VIII;
manner of man sits now in the Pres
dents chair at Washington. We nee
courage there at the head of the nato
:; We are not going to part with it at tn
stage of our growth and progress.