Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-11-04
NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
40 People Know Roosevelt. and Admire
and Resp act Him.

The People Know Roosevelt. and Admire
and Respect Him.
President Roosevelt is not an un-
known quality to the American people.
He Is personally well known to a vast
number Of voters in every part Of the
country. In New York he Is familiar
to the sight Of great majority Of the
people Of that great city. Throughout
his own state the same is true. In Bos-
ton he is as much at home as in New
York, for Harvard is his alma mater.
Throughout New England he is recog-
nized as the representative and expo
nent 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 and beloved In the west
the far west-and middle west, than
he Is in the east And this intensity
Of feeling for Roosevelt in the west
unswayed by sectional bias, as it is.
70 but the national feeling Of a'young,
virdle people. A people who recognize
Q man when Ghey see himl
During the Mckinley campaign Of
1900 Roosevelt, as candidate for vice
president, visited almost every western
state and territory. He spoke to nm
mense crowds, and won f-iends by
THOUSANDS BY his straight forward, self
controlled, dignified utterances. and
his manly. generous personality.
Toward the end of the campaign
the national committee was over
whelmed By requests for speeches By
Roosevelt IN all parts Of the country.
# was q physical impossibility for
him to accept one-fourth OF the engage
ments to speak that were urged upon
him. gss
10 Chicago, where, on his return from
the west, he addressed a great crowd
ct the Coliseum, he was received with
the utmost exhibition OF enthusiasm.
| His speech was calm, forceful, logical
and convincing, contrast to The fran
de efforts OF ordinary speakers
Contrary TO the expectations Of PEG
pie who had derived their ideas from
the comic supplements. and other pic
torial atrocities Of the yellow press,
Mr.. Roosevels's utterances were char.
acterized BY steadfast adherence to
the mais question at Issue in the cam
paign. and whatever be said bore the
stamp oe original thought, broad expo
rfence and study, and the most con,
Bcientious NJ renee Of responsibility
There Was no ranting. no personal
abuse, no wild statements or strange
maginings II any Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
speeches ana there was no posing. He
stood before this great audience dig
niGed, collected and amply able to take
care Of himself an American gentle.
man. In language. In bearing. In all
that he said and did. there was what
made friends for him OF all who came
i within the sound Of his voice.
President Roosevelt has visited the
Pacific coast since his assumption OF
/ the presidency. and there, as well as
1 throughout his Journey from and back
1 to the capital. the people rose to him
with unmatched enthusiasm. He met
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1 low citizens, in every occupation, Ii
every stage and state Of society. from
the cowboy to college president. he
4 saw and spoke to and was cheered By
thousands upon thousands OF men, wo.
men and children. President Roose
4 welt is no stranger to the people OF the
United States. He knows them. They
4 know him. And they understand each
other.