Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-10-21
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zAsa. . sHsn fos yoS ~ take as yessT
ssestel- ! coafess I did ~. he seemed
to me 10 tse the sncsrEa tica cf a cAissI-
roua kuiehtly SeUtseUsss With an Am
estsoa to serve his cssantry AND ~ MS
example aud his nsa Ueace to promote
IN his fellow country men . hove tor sA
That IL great and noase- Many ~ bss
acts rs fosice Con missioner Which
we're auixotic l ascrisped NOT 50 much to
his lack of Judgment ss 10 his zesious-
ness. Whea he Resigned his past rs
Assistant Secretary of the Navy to en-
ter active service my own nature was
thriiied with love fof MY coUBtry and l
aI,piauded Eis act. Ii secsn..d 10 me
then that the call to arms had acted
upea him ss 1t had apon nse. that he
wanted to give the couatry the best he
had, his life. II need be. I. the best !
had-my son. | felt that 1 understood
him 1 believed that the almost c.erkly
routine OF his work as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy had become madden
ing when the drum and the buxle Hred
the patriotic soul Hut ! was not al
lowed to dream honS that my koose-
welt vas Of the stuG from which heroes
are made.
It soon appeared that q new role on
q stage set with war had been seized
upon by my ideal. The character Of q
dashing cavalry oficer in the Buffalo
Bill trappings Of Western prairies had
appealed to him as the best Method Of
emerging from the comparative obseur-
ity of a Washington department into
| tlo TrrlI ..f
Again he had become a character, q
combination of Phil. sheridan. Buffalo
Bill and Don Quixote. His adventures
on foot MS described by himself on
chronicled by eye witnesses or criti-
cised by military experts certainly will
not pass into song and story.
Watching him these many years and
experiencing in myself a transition Of
emotions from perfect admiration for
his seeming nobleness of character to
calm contemplation Of his masterful-
ness as 4 spectacular politician, I now
venture TO say, that In my opinion
President Roosevelt is the most dan
gerOas parsonage who ever held the
Olkce 81 President.
Theodore Roosevelt has one pa ssiOn
ambition. since he became Preside n
1 he has - thOught-electiOn. SenatGIu ]
anA pslitical leaders for three years
have beea nAAe II feel their master
was n TIE white H0use. Ne held pa
trenase ever then as Q whip. Whea
i senator Ohnna passed away al tn
there was to the Republica aniaa of Nc
kinley and Hanna passed with them.
Roosevelt has managed the party -
his fears and his hopes OF BOmina ton
stirred him. II elected he will want
the pages Of history to record his I'D
ministration with an event. God help
the mothers. the wives and sisters
when Roosevelt sets out with N
mailed fist" TO make history.
President Roosevelt has been called
strenuous" and then our Law abiding
peaceful home loving husba nds and
sons. who are called "cravens. weak
lngs." towards" There is a frenzy
about this that alarms. Like Napoleon
he applauded large families. Is It be-
cause they will yield soldiers - his re-
public-empire?
President Roosevelt is dangerous be-
cause il elected he will he more than
ever the master of Senate and House;
more than ever the director of the for
eign policy Of the nation: more than
ever the comma nder-in-chief of army
and navy. His feet will trample the
Constitution. He is strenuous enough
to be the law. having proven his abil-
ity to step outside constitutional limi-
tations.
II we who saw our fever-stricken
sons come back pale and wasted. some
prematurely aged and others incapaci-
tated from bread winning. could cast
our votes: il we who are told that gen
tie woman's chief function in life is
to be strenuous" in maternity, could
east our votes: if we who believe that
the peaceful. restful home. me love of
husbands and sons and the companion
ship of kindly neighbors is mans hap
piest lot on earth. could cast our votes.
now many would he for Eooseveltf He
is Il menace to the home. He casts the
red glow of war on the hearth: the
sombre shadow of the grave on the cra-
die. He is a man OF fire. of blood. of
dangerous ambition.
AIRS MARY PT ACEpI-EN