Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-09-21
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The People Trust Him Both as Man
and President.

ana PRESIDENT.
| More and more, as the presidential
! campaign develops, it becomes appar-
ent that upon one man the American
people have fixed their affections and
their admiration. and that in him they
repose a serene and perfect trust That
| man is Theodore Roosevelt.
-Four years ago the Republicans of
the rank and file demanded the nomipa-
ton and secured the election of Theo-
| dore Roosevelt for Vice President.
Against his own wishes, against the adj
| vice of his nearest friends, Roosevelt
accepted the duties forced upon him
| by his enthusiastic admirers.
! In the dark days which followed the
assassination Of Mckinley the beloved,
the old aphorism that ''the voice of the
| people is the voice of Cod was called
TO mind as the American nation noted
| the gravity, sincerity and thorough COM
| potency with which the man they had
chosen for Vice President took upon
himself the duties of the Presidency.
AS the years have passed admiration
and respect for Roosevelt have grown.
until now he is without doubt the most
| popular man in the round world That
his popularity is we'll founded no one
who knows the shrewd Judgment of
Americans will question No man can
| occupy the Presidential chair for one
year without being justly measured and
| estimated by the people whose chief ex-
| ecutive he is
From popular Idol, one in whose
personal gifts, manly qualities and
| practical work all men delighted, Roose-
| welt has grown, in these three years, to
| be the ideal President of the most pow
| erful Republic the world has ever
| known, the head of one of the greatest
nations of the earth at the present day.
Theodore Roosevelt the man-TheO-
| dore Roosevelt the Presidents a fig
| ure to be proud of. In every word, in
| every act of his life, there speaks u
ciean-mlnded, courageous hearted, Wig
Orous and incorruptible individuality.
| lie is the champion of civic probity, of
| national patriotism, of religious free
dom, a worker for and believer in the
| best opportunities for all men, without
| regard to class, occupation, theological
| opinions, politics or race or color.
The young men of the country have
| in the President one to whom they can
| loyalty look as an example of vigorous
| manhood, rejoicing as a strong man pre-
pairing to run a race. The staid citizen.
toiling in the heat of the monday OF
| life, turns to Roosevelt as his choice out
/ Of all men to hold the cares and re-
| sponsibilties Of the public business In
his clean, competent hands. The old
| Republican, he who has borne the brunt
of the last strenuous generation, the vet
eran of the great war for human free
dom and the preservation of the Union.
| beholds in Roosevelt a man worthy to
wear the mantle of Lincoln.
| The man Of the day, the man of the
hour, is Theodore Roosevelt. He is II
great President because he is a great
man. 1t has come home to every Re-
publican within the first weeks of the
campaign that the main strength of the
| Republican cause this year is its candi-
date for President. Firmly is he set
! tied in the affections and the respect OF
| the American people All Republicans
will vote for him, and thousands upon
| thousands of men from other parties Will
I vote for him because he is a man of
| strong fibre, the sort of man that every
| other man naturally loves and trusts.
| There is no weak spot in the char
acter of Theodore Roosevelt the man.
| There is no yellow streak" Outspoken.
fearless. definitely forceful, his ideas
| and opinions are we'll known to his
countrymen, and his works are as clean.
| as straightforward and clear cut as are
| his ideas.
| He will be our next President, and he
will carry with him into the office when
he is elected the entire confidence Of the
American people.