The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-25
9oOsEvELTs COURAGE.
tt, Quality Ia Such that 1t Commands Re.
spoct aud Admiration.


spoct and Admiration.
This presidential campaign has re |
solved itself into study of President
Roosevelt and the three years ,t hi, |
administration. Bcgmup with mucI .
confidence and good will, the publ, |
has learned, from an extended exam |
inatiou Of the Presidents public act !
and uttCruuCps, fresh respect for tn,
man on the bridge OF the snip OF state |
And the study of events ana how
they were met has revealed how much
is needed in the makeup of the Amer
lean chief executive the quality OF.
courage. Not physical courage, mere
ly, hut that enduring. stcadlust hold
ing to duty without fear of present
or future personal consequences which
nerves men of strong moral and men.
tai hbre.
1t takes the strongest kind of moral
courage to meet the questions which
confront the American people Of our
day. The President, as representing
the whole people of the country. must
meet these questions MS best he can.
He must he eyes. ears, hands and feet
for the tremendous interests Contided
to his care. In short, he is the cXccu.
tive head of the nation
To this great office President Roosc.
welt brought II highly organized brain,
an educated understanding, a cult.
waited personality or ardent temper.
amcnt. he easily secured public affcc.
4, 1,
his charming good fellowship and
broad humanity he had the supreme
| quality of courage Very soon this
| possession was called out in Il manner
| both unexpected and unprecedented.
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 undcr-rate the tirmness of
! purpose, the sense of duty and the
high appreciation of public acCOunta.
bility with which this step was taken.
No one of President ROoScvct's friends
advised him to attempt what every
one believed would be failure But
the commission was appointed, its
work was carefully laid out for II, and
backed as it was by President Roose.
vclt'S personality and position. it won
peace from the gripped hand of greed
and millions of men, women and chill
drcn were, in consequence. warmed
and fed and sheltered from the storms
OF winter.
In this life of ours the first gift "a
all the sons of men is courage, And
then courage, ana again courage,
Again, when the people began to de
spair under the heavy tread of tn,
overpowcring trust monopolies, Presi
dent Roosevelt took the initiative to
ward regulation by law of the illeGa
combinations which threaten tn,
smaller corporations as well as indi
vidualS Now. again, there We're dis
couragers of action. Again there wer,
many who, seeing the danger, still
could see no way of escape. AnC
again, through the constituted chan
nels of legal action, President ROose
welt took lac initiative in the defens,
against trespaSsers upon the natiOna
laws of commerce and labor. In tn,
Northern Securities case the court sus
tanned the position of the executive
and gave the people lesson as to on,
lawful way by which illegal monopo
lies can he controlled.
There have not been wanting otheI
examples of courage and sense of re
sponsiblity in Roosevelt's presidential
career. The two instances referred L
here are enough to remind people wha
manner of man sits now in the Presi
dents chair at Washington. We neeC
courage there at the head of the ma
ton. We are not going to part with +
at this stage of our growth and prog
ress.
! Waikaway for Roosevelt.