Arizona republican., 1904-07-19
Personality As An Asset.

New York Times: The appeal which strong, virile, and generally admira- ble personality makes to the respect and confidence of the American people is likely to be exemplified in a striking degree in the canvass upon which we are just entering. MT. Roosevelt's per sonaIity has always been his most val uable political asset. Of his strenuous life" we have heard much, partly in the laudat ation which savers of hero worship and partly in good-natured raillery; but it has commanded admir- ing attention and made the man even more popular than the president. As a soldier, a rancher, hunter of large game, an all-round athlete, and one ambitious to be great with the ardu- ous greatness of things accomplished, he has occupied a novel position in American public life, and his hold up- on the affections of young men is strong by reason of his indomitable virility. He is a candidate upon whom his party can call for a "whirlwind canvass" with the assurance of getting it and the confidence that he will en- joy it as he would hunting grizzly bears. One may olstrust ms Iudgmen. and desire the defeat of his party, but in the words of the coster song. You can't 'elp likin' him" His Americanism appeals to Americans, without repell- ing those of foreign birth. For some millions of the people of this country he stands for the best type of citizen
 ship, and this estimate of him does not depend upon his chance of election.
 As against the one man chosen to contest his claim to the presidential of- flee Mir Roosevelt's fascinating person. ality counts for less than it would against almost any one else who might have been selected to represent the democratic party. Judge Parker is no less typically an American than MT. Roosevelt In a different way he is equally charming. His life, if less picturesquely strenuous, differs from that of his political competitor much as a steady days work differs from the feats of the athlete in the arena. The offsprfng of farmer stock, he began life with few of MT. Roosevelt's advan- tages and none of his opportunities. He worked on the farm in summer and got his elementary education as he could in the winter terms of the local schools. He qualified as a teacher, studied jaw, and became interested in politics in a cesses in party management, but de- clining both state and federal office outside the line of his chosen career. He was elected and reelected surro- gate of his county, was appointed 10 the bench of the New York supreme court and later to that of the court of appeals, and in 1897 won his memora- able election as chief justice. His char acter is beyond suspicion and his pri- vate life that of a self-respecting gem tleman, a good neighbor, and m 2del citizen. While disinclined to pose as an example of strenuous living, his play would, for the average man, seem very practical work. He is a farmer and can do his turn in the field man-fash- for. When not thus occupied he passes at least an hour daily in the sa idle. He can sail yacht, row boat. or ride across country with all come-s. His personality is just as attractive as that of his opponent, and may be ratei as of equal value as political asset.