The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-10-07
TRIED IN EVERY POST.
Strong, True, answering and
Conservative Is President
Roosevelt.
Has Been Before the Public More Than
Twenty-Five Years-peOpie
Love Him.

From ]. Sloat Fnssctts speech In the
New York state conventional
But after tie chief issue IN the pres
ent canvass tlr chief figure looming
UP foremost IN the picture. the central
mark for the most persistent and ag
grcssive assaults of the opposition, is
the commanding figure OF our own can
didatc for the presidency. For many
months. In many ways. 10y direct AZ
sault ana indirect intimatlon. II has
been the continuous ana aggressive
purpose OF the Democratic campaign
managers 10 convince the American
people that Theodore Roosevelt was nu
unsafe man, that he was impctuUus
and hcadstrOng: that he was wiIlful
and pcrycrSc: that lac was strenuous
and iconoclnStic. From his vigorous
auI altogether wholesome writings
they have assembled garhlol extracts
aud SEPARATE paragraphs To- enforce
their argument Men who have them
selves openly and dciiantly shattered
Two amendments to the constitution in
timutc that tl., constitution Is unsafe
IN the hands vi our president. Unable
% shake the faith of the Ieupl" ia the
results of Republican policies. The at
tempt is making 10 shake the conf
dcucr OF the people Ia the reliability of
the Republican leader. We can accept
this disposition Oh the part Of the De
mocrncy e. evt away from principles
and resort to personalities with per
feet eluanimity ana complete cont
deuAr. Thcplurc Roosevelt Is not u
now man He is not an unknown fac
tor. For mOip than twenty-five years
hc has lived IN the bright glare of the
limclight OF publicity. We have known
him as boy and youth aud man.
Tried In Every Post.
We have known him as legislator, IA
administrator. as governor, as eNccu
tive officer. as soldier. rs vice president
and as president In all his many do
ings and ull his many sayings he has
been constantly Il progressive and az
grcssive American patriot. desiring the
best interests of his country, strug
Cling for the best welfare of the soci-
ETY. In which he lived. sacrificing his
time and impcriling his life If so he
that 10y any means greater security
could come 10 our constitution and our
institutions and greater glory attach to
the flag. Never at any time under his
hands or by his acts has any good law
been impcrilel. has any established In
stitution Of excellence been In danger,
has he been any menace TO any men s
any measures except bad men and bad
measures.
He Is strong. true. answering and
conservative. THE president is young,
he is positive he is aggressive, he IL
abrupt, but he is honest. he is loyal
he Is high minded
His intense Aupericanism, his devo-
ton 20 lofty ideals, his blamehess per
sonal life. his high notions of national
obligations and honor. his passionate
try and his rough and ready scorn of
all that imlerils or seems to threaten
that career have deeply endeared him
10 the people, the plain people, the ev-
eryday You AMI sort of people of the
United States. He may he impulsive,
he may h. abrupt, hut no president
ever was in all essential things more
conservative. The people love him, for
his heart is pare. They admire him,
for his courage is high. They trust
him, for his open life corresponds TO
his open croSdS. President Roosevelt
typities vigorous. ideal American man
hood. lie is 10 cringer, le is no time
server, he Is no coward. for such one
would never have dared to defy the
coal baronS OIL the one hand or the la
Dor unions on the other nor would he
ever have voted for Bryan had he be
lieved In the gold standard
Theodore Roosevelt fortunately does
not have to be Judged by what his enc
mics SLY of him. He will be Judged.
As he has n right to demand to be
judged, by what he has done through
all the years of his public life, by
what he has accomplished in the pub
lie service. President Roosevelt is re-
nominated. President Roosevelt will
he reelected. To think anything else
will be to impeach the intelligence OF
the American people.