Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-14
THE ROOSEVELT TRIUMPH.

1t has been the good fortune OF Mr.
Roosevelt to attain exceptional hon
Drs.
AT the time of his succession to the
presidency he was the Youngest ar
that had ever occupied that exalted
position.
He is the first vice president to bt
elected president since the present
manner of election was adopted ant
he is the only vice presiuent succeed
ing 10 the presidential position by
ieath that has been afterwards elect
ed to the higher position. He receives
his election by the largest electora
majority given to any candidate since
he earliest days of the republic. And
finally he promptly seizes the opportu
nifty offered him by fate. and establish
es new title for patriotism and good
sense by announcing that the spirit
rather than the letter of Washington
famous declaration against third term
should be observed, and that he will
not be candidate for denomination
in 1908.
has carried all the northern and west.
trn states, and has even encroached
tpon the solid south by causing Mis-.
souri,, that rock ribbed Gibraltar OF
Democracy. to tremble upon its foun.
lations. The devotion of the southern
Tates, as has already been explained
n these columns, does not depend up
m xr;,
N the Republican or Democratic plat.
orms, and 1t certainly does not arise
rom any personal devotion to Judge
'arier rather than to President Roose-
ielt. Further than that. the sup.
port OF The southern states for the ma.
tional Democracy is secured and made
possible only by means of hagran,
md intentional disregard of those po-
itical rights that are intended to be
occurred to the negro by the federal
constitution. So that If the disfran-
,hisement laws of the south were not
actually in force. or If the issue was
drawn upon national and not on local
political issues. or if the choice were
between the personality of the two
'andidates for the presidency. Mr.
Roosevelt might well have secured the
unanimous vote of the electors
These facts constitute politica
riumph such as the American people
has seldom witnessed, and there are
Incidental facts that add to its pro,
portions
Mr.. Roosevelt is still young man
md in all probability he will be .or
many years TO come in the public eye
=, nether al some future time he W.T.
again receive the call to supreme ser
ice for his country is not a matter
hat needs discussion now. But We
2an hardly imagine II possible tha
Mr.. Roosevelt will in the near future
cease to bear prominent part in pub
lie affairs, the more so as his strong
vitality and habits of life seem to sui
- --sss"P..ativeIy little from the offic.
lal strain that has hurried weaker
men to their graves.
Another fact worthy OF attention Is
hat Mr.. Roosevelt has received this
phenomenal tribute of the apprecia
ion of his fellow countrymen not by
virtue of some exceptional service in
national crisis, nor upon the field OF
military service, but II has come to
him by virtue Of the performance oil
those duties of citizenship that are in
4 degree within the reach of every
american citizen, and which Mr.
Roosevelt has ben performing steadily
and steadfastly throughout the term OF
his public service in many varied posi-
tons.
And IL is not only by virtue of whal
ne has done, but also by virtue OF
what he is that Mr.. Roosevelt has
commended himself TO the American
people. His triumph is victory no;
)nly for himself. but it is also vic
tory for American character and fol
American manhood. the country will
better for all time by virtue OF tn.
'xample he has given in private anu
official life of clean, honest. honorable
md successful American citizenship.
The prompt declaration against re-
nomination will remove one Of the
most serious of the obstacles in the
way of a successful second term. anu
to all present Appearances Mr.. Roose-
selt's administration in the next four
wears promises to add notably to the
admiration and the esteem in which
ie is held by his fellow countrymen.
q That this may be the case will be
he earnest wish OF all patriotic Amer
icans.-Pueblo Chieftain.