Arizona republican., 1905-03-13
Theodore Roosevelt.

One of the best things ever written l about President Roosevelt appeared in the editorial columns of the Washing | ton Post on the morning after the in auguration. While devoid of hattery it is filled with unstinted and well de- | served praise. It follows:
 No other public man of our history not even Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln, has a more remarkable ca reer than Theodore Roosevelt. He is a college man, but as nearly a self taught scholar as it is possible for college man to be. He is a politician, and has taught his fellows that the skillfullest politics of all is the straight road of perfect candor and the firm road of perfect courage. He is states man, and has taught both political par ties that a free people cOnfides implic- itly in men of lofty ideals, and in no other. He is a maker of books and never hesitated to put his heart. soul, mind and strength in his pages. He is a soldier born, whose remote ancestry withstood great Caesar and were ab- sorbed because they could not be con- Quered even by him who was to be master of the world. In contemplation of this virile young man this people have chosen for first magistrate. the memory goes back to the desperate deeds of daring wrought by his for bears of Holland, those "beggars of the sea-" who, for liberty, grappled with and Overcame the then mistress of the world.
 What wonderful career it is! A graduate at p, q member of the leg islature at 23, deIegate-at-large to na- tional convention at 26, ranchnan in the far west that same year beaten for mayor at 2S, United States civil ser vice commissioner at 31, police com missioner of New York at 37. assistant secretary of the navy at S9, rough rid CT at 40, governor of New York at 41, vice president of the United States at 4S, and president before he was A!
 Ut is not an accidental career. It is perfectly and entirely logical There is method in all of it. There is no secret about it-no incantatiOn. Here is young man of great ability, independ- ent fortune high culture, lofty ambi- ton, and honest and earnest purpose He becomes a politician. or, rather. was born a politician. He succeeds as few men have. How? He trusted the people, but never 1attered them. He Pappealed to the people, but he never cringed to them. He never for one moment put in pawn his seIf-respect, he never lied for a vote, and he would have welcomed defeat rather. The people saw the estimate he put on himself. priced him at that. and took him at it. And they are reasonably satisfied with the bargain, as the vote last fall would indicate.
 The country was first introduced to Theodore Roosevelt in the campaign of 1884. At that time mugwumpcry was disintegrating the republican par ty, and it was hoped to enlist him in the rebellion; but that hope was dis appointed. Roosevelt was a reformer, but he never despaired of reform with in the party, and to be of service in that behalf he knew he must contin- ue member of it; and it was fortu- nate for himself. fortunate for the par ty. and fortunate for the country also. He is not so great a politician as Ab- raham Lincoln, but he practices the Lincoln .system--pursue. the object un- ceasingly, invoke the aid of patience, and trust in the invincibflity of the right.
 ''In 1901 MT. Roosevelt became presi- dent, the successor of a greatly loved man. whose tragic death had rendered the love of the people for his memory pathetic and tender. For three years ! and a half MT. Roosevelt has adminis- tered his great place with marked abiI- ity, conspicuous courage, and eminent success. At one time there was serious | opposition to his nomination to the succession, and it was of formidable proportions. He met it with charac- teristic intrepidity. and it vanished. He was nominated by acclaim, and bis victory in November was one of the i most signal in the annals of the An glo-Saxon politics in the now world or the old.
 ''It was the tribute the people raid | their favorite. It was the confidence 1 the people had in a man fanatica!ly
 honest, dauntless in his courage, en- thusiastic in his ideals. They believe
 in him, the trust him, they will go far with him; they will bear much for
 him. It was not the victory of the re- publican party so much as a vote of
 confidence in the republican candidate
 And the people during the next four years are going to see to it that the | president they have chosen shall have
 a square deal.
 He has again entered upon the du-