The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
The Man Who Does Things.


AS time passes it becomes more evil
dent that the president is a man who
does things. In other words he is
man OF action, and action means ag-
gressive policies and constructive
administration.
He was placed in authority by men
VINO feared to oppose his aggressive
policies, and who hoped that his SEEM
Ing lmpetuosity would cause him to
blunder to their advantage. They be-
l1eved he was too radical for the
American public. But in this they
learned that men could be radical
without being sensational, if by
radicalism is meant the attempt to
direct the policies of the government
with vigor and energy.
The winning trait of Roosevelt is
honesty, and coupled with this is his
wonderful frankness with the people,
who never are left in doubt as to
where he stands on any public ques-
ton. It is this frankness which has
made him so much an idol of the
masses Of the people irrespective of
party.
He is absolutely fearless and no
man is too great to be made to feel
the power of his hand if justice de-
mands it. He has fearlessly insisted
upon a rate regulation law and in
spite OF the carping of men who are
not worthy to unlace his shoe latchets,
he has secured just what he wanted
and what the country needed. His
work, coupled with the magnificent
support given his policies by both
houses of congress, has given the
country the most comprehensive in
vestigation of the meat business ever
attempted.
He is remarkable success largely
because he has filed high position
differently than any other man has
ever attempted to fill it. He is bold
and aggressive, and these two char
acteristics have caused him to be
called radical. Yet he is by no
means radical. That term implies
a political revolutionist and one
who acts hastily. Roosevelt does not.
He is possessed of wonderfully alert
Judgment, so much so that it partakes
OF the appearance of intuition. But
when this characteristic is analysed it
is found to be only the we'll developed
power to see the material point of an
issue and to reach it without the
meanderings of ordinary logic. :.
It is the same faculty which made
Lincoln the greatest expounder of
governmental principles that the
world ever knew. It is action instead
of red tape and energy instead of de-
lay and expediency. 1t is construc-
tive craftsmanship rather than politi-
cal dallying. He is the leader rather
than the led.
open to reason and advice at all
times he is able to Immediately sift the
wheat from the chaff and to read be-
tween the lines for any attempt to
thwart his purpose.
This country has had great states
men in the past, each one seemingly
fitted for the times in which he was
called to serve his country. The
times demanded man like Roosevelt
and he came. But he is more than
the man of the times. He is making
precedents for those who come after
him which will have a force in the
shaping of the nations destiny in the
years to come. There has been no
specific demand for any of the things
which he has done. Yet they are
important and have saved the trouble
of meeting them when they arise later
in our national life. The greatest of
these is the example of a president
who does not fear to do things
Crookston Times.