The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
OUR PRESIDENT
Mythology Drawn on by
Judge Martin

At the Virginia Commercial club
banquet last week Judge j. M. Mar
tin paid tribute To the chief executive
If the nation in the following:
"As tn the future of our country,
local and nationals We are building
for today and for "A post Gritty that may
" on earth for hundreds Of years to
come. But what of ten thousand
Years?
Gentlemen. l borrow some figures
of speech and will touch upon myth
ulogy. Suppose d tidal wave should
sweep oyer our beautiful city of Wash
iugLun and that ten thousand years
hence some inhabitant Of our globe
should dig in the sand hills covering
the Cong residual library in Washing
ton and find there in vaults a great
pile of literature which originated in
the twentieth century, among IL many
pictures and cartoons and caricatureS
Of Theodore Roosevelt. His name
has gone down in history, but some
scholar may then try to prove that
Theodore Roosevelt was no histOri-
Cal person at all; lie never lived. He
was merely the personiicaLiOn Of ten
denotes aud NEUROLOGICAL traits then
dominant in the American nation
For instance, this legendary hero is
commonly pictured with u big stick
in his hand. Now this is plainly a
NEUROLOGICAL trait, borrowed from The
Greeks and Romans, and represents
the LhunderuulJs Of Jupiter. He is
represented as wearing a broad brim-
med hat and large eye glasses. This
Psychological feature is borrowed
from the old Nurse my thulugy and
represents Wooden endeavOring TO
pierce through the heavy clouds of
Toy covering his head. A great many
pictures represents the Legendary
nero smiling and display ing his teeth.
This is d very interesting feature,
showing the strong African influence
IN American civilization. Many con-
Trajectory legends are told about this
mau. lie was IA great hunter. He
was rough rider; but he was also "A
scholar and author Of number of
books OF merit. lie lived in the noun
Lains, on the prairie and in a large
city. He was leader in war; but
also Il peacemaker He was appealed
TO by antagonZing factions 10 arbi-
trate. Some m, biological features
nave not been fully cleared up. Fur
instance, lie is often represented by
or in the shape of d bear, Or accom-
panied by bears; the Teddy bears
were in every house, and they were
worshipped, at least oy the children.
There is no doubt but that some re-
mote astral conception lies at the root
of this puzzling feature.
Our scholar, TO give more mystery
to his mythology, will say that our
president had wonderful supernatural
powers, for when he wanted TO bring
anyone under his spell and charm
him, he took him by the hand and
pronounced certain magical word
something like 'dee-lighted.' He
goes further, and proves that the
name Theodore is taken from the
language Of IA people representing the
southern part of Europe and means
Gift of God.' and that Roosevelt is
| taken from the language of people
representing the mort ern part Of
| Europe aud means Field of Roses.
and that the Americans imagined
| that if a man who united in himself
all these traits could have full sway,
that he must be the gift of God and
that their country would be changed
to field of roses"