The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
condolences as MIR. Roosevelt.

sonableness as Mr.. Roosevelt.
The relation between Alr. Roose-
Welt and myself has been one Of close
and sweet intimacy. 1t has never
been wffled in the slightest degree,
and / do not think that we have ever
misunderstood each other. Mr..
Roosevelts tastes and mine have not
been the same. In The matter Of
athletics he takes to those games
more violent than i am suited to
and more violent than like. He
has the strongest literary sense and
power of application In reading
current literature that 10 me Is mar
velOus. He loves the woods; he
loves hunting; he loves life akin to
that Of the pioneer; he loves rough
ing II and I don't.
"Nrr. Roosevelt never had the ed
ucaItiop and practice OF a lawyer His
intense desire to reach practical re-
suits for good has made him at times
Impatient at the restraint OF legal
methods, while / have been trained
as lawyer and Judge and am as
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for legal methods as eleven years on
the bench are likely to make one,
and yet in spite of this difference
Of method and difference of tempera-
ment IL is quite remarkable to me,
and we have frequently commented
on Il to each other, that we have
been in agreement in our views as
to the results that ought TO be OBJ
tained in the matter Of government
and political progress, even to de-
tails, much more than other men
who have come into association with
both of us.
Mr.. Roosevelt's courage in the
expression of his convictions | need
not dwell upon. His real, and what
one might almost describe as affec-
tionate interest in the welfare of the
poor man, of the. man who has great
obstacles to meet and who has the
odds against him i'm lifes struggle,
and the sincerity of his desire TO
help that class of men, no one who
ever had TO do with him could doubt,
and his insistence has always been
that the difficulty between so-called
classes in the country and the failure
of educated lawyers and political
economists and others TO bring about
proper relations between the weT TO
do and those who are dependent upon
wages for their living, arises from
an absence of a proper point of view
on the part OF those who are leading
comfortable lives
1.-THE confidence that the common
plain people, including the wage
earners, have had i'm Theodore Roose-
velt as their represo ltative and de-
fender has been most perfectly placed
for there never was a champion more
sincere in support of their real in
tercsts, and yet there never was a
friend franker in his statement 10
them OF the unpleasant truths that
occasionally they ought to be told.
Mr.. Roosevelt understands the plain
people about as we'll as Lincoln did,
shares their feelings, and gives ac-
cuate expression to them. Hence his
marvellous hold upon the great body
OF the people, which has continued TO
exist in undiminished strength In
spite of the criticism heard of him
and his methods in quarters more
conspicuous than really significant
When the friction of the last few
months shall be forgotten, when the
mists OF momentary irritation shah
has disappeared, the greatness of
Theodore Roosevelt as president and
leader OF men I'M one of the great
moral movement of the country's
history will become clear to everyone
and he will take his place in history
with Washington and lincoln.