The San Francisco call., 1909-03-04
Goodby and Good
Luck to Roosevelt

THE American people official relations with Theodore
Roosevelt with distinct personal loss this
his eminent
No who lives today is held by deeper afec
ton than Roosevelt He every inch man. intensely human
OF the highest type
Looking years for which he has shaped the
dens OF this country feels that when history makes the
verdict Roosevelt will large alongside
usous who have filled the executive chair of the nation
There presidents and presidents Some been
content to take affairs they found tem giving helping hand
here and there but for the living acquescence with
Roosevelt has been different The power
saton initiative He disturbed SNUG secomplacence
and accustomed security magn predatory They
he would pull down the house they
evil prophecy but Roosevelt ced through good
or evil report His was the policy of attack.
Naturally he acquired vociferous supply
enemies but that seriously affect the
Indeed the people whole laughed and cheed him know
the inspiration OF the attack
ve in the Irishmans phrase abe for them They
sidered the and knew that their good
Indeed the Roosevelt especially noisy obstrep
in the closing months of his administration
aspects of humor Some little people congress spent
calling like schoolboys rubbing the place Other
statesmen their generation although equally mag
nant urged the fray
ROOM The people understood all merely
Roosevelt did suffer- but gained popular regard by
din and tumu All of "bombshels political explosions
conved and if of them failed
that because the busy little people restrained ardy
sense that themselves might be the only sufferers
Roosevelt pugnacious combatve He heady fight
and welcomes the of battle Breck
"a bonny fighter and there is any
he taking Sides For years he has borne the heat of
conflict and he said himself II able
than willing take of myself" All
outstanding, two fsted champion.
If hen quiet people should object that this is something
much of glohcaton for the belgeren quality Roosevelt
reply shall be that the country has bitter of
nation is engaged in tremendous and all embracing
restore popular institutions the government
people and for the people, greatest predecessor
promised should perish from country had fallen
under the rule of puocracy until tip
champion for democratic institutions Today, yesterday
the United States senate was close corporation for which John
d. Arcbod issued orders and signed the checks
signs OF change this regard due the awakening popular
consciousness aroused by Roosevelts years
Roosevelt has the defects of his qualities He
judicial temperament On occasion he will hasy impulse
but there ready his
shown He in the first Japanese
on the Pacific coast but he very quickly realize his original
misconcepton of the situation.
This is not catalogue We need
road legislation that Roosevelt
willing his vital policy of
His loving of the his and humane policy
to Cuba and Porto Rico his timely diplomatic
ended the between Russia and Japan his loyal
OF the graft Francisco-a
and others of like significance
America and they find their summation his pregnant
The Square Deal OF him will be sad
before that the loved him for the
Neither is this obituary The time has
shall This take him for all in all
upon his like again There plenty of good stuff left Theodore
Roosevelt and the nation will have need of him again Goodby
and good luck