The Washington herald., 1910-10-16
INDIANA AND ROOSEVELT.
4 Rapturous Hoosier Appraisement
of ex-President.

of ex-Presfdent.
From the indianapolis star.
In this State the extremes OF great
wealth and sordd poverty are practically
unknown: so that while Wall street and
fifth avenue. with their representatives
in editorial Offices and university chairs.
hate and fear him for the menace he car
riss TO their swollen fortunes and inordi-
nate privileges. and while the apostles or
snarchy and socialism make war upon
him because he opposes their gospel Of
class hatred and subversion of the estab-
lshed order. here In a community OF the
average thoughtful. rlght-minded Amer
lean citizens there Is overwhelming en-
tbusiasm for the champion Of equal OPP
portunlty and the square deal.
Among moderns there has arisen no
more engaging personality than that Of
Theodore Roosevelt Fen his failngs
lean 10 virtues side; all his imperfec-
lions spring from the zeal Of an i'm
passioned, self-forgetful and sometimes
dignity devotion TO cause;
just as Washington. I'm the absorption Of
his patriotic eagerness. is said 10 have
sworn at his troops; Just as Lincoln. IN
his wonderful humanity. sometimes al
lowed d mothers PRAYER 10 outweigh the
requirements Of justice There is a wei
come for Roosevelt the man; in whom
we recognize a bundle Of the average
American impulses for civic righteousness
and social equality raised to the nth
power, the most versatile. interchangeable.
companionable, and fearless personality
that treads the globe
As the rich men Of Rome had their
literary retainers so Big Business to-day
enjoys the batteries and the sympathetic
efforts of fine literary talents, masquerad-
ing under the guise OF scholastic indepen-
dence and high-browed journalism. From
the two extremes Of the social scale a
bitter assault is made on this mans de
voted head and its effect is TO cement
more closely 10 him the masses Of the
American people. II any doubt had eX-
listed as 20 whether the Roosevelt re-
forms have already gone too far It T. ali
dissipaJed by the desperate rally the al
lied forces Of organized privilege are
making everywhere 10 misrepresent and
discredt him.
Long before Washington took his place
~ the head OF the army Of the Regolu-
ton, tie wrongs Of King and Parliament
had stirred the souls OF our forefathers.
Long before Lincoln called for troops
OF emaucipated the slave the twin spec
ters OF slavery and disunion had haunted
the free fresides OF the loyal North. Long
.
the square deal in business and politics.
she American people had been goa3ed by
long suffering into a resolve that giant
corporations must no longer plumber them
through frenzied finance, secret rebates,
alliances with mOnopOlstic trusts. and
corrupt bosses, adulterated and short
weight foods and medicines. unjust tariff
schedules and the manipulation OF Con-
crosses. legislatures. judicial appoint
ments and municipal administrations
Indiana welcomes Roosevelt. therefore,
as the greatest living embodiment Of the
American character and the greatest liy-
ing exponent Of the American ideal
whether he represents its scholarship az
oxford and the SOrb0nne, or its ylrile ma
tiona.ity al the courts Of Berlin and ST
james; or ifs dignity Of labor as he min
giles on equal terms with the engineer IN
his cab or the cowboy on the range. II
welcomes him as the voice OF the Amer
lean aspiration for civic Righteousness
and the square deal-such justice as we
may wiring from the powerful, such help
as we may carry 10 the lOwly and the
poor; as the champion OF that new spirit
OF equality and progress that is moving
upon the hearts Of all Americans, re-
CARELESS OF party and regardless OF
Creeds- We cannot all agree with the
specific remedies he proposes for our ma
u0nal ills, but none Of US. in our secret
hearts. can deny an almost religious JOY
and pride I'm the cause for which he
offers those remedies and in the splendid
service 70 which he devotes his wonder
ful powers and his uncouquerable soul.