The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-07-16
The Passing of Roosevelt

HE pas. few days records the climax of Roosevelt's career and
influence in this country, especially in party politics, and marks
Il a turn in his thornless path of popularity.
Made a member of the Institute of France, received with royal
honors in Austria, the first civilian ever permitted to review the i'm.
perial troops in Germany, made a doctor of philosophy in Norway, a
doctor of laws in Cambridge. a doctor of civil laws in Oxford, Thee
dore Roosevet-as his name appears in the three sheepskins attestng
to the bestowal of these degrees--is again on his native heath disprt
ing his strenuosity all over the country and meadling in the small
politics of various states.
When MI. Roosevelt began his European career and was greeted
with exceptional honors by all classes, all patriotic Americans expert
|enced pride and satisfaction, for it was considered that the honos
were not extended so much to the individual for his inherent worth as
TO him a a representative American, an honored chief of the greatest
republic.
Now the reflex Of maturer thought and a study of Mr.. Roosevelt
is coming from the old countries. These estimates are not so comphr
mentary IS to further swell our patriotic pride. but on the contrary
have a decided SOLDERING effect. AS a concentration Of many estimates
one eastern newspaper referring to his welcome home puts it thusy:
''He will be proclaimed the Worlds Greatest Living Man, which is
to say the greatest man that ever lived. Why he is the greatest man
we do not know, and nobody can tell us: but he is and whatever is is"
His welcome was full of qualification, and with becoming dignity
he announced that he would rest for two solid months before making
political utterance or action. Yet the fact is that scarce two weeks
elapsed when he is prominently mixed in political intrigue and ma
vi course, as an American citizen he has the right to do
as his own sweet will may banker, and he is doing it.
Not satisfied with being the wise and dignifed counsellor for
national politics, in which endeavor he would merit and receive
respect, he is meddling with state politics not only in his
native state but throughout the country, the latest announcement be-
ing that he is going to straighten out the political kinks in California
A Chicago journal asserts that he has started OF a tour OF political
which will include some twenty five states in the ihnery-
and this is the mistake of his career that will accomplish his ruin
TO an observant man such action lowers the dignity of an e1
president OF the United States, and is fraught with political disaster
Tor Mr. Roosevelt. He may possess the hallucination that the con-
oil the nation will be altered so as to make him the countrys
lie long boss, but there will be no such realization. The present gen.
srauon mas produced no other man approaching Nj Roosevelt in
popularity, but his propensity to scdd and dictate AMI
nix 1T, everywhere, is likely to destroy the love and respect of his
elbow citizens. and leave him stranded as the least revered of all the
His season of marplot and meddling is SUR to cause
sentmen and force him onto the toboggan slide of unpopularhy
The rector of the ancient University of Norway in comforting the
compared Mr.. Roosevelt to an engine always under a full
ead OF steam and raising a cloud of political smoke and dust through
IT was hard to discern the man himself. So MANY persons
hought they got a glimpse of an angel with a halo, while Others were
er'aln they caught sight. through the cloud, of a modern devil
PROBABLY the most fitting estimate, and the one which the srenu
US activity Of Mr.. Roosevelt will likely merit, is that made by the
Post which characterizes him as ''The Chantecler who prdc
mseif upon the rising Of the sun because he condescends to crow