Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-27

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height of his glory. He stiu main.
tains this position before the great
mass of people. They have come tc
think that Roosevelt can do almost
anything. We frequently hear IL
said, IL we only had Roosevelt In the
White House things would be differ
ent. and 10 on. This great .estima-
ton in which Mr.. Roosevelt is held
throughout the country has been
growing ell during these four years,
AS long as he remains a private citi-
zen this popular estimation will con-
tinue and MFR. Roosevelt will remain
our foremost citizen. Should he
venture into public. life again-be re-
elected to the Presidency, for In
stance-and succeed In doing all
that is expected of him. he would
doubtless increase this popular es-
TEEN, II possible, and become even
greater In the eyss OF his country
men than he IL today.
But what IL hs should be re-elect-
ed and fail to set matters straight,
and cure all the evils that exist?
What great disappointment there
would be. The people would say. he
Is not as great ~ We supposed him
to be, after all. When he retired to
private life again, IL not discredited
he would at least have lost that
popular support and would be forced
to admit that the people are through
with him and that he could never be
elected again. 1t Is a fact, as re-
grettabIe as 1t may be, tho masses
what Mr.. Roosevelt can do to grow
LA
beyond all s We believe his
ability Is greatly exaggerated In the
minds OF many at the present time.
We believe that should Mr.. Roose-
welt be reelected he would make an
excellent President. He would do.
his utmost to bring about reforms
which he believes necessary and In
which the EVENING NEWS Is in
fully accord. But oven by doing
his best would he be able to do all
that the masses would expect him
to dor Would the people be willing
to accept explanations or e1cuses7
Would the fact that his own party
organization, secretly perhaps, and
big business with the tremendous
influence it can exert, were both
against him satisfy all as . reason
for his possible f~ailuref To-day
thousands OF people think Mr..
Roosevelt can do anything. They be-
lievs that ali hal IL necessary IL to
have Teddy In the White House once
more and all our ills will be correct
ed. Az long as Mr.. Roosevelt a
keep the people believing this, 81
long will he retain his popularity.
But we do not believe 1t possible for
Roosevelt to como up to the
present expectations and once he 10
in public Office he will prove that the
popular idea of his ability, which has
been growing during the past four
years, has become greatly exagger-
ated. Once this Ia proven, the for
mer Presidents star will begin to
set.
His star Is now In the zenith, and
1t is because we admire him that we
want to keep 1t there. Let him fol-
low the example of the great Caesar
and refuse the proffered crown In
the form of a denomination for
President, and die, II need be. with
his praises on the lips Of the multi
tude. We hope Mr.. Roosevelt will
have many years yet with us to
continue his usefulness, but when
the end does come, Al It surely must,
and IL his present popularity has not
been diminished by his failure TO do
the impossible, there will be a Mark
Anthony In every city, town and VII
lage to arouse the populaoa as no
Romans were aver aroused.
But Mr.. Roosevelt has q mind of
his own. He doubtless has the alt
uation thoroughly analysed. Thus
far the only expressions that have
come from him bearing directly on
the nomination FOR 1919 hare been
utterly opposed to It. He probably
is enjoying tho present cutburst Of
his popularity throughout the coua-