Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-01-19
Official Paper Of Ramsey County.
ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT.

Official Paper Of Ramsey County.
ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT.
The sturdy quality in Theodore
Roosevelt is quickness of apprehension,
and likewiwse, after a careful study, It
should be easy for the American Poop
pie to apprehend that this striking per-
sonalitv will again Re called upon to
lead the Nation, and It IS almost a Ger
tainty that his name will be placed
upon the presidential preference ballot.
Turing the past w'''l ii irnce of
the fact that this vivacious character
will again occupy the central position
in the United States has been brought
out more clearly than ever before and
Roosevelt's notable mental characters,
ties stand out as the one choice for the
solution of the problem which con-
fronts human progress, regardless of
what political strength any of the 9th
er candidates now in the field may
bring to bear.
While many who figured they were
near candidates, and many who figured
they had half a chance for the presi-
Dental nomination, have been touring
the states and naturally telling Of their
good qualities, the people generally
have followed them, perhaps not in per,
son, but in spirit. The people have read
the great principles expounded by all
the nearly great, but after all was said
and done, with one accord they turn
to that man, an executive distinguished
Ae~.his resourccfullnessi in 1evising and
his boldaess" IN atsvrn1,;r.E new heth:
DDS of accomplishing results, and sa
that Theodore Roosevelt is their choice
asking no voice from the twenty sixt1
president of the United States, who's
name win, without question, appear o.
the ballot in the states where there i
primary law.
The old story of the "man seekin,
the ofice' does not hold good in tn
case Of Roosevelt, where it is the op
posite, the Office seeks the man. TIL
cry for Roosevelt has attracted wide at
tention throughout the Nation. Ne
braska has already taken steps and will
have the Colonel as their candidate
Oregon has movement with the sam
end in view and it is stated by Olive
H. Hickey of Portland that a petition
could be circulated and 1000 signature
could be secured in moments motto,
endorsing Colonel Roosevelt. ..
North Dakota has not been laggin:
in this particular and the state pres
has readily seen the value of one ma,
in which they could pin their faith
The Grand Forks Evening Times wa
quick to grasp the pulse of the people
of this state and was among the frs
to voice the sentiments Of the peopl'
in behalf of Roosevelt. The Fargo For
UNI also was quick in apprehending The
power in the hands of this one man al
the leader of the Nation, and likewise
The World is glad to take up the ban
ner and help lead on to what now il
the horizon looks to be triumphant vic
tory.
Because North Dakota isHthe stamp
ing grounds of the ex-president Aoes
not make this state alone responsible
for endorsing him as the logical candi
date, for at the suggestion of yhe Chi.
cago Tribune that the name of Theo.
dore Roosevelt be placed upon the bal.
lot, where there is a direct primary
law, sentiments have come from the
newspaper men of six states-from
California, Kansas, New Jersey, Ne
braska, North Dakota and Oregon, all
of which show overwhelming favorit-
ism toward the Tribune suggestion.
Taft has been the one consideration
of the people of one wing of the Re-
publican party and La Toilette seems
uppermost as representative of the 9th
er, but the people have right to ex-
press themselves in this country, and so
long as Colonel Roosevelt does not say
specifically and in terms that he will
not accept the Republican presidential
nomination if it comes to him, so long
have the people right to vote upon
his candidacy.
The candidacy Of Roosevelt is not
the sentiment of a group of politicians,
some of whom are anxious to defeat
Taft and others to overwhelm LaFol
lette, but is deep-seated conviction
on the part Of the people of both wings
of the party that Roosevelt is newt
able as the party leader. The rank and
file has right to speak and Roosevelt
has right to hear it before he sepaks.
Logical as Roosevelt's candidacy
may seem, should he decline to accept,
then division seems probable and the
people who have advanced him to the
front by popular voice must fall back
into the same line as they were before
the Colonel was advanced as the leader
of the party.
Twenty years Of unbroken executive
service seven and half of which he