Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-24


every great reform for which he has
fought. His place in history was
secure long before he ceased To he
president. In his younger days he
was me personifieation of the fight
for the removal of the civil service
from politics; while president he
stood for the efficient control of
public service corporations and the
conservation Of u natural re-
sources; today he embodieS the
struggle for popular rule-the right
of the individual vo'er to have a
greater direct control over his state,
federal and party government. Each
reform he has pushed when it could
be most effectively advanced. Old
reforms have not been discarded
when a new one has been brought
forward. He is not the less inter-
ested in effective control of rail-
roads because he is now fighting for
the reform of the primary laws, and
when again president, he will not
the less vigorously urge plans for
the conservation of natural re-
sources, because he may focus the
attention of the public on plans for
regulating great industrial corpora
tons al interstate carriers are regu-
lated. rather than by futile and end
less litigation.
Theodore Roosevelt knows the
plain people of this country as no
other man in our day knows them.
He has come into personal contact
with practically all phases of our
national life-with the business
man, the farmer, the mechanic, the
miner and the ranchman. He can
symIathize with the other mans
point of view, and better still, call
forth in response 10 his own enthus-
iasm the best that is in others. No
man living has 50 awakened the
moral conscience of the people, or
been a greater personal force for
righteousness. The people have
trusted him in the past, and in spite
of Misrepresentation and abuse I'M
equalled in modern history, that
trust is mistaken. Nor is the rea-
son for the trust hard to find. AS
president and before he often
worked with every type of poll
tician. His enemies have tried to
make capital of rhis fact; but the
people are not blind. They know
the difference between the man who
works with the politician as long as
the politician goes in his direction.
and the man who consciously or un-
consciously goes with the politician.
The know the difference between a
leader and the man who is led.
Again, a man is judged. and rightly,
by his friends. And it is a signif-
cant fact, the force of which is
thoroughly appreciated by the peo-
pie. that his intimate associates are
men of lofty ideals Of public service
and intense interest in social prob
lens. Find a man or woman fight
ing graft and corrupt ion in politics,
or striving for better social condi-
tons. and nine times out Of ten. you
find an enthusiastic friend. idmirer
ard supporter of Theodore Roosevelt
Where there is a saving Of boys by
the efficient administration OF 4
Juvenile court, a cleansing OF tene-
ment house conditions, "a fight
against social vice or any consistent
and pa.rseworthy effort to bring
good out Of bad, in the van of the
movement you find a man or woman
who counts him a close personal
tiIltliu. ~ - NV NANilpA t@hAA
canoe that his nomination by this
convention will be hailed every
where by those striving for social
justice as a triumph for the right.
These unselfish men and women
women know that a president has
no direct control over the establish
ment in the STATE offs juvenile courts.
of proper hours of labor for women
and children. over laws providing
workmen's compensations and pro-
lection from accident. but they know
Theodore Roosevelt for a man hon
estly and courageously devoted 10
the welfare of the whole people.
They know what il means to the
cause OF the people. which they have
made their cause, TO have a: the head
OF this nation a man intensely in