The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17
Shooting of Roosevelt.

Shooting of Roosevelt.
The attempted assassination Of Col.
Roosevelt, as he was leaving his hotel
at Milwaukee Monday night to 60 to
hall to deliver an address, caused
great excitement in every section of
the United States and has been the
main topic of conversation since. All
right thinking people have denounced
( the cowardly act and join in hoping
for Col, Roosevelt's speedy recovery.
| What wonderful man this incl.
dent proves him to be. No man can
read an account of his conduct at that
time without a feeling of the deepest
admiration for his courage, his pres
ence of mind and his nerve. We do
not believe there is another man liv-
ing who would or could have have
done what he did
His first thought after he was shot
was for the safety of the poor demen-
ted creature who had attempted to
take his life, Don't hurt him; I'm
all right" he said And then to
quiet the crowd he said, "My good
friends, I'm not hurt. I'm going to
the hall to speak. Good luck" And
although bullet from 3S caliber
revolver was imbedded four inches in
his chest, he did go TO the hall and
made speech, taking over an hour to |
deliver.
In opening his speech he said:
Now, l would not speak to you
insincerely within five minutes of
being shot.
II am telling you the literal
truth when L say that my concern
is for many other things 1t is not
in the least for my own life.
c "I am in this cause with my whole
~ g. heart and soul; believe in the
progressive movements move
ment for the betterment of man.
kind, the movement for making
life little easier for all our peo-
pie, a movement to try to take the
burdens of the man, and espec-
tally the woman In this country,
who is most oppressed. l am alb
sorbed in the success of that move
ment, | feel uncommonly proud
in belonging to that movement.
Friends now ask you this even
ing TO accept what l am saying as
absolute truth when L tell you !
am not thinking of my own sue
cess, am not thinking of my life
or OF ANYTHING connected with me
personally"
We have always believed that Col.
Roosevelt was Of the brainiest and
most brilliant men this country had
produced in century. We have at
times however, doubted his sincerity. |
We have wondered whether he was
absolutely honest in his support of
the principles he advocated. All
these doubts and fears are now dis
sipeted. We do not think 1T possible
that man could act and speak as he
did at Milwaukee Monday night, who
was not courageous md patriotic, who
did not place country above self, who
did not place the welfare of the many
above personal ambition; who was
not fighting solely for principles he
held dear, for which he was willing to
sacrifice his life.
The selfseeking demagogue would
not have calmly told an infuriated
mob not to hurt the man who had
seriously wounded him. A man, con-
sumed by personal ambition and
desire for personal aggrandisement
would not calmly have faced death
and risked his life to urge the adop-
tion of the principles he was advo-
eating.
And this is the man that has been
denounced through the press and from
the platform as an "ingrate" "a
traitor" "a demagogue" and "a man
consumed by personal ambition" We
would think those who have called
him such names would hang their
heads in shame.
Theodore Roosevelt lies in Chicago
hospital unable to carry on the fight
he has been so bravely waging in be-
half of social justice, the uphft OF
down-trodden humanity and for
square deal' for all the people.
But such cause with such lea
der must in the end triumph.