The Washington times., 1912-10-20

back and said: Think of having a man
at my table who knows the difference
between q par heche and an apperago.''
He permitted me to share his deepe It
Bsrpirations as q public servant and ofsce
wrote In volume of his essays: 'I an
trying to make my Adhninistr alton
square with the principles expressed in
thAs volume" At another time he said,
wi0h profound earnestness: 81 am
Prea ddsnt OF the whole people. no mat
ter what their color; creed or condi-
ton, and In all quessioas brought to me
for nswer / try to get at the equities
In tfae case"
baiievs he meant th d. I am sure
that Ia, has tried in all ways to live UP
to his expressed idea 1t has not been
easy, aid he has not al ways found the
sources Of his informs iion pure. As
his judgments and his tctlon had to be
based upon the highe ut authority at
hand he has. at time 0, failed Of the
ideal course. but l bell eve that he has
continued ut all times to act as an
honest and high-purposed official should
do.
Detractors have bean busy. crooked
men and crooked business. those who
had special privileges to sell and those
who wished to steal social values, have
leaGued against him. Ills conservation
policies we're opposed by those who
wanted something for nothing and Just
as the gamblers In Wall Street few
into fury when his action u pset certain
illegal combinations of capital wyom-
ing. Colorado. and Montana have their
barons Of spoliation Just tlse same as
l.
/, legions Of stock manipulatioins and pub
lie corruptionists.
Special Privilege His Enemy.
Whenever the men OF special privilege
/ are banded together then ypu will find
| enemies OF. Roosevelt. They poison
\ the public press. they MI the air with
clouds OF calumny. They have created
. monster. q bug-a-boo. a weird devil
] which they call Roosevelt"
| Over against that am content to
place my knowledge of the real Roose-
welt. The considerate gentleman, the
! man OF wide reading, artistic percep-
l ton and marvellous memory. who love.
good books and reads them: who can
meet John Morley. or Ambassador
Bryce on his own ground: who appre-
L o3teS BOOu Aho tnlOyb kOOO
drama: who has made his home the
most distinguished meeting place of
men OF letters, art and social success
in America This is the man 1 am
! permitted to know, and IL In my duty to
1 gay that ! not only admire-I have an
| Affection for him.
| II you would know what Theodore
Roosevelt truly Is. you must ask John
Burroughs, Hamilton Wright Mabie.
Albert Shaw. William Allen White. OF
Clifford Iinshot. You will not secure
welt from wyoming sheep-man who
| thinks the Government should furnish
him free pasturage for his sheep. MOI
from a group Of promoters who are
domain. nor from the stock abbler, MOI
from those who believe In special privi.
leges for the few. because Roosevelt
is opposed to all tifAse men. Ills face
Is set against their aggrandizement!
and they hate him.
opponents, the men who are Jealous O.
his popularity and bitterly envious O
his success. When such men or,
"fakir. -FOUR -fusher," you should re
member that the man they are denounc
ing has bean for thirty. years in publ,
life. and that he is in the estimation O
Europe the most powerful and most dis
tingulshed citisen Of our republic
Broadened by his wonderful expert
ence, enriched by his acquaintanceshil
he Is a candidate who will honor tn,
Presidential chair more than the chai
could honor him, for we have seel
that not even the White House car
make a sman man great or a weak maj
strong.
Theodore Roosevelt Is now In tn,
prime OF his manhood. absolutely tenn
perate. with keen sense Of humor. har,