Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-29
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
A Wonderful Man With A Wonder
full Record of Which Every
American Should be Proud.

From Sioux City Tribune-ASsult.
Roose velt is an odd if not a new
demonstration of the condition OF
politics in this country. Time was,
and that not long since when only
democratic politicians and EDITORS
purely in a partisan way, pointed
their shafts for him. Now a large
part of the republican press and
many of the party'S leading men are
plundering the language fol words
that will burn and hurt the colonel.
What is his crime? Only that he
recognizes the deplorable condition OF
the republican party and would put IT
in the way of recovery and victory.
Whatever may be alleged, this is the
real fact. He knows that he led it to
victory in many fields, covering a per-
old Of 30 years, neverto a defeat where
chances we're anywhere near equal.
He won the forlorn hopes where ne
was tried out in every case but one.
When New York was in the habit of
giving 100, 900 democratic majority.
he accepted a republican nomination
for the mayoralty and all but won the
election.
TO defame him is logically TO on
vict the republican party as Secretary
Stimson's speech tor Taft did, when
he said the making of tariffs had
grown worse for 80 years. No demo
aunt l,S ronIa q moro SnrinnS inNlcf-
ment.
Roose velt as a republican has been
legislator, police commissioner, mem
Der of the civil service commission, as
sistant secretary of the navy, colonel
in the army, governor of his state,
vice president and president OF the
United States. 1t is not too much to
say that in this long career he raised
himself to be the foremost citizen OF
all the world.
Nature did her best for him. She
gave mental and bodily strength In
extraordinary proportion and combina-
ton. United in his faculties in
equal part seem the creative and
organizing qualities. He would have
been a great soldier in any military
aye and a great stateman among
earth's noblest.
AS governor he remodeled the tax
laws and wrote the 1rst franchise tax
into the statutes. None OF his I'M
partant acts we're finally defeated in
court although determinedly fought.
When he came to the presidency the
consequences of a foreign war were to
be met, and the virtues OF civil life
reasserted. He Don put a premium
upon honesty, restored the authority
OF the state and caused a new glow OF
pride in the great republic. Then he
began a career of creative legislation
u%neuualled in the history OF the fede.
raj government. BY a stroke OF genius
SELLING upon opportunity, he gave US
a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
He consummated the hope of 4Ot
years of dreaming statesmen the
most stu pendous work to he credited
to the human race since time began,
He commenced a campaign Of educa'
tiOn for the conservation Of national
that will prevent denuda'
tion of the land, preserve our timber
and soil and provide for a posterity OF
only ~conjecturai numbers. tie res
cued for the plain people the vast Goa
deposits of Alaska. He gave us pra
cticable and advanced peace treaties
with England and France: he gave
pure food law that had been jugglec
back and forth between the congress
es for Is years; he gave us a mea
inspection law that not only provided
for the health OF our W people, bu'
kept open the European markets TO
this great American staple: he re
organized the army, settled the men
acing coal strike aud gave up a rail
road rate regulation law that for tn
first time put the poor man upon az
equality with the rich in obtaining
and distributing supplies: he placatet
japan after California had givel
excuse for war. He was given tn
NODl0 pElLc dS oil OAOAiP"A ""o'
peacemakers.
Roosevelt, after.all others had fail
ed procured the peace of Portsmouth
that terminated a race and nationa
struggle, then threatening the world
prosperity through destruction an
the enormous credits involved. I'll
revivifed the moral code in his owl
country and by his lessons in justice
raised the standard Of government j
all the nations of the earth. AS
ruler he increased the self respect c
all men at home and abroad. h
enlarged the boundaries Of hope t
those in despare and rene we'd faith
the Justice of Almighty God as h
enchanced the prestige of the Unite
States. Having power he respecte
weakness, he made other great nation
respectful and small one safe. I
ROBBED China he gave back million
that her sons may in future be bette
educated and under that inspiratio
that wonderful old Mongol people al
moving rapidly into place anon
modern nations to become CONSUMER
and producers and a source OF civil
--aroo with itS DrOftS an