Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-01-10
MANY TRIBUTES
PAID ROOSEVELT
ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN
OF THE PERIOD, DECLARES
cHAUNcEY M. DEPEW.
A Personification of the Americanisn,
of Which He Was the Most
Doughty Champion, Declared
An Admirer of the Colonel.

New York.-Men of national promi
nence who paid tribute here on Mon
day to Colonel Roosevelt termed him
che greatest American of his day, u
"a personification of the Americanism
Of which he was the most dOughty
champion" zone of the greatest fig
ares of our time" and 'the last man
TO claim that he was always wise, but
who always fought for what he be-
lieved right"
The former president, classed In a
resolution of the board of aldermen as
the truly typical American of his
age" was lamented by Alan r. Haw.
ley, president of the Aero Club of
America, as ''depriving the aeronautic
movement Of one of its strongest sup
porters."
Former Senator Chauncey NJ. De
pew, who nominated Roosevelt for the
New York state assembly when he was
only 81 and who persuaded Thomas c.
Plat, the Republican state leader, TO
acquiesce in his nomination for the
governorship of New York at the close
of the Spanish-American war, a step
that brought him to the presidency,
said:
Colonel Roosevelt was one of the
greatest men of our period and one of
its unique and most original personals
ties. 1t was my good fortune to know
him from his boyhood. His seven
years in the White Hous6 and his poll
cies excited the widest and bitterest |
The tremendous pros |
perity of the country had led to the |
formation of great combinations, indus
trial and otherwise, and efforts of |
powerful men TO form greater ones.
Roosevelt saw that unless this move
nent was checked there would be re-
action to the otner extreme in legisla-
ion, dangerous, if not destructive, TO
he vested interests of the country,
md he successfully stopped the move
nent"
Charles Evans Hughes paid high
ribute to Colonel Roosevelt, declaring
his greatest service was in the last
ears, when. as a private citizen, he
lad aroused the nation out of -lethargy
nd indifference and supplied the driv-
ng force of a ceaseless and powerful
emand which lay behind the efforts
yhich made victory in the world war
ossible
William H. Taft said: Il am deeply
hooked by the death of Colonel
1 saw him in the hospital
x weeks ago, and he seemed TO be
cry vigorous.
Il mourn his loss personally, and
realty regret it for the sake of his
,untry."
1.-The rare qualities that won for
oIonel Roosevelt multitude of de-
)ted followers naturally arrayed {
,ainst him a host of opponents said [
lillian ]. Bryan, but his death puts I
/ end to controversy and he will be q
burned by foe as well as by friend
He was a great American anG made
profound impression on the thought q
his generation. His picturesque ca
er will form a fascinating chapter in "
r nations history"
Frank A. Vanderlip said it was the h
Ioners courage more than anything
e that gave him "the marvellous fol- u
wing that he had Theodore n. Vail q
clared the colonel's death would
use universal sorrow" and was "a Y
,at loss to the country and to the
,ple'
Former Ambassador james w. Ger
described Theodore Roosevelt as alb
e greatest American of his doy," yoo
resenting 'the highest type of the hs
old-fashioned American" whose We
&c would be hare TO fill because 'he 81,
lerstood and represented all sec ot
Is of America" in
/ am deeply shocked" said Thomas pc
Ryan. 1.-The country has lost a man Nj
, always fought for what he be- ly
ed to be right. but more than all AZ!
was Il true American" ma
mo