The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-07
PRESS OF COUNTRY
UNITES IN PRAISE
Editorials Give Roosevelt q
Place in First Rank Of
Americans.
LOVED IN THE WEST
Newspapers Discuss Dead Ex-
President as a Towering
Personality.

Comment OF out-of-town newspapers
on Col. Roos evelts death includes the
following:
Gazette.Times tPittsbura): Theodore
Roosevelt achieved and enjoyed more
worth while triumphs and experiences
and survived more disappointments or
the kind that would crush most humans
than did any other American OF prom
inence Therein you ind the explsna-
| ton OF his unbrea lSable grip upon the
people lie put the indelible stamp Of
his powerful personality on everything
which he approved apd felt was worth
| fighting for.
His Part In the War.
Though denied commission he was
the leader OF the volunteers. and his en-
thusiastio ardor contributed immensely
toward popular acceptance OF the draft
system, which in nnality will be ao-
credited with the victorious conclusion
OF the war. Though he was not a par
ticipant in the fighting. Roosevelt cam
not be passed by when credit liz being
distributed for Americas part in the
winning OF the war
! The Cincinnati Enquirer: Though he
likely knew 1t not. Theodore Roosevelt
was the embodiment of the higher spirit
I OF the puritan in America. Dynamic
and determined. he fearlessly sought to
! inculcate and enforce what he believed
| TO his very core.
Like Oliver Cromwell. for whom ne
! had strong admiration, lie had vivid
sense of the imperfection Of humanity
/ as exhibited in the guise OF political gov
, eminent and possessed to an unusual
| degree the sense of personal responsible
| ity for its betterment. As a result of these
| things he acquired the tendency to judge
all things according to the standard OF
| moral usefulness.
Ranks With ;Sc Mighty.
as a factor for the promotion Of
American patriotism and an exponent
of n unified national sense he Will take
rank with the mighty figures of our HIS
tory. In war, as in peace. he translated
his terms Of the citizens duty into per-
sonsl performance"
Public Ledger philadelphia: THE
whole world Will be stirred by the news
that Theodore Roosevelt is dead Few
men have surpassed him In sheer power
Of personality. He made an army OF
lTlelluS ana DllttI eIltUlltS, UuI IOuo
could be Indifferent TO him. His ener-
gies were amazing; politics. science. his
tory, literature all engaged his atten-
ton. and he brought TO bear upon them
all n remarkable keen intelligence
"lf his career as legislator. exeou-
tive, as social reforncr, he considered
as whole. its large consistency will be
manifest lie stood essentially for what
was sound AMI clean"
The Omaha Bee: Victor RoseWster
in his paper lays
The death e Col. Roosevelt ends tho
strenuous career of a world leader Of
men of the most striking personality
this country has produced since Lincoln.
II Is impossible Yet 10 measure Justly
the influence OF the man and what he
has accomplished, but that he will loom
big among our biggest Americans goes
I without saying.
His Hat in the Ring.
His grasp Of events, his intuit!Ne IN
Outstanding of their significance. his
ceaceless activity his fearless champion
ship Of what he believed right, his
readiness to throw his hat in the r.ng
and night 10 a finish any one accepting
the challenge commanded admiration
despite his frequent changes Of position
and often manifested lack Of balanced
judgment"
Conrier.Journal editorial: "If Thoo-
dore Roosevelt was not what the vast
majority OF his couutrymcn would vote
the typical American then Il would be
impossible TO name any man who " oud
be so chars cterized He was as tiieless
mentally as he was physically There
was nothing static nor stagnant In his
nature. lie could not iic. nor even
rest when there was anything within his