Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-11
MANY TRIBUTES.
PAID ROOSEVELT
.ur oE THE GREATEST ME"
OF THE PERIOD, OECIan
cuAuNcEY N. DEPE".
A Presentation Of the Amer'.a
Of Which He Was the MOST
Doughty Champion, Declared
An Admirer Of the Colonel

~, yorl-Men of national proihi'
onoo who maid tribute here on Mol-
dav TO Colonel Roosevelt teriheu N''n
the greatest American oil MS u"''
go nersonifIcation of the Amerlcahish'
90 which he was the most doush''
CHAMPION" zone of the greatest ns
uras Of our time" and the last man
to claim that he was always WISE ou'
who always fought for what he De
leved right
The former president, classed III u
resolution of the board OF aldermen as
"the truly typical American Oh me-
o,a 81, wal lamented by Alan X. HaW-
lev, president of the Aero 'iuo VI
America. AS "depriyng the aerohau'lc
movement of one of its strongest sup
porters.' -, n
Former Senator Chauncey NJ. De
NOW who nominated Roosevelt for the
Now York state assembly when he was
only y and who persuaded Thomas T.
Plat. the Republican state leader 10
acquiesce in his nomination Tor 'he
royernorshlp of New York n the close
Of the Spanish-American war step
that brought him to the presidency
said:
"CoIonel Roosevelt was one OF the
greatest men of our period ana one Oh
its unique and most original persohaii'
ties. 1t was my good fortune TO hho"
him from his boyhood. His seven
vears in the White House and his poll
cIes excited the widest and bltterest
controversies. The tremendous pros
nerity of the country had led TO the
formation of great combinations, indus
trial and otherwise, and efforts oil
powerful men to form greater ones
Roosevelt saw that unless this move
ment was checked there would DE re-
action 10 the otner extreme In legisla'
ton. dangerous, IL not destructive Ia
the vested interests Of the country
and he successfully stopped the move
ment.
Charles Evans Hughes paid high
tribute To Colonel Roosevelt. declaring
"his greatest service was In the las'
wears, when. as private citizen, he
aad aroused the nation out OF lethargs
aad Indifference and supplied the driN
ing force OF a ceaseless and powerfn
demand which lay behind the efforr
which made victory In the world wal
possible.
william II. Taft said: Il am deeply
shocked by the death of tolone
Roosevelt. | saw him in the hospita
six weeks ago, and he seemed to b'
very vigorous.
II mourn his loss personally, and
greatly regret 1t for the sake of hi
country
THE rare qualities that won 70
Colonel Roosevelt II multitude Of de
voted followers naturally arraye'
against him host Of opponents salt
William J. Bryan. but his death put
All end to controversy and he viii b.
mourned by foe as well as by frienL
He was n great American nn,. mnd'
q profound impression on the though
of his generation. His picturesque ca
reer win form fascinating chapter II
our nations history"
Frank A. Nanderlip said II was III
colonel's courage more than anything
else that gave him the marvellous fol
lowing that he had" Theodore y. Val
declared the colonel's death woul
cause universal sorrow" and was -
great loss TO the country and To- tn
people"
Former Ambassador james W. Gel
ard described Theodore Roosevelt II
1.-The greatest American Of his day,
representing "the highest type Of tn
real oldfashioned American" who's
place would be hard 10 fiji because IN
understood and represented all Sc,
tions Of America"
Il am deeply shocked said Thoma
+. Ryan. "The country has lost ma
who always fought for what he b,
heved to be right, but more than Il
he was a true American"