Arizona republican., 1919-02-10

No man in public life has had such ar dent friends. who have declared him to be the greatest of Americans, out Washington and Lincoln He has had not less violent detractors, Eho would even deny his claims 10 statesmanship. and de- scribe him simply as an adroit and successful politicians This is due largely to his temperament in dealing with men and public affairs. He was one with Lincoln in his love of country and freedom and devotion to them, but he had not the patience and equal tenn per of the latter. nor could he work like Lincoln with those who opposed and disagreed with him. If I should seek for character in history with whom he had much in common. although there were radical differences in their characters and achievements, I should single out Oliver Cromwell, one of whose biographers MT. Roosevelt be- came. Cromwell was the greatest Englishman of his age. He brought about revolution when men like Hampdep and Elliott, no less lovers of constitutional liberty than himself, could never have accomplished it. Cromwell brought order out of chaos a he moved ruthlessly on in his course in the days of the great civil war and established the Commonwealth. Mighty reforms were accomplished in English life, the beneficial results of which are acknowledged today. while England was made strong and respected abroad through commerce and by the adoption of peaceful measures alone. Cromwell had his faults; his treatment of Ire land his harsh and cruel Puritan spirit cannot be overlooked. but he was a man Of deep religious faith who be- lieved in himself as the chosen instru- ment of God and in his country, and who loved and served them both and was willing to die for them and his principles if need be. To the man who sought to paint his portrait, he said in words that have become proverbial:
 Paint me with the wart on."
 With all my admiration for Mir. Roosevelt and faith in what he accom-
 plished for his country. I would not wish to be so blind tohs faults and to certain limitations in his political
 career. He is too heroic a figure iu
 our history. too deeply loved and hon ored by many millions of men and
 women not to be portrayed as he was
 l think the final verdict of history will | be that the reforms that he accom- 1 plished in his administration as presi- ! dent will stand out as the great
 achievements of his career as a states | man. He attacked with persistence | courage and success the evils that haC | grown up in the great industrial sys- | tenn of this country and which had con-
 taminated the political life of the na-
 ton. Both political leaders and lead
 CTS in the business world felt his bis
 stick and were soundly thrashed. H,
 was reformer but there was a certain conservatism that went hand in hanC
 with his radicalism, and some meI
 once violently opposed to him cam, later to see that he was right in hi.
 reforms and that his work was con
 structive and not destructive. To Us.
 his own famous phrase. he wanted
 square deal for all men, and if he va
 the great friend of labor and it's leaders
 he did not fail to rebuke the latte
 when he believed they were in tn
 wrong. Capital had the right for it
 side of the question to be considered
 and he tried to be fair in his judg
 ments. He was a strong believer in tn
 political party to which he belonged
 and in his ardent partisanship he foun
 it hard to do justice to leaders wh
 were opposed to him, and he va , tempted to depreciate both their pa : triotism and their principles in hi
 severe denunclation of them. Thi
 was true also of his own party, fror : whose leaders he was constantly dis
 agreed and condemned. He was
 hard fighter, but his animosities wer
 not so personal and lasting as the sometimes seemed. This is shown b
 the fact that his enemies constant made friends with him, and when h , died all feeling of bitterness and dislilz seemed to fade away. as friend an , former foe alike joined in bearing tes timony to the noble service rendered b this great American and their affectio and reverence for his fine personalit,
 Nor must we overlook the service ren dered in these later days of crisi , when the hearts of his countryme
 were torn asunder by the apparer overthrow Of the civilized forces of tt
 world. This ardent patriot kindled a
 no other man could the latent patriot
 ism of his fellow countrymen. In cor , stant speech and written word. h
 message rang clear as a clarion not throughout the country, calling it
 arms and sacrifice in behalf of Go l and humanity, to battle with paga
 A'i NS7 Api biit tSldbllSuff1cnI or a rlEh1 eous world where democracy an ! brotherhood should rufe supreme.
 he sometimes seemed to believe tn: ' war made d nation great and viri ], and to adopt a policy that might Ina, l brought this country into war durir = his sdministrst ton, yet we must n, forget that he ever professed to be 2 lover of peace: that largely through h ;. initiative peace between Russia ar I Japan was accomplished. and I love q think that the final words that fe - from his restless and unfaltering pe f before death palsied his hand were il Q editorials in which he gave his adhe, '. ion to the great principles on whit c the statesmen whom he had former z opposed were endeayoring to found e league Of nations to enforce peace f . all time.
 q wen may we regret that we have , e longer his leadership as a prophet ar n preacher of national and information e righteousness, to rouse and stir us the great work of reconstruction lyi1 n before us, to build upon the found.
 tons Of lost and ruined world. il il new world. the new civilization that s to be. With his eager interest in socj c welfare and the betterment of hum, II society along all lines, what great a, Y heroic Service he might have rendere The end came as those who loved a, I. honored him would have had it if