The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-14
MANY TRIBUTES
PAID ROOSEVELT
ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN
OF THE PERIOD, DECLARES
CHAUNCEY N. DEPEW.
A Personlfication Of the Amerieanism,
Of Which He Was the Most
Doughty Champion. Declared
An Admirer Of the Colonel.


hence who paid tribute here on Mon
day to Colonel Roosevelt termed him
1.-THE greatest American of his day."
ia personificatiOn of the Americanism
Of which he was the most doughty
champion" zone of the greatest fig
ures Of eur 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
1.-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 it's strongest sup
porters."
Former Senator Chauncey M. De-
pew, who nominated Roosevelt for the
New York state assembly when he was
only p and who persuaded Thomas G.
Platt, the Republican state leader, to
acquiesce in his nomination for the
governorship of New York at the close
Of the Spanish-American war, 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 PERSONAL
ties. 1t was my good fortune to know
him, from his boyhood His seven
years in the White House and his poll
cies excited the widest and bitterest
controversies. 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
ment was checked there would be re-
action to the otner extreme in legisla-
ton, dangerous, If not destructive, to
the vested interests of the country,
and he successfully stopped the move
ment." te@. .-
Charles Evans Hughes paid high
tribute to Colonel Roosevelt, declaring
'.his greatest service was in the last
years, when, as private citizen, ne
had aroused the nation out of lethargy
and Indifference and supplied the driv-
ing force Of ceaseless and powerful
demand which lay behind the efforts
which made victory in the world war
possible.
William H. Taft said: II am deeply
shocked by the death of Colonel
Roosevelt. I saw him in the hospital
six weeks ago, and he seemed to be
very vigorous. ..... ...
Il mourn his loss personally, and l
greatly regret it for the sake of his
country"
"The rare qualities that won for
Colonel Roosevelt multitude OF de-
voted followers naturally arrayed
against him host of opponents" said
william J. Bryan, but his death puts
an end to controversy and he will be
mourned by foe as well as by friend.
HE was great American ans made
a profound impression on the thought
Of his generation. His picturesque ca
reer will form fascinating chapter IN
our nations history"
Frank A. Vanderlip said it was the
colonels courage more than anything
else that gave him 1.-THE marvellous fol-
lowing that ,hs had" Theodore N. Vail
declared the colonel's death would
cause universal sorrow" and was "a
great loss to the country and to the
people"
Former Ambassador James w. Ger
ard described Theodore Roosevelt as
1.-THE greatest American Of his day."
representing 1.-THE highest type Of the
real old-fashioned American" whose
place would be hard to I'LL because "he
understood and represented all Sec
lions of America"
Il am deeply shocked" said Thomas
f. Ryan. "The country has lost a man
who always fought for what he be-
heved to be right, but more than all
he was true American