Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-07

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
I greatly regret it for the sake Of
his country"
Asked if he thought Colonel
Roosevelt's death would affect the
international future of the nation,
Mr.. Taft replied:
That's very difficult question to
answer. His influence and advice
were important. His patriotic
Americanism will be missed, Of
course. | am very, very sorry"
William Jennings Bryan.
Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 6.-William
Jennings Bryan, who is staying in
Baltimore while his wife is under
going treatment at Johns Hopkins
hospital, paid the following tribute
to Colonel Roosevelt:
THE rare qualities that won for
Colonel Roosevelt multitude OF
devoted followers naturally arrayed
against him a host of opponents, but
his death puts an end to controver-
sy and he will be mourned by foe as
we'll as by friend.
He was great American, and
made a profound impression on the
thought of his generation. His
picturesque career will form fas
cinating chapter in our nations his
tory"
Major General Wood.
Camp Funston, Kan, Jan. o.
Major General Leonard Wood
made the following statement after
he had received word of the death
of Colonel Roosevelt:
The death of my friend, Theo-
dorse Roosevelt, brings to me great
personal loss and sorrow, but keen
and deep as these are, they are but
the sorrow and loss of an individ-
ual The national loss is irre7ara-
Bile, for his death comes at time
when the services to this nation can
i'll be spared. Never was America
more in need of his frankness and
courage, his honest criticism and
far-seeing wisdom, than at present.
His entire life and work
was one of service to the nation;
service for whatever he believed to
be right"
Denver, Colo, Jan. 6.-Gov. Julius
c. Gunter on being informed Of the
death of Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt ordered the flags on the capitol
and other state buildings At half
mast. All state offices and other
state institutions will close on the
day ected for the funeral.
In speaking of the death of COL
onel Roosevelt, Governor Gunter.
who is democrat, issued the follow
ing statement:
"The country has lost one of its
greatest constructive statesmen
whose services would have been in
valuable in the stupendous recon-
struction period now before us"
New York, Jan. 6.-Former Sena-
tor Chauncey M. Depew, who nomi-
mated Roosevelt for the New York
state assembly when he was q
and who persuaded Thomas c. Plat,
the republican state leader, to &C
quiesce in his nomination for the
governorship of New York at the
close of the Spanish-American war,
a step that brought him to the presi-
dency, said:
Colonel Roosevelt was one of the
greatest men of our period and one
Of it's unique and most original per-
sonalities. 1t was my good fortune
to know him from his boyhood. His
seven years in the White House and
his policies excited the widest and
bitterest controversies. The ire
mendous prosperity of the country
had led to the formation Of great
combinations, industrial and other
wise. and efforts of powerful men
to form greater ones. Roosevelt !
saw that unless this movement was |
checked, there would be reaction
to the other extreme in legislation,
dangerous if not disastrous to the
business in the country, and he -uc-
cessfully checked the movement.
Shock to Cardinal.
Baltimore, Jan. 6,-Cardinal Glib
bons said tonight:
st was terrible shock to me to
learn of the death of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. l had been init
mately acquainted with him from
the time he was elevated to the
high office of president of the United
States and we we're very dear and
good friends. 1t is a terrible loss
TO me and TO the whole country"