River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-01-16
I'LL PAY TRIBUTE
To COL. ROOSEVELT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE
CITIZENS JOIN IN PRAISE OF
THE DEAD LEADER.
GREAT LOSS TO THE NATION
Pure Patriotism, Unfailing Courage
and IIIustrious Service of Former
President ExtoIIed by His Country
men, Regardless of Party.


men, Regardless of Party.
Americans Of all shades of political
opinion have joined in paying warm
| tribute to the fearless ,AmericaniSm of
| Col. Theodore Roosevelt and to the
great service the dead leader rendered
TO his country and to all mankind.
Here are some of the expressions of
public men and private citizens telling
of the loss the nation has sustained:
SECRETARY OF STATE LANSING
| The death of Col. Roosevelt removes
| from our national life a great Ameri-
can. His vigor of mind and ceaseless
| energy made him a conspicuous figure
| IN public affairs. Friends and enemies
alike recognized the force of his per-
| sonality and the great influence he had
| in molding public thought and purpose
| His patriotism and devotion to his
| country will long be remembered by
all his fellow citizens, while his
| sturdy Americanism will be an inspira-
| ton to future generations.
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE
| FRANK L. POLK-He was one of the
| most striking figures in the history of
this country, and, in fact, Of his time
1t is impossible to measure today what
| he did to arouse the political con-
| science of the American people.
| NEWTON D. BAKER, Secretary of
| War-His relations to the navy and to
the army are, of course, a part Of the
history of those two services, and dur
| ing his terms as president he brought
| his powerful personality and energy to
/ bear upon economic problems of the
greatest moment. do not know OF
any career which combines so many
diversified and intensively pursued &C
tivities-frontiersma explorer, natu-
| raIist seaman, soldier, executive and
publicist. In each of these relations
he was conspicuous and left his mark.
| JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary OF
| the Navy-He has blazed new paths
| and refused to be fettered by conven-
| tions that other distinguished men rec
| ognized. Original, forceful, courageous,
| he was the monitor of millions of his
fellow countrymen, who will miss his
| inspiring leadership. Believing in him
| self and the cause he espoused, he
| threw himself into every conflict with
every power of mind and body.
FRANKLIN X. LANE, Secretary OF
the Interior-Colonel Roosevelt was a
great man. a very great man-great in
his soul, great in his personality, great
| in his conception of Americas place in
| the world. He will sit at one of the
| high tables.
CARTER GLASS Secretary of the
| Treasury-Colone1 Roosevelt was an
extraordinary figure and leaves a leg
acy of patriotic endeavor and useful
achievement of which those who most
| respected and honored him will always
| be proud
DIRECTOR GENERAL MADOO -
| Colonel Roosevelt's prodigious activi-
| ties made him one of the most conspic-
| uous figures in publii life. We are too
near the event to place a just estimate
on his life and career, but he will al
ways be distinguished for one great
achievement-the construction of the
Panama canal.
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT-The
country can ill afford in this critical
period of history to lose one who has
done and could in the next decade
have done so much for it and human
| ity. We have lost a great patriotic
| most commanding personality in our
public life since Lincoln. I mourn his
| going as personal loss.
| SENATOR LENROOT of Wisconsin,
/ regard Colonel Roosevelt's death as a
very great calamity for the nation.
| His usefulness is familiar to all, but ]
believe that his greatest usefulness
| might have been in the future.
| SENATOR LEWIS of Illinois-The
death of Colonel Roosevelt is the loss
of a great man, of a great force, and
| the loss of a great benefit to America.
Whatever differences men may have
with Colonel Roosevelt on party lines
or political principles, all must certify
| that his fight for cleanliness and integ
rity in public life did much to rid the
nation of corruption in public affairs.
All must admit that his 1aborS to force
corporate monopoly to yield to private
| welfare and personal rights started
| this country upon the course of justice.
SENATOR HARDING of Ohio = He
was one of the foremost citizens of the
world, in a most extraordinary era,
| and he was the most vigorous and
| coura geous American of his time.
| There is no direct legatee to his vast
| political estate.
SENATOR KENYON of Iowa = His
| virile American utterances were help
! ing to bring order out of diplomatic
| chaos. In my judgment he was the
| greatest American since Abraham LSn-
coln
SENATOR NEW of Indiana-Intel-
| lectually he was in the first rank
| among those who have figured in our
public life, and for versatility and APP
| plication he was without an equal He
! was a true patriot a thorough Ameri-
| can at all times and In all respects.
| SENATOR MARTIN of Virginia-He
met all the responsibilities of citizenship
| in the most courageous manner. A char
/ acteristic of mis- life was his unqualified
| courage. He never had a conviction in
his life that he did not have the courage
| to follow it. He was a man of unlimited
| courage, Of limitiess resources, and of un-
bounded patriotism.
| SENATOR LODGE of Massachusetts,
| He was a great patriot, a great Ameri-
| can, a great man. He was devoted
| throughout his life to his country. He
| tried always to be a servant of human
| ity.
| SENATOR KELLOGG of Minnesota
| He was a great commoner, who in his
| heart cherished the causes of the masses
"a, man of the most intense patriotism
| who placed the advancement of humanity
and the cause of his country above all
| other considerations.
SENATOR JOHNSON of California
| The greatest American of our generation
| has passed away He had truer vision,
| a higher courage, wiser craftsmanship
| than any man of our time. cannot
| speak Of him in ordinary terms. To me
| he had no parallel-none approached him
| in virility or force or profound knowledge
/ Of varied subjects.