Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-07
COMMENT


prominence VINO palu TRIBUTE mere to-
day to Colonel Roosevelt, termed him
the greatest American of his day,
"a person.fication of the Americanisn
of which he was the most doughty
champion" zone of the greatest fig.
ures of our time" and "the last man
to claim that he was always wise, but
one who always fought ror what he
believed right
The former president. classed in a
resolution of the board of aldermen as
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 its strongest sup.
porters"
Frank A. Vanderlip, said It was the
colonefs courage more than anything
! else that gave him 1.-The marvellous
following" that he had Theodore n
Vail declared the coloners 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 las
the greatest American of his day
representing the highest type of the
real old-fashioned American" whose
place would be hard to fill because
'he understood and represented all
sections of America"
II am deeply shocked" said Thorn
as F. Ryan. the country has lost a
man who always fought for what he
believed to be right, but more than
all he was a true American"
John Mitchell, former head of the
United Mine Workers of America,
now chairman of the New York state
| food commission, said the coloners
attitude towards industrial and So
cial righteousness had tremendous
influence upon the minds and activ-
tiles of all--those forces which, have
worked for human betterment--and
| his death deprived America of force
which 1t had need of in the solution
of the reimbursement problems growing
out of the war"
II admired him greatly" said
Thomas A. Edison, "Iie was one OF
our greatest Americans. He was
straight. He was honest"
1t was my pleasure to serve under
him during the trying days of Panama
| canal construction and as n man his
! charming and magnetic personality
| enshrned him in the affections of all
who knew him." said Theodore P
! Shonts, who was chairman of the
/ second isthmian canal commission.
Ex-Jnsticc Hughes: New York. Jan
6.ECharles Evans Hughes paid high
tribute to Colonel Roosevelt declaring
| his greatest service was in the las
j years, when as private citizen, he
| had aroused the nation out of its
lethargy and indifference and sup.
Piled the driving force of ceaseless
~ nd III Ia,,r nd xrbi OH, los h,
hind the efforts which made victory
in the world war possible.
His virility and courage were 6
constant inspiration" Mr.. Hughe.
added. HE personified the American.
! ism of which he was the most doughty
champion. He demanded the recogni
ton and performance of our nationa
| obligation in the war.
/ Back of all that was done in the
| was was the pressure of his RELENTLESS;
| insistence. In response to his patri
| otto call lay the safety of civilization
! and in this hour of complete victory
the whole world is his debtor
Other Americans of nation-wi
| prominence commented on Colone
| Roosevelt's death as follows:
/ Samuel Gompers, president of thu
| American Federation of Labor: II re
! gard the death of Colonel Roosevelt az
a very great loss. He rendered service
of incalculable benefit to the world
| Every one even those who differed
with him. conceded his sincerity OF
! purpose, his high motives and his
anxiety to serve the people"
Oscar S. Straus, ex-ambassador tc
Turkey and n former member of thu
Roosevelt cabinet: Colonel Roose.
welt is surpassed by no statesman ir
our national history although his
fame and genius were temporarily OBJ
scured by the enemies he aroused
| This is the fate of the, truly great
! When the clouds dispense he will be
revealed as the greatest prophet OF
Americanism of our generation.
Ethouard dc Billy: Washington, Jan
! 6.-Edouard de Billy, deputy high
! commissioner of France made the
/ following statement upon hearing of
! Colonel Roosevelt's death:
"AD Frenchmen feel that in Theo-
dore Roosevelt. they have lost one of
their staunchest friends. who through
his noble character and generous
spirit appealed to us as strongly as
any foreigner ever did The sacrifice
he made of one Of his sons, fallen for
hiit SpilliIoil Sduot VII OuI Ddlblp IIelu
endeared him more especially to us.
France feels that Americas bereave
ment is her own"
W. Il. Taft: Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 6.
Commenting on the death of Mr..
Roosevelt William II. Taft today
said:
II am deeply shocked by the death
of Colonel Roosevelt. | saw him in
the hospital six weeks ago, and he
seemed to be very vigorous.
Il mourn his loss personally. and
II greatly regret it for the sake of his
country"
Asked If he thought Colonel Roose-
velts death would affect the interna-
tlonal future of the nation. Mr.. Taft
replied:
That's a very difficult question
to answer. His influence and advice
were important. His patriotic Amer
icanism will be missed, of course,I am
very, very sorry"
w. j, Bryan: Baltimore, Jan. e.
William Jennings Bryan, who is stay
ing in Baltimore while his wife is
undergoing treatment at Johns Hop
kins hospital paid the following tri-
butte to Colonel Roosevelt:
The rare qualities that won for
Colonel Roosevelt a multitude of de-
voted followers naturally arrayed