Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-01-22


| he had no parallel-none approached MN
| in virility or force or profound knowledge
| of varied subjects.
| SENATOR KNOX of Pennsylvania-His
| life was so abundant, so open. and so IA
miliar that observations at this time upon
/ his career as a statesman would be super
| f1uous if not misplaced. He was America
| greatest living human asset.
| SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN of Oregon
| "A truer. more loyal American never
| lived.
| REPRESENTATIVE MEDILL Moor
| MICK-He was the greatest American OF
| our time. We are his debtors for his tre-
mendous labors in the regeneration Of our
| public life, for the Quickening of our ma
| tional spirit, for the termination of our
| patriotism.
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES R. MANN
Il think Roosevelt was the most wonder
| full Individual character in the world. lie
was a student of mankind and so prodl-
| giously active that his influence was ire
mendous and his loss will be deeply telt
here and in other countries.
REPRESENTATIVE TESS, chairman
/ of the Republican congressional commit
tee-His death at this moment is ma
! tional calamity. Never were his talents
/ so much needed as now.
| FORMER SPEAKER CANNON-Col-
! onel Roosevelts place in history Will Dc
! as one of the great presidents of the re-
| public. He kept in closer touch with the
| legislative department than any other
president 1 have known.
REPRESENTATIVE GILLETT OF Mas
sachusetts-Colonel Roosevelt was the
most remarkable man America has pro-
| duced since the Civil war. His general
knowledge was unbounded, his personal
| magnetism extraordinary.
REPRESENTATIVE SHALLENBER-
GER of Nebraska-It is inexpressibly sor-
rowful that he should be taken away at
| this crisis in the affairs of government
and mankind.
i REPRESENTATIVE SHERLEY,' chair
man of the house appropriations commute
! tee-Ndr Roosevelt was one OF the really
| great men of mis- age and above all else
was wholly an American.
/ CHARLES EVANS HUGHES - Inc
| death of Colonel Roosevelt is an lrrepaf-
| able loss to the nation His Vlflhty ana
! courage were a constant inspiration. I1e
/ personified the AmericaniSm of Wflch ne
| was the most doughty champion lie ue-
! handed the recognition and performance
of our national obligation in the war.
/ Back of all that was done in the war
was the pressure of his relentless insls-
| tence In response to his patriotic call
| lay the safety of civilization ana IN Inns
hour of complete victory the whole world
| is his debtor.
SAMUEL GOMPERS, president OF the
| American Federation of Labor regard
the death of Colonel Roosevelt a very
! great loss He rendered service of meal
| culable benefit to the world. L knew MN
| for thirty-fve years in all his public ac-
| tiyities 1 worked with him and every
| one even those who differed with him,
conceded his sincerity of purpose, his high
motives and his anxiety to serve the peo-
! pie.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN-The
rare qualities which won for Colonel
| Roosevelt a multitude of devoted follow
| ers naturally arrayed against him host
| of opponents, but his death puts an END TO
| controversy and he will be mourned by
| foe as we'll as by friend. He was great
American and made a profound impress
/ sion in the thought of his generation. his
| picturesque career will form fascinating
chapter in our nations history.
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE-Mr. Roose-
| velt's death brings to me sense OF deep
sorrow, of personal loss While he was
| president his kindly consideration never
/ failed and many opportunities were at
forded me for observing the highness of
his innate ideals and his courage, all of
| which combined to make him the dlstn-
| guished not to say phenomenal, man ne
| was.
| ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM R.
! DAY-Every one appreciates that we have
| lost one of the greatest Americans, one
| of the first citizens of the world, at
| time when we can i'll afford to lose him.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOSEPH Nc
KENNA-The country has suffered a
| great loss in the death of Colonel Roose-
Welt He was a man Of very great quail
\ tiles.
MAI. GEN. LEONARD WOOD-The
death of my friend Theodore Roosevelt,
| brings to me great personal loss and sor-
| row. but keen and deep as these are, they
are but the sorrow and loss of an indl-
| vidual The national loss is irreparable,
| for his death comes at a time when his
services to this nation i'll be spared.
| Never was America more in need of his
| frankness and courage, his honest criti-
| cism, and farseeing wisdom than at pres
ent. Unselfish loyalty, honest and fear
| less criticism always characterized the
! life and work Of Theodore Roosevelt and
he lived and worked always for his coun-
| try's best interest While we shall not
| have the living voice and presence, we
shall always have the example of his
| life.
PRESIDENT POINCARE of France
Friend of liberty, friend of France, Roose-
welt has given, without counting sons and
| daughters, his energy that liberty may
| live. We are grateful to him. We wish
| to express to Mrs. Roosevelt our most
sincere coincidence.
J. J. JUSSERAND, French ambassador
| to the United States-The unexpected
| death of one who has upheld all his life
/ the principles of virile manhood, straight
forward honesty and fearlessness will be
| mourned all over the world, nowhere more
| sincerely than in France, whose cause he
upheld in her worst crisis in a way that
| shall never be forgotten.
| HENRY WHITE, one of the American
| peace commissioners have heard of Mr..
Roosevelt's death with deep sorrow be-
cause of the loss to the nation of great
| public servant and to myself of lifelong
! friend.
HERBERT c. HOOVER = America is
| poorer for the loss of a great citizen, the
world for the loss of great man. His
virility and Americanism has been one of
| our national treasures.
COL E. M HOUSE-The entire world
will share the grief which will be felt
| in the United States over the death of
| Theodore Roosevelt He was the one
virile and courageous leader of his gen.