Arizona republican., 1919-01-07
Theodore Roosevelt

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 Theodore Roosevelt is dead. There suddenly removed from the world yesterday it's first citizen, Theodore Roosevelt whose great soul heart, ncomparable leadership, and inspired vision had won tho love and devotion of multitudes of men and women, and whose spotless honor, winning person allty. and unflinchng devotion to duty demanded the admiration and respect of his political enemies.
 A fearless American, loyal and devoted friend, man whose personal life clean and wholesome that it inspiration and whose public life offers record of achievement and devotion to human liberty second to in the annals of this nation.
 His hold upon the people of America exceeded that of any living man and had been mantained for of years. The nation looked to him for lead ership and he faltered nor failed it.
 There is no other man all the world whose death would leave such void. Though for years a private citizen there is other who has exerted so great influence upon his eountrymen and the world at large MT. Roosevelt has done.
 It was during his administration and under his influence that the old order began to pass away Previous 1900 special privilege had become estab- lished in this country. Great wealth was securely entrenched. Opportunity was being more and more curtailed. Legislation designed only reassure the complaining nicely calculated not embarrass the holders of special privilege. It was only a fabby hand within a velvet glove.
 In the beginning Mir. Roosevelt began the routing of the holders of special privilege He did not seek destroy them but place them under laws applic- able all alike break down the invisible govern ment. And every privilege the people now enjoy but which had been withdrawn from them may be traced back to his aggressveness and treess energy between the years 1901 and 190S It within this period that laws passed that had teeth in them
 These laws wrung from sometimes unwilling congresses. The views of courts were changed. The of alt +o up and entered upon national life and influence as a world power expanded. It was within this period too that the strong hand placed upon the activities of those who absorbing our na- tura1 resources and wise conservation policy entered upon. It then. too that these began to be made available to the people Out this period for instance, came the reclamation the arid lands and the creation of empires in the west.
 So great a work that which MT Roosevelt had undertaken could not be completed within the brief period of his administration the foundation had been wisely and firmly laid With one hand he had pushed back the holders of special privilege and with the other he had restrained wild-eyed dreamers with ttopian schemes for hastening the millennium Later though, when the hand Mr. Roosevelt had been withdrawn they given opportunity to try their specifics upon the people.
 AIr. Roosevelt has been charged with having des- troyGd the republican party On the contrary, he saved it destruction by subjecting it to the pur ication of defeat It under the long rule of the republican party. extending back to the close of the civil war that the abuses which Nlr Roosevelt tackled rcentcssly during his administration, grew. They would have grown under an equally long demo- cratic rule And as a matter of fact, in two inter venns democratic administrations, they had grown unchecked. It not that republican principles were more favorable to them. They would have fastened their unhealty growth upon the dominant party because the weaker party could not them But the republican party held responsible for them and believe that four years of that odium would have been forever fatal to it.
 The result has been reunited party purged of the odum in which it had been held, again in the enjoy ment of the confidence of the people, and committed by such party declarations have been made to those principles which Mfr. Roosevelt conended through out his administration which he reiterated the progressive national platform of 1912. There is no party faction that dares those principles If MT. Roosevelt had lived there is little doub- that he would again have become the nominee for the presidency and there less doubt that he would have been most overwhelmingly elected
 There never in all history marfd display of leadership as that afforded by MT. Roosevelt a private citizen. within the last four years He became within a month after the outbreak of the world war the spokesman the American people, the represen- tative of American sentiment opposed to the repre- senttives whom the people had formally chosen when there appeared sign that should have part in such a catastrophe was then preparing More than two years were to eapse, precious years were be wasted before the American people could force expression of American sentiment and bring the nation the position which MT Roosevelt had in August of 1914
 The American people have lost their leader but he had prepared them for his going. He leaves behind him quckened national conscience and regenerated party inspired by his fearlessness and his devoted and unwavering Amercanism.
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