Connecticut western news., 1920-09-09
No One Will Be Deceived by Democratic Attempt to Use
 Great Presidents Name. ]
THE PEOPLE KNEW ROOSEVELT
Death of Foremost American Has Not Dimmed His Deeds in
 the Minds of Patriots.
By William Hoster

may one WnO WuS more or leSS ID n@N mRtely associated with Theodohs Roosevelt in the last fifteen years " his life say a word in regard to uoe developing tendencies of the pending presidential campaignf
 Governor James Nj. Cox, the Demo cratic candidate, with increasing fre- quency Is using the name of Colonel Roosevelt in his speeches, as of one from whom the Governor has derived his inspiration for this momentous campaign, and whose support of Mir. \ Cox's so-called policies would be forth coming were Roosevelt alive. At least, Governor Cox is at pains to make 1t appear that 1t is into his hands that the torch borne by Colonel Roosevelt was entrusted when the latter passed on.
 Addressing the Ohio Democratic State Convention at Columbus on August 17th, among other things Governor Cox said:
 "Need I remind you that it was In this State that Theodore Roosevelt that great American, made his speecN proclaiming his creed, not that the
  thnt the judicial procedure Itself should be subject 70 recall" r
 Acknowledged Error. II First and foremost, no man who knew Theodore Roosevelt well, and wus proud to follow his leadership, needs to be told that he lived to realize the error of that specific doctrine which i ~ h@W political limbo of dead things. T
 But aside from this, the one out standing note in Roosevelts great ca- reer was his uncompromising, tried and true Americanism. He was an I American above and beyond every thing else. His Amerlcanism arose above all party considerations. He was jealous of his country's honor, \ proud of its traditions, zealous in the maintenance of It's integrity and inde- pendence. He labored necessarily to promote that national unity which he'd believed to be one of the safeguards of the Republic; and his faith In Washington's Farewell Address and In the Monroe Doctrine was such that he regarded strict adherence to the in- | functions of both as the two great bull i warks of our national existence. If itI were necessary to prove these assert tjens,' columns could be quoted froml his writings and speeches in support 1 thereof. But one has only to mentionI the name of Theodore Roosevelt tol bring before the mind a picture of al United States strong, self-reliant and independent. ..-~~ .- ~.--'.. .. --- Roosevelt's Position Clear.
 One does not have to ponder long to ! reach a conclusion, therefore, where 1 Roosevelt would stand II happily he were among us today. The man whoI in 1916 avowed that the Supreme na- tional need was the overthrow of Wil- sonism and all that Wilsonism repre- sents' would have a mighty well-dennedl position in the fighting today if heI were with us, and he would not bel ranged on the side of Governor Cox.
 The man who, though age was creep ing upon him, demanded as his right that he be sent across to face with the two hundred thousand men that clam ored to accompany him, the German menace; and who grimly laid down the eI plea that by his end on the field ofH battle the dropping morale of the en tente forces might be revived, though the death of a former President of the United States would have had little in K common with a candidate whose news papers proclaimed sixteen months aft CT the sinking of the Lusitania, thal "The German U-boats have committed no crime against us"
 Remember in what stirring words Roosevelt denounced the Lusitanif sinking, and how, throughout all that drab period of American, neutrality his powerful voice rang through tht land awakening the patriotism of ou people to the continuation in April I 1917. when even Mir Wilson finally was compelled to face the inevitable There is no law against Governoi Cox's use of Colonel Roosevelt1 name. Nor is there any law on tn statute books providing for the crime which are committed in the name Q progressiveness for which Colone Roosevelt stood. There are Napoleon of finance. of wheat, of oil and O industry, but there was only one Ma 1 DOleOn. IDeIt hIt dlAhlillNH hhh AAN # dies and Harries, but there was onl one Teddy.
 In the campaign upon which VI have entered, the name of Roosevel will be invoked many times in man tplaces in behalf of many things. BuE few in all the great army of thos who followed Roosevelt will be dt ceived. They know above all othe things that the safety and integrit of the United States lay closest Theodore Roosevelt's heart, and wit them his doctrine of stolwart Amef canism will prevail against any prcaa ment of progrossIveism which seek to lure them from the path of patr otic duty.