The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-09-16
COX E0ISTS FALSE
SPECTER TO FORE
IN CAMP A|CN TALK
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 VINO was more or less init
mately associated with Theodore
Roosevelt in the last fifteen years Of
his life say a word in regard to the
developing tendencies Of the pending
presidential campaign2
Governor James NJ Cox, the Demo-
cratic candidate, with increasing fire.
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 Mr..
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 18th, among other things
Governor Cox said:
"Need remind you that 1t was in
this State that Theodore Roosevelt,
that great American, made his speech
proclaiming his creed, not that the
judges alone should be recalled, but
that the judicial procedure itself should
be subject to recall"
Acknowledged Error.
First and foremost, no man who
knew Theodore Roosevelt we'll, and
was proud to follow his leadership,
needs to be told that he lived to realize
the error of that specific doctrine which
Governor Cox now drags from the
| political limbo of dead things.
But aside from this the one out
| standing note in Roosevelts great ca
reer was his uncompromising, tried
and true Americanism. He was an
American above and beyond every
thing else. His Americanism arose
above all party considerations. He
was Jealous of his country's honor,
proud of it's traditions, Jealous IN the
maintenance of its integrity and indie
| pendence He labored necessarily to
| promote that national unity which he
| 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
warks of our national existence. If it
We're necessary to prove these asser-
lions, columns could be quoted from
his writings and speeches in support
thereof. But one has only to mention
the name of Theodore Roosevelt to
bring before the mind a picture Of a
United States strong, self-reliant and
independent.
RooseveIt's Position Clear.
One does not have to ponder long to
reach conclusion, therefore, where
Roosevelt would stand if happily he
were among us today. The man who
in 1916 avowed that the supreme ma
tional need was the overthrow of Will
sOnsm and all that wisconsin repre-
sents would have mighty well-def1ned
position in the fighting today if he
were with us, and he would not be
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
plea that by his end on the field Of
battle the dropping morale of the en-
tente forces might be revived, though
the death Of former President of the
United States would have had little in
| common with candidate whose news
papers proclaimed sixteen months aft
err the sinking of the Lusitania, that
"The German U-boats have committed
no crime against u.s."
Remember in what stirring words
| Roosevelt denounced the Lusitania
sinking, and how, throughout all that
drab period of American neutrality,
his powerful voice rang through the
land awakening the patriotism Of our
people to the elimination in April,
1917, when even Mr.. Wilson finally
was compelled to face the inevitable.
There is no law against Governor
Cox's use of Colonel Roosevelts
name. Nor is there any law on the
statute books providing for the crimes
which are committed in the name Of
|
Roosevelt stood. There are Napoleons
of finance, of wheat, of oil and Of
industry, but there was only one Ma
poleon. There are Jimmies and Ed
dies and Harries, but there was only
/ one Teddy.
In the campaign upon which we
| have entered, the name Of Roosevelt
| will be invoked many times in many
places in behalf of many things. But
few in all the great army eff those
who followed Roosevelt will be de-
ceived. They know above all other
things that the safety and integrity
Of the United States lay closest to
Theodore Roosevelt's heart, and with
them his doctrine of stalwart Ameri-
canism will prevail against any preach
ment Of progressfveism which seeks
to lure them from the path of patri-
otto duty.