Milford chronicle., 1920-09-10
cox FOISTS FALS
SPECTER TO FORE
IN CAMP PAIGN TALK
No One win 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 Oue VINO was more or less int
mately associated with Theodor
Roosevelt in the last fifteen years o
his life say word In regard to tn,
developing tendencies Of the pendln.
presidential campaign?
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 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 It 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 I remind you that II 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 well, 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 uncompromislng, tried I
and true Americanism. He was an
American above and beyond every /
thing else. His Amerlcanism arose I
above all party considerations. He
was Jealous of his country's honor,
proud of its traditions, Jealous in the
maintenance Of its integrity and inde-
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
were necessary to prove these asser-
tiOns, 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 {
United States strong, self-reliant and $
independent
Roosevelt's Position Clear. =
One does not have to ponder long TO \
reach a conclusion, therefore, where I
Roosevelt would stand If happily he y
were among us today. The man who o
In 1916 avowed that the supreme ma c
tiOnal need was the overthrow OF VIII g
sonism and all that wisconsin repre-
sents would have mighty well-defned f
position in the fighting today If he Il
were with us, and he would not be e
ranged on the side Of Governor Cox. 5
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 Il
battle the dropping morale Of the en- al
tente forces might be revived, though
the death Of former President of the pl
United States would have had little in u
common with a candidate whose news r.
papers proclaimed sixteen months aft =
sr the sinking of the Lusltania, that a
The German U-boats have committed
10 crime against us" 3,
Remember in what stirring words e
Roosevelt denounced the Lusitania
linking. and how. throughout all that p.
Irab period of American neutrality, w
lis powerful voice rang through the an
and awakening the patriotism of our
eOple to the elimination In April, CT
917. when even Mr.. Wilson finally w
as compelled TO face the inevitable.
There is no law against Governor NJ
,ox's use of Colonel Roosevelt's w
ame. Nor Is there any law on the II
tatute books providing for the crimes ri
rhich are committed in the name OF an
for which Colonel
stood. There are NapoleOns 70
Z finance. of wheat, Of oil and OF ~ -.
hut there was only one Ma
oleon. There are Jimmies and Ed r.
les and Harries, but there was only F.
ne Teddy. Sa
In the campaign upon which we lei
ave entered, the name OF Roosevelt dil
i'll be invoked many times in many fof
laces in behalf OF many things. But ha
w in all the great army Of those
no followed Roosevelt will be de- he
slved. They know above all other sp
llngs that the safety and integrity an
{ the United States lay closest TO
heodore Rooseyelt's heart, and with pr
lem his doctrine Of stalwart Ameri =
lnism will prevail against any preach "a
ent Of progresslveism which seeks lel
lure them from the path Of patri
ic duty.