Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-09-24
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 Hester

May enc who was more or less inti-
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 campaign
Governor James n. Cox, the Dems-
cratic candidate, with increasing fire.
quency is using the name Of Colonel
Roosevelt In his speeches, n Of q
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 nth, among other things
Governor Cox said:
"Need | remind you that it 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 n out
standing note in Roosevelt's great ca
reer was his uncompromistng, tried
and true AmerIcanism. He was an
American above and beyond every
thing else. His A~mericanism arose
above all party considerations. He
was jealous of his country's honor,
proud Of its traditions, jealous In the
maintenance of its integrity and indie
p%endence. he labored necessarily to
promote that national unity which he
believed to be n 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 II
were 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 a conclusion, therefore, where
Roosevelt would stand II happily he
were among us today. The man who
In 1915 avowed that the supreme ma
tional need was the overthrow of VIII
sonism and all that wisconsin repre-
sents would have a mighty well-denned
position IN the fighting today II 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 n former President Of the
United States would have had little In
common with a candidate whose news
papers proclaimed sixteen months aft
err the sinking Of the Lusitania. that
The German U-boats have committed