The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-09-22
THE PEOPLE NEW ROOSEVELT
Death Of. Foremost q American. Has
b Not Dimmeda His Deeds in j.
y. !. the Minds Of Patriots. /. !:
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BY William Holster


~. BY William Holster. III
May one who was more or less init
mately associated. with. Theodore
Roosevelt In the last fifteen years Of
his life say q word in regard to the
developing tendencies Of the pending
presidential campaign? 4
Governor James M. 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 it
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 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 Roosevelt's 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 scountry'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
were necessary to prove these asser-
tons, 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 picture Of a
United States strong, self-reliant and
independent
Roosevelt'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
sonism 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
| - n, Droci1on+ of -
United States would have had little in
common. with a. candidate whose news
papers proclaimed sixteen months aft
er the sinking OF the sLusitania, that
'"The German: U-boats have committed
no crime against us ~ 81. =I..S
4 Remember in what stirring words
Roosevelt denounced the Lusitania
sinking, and how, Throughout all that
drab period /. Of b Amerie neutrality,
his powerful voice rang through the
land awakening the patriotism Of our
people: ito the elimination lin April,
|$1917 when even Mr.. Wilson. finally
Twas. compelle Ito face the inevitable.
There il no law#against Governor
l4Cox's use of Colonel Roosevelt's
name Nor Isl there any law on the
! statute books providing for the crimes
which are committed in the name OF
progressive for which Colonel
Roosevelt stood. There are Napoleons
Of finance, ef wheat, Of oil and of
industry, but there was only one Ma
poleon There are. Jimmies and Ed.
dies and *Harrlesa:but there was only
one Tedd 5S@ .sss - ].
10 the ga mpaign ION which we
j have entered, the nam Roosevelt
j Will be invoked many times III many
places IL behalf InanY things. But
i few IL all the great army sof those
lswhs olleWed .sR ooseyelt will be de-
iceiyed They know above all other
y things that the safety and integrity
II of the United States lay closest to
s|Theodore Rooseye ats hear, and with
II them his doctrine of stalwart Ameri-
lcanism VIII prevail against any preach
mont of progressive SIN which seeks
] 81 lure them from the path Of patrti--
tic duty. .