Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1920-09-17
THE PEOPLE KNEW ROOSEVELT
Death OF Foremost American Has
Not Dimmed His Deeds in
the Minds Of Patriots.
BY William Hoster


Governor James VI. Cox, the Demo
cratic candidate, with increasing fire.
Iuency 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-caled policies would be forth
coming were Roosevelt alive. At least,
Governor Cox is at pains to make It
| 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 l remind you that It was in
this State that Theodore Roosevelt,
that great American, made his speech
prOcaimlng his creed, not that the
Judges alone should he recalled. but
that the judicial procedure itself should
he subject TO recall"
Acknowledged Error.
First and foremost, no man who
knew Theodore Roosevelt well, and
was proud 10 follow his leadership.
needs to be told that he lived to realize
the error of that specific doctrine which
Governor Cox now drngs from the
political limbo Of dead things.
But aside from this. the one out
standing note IN RoOsevelt's great ca
rcer was his uncompromISIne. tried
aud true AmerIcauism. He was mn
American above aud hcyuud every
thing else. Ills AmrricHnisiE arose
above MI party considerations. lie
was Jealous OF his Cuuntry's honor
proud Of It's traditions, Jealous in the
maintenance of its integrity and indie
pemdcnce. lie Iabored necessarily TO
promote that national unity which lac
believed to he one of the safeguards
OF the Republic; and his faith in
| WaShngton'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 bul.
warks of our national existence. If 1t
were necessary to prove thcs" asScr-
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 Il
United States strong, self-reliaut and
independent.
SooseVelt's Position Clear.
/ One does not have to ponder long to
| reach u conclusion, therefore where
Roosevelt would stand if happily he
were among us today. The man who
In 1916 avOwed that the supreme nat
tional need was the overthrow Of VIII
SOnlsm and all that wisconsin repre-
SCENTS would have mighty well-defned
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 he sent across to face with the
two hundred thousand men that clam
ored to accompany him, the German
menace and who grlmly laid down the
plea that by his end on the field OF
battle the dropping morale Of the en-
the death of n fogmrr President Of the
United States would have had little In
common with a candidate whose news
papers proclaimed sixteen months att
err the sinking Of the LHStania, that
1.-THE German U-boats have committed
no crime against us"
Remember In what stirring words
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 i'm April,
1917, when even Mr.. Wilson finally
was compelled to face the inevitable.
There Is no law against Governor
Cex's use of Colonel ROOseyelt's
name. Nor is there any law on the
statute books providing for the crimes
which are committed IN the name OF
INCONSISTENCIES for which Colonel
Roosevelt stood. There are Napoleons
OF finance, of wheat, of oil and OF
industry, but there was only one M
poleen. 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 Of those
who followed Roosevelt win he de
celved They know above all other
things that the safety and integrity
Of the United States lay closest 10 !
TheOdpre ROOScyelt's heart, and with |
them his doctrine 0f stulwart .Amer !
rHniSm win prevail against any preach |
ment ~ pr1gressiyeism which sect,
10 lur' lhom from the path OF pulri !
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