Show ROOSE ROOSEVELT'S VEL TS T'S EARNESTNESS Whatever er may be said of President Roosevelt's methods his earnestness is as fiS unquestionable as ns itis it iti itis i is commendable He Is fearless in asserting and maintaining what h he lie believes helie to be right Neither pel persuasion from timid timi fr friends not nor pressure from convinced and energetic opponents diminishes his courage conrage or 01 I abates his purpose In his Cuban policy especially the President Preside t must be conceded the credit credit of resolution firmness mess and masterful self assertion becoming his and character lie has hns in pursuit pur pm suit o of if lilly duty and in iti the fulfillment of its obligations d without regard to private end nd or personal benefit Tie lie is known to desire and election re-election hut but neither is he to have haye if their getting is to be achieved achie b by sacrifice ce of principle or 01 neglect of duty The Presidents President's appeal for Cuba i is iM worthy the noblest American nature and character He TIc has hns all fill alon along acted and anI spoken not from any selfish sense Bense of pride in his own opinion and obstinacy in in its maintenance but from chivalrous chi consideration fo for the tIle wants of ofa a new born nation brought into being l by hJ this Republic itself It is as the New York Post puts it it the generous pit pity or of a strong man for fOl a feeble sutI sufferer that animates s his words wOld Others Othel's may abandon Cuba but he lie will ill not He Tie fought for her hel freedom and he lie wi will still till fight for forbel her bel ri right ht to live That is iH thin the manly th the knightly note which sounds loudest to us in the Presidents President's ut's me message He lIe teaches leaches the countr country that utter disregard gard which we ought to have for a all the miserable technicalities and wretched selfishness that stand in inthe inthe inthe the way of going to the aid of a weak and dependent people The exhibition is a flOSt wholesome wholesome and I inspiring one and its el effect ct will not be lost c even cn n if it does loes not result in the actual passage of a bill for fOI Cuban reciprocity Americans J yet t know how to honor bonor simple bravery hla and ann unshaken fidelity to duty Mr l' l et has not had the experience of the la late te President McKinley in dealing with Congress He lacks as yet some of the hatters hatter's equipoise and dis dis- comment But the responsibilities 1 of office have hae in a few months months' wor worked wd such a transformation in inI I Theodore Hoo Roosevelt th that t we mn may look to the coming J years s als al's of his administration as among the HIe most brilliant nt in our history His patriotism m is of the most earnest and unquestionable character It is as deep and irresistible a as ocean current C Congress m is a lan large e and difficult body hody to reach and keep heep in the line liue of Presidential J policy olic We Ve e have a avast avast vast country with a great diversity of interests all aU portions of our Republic and all aU on diverse di interests find voice oice and representation on the floor of Con Congress ress The llie present Congress has bias besides no overmastering o leadership among its members in either hou house e. e They are indeed many Republican statesmen of national fume fame kind and worth both in House and Senate hut but thieve there i is no predominating personality personality personality person person- in either House such as we had in the days lays of Stevens ens Blame Blaine or 01 Reed in the thc House Conkling Sumner II l gan nn and Zachary harJ Chandler in the Senate Senale his is a time of many leaders and of man many divergent diver di gent as well e ehl l as contradictory policies It is is satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- to know that while is factory Congress so notably divided into groups which no ImS present nt leadership in that horl body seems equal to command the President should be le earnest eai self reliant masterful consistent courageous and chivalrous chi |