| Show ROOSEVELT'S Colonel Roosevelt's relation to public affairs in this country is a matter of interest to us We cant place him with the he is not a but he is a active He does not give out He gives out authoritative statements this mundane affair in which we are He is quite positive in all he That is the reason why people of a certain way of thinking accept what he It is also the reason why people of another way of thinking incline to reject even the most obviously sensible things he Democracy in America is not a mere It is a The colonel owes whatever power he has among us to our acceptance of him as a competent who has devoted himself to affairs of To the fact that we accepted him in that capacity and elected him to administer our he owes whatever acceptance he has got On the he has done very But he is not a he does not rep- any great and fundamental he does not stand for any transcendent We simply go ahead with our political and other as if he were there if he gets on the wrong with his help if he gets on the right When we want him we will call for when we we we are quite is the proper attitude to take toward Colonel Roosevel t. The ultra-adulatory attitude is The Lyman Abbott-completely-adulatory attitude is disgusting it is dangerous to American ideas and The government of this country was shaped by men of uncommon ability to secure the welfare and happiness of people of ordinary It of as any Democratic government carriere au Colonel Roosevelt has talents and has a The Republic is grateful for his generous toward his sympathetic with his That's Harpers |
