Show roosevelt s op n on of root some months ago president roose velt uttered this estimate of root in john hay I 1 have a great secretary of state in philander knox I 1 have a great attorney general in other cabinet posts I 1 have great men elihu root could take any of these places and fill it as as the man who Is now there and in add alon he Is what probably none of these gentlemen could be a great secre tao of war elihu root is the ablest man I 1 have known in our gov eminent service I 1 will go further he is the greatest man that has ap feared in the public life of any coun tr in any position on either side of the ocean in my time |