Show I TilE l I OP or 1 After seven years of ot experience with President Roosevelt of ot frequent contact contact contact con con- tact with him o of testing his strength I 2 of realizing hl his his- eness an and and of or i seeing Seln his victories victories victories-it it Is not to l ll be e I wondered at that men to whom hom restraint estr 1 Is should celebrate 1 the approach of or his retirement from 3 2 j. j office with some sort of at l The more thoughtless tho more mop I i ss the more dangerous the tho p noisier thc they became But there waG wac no nl noue use ue trying to stop atop them It If the they hadnot hart had not what they thought of Roosevelt the they would have burst burt And would simI simply ly have ha been worse So Sf I iho blowing 0 off otT has been a SO good thing lhing I It has haa been ben a a. good thin thing in iu another l a way Many Ian men who have ha felt I tater because of or their inability to bond bend tire the President out of ot the way h he lie believed be be- right t. t are nrc still sUIl Coo good mono men The They may have havo smiled with a grim im satisfaction when the they heard rd him assailed as it- sailed b by others others even en c even It If tho assailing were not flot quite warranted by fact or 01 reason But Dut when the bl big men the men the themen men who len 0 self control control had h id opened tho the ona way In rushed a n lot Jot of ot littie little little lit lit- tle tie fellows whoso only inspiration is Js hate an and whose only argument Is bil bil- bil The These e have e tilled the tile air 11 with ranting And the men wile WilO formerly opposed tho the President ar arc ashamed The They would give Sho anything If It tho whole incident ha had never trans trams They regret t that the exhibition of Ill m taste and temper has been made macic Tho TilO effect of ot It will bo be that velt relt will m stand higher in iii the rating of ot the nation because of the tho brutal and nasty light fight that has been ma made c upon him Ills His star stat will wUl shine the brighter because of or tho cowardice of ot those who thought thc they could safely strike a a. departing departing de do- parting parting- man The passing passin of Roosevelt can never bo be less leS's than he heroic less less than splendid He lIe has bas done dono too much for tor the nation nation for American 1 character for the thc good goodof of ot the tho republic at home and abroad tobo tobe to tobo bo be retired under censure It IB In the joy jor of ot his friends rl n s that ho he has received this thin last tribute Strong characters always fin find opposition and the they al always always nl- nl w ways s will Not aJ always a s 's are tho they so fortunate as to receive recel this final touch of tribute from men who hate hato and anti rear fear them in the moment of or their passing It Is the thi final fact tact in the establishment establish ment meat of ot the fame of ot Theo Theodore ore velt strong velt-strong strong wise bravo bra arid and honest The Tho Man Who ho Has lIne Been President of oJ tho the United States |