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Show IN HOC SIGNO VINCES! (Catholic Union and Times. Buffalo.) By a remarkable coincidence Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt was sworn in aa president presi-dent of the United States In this city of Buffalo on the. feast of the Ealta-tion Ealta-tion of the Holy Cross, which commemorates commem-orates in every Christian land the marvelous vision of-the Cross that the Emperor Constantine saw in the heavens, heav-ens, as he marched against his foes; and traced thereon, in rays of golden light, "In hoc slgno vinces" in this sign thou shalt conquer. And yielding to mysterious influence the great warrior war-rior became the first Christian em-' peror and caused the Labarum a picture pic-ture of the refulgent cross he had seen in the heavens to be borne in triumpn by his armies. In that sign he conquered his every foe, and that mark of derision that had long lain secluded in the catacombs cata-combs then came forth the signal of victory forevermore, and was worn as a badsre of honor on the breasts of princes. We, believe Theodore Roosevelt to be a man of destiny and a chosen agent in the hands of Piovidence for great achievements. From the first the trend of his mind and training gave promise of a remarkable career. Reared in an atmosphere of the virile virtues; and, likely knightly Bayard of oia, wunoui iear, without reproach, this man, with several enriching racial ra-cial bloods in his veins and cast in tne ideal mold of Jacksonian Americanism, is raised up, we believe at a crucial hour in the nation's history, to be another an-other deliverer from the manifold dangers dan-gers that .threaten the republic. Verily, the Finger of God has ever been mercifully visible in this New World of ours. It was the "Kindly Light" that illumined the dreams of Columbus, it raised up friends for him in the person of Father Parez, and . the noble Isabella of Castile: that guided his three little ships over the unknown deep, until this vast New World was discovered for the children of men. It was the same Divine Power that impelled the merciful Las Casas and the heroic bands of missionaries that came after him to sail hither, and "In ijerils of land and perils of sea and perils from false brethren'! to pierce the hitherto untrodden wilderness wilder-ness in quest of souls. And later still, it was the same divine Impulse from the skies that inspired Washington and the revolutionary patriots to formulate here a government of freedom for the oppressed of the world; and that nerved with courage the patr'ot sword to beat back in confusion the attempts to destroy this republic by rending in twain its indivisible vesture. And now again lowering clouds of peril that bode a coming hurricane of discontent and fury, are brooding all over the land. This country of ours seems to be fast drifting from its original intent. Colossal trusts and ccmbinations have their clutch upon the throat of the nation, making the power of wealth omnipotent, minimizing minimiz-ing the rights of the people, and defy- ' ing the principles upon which the republic re-public -rests. As a consequence feverish fever-ish restlessness is abroad; labor that has built up large wealth Is scantily rewarded; strikes, with Vesuvius-lllse furv, blaze forth all over the land; the palace looks with contempt upon the neighboring hovel, and riotous orgies are heard not far 'from the desolate home in which the pangs of hunger are felt. In these perturbed conditions the people instinctively turn to the one man who has the nowr to come between be-tween them and the oppressor. They trust hhn and clutch him to their heart of hope, for they know him to be pure, grave and true. He is Theodore Roosevelt,. whom Providence has placed at the pinnacle of the nation's power. Already the boss politicians recognize the helpfulness of their, positions. posi-tions. Roosevelt can be neither bullied bul-lied by their threats nor cajoled by their blandishments. Nor shall all the colossal millions of the trusts cause him to swerve from the right. In hoc signo vinces! |