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Show Roosevelt As He Is One of the most popular writers of today is Wm. Allen White. Mr. White Is known to bo fearless In his expressions, giving praise where merited mer-ited and adverse criticism where he deems it due. nis biographies of noted not-ed men, living and dead, have been read by millions and he is so utterly unbiased that his writing!! are regarded regard-ed with a confidence placed in but few men. Ho has praised great men In the Republican party and he has lashed others, likewise in the Democratic Demo-cratic party has he applied the gad and praise as liberally. The feature Is that his writings are the truth in which good and bad features received equal consideration and prominence. In the Saturday Evening Post of July 23, Mr. White has an article concerning concern-ing the Chicago convention which is of exceeding interest. The burden of tho articlo Is a setting, forth of the way in which Roosevelt controlled the convention against the politicians who were and still arc against him, and of Roosevelt's strength he says In part: "Strong as McKlnlcy was with tho people, and astute as he was in poll-tics, poll-tics, ho was not able to control the Philadelphia convention as Roosevelt controlled the convention at Chicago. Roosevelt's strength is In the very frankness which ovcrnlco people object ob-ject to. He lets his wishes be so thoroughly thor-oughly understood that the people know when their servants, the politicians, politi-cians, are supporting the President or are disobeying orders. And the politicians poli-ticians too tho mark, Such&ald can-dor can-dor as Roosevelt's has hot been Seen before In tho White House since Jackson Jack-son 's time. And it would become unspeakable un-speakable Impudence If it were notfor one thing; Roosevelt never asks the peoplo or their servants for an Improp-tlilng. Improp-tlilng. He asks for what ho desires without fear because what he desires Is decent. What other President could have put all his plans before all the people? Roosevelt's strength Is that his desires arc formed by a Judgment Judg-ment counseled by as high a grade of moral perception as has been seen in tho White House In this generation. He knows right from wrong. Not ono man in a hundred docs know right from wrong. Only men trained to perceive tho right know it. Other Presidents made moral blunders of tho most apparent kind before the people. The sense of tho nation was often against him; for that sense is sound when it is organized. Rut with Roosevelt, in all Ills acts, public and private, since ho has been before the people, there has been clearly marked a dominant moral intelligence, coupled with a moral courage that has astounded as-tounded his enemies and put them to confusion. Ills audacity In appealing to the people during the past three years has been greeted with gleeful prophlcles of his downfall. The poll-llclads, poll-llclads, for the most part having small moral perceptions, thought audacity au-dacity was tho sign of weakness forgetting for-getting that audacity In tho right Is golden, and ttiat mere impudence for the sake of winning is brass. "The lesson of the convention is this: That in the United States our political Institutions are safe. Tho party system, which, turned over to spoilsmen, makes government corrupt, Is always at hand to serve the purposes pur-poses of decent government when tho people care .to use It. And more than this, the party system though it often breeds corrupt men and holds them in power while the people are busy with other matters than politics when a clean, honest man arises llko Roosevelt, who Is strong enough and brave enough to use the party machinery for good ends, tho party system works as easily and effectively for good ends as it works for bad ends. "Tho value of Roosevelt to this J country Is not primarily his value for what he has done or for what- he will do as a President, us the legal head of m the Government. Ills highest value A to the land is an example. It Is worth ' Infinitely more to America to have the picture of a strong, sensible, honest hon-est man triumphing over corruption at the head of tho nation, where the; eyes of the young men may sec him, continually, than it Is to have protcc-w tlon maintained, or the Illegal ttustst brought to time, or sound currency established. Government is good or bad as men who make tho Government Govern-ment are good or bad. Laws raerclj reflect character; and, with tho exam. plo before them of a clean, bravo man winning, the character of tho Amerl- Can people cannot fall to be uplifted. , |