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Show THE FIRST. AMERICAN CITIZEN f Colonel Roosevelt Is tho remarkable man ofhls generation. Friends and foes alike can agree upon this "characterization. "char-acterization. His friends aro continually contin-ually finding now proofs of his greatness, great-ness, while his foes are becoming less nnd less influenced by political prejudice. pre-judice. The receptions accorded the Colonel Colon-el at Oyster Hay and Washington dur-, Ing the, last Week voice that respect and admiration which aro shown him wherever ho goes wheth6r as expounder ex-pounder of political 'doctrine and discoverer dis-coverer in South. America, as explorer and hunter In Africa, as statesman' nnd scholar in European capitals, or as political leader at homo. There Is a growing undercurrent of opinion that Colonel Roosevelt Is" the ono man In the United States strong .enough to unite under ono banner all tho opposition to President Wilson's; policies; an opposition found among Democrnts as well as among Progtes-slves Progtes-slves nnd Republicans. ''' This feeling that tho Colonel Is "tho man of tho hour" Is softening political po-litical asperities and paving tho way for a more general recognition of those sterling qualities of statesmanship statesman-ship and leadership our country needs. Exchange. |