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Show THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A Man at Action. Who C.in He Uetlsd on In Kinergonclea. Theodore Roosevelt occupies a unique position In the estimation of the American Ameri-can people. It is not that other men Iu public life are not honest, or earnest or incorruptible these qualities are not rare. It Is that Mr. lioosevelt combines them 111 an unusual war. He is nossess- ed of great physical vitality and mcutnl energy; he has ut his own taste and his own motiou entered Into various occu-patlotM occu-patlotM that have put him In touch and sjmpathy with oil classes of men, high and low. When he was a ranchman he made the cowboys ills friends so that when lie became a soldier they clamored to be of his regiment. He became Police Commissioner iu New York, not for "the money there was iu It," us was tho custom cus-tom In New York, but to see that certain abuses were remedied. They were remedied rem-edied in spite of tho opposition of other members ot tho board. Ho became Assistant As-sistant Secretary of the Navy In order to carry out certain plans of naval progress, pro-gress, lie enlisted In tho Spanish war from patriotic motives and made a record. rec-ord. He was elected Governor of New York on account ot his public services and was nominated for Vice President against his own wishes for the ssme reason. In all these iioslllons and as President of the United States he has done his duty fearlessly nnd honestly. The people hare learned to regard him as a man of action; as a man who does things, and who can lie relied on In an emergency. In common phrase be Is regarded as a man "who will do to tit to." Agnlust such a record ns this the negative neg-ative record of a man who has done nothing but write legal opinions ami Indorse In-dorse Democratic platforms amounts to nothing. As a man of executive ability nnd ot action Judge Parker is "not In IU" |