Show theodore roosevelt a characterization address delivered by A J ashman at co conjoint mut mul ual august ath however great the demand for roosevelt may become we bre safe in saying that it will never exceed tho the supply for roosevelt c sty styled led variously its as areddy teddy bianu gumbo tumbo theodore the brash sometimes called the sudden tile the mad mullah of america and tile the portable volcano is a force with whom all political movements and aspirants I 1 for high office must reck on lie he hap haf hud had fifteen years of actual public life in ill that tinie time lie has produced more polities politics cornered more campaigns busted more bosses puzzled more politicians and nourished more noise per square inch than anything else extant during his official career lie was bously and tremendously active and lias has by no subsided yet theodore roosevelt ia unique in Anier american ioan history jae he stands out as perhaps perli aps the champion of egotists his son kermit characterizes acte his father in these ik pa wa wants ants to be the flie bridegroom milo at every wedding wed diug the minister at evary christening blie bhe corpse at every funeral once the nation thought teddy was really through throng ai and was cam ly IY taking his bis place with the has beens so when his ship put off 1 or africa in 1909 the republic waved goodbye good bye and sighed its deep relief is as the vessel disappeared in the distance but the strenuous one would not down aari africa ca famed for swallowing c explorers and shutting heroes from thel the world and its distract ions had more than its measure in our valorous ex president he defied the jungles terrified ter rifled the natives laid aid low the most formidable bea beasma stet challenged ohallen ged the deathly sleeping sickness in in it its s own lair dared tropical sudan a n and s scorching cor ching sahara and emerged from the mouth of the placid P I 1 it cid nile as the worlds great african lion hunter and all thiu thic time scribners n and the outlook pave us its his one dol lar per word narrative of the exploit then our drastic roosevelt proceeded to europe and we were certainly proud of our hero hern kings princes dukes in ill fact all kinds and degrees degree grees s of nob hobt lity fairly tumbled over each other iya in their wild eager neBB to greet this citizen of america ho he was wail dined gloriously in the most gorgeous gorge hanquet banquet halls of crowned authority toasted by the eloquent tongues or royalty and reverenced reveren ced by the most dignified big wigs of hereditary aristocracy in return lie he rubbed cockle burs in ill their continued on last page T H theodore roosevelt A characterization continued coll ti n tied hair singed their venerable beards beard and stung their back with a cutting lash in italy lie he graciously ignored the pope of rome iconic whet when lio lie tiled failed f to secure an all audi audience ezil le with that dignity lie was as urging the people to straighten tighten the leaning leati hig tower of if pisa denouncing noun cing italian art lis as too col orles orless and ami I 1 hit flut and as squelching caching vesuvius which the I 1 hig big stick st I 1 ac in ili england lit lie burst forth in tile the staid hulls halls of oxford on biological enalo analogies agles inkelis 18 tory and was honored lio nored by the t I 1 i e title doctor or oi bivil la laws nv 6 next it lie received the key hey oi 01 london I 1 i in n a j jewelled dwelled f casket mounted the rostrum in famous guild liall shook liis his list iu ill tile the face of jolin john bulland insisted you tire are not nob giving egypt it a fail shako shake in iii Germany 1 lie he re viewed the keisers kaisers Kai sers army anle 1 was v as vcr very 1 arned when jie ii in in formed that lie he first eriv ate abe citizen evol ever given that eriv eg in ili france the national wield Kield barshal Marsh il was advised advise zd ahm his troops consumed four d day a Y t in doing 0 what ought to be dont in ill one olle heie the mil taut tor liate hastened ned over to norway and drew down tho noble peace prize the voyage r home was made memorable by the notables who went I 1 rom roin our own country t to 0 meet tile and fl the arrival was made historic 1 by y tile the wild demonstration loin of f welcome which the press ol oj tile the country suggested as the return brool from elba theodore Roosevel ts activity at home litis lias touch touched d neary nearly every phase of eife ife he is not a statesman nor it a profound sol iolar ue he is till an astuto astute politician and in an ag aggressive dessive lighter ug liter but primarily roosevelt is a preacher lier a revivalist t a ier 10 buier me he is the 0 great reat teacher of the file aquart square deal his denunciation odthe of alie criminal 1 rih as well tie as the criminal poor and ins his eart earnest iest appeal for absolute honesty in every situation strikes to I 1 ahe he hearts 0 of tile the maes of Anie american rican people e roosevelt s de determination to fight and to light in the open luls lias commended commend ad dd hini him to the common amerigian Amer Anier ician voter he boldly assailed judges who in passing i ll 11 upon legislative lets acts failed t the public wol welfare fare and branded them as 9 she 1 ve and reactionary filary he dared to udd add tile canal zone zon e to our country in the face of protests and denunciation from many prominent it niell men his 1 administration tr abali abolished shed passes on oil interstate ter state railways negotiated twenty four tre treaties aties of arbitration 1011 and opened the trade dobrof door of china with a biting bang tile the history k of pure food and popular government ip ill tile bhe united ata states tos would not be complete without the name naine of roose volt in ili to political reforms lie he lias figured in ill other spoiling spelling reform livshis has liis endorsement improved country life lias his in the ananias club 01 ab his active support and the teddy bear his imperishable peris liable li name alile another evidence of liis his presence lit in our lives is ia tile the fa fact ut unit that wo ve talk t kllc much in ill roosevelt terms for who does not use molly coddle nature faker muckraker beaten to a rr frazzle azzle my iny policies my hutis lut ill in the ring we slugged bliem ahem over the ropes to characterize this nian man thoroughly is a hopeless task but from press reports we may be of these lie he is ambitious for the cleveland plain dettler dealer pays fays lie he has ach threatened re atoned to go limit hunt the 1 ten I 1 lost tribes 1 he hi modest for after sena ena cor la follette Fol Foll letle etue had announce announced d 1 r ev e it the greatest i 1 i r living the colonel va is nothing to idd to what tl the senator r has said aid he is 1 lacky ky for an amerigian Amer Auler ician sport says lie is alit only man kolio can throw a faill house very avery shake in ill a dice game he is decisive for the phili delphia record says in ili the roosevelt too sevelt speech esthe I 1 Ps s have it L t he is marvelous marv clous for a recent book on oil marvels M beyond science was severely critico criticized criticised sed because it left out theodore roosevelt he is vital for a new orleans paper says tile the government consists of the following 0 depart CIAS legislative legi dative Ia tive executive judicial and T R he is adaptable for tile the atlanta constitution atty says llo lie is andrew jackson in the south abraham lincoln in ill the north a and it d daaiel boone in the west a and it d Wh wrathell athell what hell be in heaven will ha have hae e to bo settled by a court of arbitration his present attitude is summed up well by till an extract from Tenny sons ulysses quoted in harpers weekly much have I 1 seen and know knowd cities of men and ni manner aliner climates councils governments myself not least but lio honored nored of them all and drunk delig lits of battle witti with my iny peers to rust not to shine in use As enough to breathe were life and vile it were tor for some three suns to lo store and hoard myself and this g ray gray spirita spirit i rio 5 |