Show va 00 S ev e eve v le t on sunday february ninth loyal americans all over this great nation will meet for the purpose of paying a tribute to the memory of the greatest american of 0 our generation fitting indeed it Is that the millions who admired and loved him should pause from their activities and for a few hours at least ponder upon his life his labors in so many fields of endeavor his intense love ot of country his unwavering faith in the common people and his unfaltering moral mental and physical courage his career will forever be an inspiration to every boy and young man ot of america r in his youth almost a physical weakling he made himself a strong and vigorous man able to hold his own among the pioneers rs of any land his eyesight so poor he ivas was always compelled to wear glasses with lenses of extraordinary thickness yet he made himself an excellent marksman with both rifle and pistol in the art of self defense but few men outside of bf professionals equalled equal led him in handling the gloves his knowledge of wild life of birds and animals iwas a wonder to all natura naturalist lists sand and won the admiration of so eminent an authority as john burroughs as an explorer his expeditions through the heart of africa and the fever swamps ot of equatorial south america brought the commendation of all geographers and explorers or of note both at home and abroad no man in our history has been so prominent in so many phases of 0 public life as a writer and speaker he had the wonderful faculty of expressing his ideas in a simple language without the arts of the orator or rhetorician never were his hearers an and d readers in the least east doubt as to the exact meaning speeches or hla his writings beginning hla his political career as a Y young oung man ot of twenty tour four elected a member atthe ot aitho assembly of the state ot of new york he at ai once began his work of eradicating the dry rot ot of machine politics which affected not only his state but the nation as well at about this time he was making yearly trips to the mountains of the g great rest west where hla his adaven adventurous spirit found big game hunting and general out door life and where he also entered the cat Us tie business and here perhaps more than anywhere elso else during his strenuous ufa life did he imbibe the spirit of true democracy which enabled him to meet every niini man of whatsoever station or walk balk in life on terms of bf perfect edibility and understanding to the education and polish ot of college life ile he added the tha breezy corn arable odthe ot the mountain and pr peatrie airle atrie th the exclusiveness and provincial provinciality iti ot of ohp the east was waa fused with the tha broader outlook ot of the tha cesi west result pro produced ducca the tha W wonderful Ond erful character which so BO thoroughly understood men find and their viewpoints from both sections it was waa during period some thirty flye five years iiga ago th that at the writer became acquainted through his w writings 1 with the tremendous force and understanding ot of the ma man who was destined to fill so BO great a position in the nation and the world and on only ay iy for or the tha remon reason tint that be h has ever since followed oll owed with admiration and inter est the wonderful career ot of this great american the writer ventures to offer hta his feeble tribute ib t 6 the character of theodore roosevelt worthy ot 0 the best efforts of the pen of a goodwin goodwan ln i the rapid rise in the political sky star is 19 too well known to need reference as commissioner of civil service chairman of the police poll ce commission of new york assistant secretary of the navy which office he be resigned to f form orm I 1 the most ht romantic i and efficient regiment agim d during our war with spain his return from cuba and election to the governorship cover erner er ship of the great state of now new york h his I 1 s election to ftp the vice dency which all machine politicians hoped and believed would result in permanently eliminating him as a factor in political life his succession to the higher office through the as sasi nation of the lamented mckinley and his triumphant election to the presidency presidency 1 after three fears experience la in the high office are matteis matters of everyday knowledge suffice it to say that in every office and position filled he made good and his tame fame increased in direct ratio with the importance of 0 the office but all this does not account account tor for nor explain the tremendous grip with which he held the confidence love and esteem of the millions who looked to him as their natural leader rather it was the absolute frankness with which he took th the people into his bis confidence his absolute fearlessness of those powers which tor for ye arshad been usurping the powers of government to their own use and benefit benefi it his insistence Ins istance on the religion of the 1 square deal and his unquestioned americanism so too his ability to meet every man mail on his own ground to take an intelligent interest in tho the mans work w whether bather that of a scientist or a laborer a preacher 0 or a prize fighter a cowboy or a college president a pauper or a princ ein each and all he found something ot of value and interest and to each he was able to be of 0 actual service his greatest services to his country may be mentioned hla his clean up ot of the city ot 0 York his renewal ot of ufa life in tile the nearly narl bund civil service his successful efforts to disrupt the financial combines which were fast strangling the independent operators in business his setting on foot and getting started the reclamation of our western arid zone the conservation of timber and coal and oil lands the building ot of the panama canal the infusing new life life into the navy and the rousing of 0 the civic consciousness of the american people to a dl degree gree never achieved by any man defore or since all these and many other achievements achievement will be written in his biography but to the mind of the writer nothing roosevelt has ever accomplished c complis hed has hag been of so great service to his countrymen as his courageous I 1 efforts in favor of preparedness for war during tile the past three years with pen and tongue in the face of 0 the most violent opposition of the present administration and the whining mob of pacifists paci fists he boldly proclaimed the doctrine of preparedness and participation on the part I 1 of america in the world war and how his trenchant phrases did flay the pro germans the pacifists paci fists the peace without victory mollycoddles and the he has passed to his reward but his works will show tor for generations in a more virile race of americans americana of american ideals lor for justice and square dealing land it if helas he was able to express himself today to day upon his hia experiences upon earth he would undoubtedly say 1 I have had a bully life ante H S TOWNSEND feb ath 1919 |