Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1919 — AMERICA’S LOSS, SAYS GOMPERS [ARTICLE]

AMERICA’S LOSS, SAYS GOMPERS

(By Samuel Gompers, President American Federation Labor) Colonel Roosevelt’s life was full to the brim. His energy, courage, ability to do were marvelous. I knew him for more than a third of a century. During that period we were often enlisted in the same cause. This gave me a true knowledge of his wonderful character, his leadership, his sincerity of purpose and his anxiety to serve the people. His motives were of the highest. America, he world, has lost a great man.