Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — Roosevelt Then and Now. [ARTICLE]

Roosevelt Then and Now.

John M Harlan of Illinois, in speaking agaiiist the third term and the third termer, said that Mr. Roosevelt bad once charged the people of Illinois with being unfitted to be Intrusted with self-government. This raised a hubbub and the statement was challenged. Whereupon -Mr. Harlan read from Mr. Roosevelt’s essay, ‘-American Ideals,” this: If the government generally got into the hands of such men as Altgeld the republic would go to pieces, for the election of such men shows that the people electing them are unfit to be intrusted with self-gov-ernment.” It is awkward for a man who changes his point of view every few minutes to have a record.