The people were entirely unable to realize that, so far as their discontent with the Governor's actions was reasonable, it arose from the fact that he was appointed, not by themselves, but by some body or person not in sympathy with them.
Roosevelt points out the misunderstanding of the people regarding their governor's authority.
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