They failed to grasp the seemingly self-evident truth that a governor, one man elected by the people, is just as much their representative and is just as certain to carry out their ideas as is a legislature, a body of men elected by the people.
Roosevelt argues that an elected governor is as representative of the people's will as a legislature.
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