I never coddled these men.

I punished them severely whenever I thought their conduct required it.

All I did was to try to be just; to reward them when they did well; in short, to act squarely by them.

I believe that, as a whole, they liked me.

When, in 1912, I ran for President on the Progressive ticket, I received a number of unsigned letters inclosing sums of money for the campaign.