TyrcM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WfSBI
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In tin news iliot uki'ii plu' r iih iiim'li
hh Tlu'wliri RooHovolt, president of
tint United Ktuti'H.
Shortly after IiIh return from Cuba nr
rnugcmcutH with iuuiIii with hhn by tlio
managing editor of u well known Now
York weekly paper to liuvo liltn poo for n
picture on horseback In kliakl uniform. Ho
Htrcuuniisly objected. I'iohsuio was kept up,
however, until ho reluctantly eniiHontod.
The representative found htm ready and
wait Iih; tor the ordeal, iih lie called II,
when lto arrived. Tlio plateH wero made
at IiIh Oytiter Hay home. The phntogrnphcr
packed IiIh kit and hade hint adieu, On IiIh
way out, while pawning along the lieach, tho
artlHt saw the Roosevelt ehlhlreu In bath
ing and planting IiIh camera ho began mak
ing HtinpshntH at close range. The chil
dren went home and told their father what
had happened, Colonel Roosevelt wiih mad
tliroimli and through ami the telephone
wiron to that particular newspaper nlllco
wero hot for an hour or more.
On the Hccoml day of the republican
national convention at l'lilladelphla when
the hero of San Juan onino Into the hall
bowing right and left, after IiIh nomina
tion iih vice prctddcut, a iiowk photographer
planted IiIh machine In the middle of the
alale In trout of lilm and llred a half ounco
of fhiHh powder within twenty feet of the
colonel. It Htartlcd and ollcmlcd him ex
ceedingly I In politely hut llrmly made vlg
ormiH objection.
These stories were told me by Colonel
ItooHovelt hlniHclf while en IiIh way to the
Rough Hblcr reunion at Oklahoma. He said
In part: "I underHtaml perfectly well that
those young men are sent by the pictorial
press to net these UliiHtratloiiH, but don't
you think 1 am fully JiiHtllled In my ob
jection, when they take mean advantages
of me? I admire a frank, honest fellow."
Ill Mill iih a Hilton,
Mr ItooHovelt wore a campakn hat dur
ing IiIh tour of the wcHt last fall. He liked
to hold It In his hiuid and use It vlKorously
to emphasize his arguments against the
democrats. This gno tlio photographers
a rare chance anil the Illustrations today
show what wonderful gymnastic feats h's
facial expresHlons w'ould perform.
Theodore Hoosevelt. as assistant secre
tary of the navy, was Instrumental In
choosing (leorgo Dowoy to take charge of
the 1'arlllc sitiadrou during the late war.
San KrnncUco and n few other coast cIHch
objected Hciiounly. They dblu't know
Dewey. A deleKatlon was sent to Washing
ton to kick iiKiilnst the appointment. The
Roosevelt as a
delegation went the rounds and wiih lluallv
li.rned over to Koosovelt. He listened
patiently to their ohJcctloiiH and mild:
"(Icntlcmcn, I can't ngreo with you. Wo
have looked up IiIh record. Wo luivo looked
linn straight In the cycH. Ho Ih a lighter.
We'll not change now. Pleased to have mot
j oil, good day gentlemen." Two years
later It wiih my good fortune n bo on board
tlio Olympla when It camo Into New York
harbor from the Philippines with Dowev
on board and I witnessed the meet Inn be
tween Itoosuvelt ami the admiral. The mo
ment the launch hearing the governor
touched the cruiser Roosevelt clambered un
Its Hides like a lii-year-old liy. "Hello,
old fellow, awfully glad to Hee you," Hald
Hoosevelt. "So am I," Hald the admiral, and
they patted and pounded each other like
two school lioyh. "Coiuo down the deck,
governor, and let mo tdiow you how easy
the Spaniards let me olT." The vlHltors on
board crowded up and blocked their
progress. ".Make room for the governor."
Hald Dewey. "HoatHwaln, clear a pannage."
Come now, old fellow," Haiti Itoosevelt. "let
'em rub up against you. Some of them
have come all the way from OrcKtm to
fasten a bronze memorial on your lio.it.
Just to show you how much inure Miev
love you than they did two years ago."
llmiMct elt mill I In- llalileN.
At a little town In Houtheru Kansas, Just
ns the train pulled In the slat Ion, there wna
a rush to tlio rear car to hcc the colonel.
In the Hcramble a mother and her babv
wero ruthlessly piiHhcd aside and the babe
cried as If IIh heart would break. The
lolotiel saw the crowd push the woman
about and when he Mulshed his short speech
mid, "Now. boys, stand aHlde: let me see
the poor baby," nnd he clambered over the
railing ami Hteppcd up to the woman. She
blushed at the sudden attention directed
toward her and the babe hushed up Its
Wars. "1 am a success with those." said
Itoosevelt, point Iiik to tho babe. "I have six
of them at home myself. To what church
do you belong, my dear woman?" Imiulred
the colonel and she replied, "the Dutch
Reformed." "Why, that's mv church."
said Itoosevelt, and a dozen iiiestlous and
answers were made In as manv minutes.
The engineer blew the whistle long and loud
lieforo the colonel could be Induced to leave
this new-found church member.
No flHuro In American history Is as pic
turesque and uuliUo iih Theodore House,
velt. The people will hnvu an opportunity
to become butter acquainted with this hon
est man of action as chief executive of tho
nation. Mr. Hoosevelt Is an American,
heart and soul. Many-sided and radical,
but practical anil extremely loyal to his
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party. First and foremost of all his quull
tlcH Is his power of organization. Second,
his honesty and determination to do his
duty fearlessly and without favor. Traps
havu been Hot for him again and again, but
failures only resulted, After his hard Unlit
uh police commissioner he became the best
"to let alone" olllclal In New York City.
Illi Mreiiniiim 1,1 fe.
Ills career began ns a pale-faced, hollow
cheHted, puny boy with weak eyes and
drooping shoiildurs. He made up his mind
that In; would be strong nnd persistently
exercised his muscles until ho became an
athlete. Kntcrcd Harvard college and grad
uated as a member of tho class of ISS1, tak
ing honors both In intellect and on the
athletic field. He then went to Kuropo.
climbed the Alps, peak after peak until
Dually he reached the top of JuiiHfrnu anil
later scaled tho mighty Mntterhoru.
Returning from Kuropo ho went to Now
York and studied law, became Interested in
politics nnd was elected nt the general as
Bcmbly. At Albany his political career bo
Kan. Ho attacked political corruption. His
colleagues smiled and thought him an ag
gressive young fellow with a lot of Sunday
Hchool notions In politics. Later they
found him a lighter, and one by one tin
smashed the Idols of tho lobby. Steadily
IiIh political star climbed up the sky, Tho
second year ho was n candidate for chair
man of tho nssembly and the year follow
ing made chairman of tho committee on
ulties, then he began his attack upon tho
corrupt departments of New York City gov
ernment, which paved the way for the fa
mous I.oxow-I'nrkhurst Investigation.
Shortly after the lllnlne campaign in ISSt
Mr. Roosevelt came into the west. He
spent abuut two years on his Dakota ranch
nnd hero developed the taste for the cowboy
life. He became a crack shot, wrote maga
zine articles, broke bronchos, roped entile
and hunted antelope In Nebraska. At t til 4
time he wrote his two books, "Ranch Ufe"
and the "Winning of the West." The peo
ple of tho west have Heen a great deal of
him nnd are among his most enthusiastic
admirers.
IIIn Mil to (III- Xai),
rrcsldent McKlnley made him assistant
secretary of the navy In 1S97. Old fixtures
in the department said that he was the
liveliest member that ever tilled that place.
Tho entire country knows how he prepared
for war with Spain and the tremendous en
ergy he put Into the work. When he asked
congress for JSOfl.OOO for ammunition and a
few weeks later for one-half million more,
to bo shot awny at target practice, the leg
islators were amazed. They voted the
money, however. No ono anticipated the
war with Spain iih quickly as Roosevelt nnd
no one perhaps Is moro responsible for tho
magnillceiit work of Dewey's gunners at
.Manila bay than Roosevelt himself.
When war did come Mr. Roosevelt re
signed immediately. Ho raised a regiment
of daring fellows that hailed from Maine to
California. He got more out of the War
department than any other man that
headed a regiment. He exhibited marvel
ous tact, overcoming obHtacles, cutting
(iordlau knots and upsetting the red tape
of the department. The country admired
and wondered. When his regiment did
move It kept on moving. It Is said that he
telegraphed every olllclal of any Importance
In Washington to have IiIh regiment sent
to Tampa, and when he failed succeeded
In getting Mrs. McKlnley to Intercede with
tho preHldent. When he reached Tampa the
authorities told hint they would not allow
mounted troops in Cuba and lie left tin
horsoH behind. Then he must move his reg
iment to Port Tampa, ton miles further
down. With characteristic style ho seized
an entire train, climbed aboard the engine
and demanded that his men be moved. They
moved. Following the same tnctlrs In
landed his men In Cuba without waiting for
orders from tlio department. The march to
tho front began on tho same night lie
lauded. He passed (leueral I.awton. who
had been assigned to the front by Shatter,
and begun the light at I.aH CiuaBlmas the
next morning. When Oetiornl Shatter re
ceived the news of the Hough Rider en
gagement It was of a very sensational na
ture. He said: "I will bring that d d
cowboy regiment so far back In the rrar
that they will never see the enemy again
during the entire campaign." A few hours
later, however, when ho heard the truth,
he congratulated Roosevelt on his brilliant
victory.
I'IuIiIh I.IKe He Wurl.N,
During tho entire tltno Colonel Hoose
velt was In Cuba ho made every possible
effort to get his regiment Into the thickest
of the lights. Where the battle raged the
fiercest ho wns at his best. The more tho
danger the greater the Joy. "(Jet up there,
(live 'em h-1." cried the colonel, and up
they went to a man. The whistling of the
bullets nnd tho bursting of the shells
seemed music In the ears of this intrepid
leader.
Sad news came. Tenrs fell In hundreds
of homes. Dozens of brave fellows wero
killed. Not alone In the homes of the
western ranchmen, but In tho palaces of
tho rich, tho mother, wife nnd sweetheart
grieved. When tho wnr wns over the regi
ment returned to New York. Roosevelt in
vited them all out to his Oyster Hay homo.
They again fought over the battles of tho
war. Ho secured transportation for them
and sent them homo with quite a fow Jing
ling coins In their pockets. Tho ties that
bound Colonel Roosevelt to his Rough Rldor
regiment wero n little short of brotherly
affection. It is no wonder then, when tho
much-beloved leader returned to tho west
a year ago surrounded by governors and
olllcers of statu, that the members of his old
regiment gave him Hitch a royal welcome
Tho responsibility of tho nation now rests
on tho broad shoulders of this wonderful
man the scholar, cowboy, soldier, presi
'lont. J.Ol'IS R, IIOSTWIOK.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: In gnlnlng his point a
man often loses a friend.
A time-honored hniso In one that lowers
the record.
Tho boy with tho cast-uff trousers takes
after his father.
Delicate Hltuatlons aro usually moro In
delicate than otherwise.
The umpire In the game of life Is con
tinually yelling "Hay ball!"
Some men will do for ft rangers what
their rolatlviti may ask In vain.
Many a girl with missionary tendencies
miirrlcs a man who Is a perfect heathen.
Currency given to falte rumors Is ob
tained by drawing upon the Imagination.
There may be moio ways than ono to kill
a int. but the majority cf them are failures.
When a man falls to back the poorest
hort-o In tho race he's very apt to get there
Just the same.
When you see a man sympathizing with
the under dog in tho light the cIieii-'ih nro
ho has 11 bet on him.
There Is a thought In nearly every line,
of poetry; the versemaker has to think of
one word that will thyme with another.
Dialect stoilea wero probably invented by
a country ulltor to enable him to dispense
with the s rvlces cf a proofreader.
A Distinction
Somervillo Journal: Stenographer Did
you go to church last night, as you said you
wore going to?
Hookke epcr 1 did not nay that 1 was go
lug to church last night. I paid that I was.
going to worship.
