The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-28
TEDDY CHOSEN.
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DTlng COHJFInpI.
adored General Grant. He did not make
any of these laws. They were the work of
both Republican and Democratic Legisla-
many of them would have died by his veto.
when he became assistant secretary of
the navy he was in sphere more congenial
to his genius and abilities. He is a better
soldier than he is policeman. Life on the
plains had broadened his vision and invig-
grated his youth su Gee eur hs
hunting for big game had opened up for
him the present resources and boundless
possibilities of the United States. He was
fortunately under the most accomplished,
able, generous and indulgent chief in Sec
rotary. Long. A small man would have
been Jealous of this dynamite bundle OF
brains, nerves. energy and initiative, but
our distinguished secretary gave full scope
to his brilliant assistant. The country owes
much to him for the efficiency and splendid
condition of our navy. The congressional
economist has always put his knife deep in
the naval appropriations. He Will not DO so
any more.
ROOSEVELTS CHARACTERISTICS.
1.-The Navy Department has always been
compelled to enforce on the commanders of
its men-of-war that they must be very care
full of coal and powder. The permanent
staff said to Roosevelt one day: Dewey is
wasting an unnecessary amount of powder
in firing his big guns Let him shoot
away, said the assistant secretary; that is
what the powder is for If there had been
no war some Jerry Simpson would have
moved an inquiry into the extravaganza of
the Navy Department in burning up the
property of me United States, and upon
Roosevelt might have rested .ne condemna-
tion of a congressional committee. But the
waste was magnificent economy in produc-
ing the superb craftsmanship of the gun
ners on our war ships at Manila ana San
tiagc
that when Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
announced that he had determined TO re-
sign and raise a regiment for the war, some
of the ladies in the administration circle
thought II their duty to demonstrate with
him. They said: Mr.. Roosevelt, you have
six children the youngest few months
old, and the eldest not yet in the teens.
While the country is full of young men
who have no such responsibilities, and are
eager to enlist. you have no right TO leave
the burden upon your wife OF the care,
support and bringing up of that family
ROoseVeit'S answer was Roosevelt an
swer: I have done as much as any one
to bring on this war. because ] believed
it must come. and the sooner the better
and now that war is declared, l have no
right to ask others to do the fighting and
stay at home myself.
1.-THE regiment of Rough Riders was an
original American suggestion. to demon
strate that patriotism and indomitable cour-
age are common to all conditions OF Amer
lean life. The same great qualities are
found under the SLOUGH hat of the cowboy
and the elegant imported tile of New York S
gided youth Their mannerismS are the
veneers of the West and the. East; their
pest-cursed climate of summer Cuba officers
had opportunities for protection from
for the men. But the Rough Riders en-
dun ed no hardships nor dangers which We're
not shared by their colonel. He helped them
dig the bitches; he stood beside them In
the deadly dampness of the trenches No
floored tent for him if his comrades must
sleep on the ground and under the sky.
''TEDDY'S FAMOUS CHARGE.
'In that world-famous charge of the
Rough Riders through the hail of shot and
up the hill of San Juan their colonel was
hundred feet in advance. The bullets whist
ling by him are rapidly thinning the ranks
of these desperate fighters. The colonel
trips and falls and the line waivers, but in
a moment he is UP again. waving his sword
climbing and shouting. He bears charmed
life. He clips the barbed wire fence and
plunges through, yelling: Come on. boys;
come on. and we will lick hell out Of them
The moral force of that daring cowed and
aved the Spaniards, and they fed from
their fortified heights and Santiago was
ours. To lick hell out of them is the fury
of fighting. 1t expressed the titanic rage
of Washington at the treachery of Lee
pierced like bullets the fears of fleeing SOL
diers and sent them flying to the front and
valley from Winchester.
Colonel Roosevelt is the typical citizen
soldier. The sanitary condition of our army
weeks through the regular channels of in
spection and report to the various depart
ments. Here the citizen in the colonel over
came the official routine and reticence of
the soldier. His graphic letter to the gov
eminent and the round-robin he initiated
brought suddenly and sharply to our at
teation the frightful dangers of disease and
death and resulted in boys being
brought Immediately home. He may have
been subject to court-martial for violating
the articles of war. but the humane inn
pulses of the people gave him gratitude
and applause.
1T is seldom in political conflicts when
new and unexpected issues have to be met
and decided, that a candidate can be found
who personifies the popular and progressive
side of those issues. Representative men
move the masses to enthusiasm and are
more easily understood than measures Lin
coln with his immortal declaration, made
at a time when to make it. insured his de-
feat by Douglass for the United States
Senate. that "a house. divided against itself
cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure permanently half slave and
half free, embodied the anti-slavery doc
trine. Grant. with Appomattox and the pa
hind him, stood for the perpetuity of
Union and liberty. Mckinley, by his long
and able advocacy. of its principles is the
leading spirit for the protection of Ameri-
can industries For this year, for this cri-
sis, for the voters of the Empire State, for
the young men of the country and the up
ward, onward and outward trend of the
United States, the candidate of candidates
is the hero of Santiago the idol of the
Those portions of his speech relating to
President Mckinley were received with
much applause. and there was a vigorous
reception of the tribute to Governor Black
When Mr.. Depew teld of the famous charge
of the Rough Riders and mentioned Coo2el
Roosevelt. the audience went almost crazy
When MIR. Depew had reached the point III
his speech where he alluded to the nom
effect of Mauser bullets, two or three men
rushed down the aisle bearing big portrait
of Colonel Roosevelt in Rough Rider uni
form. There was a three-minute interrupt
ton. and the picture was taken 10 the
stage and set up. Mr. Depew finished at
5:25 amid applause that was almost pam
demOnium
Then Charles T. Saxton. of Wayne. took
the platform and seconded the nomination
of Governor Black. Assemblyman Wallace
of Queens. seconded the nomination of
Roosevelt: Abraham Gruber that of Gov
ernor Black. and George n. Southwick, of
Albany that of Roosevelt. Senator Lexow
took the platform to speak for Governor
Black, but the audience showed its dissat-
isfaction at delay by crying for the vote
He spoke lriefiy.
The delegates did not return TO the hall
punctualy, and the night session was not