The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-30
ROOSEVELT NOT A RICH MAN
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HIS INCOME ONLY $1,000 A YEAR.
He VIII Live in Modest Style at
Washington, and Entertain
but Little

Contrary to an impression which pre-
walls widely, the governor is not a rich
man. He came Of the old families of
New York, and inherited property which
insured him a comfortable living, accord
ing to the ideas of his ancestors. Mr..
Roosevelt has not been in business in the
sense of devoting himself to mere money
making. He has been civil service COM
missioner, police commissioner, assistant
secretary of the navy. colonel of volun-
teers, and now is governor Of New York.
All Of this time his living has cost him
more than his official salaries and the
income from his inherited estate.
Literary work is Mr.. Roosevelt's delight,
but the world can never know how much
the remuneration entered into the prob
lem of keeping the pot boiling. 1T is
vouched for by one nearly related to the
governor that but for this revenue
derived from the pen, Gov Roosevelt
would have cut into his patrimony mate
rally to sustain his family.
To-day Gov. Roosevelt receives from all
of his property and investments of every
kind the sum of $1,000 a year. AS vice
president CT the United States his sal
airy will be $1,000 a year, and this will
represent his income. Literary work,
which is now delight and a material ad-
dition to his income. will, presumably,
be thought inconsistent with the dignity
of the vice presidency. Mr. Roosevelt
talked about this las night, when it had
become apparent to him that he could
no longer resist the inevitable. He argued
that it would be necessary for him to
suspend most If not all, Of his literary
engagements, which were entirely proper
for him as the governor of New York
He decided that election to the vice presi-
dency meant living or an income of S13.-
600 year. Vice presidents have done
this The late Vice President Hobart
did not. He maintained establish
ment and entertained on a scale that
cost far more than Mr.. Roosevelt will
be able to spend. s...a...s, ..-.s.s -,
When it came to the point of deciding
to waive personal considerations and to
remain passive, Mr.. Roosevelt talked
plainly. He said it must, be understood
that he would rent Q. modest house on
N street, at the capital, and do but little
in a social way. His obligations to his
family required that he should live within
the income Of the office and his estate.
Upon this he was determined.
When Theodore Roosevelt was civil
service commissioner, ten years ago, he
wrote letter which will be read with
extraordinary Interest at this time The
letter was private; it dwelt upon the at,
fractions anG possibilities of a political
career. At that time Mr.. Roosevelt was
reluctantly deciding that he could not
make a profession Of politics, and was
turning to literature as his vocation. The
recipient Of the letter, Mr.. Edward At
Well, has chosen an suspicious time to
make 1t public. This is what Mr.. Roose-
Velt thought and wrote:
If man has political foresight, who
lives In a district where the people think
as he does, and where he has a great
hold over them, then he can seriously
go in for continuous public career, and
suppose In such case 1t is all right
Tor him to shape his public course more
or less with view to his own continu-
ance in office. I am a little inclined to
envy man who can look forward to a
4 long and steady course of public service;
but in my own case such a career is out
OF the question, and personally it seems
to me that mans comfort and useful
ness in public life are greatly impaired
the moment he begins to worrying about