The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
RoosEysLT's SOUTHERN MOOD.
ooysnor's DsshinE Spirit Comes Prom His
Motherhood an Uncle Fought.

OF Atlanta, Ga. printed In last Thursdays
SuS, In reference TO Gov Roosevelt Southern
ancestry, has attracted much attention In the
large colony Of Southern people nov residing
in New York. A. MIR Rodgers pointed out.
Gov. Roosevelt II descended on his mother.
side from old Southern Revolutionary War
stock His great grandfather. the pat rotic
and chiyalrous old Gov. Archibald Bulloch Of
South Carolina. was one " the most spirited
leaders In the agitation against British tyranny
which resulted in the Declaration Of indie
pendence and the uphuilding OF the American
nation. Major Bulloch. son II Gov Archibald
Bulloch aud grandfather of Gov. Roosevelt.
lived In Savannah prior 10 the war. His wife.
Gov. Roosevelts grandmother on his mothers
side, wa the widow Of Mr. Elliott ~ Savannah.
and It was In Savannah in the latter part Of the
decide prior to the war. when the Georgia Sea-
port was noted A. the home Of the best type ~
the old southern anle-bellum society, that Gov.
Roosevelt, father met Miss Martha Bulloch,
daughter of the Major, and married her
An old-timc Soutl,rn gOn'len m, II graduate
Of Harvard and a prominent member Of the
old savannah society In the ffties, who is
now living In New York. where he has made his
homo for many years. va. among those who
were much interested In Mr. RodgcrS's COM
municition 10 THESUN.
4 knew Gov. Rooscvelt's mother worry well
when she was the beautiful Miss Martha. or
Matte. IA she was called then, Bulloch." he
said "She was a remarkably beautiful young
woman in those days. and a fun Of spirit and
courage a. she was beautiful. She was a fno
h~orsewoman. | have always thought. ard
others who knew Miss Dulloch in Nava nuHh
have quite agreed with me. that it was from
his mother that Gov Roosevelt got his splendid
dash and energy. Indeed, | have Heard that his
father was not a very robust man But aside
from that, those who know Gov. Roosevelt and
who knew Mrs Roosevelt, hts mother. in her
glrlhood days cannot fail to zee very strongly
! developed. Charact ~cristlcs in the son reminding
thom Of the mother.
Gov. Roosevelt mother had a half brother,
Stewart A.. Elliott. whom | knew very well
VINO figured in a tragedy which cast a
gloom over hts entire HE from which ne never
fuzzy recovered. THIS event made, II very
! vivid IMPRESSION on me Tor the double reason
that ! knew Elliott 50 we'll and brCdn ., from
a distance, | was an . yewit. 'ss of the tragedy.
IL was In 1865 or 1876 | think, It that time
there was "A very rigid and puncuiiuua code
Of honor among men In savannah society. The
foolish practice OF duelliug was In full vogue,
Hardly a month passed that there was not
one affair or more of this sort. Men were verS
cautious about their Language and th,ir com
ments. To overstep In conversation bounds
which now. | am sorry to say, are al but OBJ
evit1bly meant a duel as a duel almost ms GER
tainly meant somebody getting killed The
uhtlT VET tlll VI NuS ~ ~ ill'll
uation TOUCHING even remotely = mans ye.
raCity or his personal courage simply meant
t as,pS sSa a and # f asG' m nSi, i %a" ln g'1@ die%dI i
was assumed as a matter Of course that You
did It with the expectation Of lighting him,
In the same way the good name Of women was
above all things sacred. To mention a wonan's
maine lishy~ was to bring down swiftly and
| inevitably very serious consequence
Now, with conditions like this prevailing
It was inevitable that there should be duelllng
DULLES. who tried to create IA fear Of themselves
an..nB aV-.h "a PFAl0 lHA man nnnE man
named Daniels -who'e first name ] have for
gotten-wa. on" of this sort. HI father be
fore him. Major Daniels. was a noted duellist.
Both we're mpopuinT in, savannah because Of
this procllvitr and both wore In a measure
rather dreaded Daniels, the Younger and
club. Elllott-Goy. Roosevelts unC he
would be-was Of a very gentle, peaceful dis.
were those. the gentleman bully Daniels among
them, who did not know the untiinChlug, iron-
ncryed courage which lay back Of the young
fellows quiet, conciliatOry demeanor.
There was no doubt In any body's mind
that Daniels w%antonly provoked the difficulty
Cured in the billiard room, ! never heard the
preteXt on which Daniels began IT. but at all
events he insulted Elliott atrociodsly and wound
It mp bv. striking the young man across the
OF cou!e t.liott challenged him in due
course and Daniels named rife n twenty or
twenty-five PAGES as the conditions. | have
forgotten the q ,aot distan"c. but | know 1t was
the gentle. magnsnimous disposition uf young
Elliott manifested itself. lie was a dead shot
with n ride. Al was a fayorite amusement
with him TO stand "A at a surprising distance
and with bullet after bullet slowly cut down n
zane stuck in tho ground and less t1an an inch
When Daniels named rites ne the weapons
Flliott's Chivalrous nature I'yo.tcd al taking
with which he wa- 70 skilfIl gave him II
was in entire violation Of the, code, nut ne
wrote to Daniels telling him thnt, he Elliott,
was a dead shot with the rife and Offering TO |
accent tho choice ~ some other weapon that
would make the chances more equal 10 |
sent a reply that was brutally and %coarsely |
insulting It's general tenor wat that, Elliott
was z c"ward ana "iT'ta 70 nsId KY e. fr riSs
he was a liar as well as a coward and Was taking
that method to get another weapon which would
"Whatever Computations Elliott had h
all vanished when he resd that infamous note
T Hir Is low rio and @ lirmIE ''F IF t5a, ' man me mi .sts
mo when he hres ! Niil surely Kill him now I,
El!iott was engaged, TO be married a. that Tins
Frank Serrcl. Miss Iu'y's brother. acted as
E%Iiiott's seIond Or Arnold, aftery9rd Mayor
the surgeons Tho dueling ground was over
on the other side Of the river savannah Tas
to keep the thing quiet It was no use. Two
men 40 prominent In society a.. we're the p'ln-
7ipals in this AFFAIR "ould not figE' a duel with
site the duelliug ground on The ,i'y side OF the
river there we're rather hlgh buns which ON
hfIlfI me SFnH OF d''lbn leltllN wei
From the vc-anda II u house on these blufs
I saw the entire en- ounter with the aid Of a
paii Of field glasses | Jaw the men pio'od
IN position and Jaw the pause while waiting
for the ,ilnal Then saw "A flash and pun Of
smoke from Daniel e rife md an instant after
ward heard the sharp report. Elliott had not
yet fred | looked expecting 70 sec him sink
TO the ground but he stood nrm aud notion
lee don't know how Daniels marRCcd
10 mis- him ri that short range. but heidi il
! was told a~itervurd by those present on the
ground that the interval between DauieiS'-
and tIliOtt's shots was hUt n momrnfary pause
But a. watched he - enc IL appeared 10 me
painfully long. Then 'nme the fash. the smokc
aud report from Elliuti'S rifle locked tor
Daniels. hut he tod dl~gJ poHrcd | 'ould only
make ont through 'ls rlassc~ u DARK object ou
the ground toward VIII h surgeons and seconds
wee running ELLIOTT had kept his word
Daniel, WAS dead. shot S%iu1rcly through the
centre Of he heart Dr.. Arnold old me after
ward that Daniels leapod three l,et In tho air
when he was struck al was a dead man before
tho surgeons got 10 him
Ihc instant Elliott saw the effect ~ his
shot he was hall .crazed with grief. lie stated
20 rush "a The side ~ 'hc - "I, Ken man and h1d
to be fo-cihlv detained Ic was hurried acro--