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.GOV. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Career of the Republican Nominee
for Vice President.
SOLDT4R, STATESMAN AND AUTHOR.
Belongs to Fnmily which for seven
Generations Has Played "a Part I'm
New York History-.fIis Fight for n
Pure Civil Service and Enforce
ment OF Law-Pnrt lie Took In the
Famous battle of San Juan NH.

Theodore Roosevelt, governor OF
New York state, was born on October
%, 1888. in New York city at the home
Of his father. who was Of the same
name. at % East Twentieth street.
Gov. Roosevelt came Of family
which has been distinguished in New
York FOR two centuries. On the church
records Of 1862 and 1894 there appear
the names Of a number of Roosevelts.
born on Manhattan island, but In a
Dutch church record the name is
spelled Roosevelt. The record OF the
Roosevelt family is bright with deeds
of patriotism and civic loyalty. Some
of the Roosevelts were sugar refiners,
merchants. bankers, trustees Of char
liable institutions and many of them
public officers.
Theodore Rooseyelt's father was the
late Theodore Roosevelt, son of Cor
nelius Van Schaick Roosevelt, and the
family line goes back to medieval times
in Dutch history. His mother was a
Bullock. of Georgia. one of family
whose founder came to this country
from Scotland In the middle OF the
seventeenth century. Her greatgrand-
! father was the first revolutionary sol
der Of his state, and her brother fired
the last shot from the Alabama as she
sunk of Cherbourg under the guns
Of the Old Kearsarge.
Gov. Roosevelt's early education was
received at Cutters private school, a
famous institution in New York. He
] 4. 1. 4.
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GOV. RoosEvELrs HOME ON LONG ISLAND.

the assembly by the republican party
in the Twenty-first district, and was
elected over his democratic opponent to
the assembly of 1889. 1t was a demo-
cratic assembly, but Mr.. Roosevelt, al
though in the minority, quickly demon
strated that he would be power in the
body.
He put himself at the mead of
body of assemblymen, republicans
and democrats, who were resolved
that there should be reformation
made in some of the evils from which
the government of New York was suf-
fering. Bill after bill was passed for
this purpose, some of which received
the approval of the legislature and
some did not, but Mr.. Roosevelt was
never discouraged Soon he had a large
following in the assembly and became
one of the powers of the state. Speak
err Patterson had made him a member
Of the committee on cities and he
rendered great services to his con-
stituency in that position.
In 1883 Mr.. Roosevelt was once more
an assemblyman. Alfred c. Chaplin,
| democrat, was speaker, To the sur
prise of every one Mr. Roosevelt was
placed second on the cities committee
by the democratic speaker, During
this session of the Legislature Grover
Cleveland, democrat, was governor.
The assembly of 1884 was republic
an. Mr., Roosevelt was again a mem
Der; Titus Sheard, of Herkimer, re-
publican, was the speaker. Mr., Roose-
welt was placed at the head of the
committee on cities, and he at this
time secured the appointment of a
committee TO investigate the affairs
of the government of New York city.
A special committee was appointed.
Mr.. Roosevelt was appointed chair
man.
In 1884 Mr.. Roosevelt also entered
national politics, He advocated the
nomination Of George F, Edmunds for
president, and was elected one OF New
York's delegates at large to the re-
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years service he made a phenomenal
record He saw the civil service law
so perfected and planted in the de-
partments at Washington that where,
under the spoils system, 100 men
would have been turned out, under the
civil service law as administered UNI
der his and his associates supervi-
sion, % men were kept in
Scarcely had Mr.. Roosevelt retired
from the office of civil service commits
sioner before Mayor Strong appointed
him a member of the board of police of
New York He resolved. as n member
of this commission, to elevate the po-
lice department to a higher standard.
The laws of the state must be strictly
enforced; gambling must be sup
pressed, and eputable resorts closed,
The police force itself must be put in
higher state of discipline, To all
attacks made upon the board of po-
lice while he was a member of it the
reply invariably given by him was that
"a law should not be put on the stat
ute books, If 1t was not meant to be
enforced"
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of poor health. After a period of rest
he became teacher in the public
schools Of the Kerr district. near Po-
land. having joined the Methodist
Episcopal church in Poland. In the
spring OF 1861 he was clerk in the
post Office Mt Poland, which position be
gave up TO enlist at Columbus, on June
II of that year, in company f, Of the
Twenty-third Ohio volunteer infantry.
lie was on the staff of Brig. Gen. Hayes,
afterward president, and on the staff
of the brave Indian fighter, Gen. Cook,
and subsequently on the staff of Brig.
Gen. Hazen. On February 7, 1868, he
was made lieutenant; on July 25, 1854
captain, and was brevetted major by
President Lincoln for gallant conduct
ON the fields of Opequan, Fishers Hill
and Cedar Creek. lie was with the
Twenty-thirG in all its fights, and was
mustered out in 1865.
When the war was over the young
man studied law, graduated from the
Albany law school and opened an Of
flee at Canton. He managed admir-
ably the cases that came to him, and
his brilliancy, ability and unfagging
industry attracted the attention OF
Judge Belden, leading lawyer in Cam
ton, and he took him into a partner
ship which lasted, until 1870.
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citizens who had risen to prominence
and enjoyed honor at the hands of the
public. He had creditable war rec
ord; he was a congressman, reelect-
ed seven times, and had been governor
OF Ohio for two terms. His career
had not been meteoric, and his chief
claim to prominence lay in the fact
that he was the greatest living eNpon-
ent of the protection side Of the great
economic question that was then di-
viding the two great parties.
A sober, serious life of earnest pur-
pose-that has been the life of Will
liam Mckinley. According TO family
traditions he came of Scotch and
Irish ancestry, and he is popularity
supposed to have combined In him the
characteristic qualities of both races.
James Mckinley, the presidents an
cestor, landed in this country about
1743, and settled later in Chanceford
township, York county, Pa, where
David Mckinley, great-grandfather of
the president, was born in May, 1853.
The records of the pension bureau
show that David Mckinley was sol
der in the revolution and partici-
pated in the capture of Puulus Hook
and the engagements of Amboy and
Chester hill. He died in 1910, in Ohio,
at the age of So. A son, James Nc
Kinley, moved to Columblana county,
o., in 1909. At that time William, his
son, born in Pine township, Mercer
county, Pa, was but two years old.
James Mckinley was an iron manu-
facturer or furnace man, and his son
William followed the same vocation.
When William was 20 years old he
married Nancy Allison, of Canton, o.
the couple having nine children, of
whom William, Jr the president, was
the seventh. William Mckinley, ST.,
uied in November, 1892, having lived
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ernor by the republican state conveD-
ton in ls0s. He conducted a campaign
of great energy, making speeches in al
most every county of the state, and
was elected over his democratic oppo-
uent, Augustus Van Wyck, by plurali-
~ of 1874.
Gov. Roosevelt has been twice mar
ried His first wife was Alice Lee, Of
Boston, who left a daughter. In 1886
he married Miss Edith Carow, of New
York. There are six children, two of
whom are sons.
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the navy and the other heads OF the
bureaus wanted to wait and send sup
plies, etc. after Admiral Dewey had
started on his journey, but Roosevelt
insisted on the immediate fitting out Of
the admirars squadron.
The beginning of the Spanish war Of
1898 found Mr.. Roosevelt still assistant
secretary of the navy. but he resolved
to resign his position and enter the
United States army.
Mr.. Roosevelt resolved to raise n reg
iment of cavalry Of rough-riding de-
scription, but he modestly asked Presi-
dent Mckinley to appoint his personal
friend, DR.. Leonard Wood West
Point graduate. its colonel, while he
asked for himself only the Office of leu
tenant colonel.
Col. Roosevelt raised the regiment at
San Antonio. Tex. and he picked his
men from among those of the south
west whose life business II is TO guard
the horned herds. and from the mining
prospectors and hunters. They we're
| the hardy men of the plains, accus-
toned to living in the open air and
| skilled in the use Of the rife. They
were "broncho busters" able to man
age the most vicious and unbroken
| beasts. He also added to his regiment
some college men who had won laurels
on the athletic fields. 1t occurred to
| Col. Roosevelt that he could make n
wonderful regiment out of the Cow
| punchers." and above all regiment for
The COW punchers, he saw, would nos
have to be taught to ride and shoot,
for to them riding was an occupation,
and shooting their pastime.
The first fight that Col. Roosevelt
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Town.

ley's request did the chairman resume
his place. 1t was an anxious moment
for the Harrison managers, andan anX-
ious moment for Mr.. Mckinley and his
friends. But Gen Harrison won.
On June IS, 1896, the republican ma
tional convention at st. Louis nom
mated Mr. Mckinley for president, and
he was elected, receiving 7,lo4,770
votes, which was plurality over
Bryan of G03,514, and a majority over
all of 2SG,72s. In the electoral college
the vote for Mckinley was 27l and for
Bryan 176, a majority of 95 for Nc
Kinley.
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when he was elected by the people OF
his district to represent them in con-
gress. There he soon made his mark, |
and was returned at each subsequent
election until that of 1890, in which |
year a reapportionment of his district
defeated him by a majority of only
300.
In the first congress Mr.. Mckinley
was chairman of the committee on
ways and means. and devoted his entire
time to preparing and securing the
passage of the tariff act that has gone
into history bearing his name.
In 1891 the republicans of Ohio
nominated Maj. Mckinley for gov
ernor, and he was elected. James e.
Campbell, democrat, had been elected
govern or of Ohio in 1889 by plurality
OF lO,s72, but Mr. Mckinley defeated
him for reelection by a plurality of
1911. In 1893 Gov. Mckinley carried
the state by plurality of sO,905.
In 1884 Mr.. Mckinley supported
Blaine for president. In 1855 he sup
ported Sherman. In 1892 when he
was permanent chairman of the re-
publican national convention, he sup
ported Harrison. In this last conven-
tion he was brought forward as can
ddate by republican leaders in all
parts Of the country, who objected to
the nomination of President Harrison.
But all votes cast for Mckinley were
without his consent and without his
approval. He was there as a delegate
pledged TO Harrison, and while an
effort on his part to secure the nom
ination would have resulted success
fully, in the judgment OF many well
informed politicians, he remained 10y
al TO the president, and the president
was renominated.
In two of the most dramatic cpl
sodes known to the history of our ma
tlonal conventions Mr.. Mckinley was
central figure. In 1855 he was n
| Sherman delegate. There were whis-
| pers of disloyalty in the Ohio delega-
| ton. Rumor was busy with Mr.. Nc
Kinlcy's name. The night before the
| balloting he made the rounds of state
headquarters and requested every one
not to vote for him. ne was In earn
est, too Next day a Connecticut dele
gate persistently disregnrded this re-
quest. Mr.. Mckinley rose from his
place on the floor. Again the assem-
bled president makers heard that
high pitched, thrilling voice.
81 do request do demand" he
said, that no delegate who would not
cast reflection upon me shall cast q
ballot for me-"
II was well done, and no man after
that ever had the hardihood 20 doubt
Mai. McKiuley's honor or good faith
Four years later Mr.. Mckinley was
Harrison delegate at Minneapolis
Again he became the center of a stu
alton which the dramatists might take
suggestions from. Ohio cast her votes
for the man who WINS presiding over
the convention-Mr. Mckinley himself
a crisis in the affairs of that gather
ing had been reached. The air was full
of electricity of possibilities. Mr.. Nc
Kinley arose from his chair, advanced
to the front of the stage and questioned
the correctness of the vote. Only wheI
1t appeared that his alternate had cas-
his vote for Harrison at Mr.. McEin
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PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
He Ii Typical Representative OF
Conscientious Amerlcanism.

VXTILLIAM M'KINLEY has been
w called the representative Amer
lean. In features and life he
has probably merited the term as well
as any of the other "a men who have
mounted the steps of the white house
as president of the United States.
Lacking the supreme military emf
hence achieved by Grant, the sublime
qualities that are associated with the
memory of Lincoln, and the greatness
of Washington, there is but one other
republican, Garfield so nearly typ
zeal of the representative republican
gentleman as the present president
and nominee.
McKinley's life until the day in
June, 1896, when he was nominated
for president, was not much different
from that of any other of his fellow
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RANCHING IN THE WEST.
An Interesting Episode In the Life of
the vice Presidential Nominee.

the vice PreHtdentlnl nominee
Retiring from public life for time
in 1884, Mr.. Roosevelt bought ranch
in western Dakota, near Medera, on
the Little Missouri river. 1t was not
his first visit to this part of the Unit
ed States. He went west at time
when the last of the buffalo were go
ing down before the big hunts"
The winters he passed in the legisla-
lures and at the beginning of the long
summers he migrated to the bad
lands" and shot elk, sheep, deer, buff
falo and antelope. He made two
hunting trips, one in 1888, the last
big hunt near Butte. when the whites
and Sioux from Standing Rock and
Pine Ridge were doing the killing.
Mr. Roosevelt started his cattle ranch
in 1884 and FROM 1884 until he was
appointed civil service commissioner
he passed all his summers in the west
and his winters in New York.
In 1856 Mr.. Roosevelt may be said
TO have once more entered public life
having received the republican nom.
nation for mayor of New York. lie
was defeated by Abraham S. Hewitt
the democratic candidate, but at a
time when tho republican party was
still staggering under a national de
feat he made a fine run. In 1859 Pres
ident Harrison appointed him a civi
service commissioner. and he acted il
that capacity for six years, from May
1889, to May, 1895. During his si'
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IN THE NATIONS SERVICE.
RooseveIts Usefulness as an Organ
Izer, stntesmnn aud soldier.

RooseveIts Usefulness as an Organ
izer, Statesman ana Soldier.
Mr.. Roosevelt served as assistant
secretary of the navy under Secretary
Long, during which time he organized
the force of clerks in his Office and made
many changes for the good of the sery-
ice One of the greatest things for
which Mr. Roosevelt received the
thanks of the American people while
assistant secretary of the navy was the
fitting out of Admiral Dewey's squad
ron of ships just after il had been or
dered TO Manila bay. 1t was Mr.. Roose-
welt who made all the preliminary ar
engagements for the transports, and or
dered supplies, ammunition, clothing,
etc, for the men. The secretary of
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PRESIDENTS HOME LIFE.
II Hns Been Almost Ideal and Gem
timely Happy and Harmonious.

uiheAs hhppS anu hhEhohiohHs
McKinley's home life has been that
of the representative American, and
almost ideal. He married on January
20, 1871, Miss Ida SaNton, granddaugh-
ter of John SaXton, for 60 years editor
of the Ohio Repository, still published
at Canton. Two girls, Christine Ida
and Kate, were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckinley, both of them dying at early
ages.
In 1898 Gov. Mckinley became finan-
cially embarrassed, and accordingly
made an assignment without prefer
ences for the benefit of his creditors.
He had indorsed notes for a large
amount for the accommodation of one
of his friends. He placed implicit con-
hdence in this mans honesty and bust
ness judgment, and was sadly deceived.
Mrs. Mckinley, who is an invalid, had
inherited about $4,000 from her IA
ther. She turned over every dollar
of her property TO trustees and In
sisted that it should be used with the
property of her husband In the pay
ment Of his debts.
The high sense of honor shown by
Mr.. Mckinley and his wife increased
his popularity greatly, and friends in
all parts of the union rushed forward
with Offers of assistance.
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ard his exceptional regiment were enc
gagged in was at La Guasimas, near
Santiago, where the first guns for
Cuba's freedom were fired.
The taking of San Juan hill and the
part played in that memorable engage
ment by the rough riders will live in
history forever.
The next step in the career of Col
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FIrrY-sEvEN YEARS OLD.
President Has Just Reached Most
Useful Part Of His Life.

Useful Part Of His Life.
The president was born at Niles,
Trumbull county o., on January 20,
1913. He attended the public schools
In that town until he was nine years
old, at which time his father moved
to Poland, Mahoning county, o., where
the future president entered Union
seminary, pursuing his studies In that
institution until he was II years old.
He is said TO have excelled in mathe-
MATES and languages, and to have
bestedi all his fellow-students in debat-
ing the public questions of the day.
In 1860 he was sent to Allegheny col
lego, Meadville, Pa, but gave up his
course after few months on account
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WILLIAM McKZWLEY.

Born Niles, 7ru1buA County, Ohio Jan. %, IS43
Entered Allegheny College, MeadVae Pa. 1860.
pate Company E. 25rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
June IT, 1851.
Participated battles South Mountain and Aneta Sept N and ~,
1852 promoted from corissar sergeant TO Lieutenant
Promoted Captain battle of Kernstoun. july d. 1854.
Commissioned major by breVet March N, 1865.
Studied Lzu hu school Albany, ~ Admitted to bar at
Warren o., March, 1851.
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, STARK County. 0bio 1859.
Elected to Congress, 1875
Reelected TO Congress for Sevenh time, Moo. 1885.
Lraaouraed Governor of Ohio. Jan. II, 1922.
Elected President United States Moo, 1895.
Re-nou1hratsd for President June III. 1900.
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to witness the rise of his son from a
school-teacher through posts of ma
tional prominence to be governor of
Ohio.
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HONOURED BY HIS PARTY.
McKinley's FaIthfuIness to Friends
brought Its own Reward.

In 1869 Mckinley was elected prose-
cutting attorney OF Stark county and
held that position for some years. He
soon developed into an able and success
full lawyer He was thorough and care
full in the preparation of his cases and
had the entire confidence OF his com
munity. He was about 33 years of age
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Born, NeqU York, Oct. II. 1883.
Graduated from Harvard $780,
State ASsen1btyn1an IS82S5-84.
Nominated for Mayor of NeU York In 1885.
appointed CfpH Se-pice Commissioner 1889.
President NeIu York Police Commissioners. 1875.
Appointed Assistant Secretary of Macy, 1897.
Resigned from Macy Department 1885, organised Rough
RIDERS"
Led the Rough Riders IN the charge San Juan HH Juy
JS9S
Elected Governor of Nea York. NoV. 1898.
Nominated for Vice President June III. 1900.
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publican national convention, leading
the delegation. At the convention he
WIS notable figure.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-17
THE DAY OF PEACE.

What OF the dag. my brother:
What Of th. day OF peace?
When the dripping sword turns the green
svara
And tie dull, dread noises cease
The ciar ON call Of bacie>.
The shrek ot tn angry smell
Wha, Of ha;tie tia: shal pierce the night
or ba,,ie--i- it well?
Wha. Of the dead. nv brother:
Wna, Of the dead aud iutnb.
Who shall pay at Tia. Ju3gn. n 3ay
When the Messenger Sha. come.
Come ir the light and glory,
Come In the i-r and flame.
Whose the strain OF the blood ami pain,
Ny brother-wno>e the blame!
What of the grief. my brother.
What OF the grief and woet
What Of the tears shed 'er these biers
These stricken hearts brought low!
Low in the day Of terror.
Low in the night Of gloom,
Whose the weight of this curse OF HateS.
hose the pain OF Doom!
What Of the blood my brother?
What OF the blood that flows
In a crimson stream where the lances CLEAN
Aud the bugle blows and blows?
Whose the souls that shu.tder
Shudder and start,aud cry.
When the battles cost by God engrossei
In blood on the braZen sky
Hasten the day. my brother,
Hasten the day Of peace.
When men Rot slain Tor greed Of gain
Aud the dull. dread noises cease
When she'll shall shrek no longer
When Hatred stink away.
The breath Of God the hlooistainad sod
Make cIeau-and Peace shall STAY,
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